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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLVII, Issue XLVII, 19 April 1912, Page 8

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THE AUSTRALIAN MARKETS. (United Press Association.) SYDNEY. April 18. Wheat: 3s lid' to 4s Id; flour, city, £9:ss, country. £9 2s 6d ; oats. fcparrowbills, 3s 2d tu 3s 3d. giants 3s 4d. Algerian 3s £d, Tsc\v Zealand 3s to 3s sd; -barley, Cape. 4s 10s to ss. English 4s 6d to 5s ; maize. 4s 8d to 4 s lOd ; bran £6 10s • pollard £7. both showing a further rise cf 10s. Potatoes. Tasmaman, £9 10s to £lO 10s; onions, V:ctor:an Spanish £l3, pickling £7 : butter, selected. 120s. prime, 103s to 116s ; cheese to 9d ; baccn to 7^d. MELBOURNE. April 18. JBides are in active demand, with Drices very fair a-'l round ; good supplies. ADELAIDE. April 18. , Wheat. 3s lid to 4s; flour. £9 2s 6d ; bran and pollard. Is Ed ; oats, 2u. (Rec. 9.10 a.m.) MELBOURNE This Day.

Wheat. 4s 2d ;4s £6 ss; pollard £6 15s; barley, seed, 7s; maltir.7 6s to 6s 4d : L.ape 4s lOd to 5s 4d'r Algerian 3s 5d to 3s ing 3s 3£d ti> 3s 4d ; maize 4s 4£d. Potatoes £7 5s to £B. Onions ill 10s to £il ss.

LONDON MARKETS. (Received April 19. 9 a.m.) LONDON. Anril 13. At the wocl sales the following are the prices realised for the fleece portion of the clips named: —Gvavas, top. fivcrago, 9-',d ; Nilcu. ll£d and lOd ; 11 id and IOJd. ih; Bank of Australia's profits were £124,647. A dividend of 7 per cent, has been declared on preference and 5 per ce* 1 !. on ordinary shares; £40,C00 was added to the reserve : £2OOO to the provident fund; and £25,042 was carried t-ji ward. (Received April 19. 12.30 p.m.) LONDON, April 18. At the wool sales prices are firm and unchanged. There is strong C ontinenta?" compietition for all fine-haired merinos. Silver is at 27 5-I6d an ounce. Talisman shares, 4s 6d to 47s 6d. T.larconi shares, £9 10s, largely owign to his winning the action against tne United Wireless of America. ADDINGrTON LIVE STOCK MARKET (United Press Association.)

. CHRISTCHURCH, April 17. At the Addir.gton live stock market there was a large entry of stock, especial ly of ail classes of shetp, and a good attendance. . Store sheep sold w;ll, ewes being in gocd demand. Prime fat lambs were hrm at the .previous week's rates, but unfinished were a shade easier, and fat sheep were also very firm. Fat cattle showed a decline in values, and pigs j of all classes sold well. There was a very large entry of store sheen, principally ewes, the balance be in<r lambs, with a few lines of wethers The entry was of average quality, ther , tk'ins nothing offered of special merit There were a number of lots of ewe from two-tooth to sound mouth. Fo. these there was a keen demand at price a shade easitT than at late sales. ThLimbs were with few exceptions of : medium class, and the wethers range* from low conditioned two-tcoths to \er\ forward four and six-tooths, and botl lambs and wethers sold well up to lat. rates. There was a good attendance oi buyers, including a number from Soutl Canterbury, an<i t-ho sale on the who! was a, very good one. The range of pri ces was : Small 2-tooth ewes 13s, other to 16s; 2 and 4-tooth 14s to 15s £d ; 4 6. and 8-tooth 13s to 16s. 3d; sount riouth 10s M to 13s 6d : best rape lamb 12s 6d to 13s Ed : good 10s to Us: fai. 9s to 9s 6d; half-bred station wethei Jambs 8s 6d to 9s: culls 5s to 7s 5d ; lou conditioned two-tooth wethers 32s 6d forward 4 and 6-tcoths to 16s 3d. There was a vcrv large entry of fa' lambs of varied weights and condition there being some large and prime iine? offered, and other lots required mort finish. The total was 9476, which is th. largest for. the season. There was i demand cn the part of the export buvers for all gocd sorts, but backwarc sorts were not eo readily disposed of anc Were a shade £asier in prices. Tegs mad. 17s 3d to 19s sd, a few extra to 20s, an. ordinary freezers and butchers' lamb: ,12s to 17s. Thee was a fairly large yarding of fa •"Seep, the larger portion baing ewes There was a keen demand for both ewe and wethers for export, and this affecte< the values of butchers' sheep, and price: were consequently firm throughout, an; fwes if anything were selling at improved rates. The range of prices was. prinv wethers, 18s to 22s .others 16s 6d to 17; fld ; Merino wethers 8s Id to 10s lOd; prime ewes 13s to 19s 4d, others 9s tc 12= 6d. The entry of fat cattle totalled. 248. was composed chiefly of cows and holers, with, a few pens of good steers. Thtsale wao. somewhat irregular, and valuer were lower by Is to Is £d per IGOlbs, thp ranee being 20s to 255. Steers made £* 7, 6d to £l2. extra £l2 15s to £l6; heif ers £6 to £8 ss. extra, to £9 5s ; cow? £5 12s 6d to £8 10s, and extra to £IC 15* "• An average yarding of veal calves madr bis to There was a moderate yarding of store' cattle, mostly old cows, and there was not mucli demand shown. Fifteen to IE months' sorts made £3 to £3 5s ; Iwo year steers £4 5s 6d; two-year heifer-' JES4-. three-year steers (poor) £5 6s to £! 7s 6d; and dry cows 20s to £2 17s 6d There was "a fairly large yarding o' dairy cows, including some good sorteand "they sold well. Prices ranged fron £& 10s *to £lO, and a number of gooc sorts from £ll to £l3. There was a large entry of good quality fat pigs, and all classes met with a gooc pale. Choppers made £3 to £5 10s. heavy baconcrs 60s to 735. lighter 50s •( 57s 6d_. equal to 6d p?r lb. Stores, except weaners, al?o sold well, large sort* roakinji 28s to 365. smaller 15s to 23s and weaners 6s to 12s.

WELLINGTON FRUIT AND PRODUCE MARKETS. WELLINGTON. April 18. Laerv and Co. report as follows : Apples.--choice dessert, Cox orange 6s £d to 7s j. Tibstons 6s to 7e ; golden russets 7s to 7? 6d ; Jonathans 5s 6d to 6d. Choice cookers 46 3d to 4s 6d case Pears, choice. Marie Louise. 7s to 8s • winter coles 7s to Bs, Capiamonts 6s, vicars and Clairieans 3s 9d to 4s 6d case. Peaches, choice, gold dust 3s to 3s 6d James Cling 3p> Saiway 3s to 3s 6d halfcase. Grapes, choice larc;e f 8d to lOd ; small, M lb - - , Tomatoes, choice coloured 3« to od half-case. ■Chilies, 3s 6d to 4s half-<*«ise. Cape Gooseberries. 4d to A\d lb. Pi/» melons. 6s to 6e 6d sack. Onions, prime 8s i<S to 9s cut. Potatoes, prime 5s to 5s 6d cwt. Hens. 2s 6d to 3s ; young rccsters 3? to 5s : dueks 4s to K s. Fresh eggs Is lCd ; preserved eggs Is 3d.