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New Zealand Herald, Volume LII, Issue 16033, 27 September 1915, Page 3

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LONDON WOOL SALES. By ***»*-*** Association-Copy*,^ <Kec*iy e a September 26. 5.5 p.m.) ' At ♦*, , London, September 25. bVedf Vera as price for good crosssorta wlrT slow y Tht mtemed " Shabb * *on of Merinos. The Til * ?°" S&LeC ' walfarfS. « following prices New 7.», ° r l fleece porticms of the T>Z,s Z Z 17d^ Malvern too m, P 17d ' avera S« 16* d; Gore, «L /*?**• 17|d. Of 130,856 bales catalogued, 109,442 were sold. London, September 24. averts MetL%u*T?' "* 17Jd averaga ' 8d top PnCe> and be^no&^-^r.* September 18 will be included m the seventh series the lmmT l^^^ 100 ofwhSh Zeffi. AusteaW and 16,600 New LONDON MARKETS. By TeleKrarh-Press Association-Copyright (Received September 26. 6.5 pa) London, September 25. WHEAT. film *£ sparingly offered. J* 0 * Dec «mber options are Stwi SJ° 95i M * y optiODs Wheat and flonr afloat for the United Kingdom * 755.000 quarters; for theCtaSftfci 1-420 000; AQa °tio shipment*, 073,000; Pacific, 70,000. FROZEN MEAT. Sheep: Canterbury, heavy. 7<L Lambs: 7£d. Australian sheep: Ewes, 5Jd. Lambs: Best to fair, offering. South American lambs: First quality 7*d; second quality, 7d. Vl ..»*= Argentine, chilled, fores, sd: nmds, osd. The prices of other meats are unchanged. Rabbits: Very strong, as spot supplies are short* New South Wales blues 24s 6d ex store. Australians and New kealands are retailing higher than English, the condition of which is unsatisfactory owing to the hot weather. CHEESE. There is some forward business in New Zealand cheese outputs. December-June 79s per cwt. c.i.f. HEMP AND TOTE. Hemp: Dull October-December shipments, £33. * Jute: September-October shipment, £26 10s. BUTTER. Danish is quoted at 190s to 1945. The high prices are checking business. It is reported that tho Germans are paying 200s at Copenhagen. METALS. Copper, forward, £70 12s 6d to £70 17s 6d. Tin, spot, £151 7s 6d to £151 17s 6d ; forward, £152 2s 6d to £152 12s 6d. Lead, £23 to £24 ss. Silver : Quoted at 23|d. RUBBER. Para, 2s 4£d : Plantation, 2s 4d : smoked 2s 4d. ' COPRA. September-October shipment, £22 ss. COTTON. September-October shipments are quoted at 655 d. AUSTRALIAN PRODUCE. By Telegraph— Association—CopyrightMjxbotjrne, September 25. Wheat, 8s Id. Flour, £17. Oats, Algerian, 3s 6d to 4s; Chilian, 3s 6d; Japanese, 2s s£d to 2s Bd. Maize, 4s 6£d. Bran, £4. Pollard, £6. Potatoes, £7 10s to £8 ss. Onions, £5 10s to £6.

WATKATO STOCK MARKETS. • Messrs. Dalgety and Company, Ltd., report as follows:— W« held our monthly stock sale in the Cambridge yards last Monday, when we offered a. fair yarding of all classes of stock. Fat cows, £7 10s to £9 10s; forward cows, £5 10s; yearling steers, £3 4s; yearling heifers, £2 7s 6d: springers, £3 10s to £12 15s; porkers made 295; slips, 18s to 22sj weanere, lis to 16s. We held our annual hogget fair in the Ohaupp yards last Thursday, when we offered a medium yarding of woolly and shorn hoggets. All lines met with good competition, and practically the whole yarding was cleared. Woolly hoggets, 21s to 23s 6dshorn hoggets, 17a 6d to 18s 10d: cull hoggets, 12s 6d to 16s.