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North Otago Times, Volume CVI, Issue 13975, 8 September 1917, Page 8

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.LONDON TALLOW SALES (Per Cable—Prosa Association—Copyright.), (Australian and N.i?. Cable Association). - LONDON, September 5. At the tallow sales to-day' 878 casks .were-'offered-, and: 727 sold. Mutton: Fiue,. 70s 3d; modium, G7s Oil." Beef: Fine, 71s Gd; medium, 675. -,

AUSTRALIAN MARKETS,'Por Calilo—Press Aasociatioii—Oopyright.) SYDNEY, September (i. Oats: Algerian feeding, 2s .10d to 3s; Tasmanian, 3s fid to 3s lOd. Maize, 4s 3d." Potatoes, none offering. Onions, £l3 10s to £l4, ■' . ADELAIDE, September (I. ■ Oats," 2s to 2s MELBOURNE, September 7. Barley: Chevalier malting, 4s (id to 4s 7'rd; Cape, 3s 2d .to 3s ; 3id. Oats: Algerian milling, 2s fid to 2s 7Jd; feed, 2s 3d to 2s 3 Id. Potatoes, '£3' 15s to £5 ss. Onions, £l2 to £l2los.

CIIRTSTCIIURCII GRAIN AND PRODUCE REPORT. (Per Press Association). CIIRISTHUECJI, September 7. There is nothing fresh to report in coi'" po,: n'i v.-ith the grain market. ' e very scarce, but there is a fair T.j.'oiint of oatshoaf chaff offering, and the.demand keeps steady at late rates; Informal ion obtained regarding the potato market is more or less contradictory.' Some buyers report they have secured considerable quantities during the past week—all they required, in fact—to fill their orders, paying up to £3: lis per toll at country stations, Others, again, state that growers were no: anxious to sell, and supplies were difficult to obtain. The stocks in the country arc still plentiful, and in addition'to the quantity stored in pits, a number of growers in the Ashburtou and North Canterbury districts have not yet dug their crops. '