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Otago Daily Times, Issue 14382, 27 November 1908, Page 6

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' LONDON MARKETS. Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. LONDON, November 25. Copper: Spot-,' £63; three months, £63 17s bit. Tin: Spot, £135'12s 6il; three months, £137 10s. Lead, £13 10s. At the tallow sales 1203 casks were offered, and 302 sold. Mutton: Fine, 33s 9d; medium, 30s. Beef: Fine, 32s 3d; medium, 29s 6d. THE FROZEN MEAT MARKET. . (Per Uhitsd PSess Association.) 1 NAPIER, November 26. The O.'C. and D. Company (London) cabled to-day:—"Frozen meat weaker. To-day's quotations: Canterbury mutton, 4d; Napier, Wellington, and North Island; 3£d. Lambs: First, quality, s?d; second, sid. , Beef: Hinds, 3jjd; .fores, 3ad,". PROPERTY SALE. Messrs E. L. Macassey and Co. held a very successful propert-v sale yesterday. Tho first lot offered was Mrs Batohelor's property, situated in Queeh Alexandra street, St. Clair, being allotments 1 and 2, block XI, St, Clair, and 7a, St, Clark Tark, together with a dwelling of sevon rooms and other buildings • thereon. Competition for this lot was keen, and, after spirited bidding, Mrs Pihillips became the purchaser at £1070. The second property submitted was allotment 2, block'lll, Ilillsido township, area 8 poies, with two 6hops, dwellings, and other buildings thereon. . Bidding for this lot was likewise brisk, and it was ultimately knocked down at £305 to Mr Mercer. HIDE SALK . rress Association—By Telegraph-Copyright. MELBOURNE, November 26. (Received Nov. 26, at 10.5 p.m.) At the hide sales to-day there was excellent competition. Supplies were moderate. Kips and light sorts were id higher, and other sorts were firm. Messrs Stronaeh, Morris, 1 and Co. report a 6 follows: —Wo hold our, fort-nightly sale of hides at our stores on Thursday, when wo submitted a catalogue totalling 306. fiiero was a full attendance jf buyers, and competition was very good for all descriptions at prices fully up to last &ale 6 rates. There was very keen, competition for calfskins, and .these showed n distinct. rise of quite Id per 'b for prime quality. We had nothing of exceptional merit in ox hides on our catalogue and our top price was 7g<l, paid for one weighing 781b. In cow hides we had one particularly good one weighing 671b, and this brought the extreme- price of 6Jd. In ox .M ? our P r ' co i" money value was £2 5s 6d, and to cows £1 12s lOd. Tho following are the actual, prices paid at Our sale: —Ox hides: Prime stout, heavv, &id to Tgd; good l beavv, s|d to 6Jd*medium weight, 4-Jd to s|d; light-weight', r, to ,. > , Bta 'Sgy and inferior, 2d to 3id. Cow hides: Best heavy, s£d to 6id; medium weight, 4j|d to sjd light-weight, 4id (o Sd; jnfenor, 2d to 3itl; yearling, 2Jd to 4id; calfskins, 2d to 7Jd per lb; horse hiclee, 7s 3d each.