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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLVII, Issue XLVII, 22 April 1912, Page 8

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LONDON MARKETS. (Received April 22. 9.45 a.m.) LONDON. April 21. Good wool salts continue. \orkshir«; buvers operating keei.ly. Price.- are unchanged. The iVllowing are the prices reaiised for the fleece portion o! the clips named: —CUenside. top. 11-Wl, a\n--a™e 9|d ; Christchurch. top. lid, average Oringi, top. 9jd. Catalogued 111,028 bales ; sold 1C0.217 bales. Three Australian cargoes of wheat sold at 403 6d. 40s and 39s 9d respectively. (Received April 22, 9 a.m.) LONDON. April 21. Beef: New Zealand hinds. 4kl. Australian beef : Hinds. 4d. South American sheep: Heavy, 3 7-16 d ; ewes. 3 3-lGd. Beef: Frozen fores, chilled fores. 3Ad; hinds, 4|d. Other meats are unchanged. Rabbits are quiet. (Received Aoril 22. 10 a.nU * LONDON, April 21. Tho quantitv of \vh-:at ar.d flour afloat in the Un'ted 'Kintdcm is 4.260.CC0 qrs ; f.>r the Continent 2.510.000 qrs. Atlantic shipments 191.0C0 qrs : Pacific. ISO.CO-J qrs' The total shipments to Europe amounted to 1.6"5.C« 0 nr>. Argentine 7"9.0C0. Russian 4CO.(XXj. Danuhian 180.000. Indian 114.000. aiul Australasia 162,C00. Messrs E. Buxton and Co.. Ltd.. advise having recoived the following cab-'? from their London agents (Messrs Sanderson, Murray an-rl Co.) ._ with ref<-re:ur to the second series <-f Lonoon wool s ..] e3 . —"Medium greasy crossbred declined a shade; for all descriptions market firm.

WELLINGTON FRUIT AND PRO

DUCE MARKETS

(Special to the ''Mail. )

The New Zealand Farmers' Co-opera-tive Distributing Co., Ltd., report as follows: —

A sharp advance has taken place in the potato market, no doubt due to the possibility of trade with Australia. \\ e do not, however, advise farmfers to hold, but to realise while a fair price is offering. Practically the same remarks apply to Onions, excepting that onions have already been sent to the Commonwealth. Pork is in excellent demand, and 'larger supplies are wanted. Fresh eggs are in good inquiry, but preserved are in good supply, and inclined to be dull of sa.e. Chaff* is coming in in large quantities, second-rate lots being hard to quit. Oats are firm. Wheat is steady. Pollard and bran are unaltered. Fruit.—Apples, pears, and passions are lower, owing to increased supply. Tomatoes remain about the same. Vegetables.—Good samples of green peas are in excellent demand, but recent arrivals have been of inferior quality. There has been a general weakening iti prices of all vegetables, with large supply. • Potatoes, £5 to £5 10s ton. . Onions, £7 10s to £9 ton. j : Cabbage, Is sack. . Carrots, 3s to 3s 6d sack. Cauliflower, choice, 4s to 6s sack. • French beans, Id to lb. Green peas, prime, 9s to 10s per part sack. Marrows, Is to Is 6d case. Swedes, 2s cwt . Turnips, white, Is per sack. Lettuce, fair, Is to Is 6d case. Grapes.—Hutt, 9d to lOd lb. Passions, local, 3s 6d to 4s half-case. Apples.—Cooking, 3s to 4s case; dtssert, 5s 6d to 6s per case. Pears.—W.B.C., 3s; cooking, Is 6d to 2ihalf-case. Tomatoes, 2s to 3s half-case. Peaches. —Cookers, 2s to 2s 6d ; dessert, 2s 6d to 3s half-cass. Quinces. —2s 6d to 3s per case. Cheese. —Best factorv mediums, 7tl ; loaf, 7jd lb. * j .. Dressed pork.—7o's to 90's, 6d; 90"s i to 100's, sfd; baconers, sid; chopptrs j (h£avy),. 4d ; suckers. 7d lb. | Eggs.—Fresh, Is lOd dozen; preserv-! Ed, Is 2d to Is 3d dozen. Butter.—Separator, Is ; dairy, lid lb. Bacon.—Factory sides, 9d ; rolls, 9j?d ; hams, 9d lb. in case lots. Honey, 4Ad to 5d lb. Poultry.-—Cockerels, 4s 6d to 5s for good birds; table roosters, 4s; table hens, 3s to 4s 6d; ducks, 4s to 5s 6d pair.; turkey gobblers, 9d per lb; hens, 8d per lb. live weight. STOCK AND SHARE LIST. . (Special to "Mail.") REEFTON, This Day. Messrs M'Mahon and Lee, sharebrokers, report on the share market as ar

The returns from the Pactohis dredge is 39ozs. 7dwts. for 124 hours' work. WELLINGTON, This Day. Mr A. T. 'Bate, of Wellington, reports the Wellington Exchange at- noon to-day as follows •. —

noon to-day :— Buyer. Seller. s. d. s. d. Blackwater 23 6 24 0 Consolidated 13 6 14 0 Jnet in Time 1 0 1 3 Keep it Dark 28 0 29 G KxJtuku 15 0 20 0 May Qneen 1 1 1 2 Big River 79 0 80 0 Crown 2 7 2 8 Sylvia 0 6 0 n Hauraki 1 7 1 9 Pactolus 4 0 4 o Progress 6 9 7 0 Ross Goldfields 3 0 3 1 Saxon 0 5 0 6 Success 23 0 24 u St. George 0 6 0 9 Talisman 42 0 43 6 Victoria 0 6 0 8 Waihi 34 0 37 0 Waihi Extended 0 8 0 10 Waihi Junction 24 9 25 6 Waihi Reefs 1 0 1 2 Waiotahi 3 0 3 O Watchman 1 6 1 8 Westport Coal 27 0 27 b Stockton 2 0 3 6

Wellington Deposit 7 0 Wellington Gas. 1st, seller 367 6 Christchurch Meat, seller 307 6 West port Coal, buver 27 0 Westport Coal, seller 27 6 Stockton, buyer 2 fj Stockton, seller 3 0 Leyland, seller 28 9 Powell Wood, seller 22 h Taringamutu, seller 28 6 Banks, seller 20 0 Donaghy, seller 22 0 Golden Bay, seller 24 6 Sharland. ordinary, seller 24 6 Keep it Dark 28 3 N.7,. Crown, seller 29 0 Tallyman, buver 42 6 0 0 0 Talisman, seller 43 34 36 24 25 Waihi, buyer Wafhi seller Waihi Junction, buyer 9 Waibi Junction, seller 6 Waiotahi. seller 3 0 Wnitangi. buver 1 "Waitanei, seller 1 22 1 Taranaki, seller 0