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New Zealand Mail, Issue 1136, 8 December 1893, Page 8

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London, November 29. The shipment of butter by the Doric arrived in excellent condition. At the wool sales there was a crowded attendance of foreigners, and 7500 bales were offered. The bidding was spirited among the foreigners, but the ’ Home buyers were quiet. The prices are about on a par with the September closing rates, but faulty sorts., were occasionally weaker. The total quantity of wheat and flour afloat for the United Kingdom is 3,020,000 quarters, and for the Continent 1,022,000 quarters. The visible supply'of wheat for the United Kingdom is 95,700,000 bushels. A cargo ex Vallejo, from Timaru, sold at 255. . ..

At the wool sales crossbreds are slightly dearer. French dealers are buying eagerly. Good competition is maintained at the wool sales. Prices are unchanged. For Australian wool they range from 7|d to 9.Vd. London, December 1. New Zealand long-berried wheat, ex warehouse, 29s 3d; market firmer. South Australian wheat, do, 30s. Victoria do, 29s 6d; market restricted. Mutton, first quality, 4£d; second quality, 3|d. Lamb, first quality, 4}dHemp is unchanged. Kauri gum is in fair demand. Half the quantity offered was sold. Pale hard-scraped brought £7 10s; good three-quarter scraped ■£4 5a- ~x . . , . At the wool sales, competition is fair and prices remain unchanged. Sugar, best German beet, 12s 3d ; Java, 15s 6d ; quiet. . No. 1 best Scotch pig iron, f.o.b. m Clyde, 43s 6d ; firm. Antimony, =£37 10s. It is hoped the market for colonial butter will be easier in about a week, and then harden up till Christmas. After that the state of the market will be dependent on the weather. The Butter Committee is requesting to be supplied with. ..private advices as to the quantity coming forward. Danish butter is quoted at 130 s. London, December 3. Tallow, medium mutton, 27s ; .beef, 26s 9d. The English wheat, market is lifeless, the Continental inactive, and the American changing a little for the better. . For Australian wheat on passage sellers ar

asking 295, but buyers refuse to give rftore than 28s 6d. Fine colonial Oats are. quoted at 28s 6d. * up to date, 51,200 bales of wool have beeu Catalogued, of which 47,600 bales have been sold. Competition is brisk and the market very firm. Sydney, November. .29. Wheat—Chick, 3s 3d to 3s 4d; milling-, 3s 6d to 3s 7d, nominal. Flour—Roller, £9. Oats are quiet; prime feeding, 2s B.|d; heavy sample, 2s 9d. Maize, prime, 3s 7d ; Barley, Cape, 3s ; btaU, 7id; pollard, 9d ; potatoes, local, grown, £4 10s to =£s; onions, Victorian, £ll 10s to £l2. Butter—Dairy, 6d to 7d; factory, Bd. Cheese, loaf, 4i; bacon, best, 6d to 6|d. Sydney, November 30: The wool market is buoyant in tdne, ahd late rates are firmly siipjoVtCd. Greasy orossbreds, 6id to 10a ; Sdoured fleece, 10id to Is sidi Melbourne, November 29. /Wheat, prime, 2s 10id. Oats —Tartarian, 2s Oid ; stout, 2s 2d. Maize, 2s lid. Barley— Cape, 2s Id; thin English, 3s 6d. Melbourne, November 30. At the wool sales, competition is brisk, especially in light grey merinos and good scoured. The market is firm at late rates. Adelaide, November 29. Flour, roller, £7 10s ; bran, 7id to 8d ; pollard, 8d; wheat, 2s 9d. Brisbane, November 30.

The wheat harvest is in swing. The Darling Downs yield is the largest ever known. TIMARtI, December 5. The first wool sale of the season was held to-day-, WheU 3000 bales were submitted, and most of them sold. Fifteen buyers operated, and there was good competition. The ruling prices were:—Halfbreds, 7d to 9d; three-quarter-breds, 6id to 9id ; crossbreds, 6d to Bjd; merino, 5d to 6jd; pieces, 3d to 6id.; locks, lid to 3fd.

The following dated London, November 28, has been received by the New Zealand Land Association-, Limited: Wool —The sales opened at the level of last sales yesterday. The attendance of both Home and foreign buyers is good, and competition between them active. The total quantity available, including wool held over from the last series, is 188,000 bales, 15,000 bale? of which have been forwarded to the manufacturing districts direct. Wheat—The market is very weak. New Zealand wheat, long-berried, is worth 29s per 4941b5, but other quotations are unchanged since last telegram. December 2. The wool sales progress firmly. Scoured merino, super and greasy merino, medium and inferior, are par to -£d per lb lower. Other descriptions are unchanged. There is no American demand. The total quantity catalogued to date is 30,000 bales. Tallow—There is less demand for finer qualities, but there is an improved demand for other descriptions. Quotations are unchanged since last telegram. Butter market is easier. There is a good demand. Fine qualities are worth 110 s to 120 s per cwt. Frozen meat —The mutton market is dull. Canterbury mutton is worth 4gd, and Wellington mutton 3jd per lb. Prime New Zealand lambs are worth per carcase 4fd per lb. Messrs Murray, Roberts and Co., Wellington, have received the following cablegram j from Sanderson, Murray and Co., London, under date 28th November, regarding the fifth series of wool sales ; —“ The sales have opened with a good attendance of buyers. The rates are unchanged.”

A NEW ZEALAND APPEAL CASE. London, N ovember 30. Argument in the Privy Council in the appeal case of Black v. the Christchurch Finance Company was heard to-day. Judgment was reserved. Christchurch, December 1. The action Black v. the Christchurch Finance Company commenced in the Supreme Court here. Black, a farmer at Akaroa, sued the company for damages, alleged to have been sustained by him by reason of a fire lit upon the company’s property spreading to his land, and destroying his crop of grass seed. He obtained a verdict of .£I6OO. The company then carried the case to the Court of Appeal, where the judgment of the Supreme Court was reversed. Black then appealed to the Privy Council.