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Otago Daily Times, Issue 16545, 19 November 1915, Page 4

COMMERCIAL.

o ■ -■— • PRICES! OF BRAN AND PEARL BARLEY. The price of bran has been reduced by 10s per ton. The quotation is now £4 15s. Pearl barley has also been reduced by 10s a ton. The price now stands at £21. m BUTTER'AND CHEESE MARKETS. Messrs A. S. Paterson and Co. have received the following- cablegram from Messrs J. and J. Lonsdale and Co., London:— "Butter: Improved inquiry for Danish. Australian weather reports indicate strong market hero throughout winter. Cheese: Demand quiet, but undertone firm."

COMMERCIAL CABLEGRAMS. Praa Ai»oci».tion—By Telegraph—Copyright LONDON, November 17. Wheat.—The American visible supplies total 109,719,000 bushels. Chicago December options, ICoi to 1043 cents; May, 108 to 1064 cents. (Received Nov. 18, at 10.20 p.m.) Wheat in good demand, with a decline .n price of from 3d to 6d. LONDON TALLOW SALES. Pxww A*»oci»tkm—By Telegraph—Copyright LONDON, November 17. At the tallow sales 1368 casks wtre catalogued and all sold. There was an excited demand. The sales opened at Is advance, and closed 5s up. The rise apparently is due to a general shortago and buyers' knowledge that only a small quantity will bo available for some time. Mutton, lino 48s 6d, medium 465; beef, fine 47s 3d, medium 465; beef, fine 47s 3d, medium 455. AUSTRALIAN MARKETS. Pre** AiiociMioß—By Telegraph—Copyright. SYDNEY, November 18. - (Received Nov. 18, at 10.20 p.m.) Oats. —Tasmanian, 3s 6d; American, 3s to 3s 6d. Maize: Javan, 4s 9d to ss; South African yellow, 5s 4d to 5s 6d; white, 5s to 5s 2d. Potatoes: Tasmanian, £13; New Zealand, £11 to £12. Onions, £5 to £5 10s. ADELAIDE, November 18. (Received Nov. 18, at 10.20 p.m.) Wheat: Prompt delivery, 4s 9d. Flour, £13 10s. Bran, Is to Is Id. Pollard, Is 5d to Is 6id. MELBOURNE HIDE SALES. Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. MELBOURNE, November 18. (Received Nov. 19, at 0.25 a.m.) At the hide sales to-day there were moderate supplies and an active market, prices occasionally reaching id higher. HIDE SALES. The Dunedin Woolbrokers' Association (Messrs Dalgety and Co., D. Reid and Co., National Mortgage and Agency Company, Wright, Stephenson, and Co., A. Moritzson and Co., Morris, and Co., Otago Farmers' Co-operative Association, and New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Ld.) reports as follows: —The fortnightly sale of hides was held on Thursday, when medium catalogues were offered to the usual attendance of buyers. Competition _ was keen, and prices were on a level with late ruling rates. Quotations: Best heavy ox, lOgd to lid; medium do, 9d to 10id; beet heavy cow, 9|d to 10£ d; medium do, 8d to yearlings, B|d to ftid; best calfskins, to 10|d; medium do, to horse hides, to 10s 9d each. »m PROPERTY SALES. Messrs Alex. Harris and Co. yesterday submitted at auction freehold properties in Caversham in the estate of the late Mr W. Smyth. Part sections 2 and 4, Keystone, fronting the Main South road, with a five-roomed house, etc., 66ft by 92ft, was sold to Mr J. Green for £200; section 12, township of St. Andrews, fronting Playfair street, with dwelling thereon, was sold to a client for £75. The auctioneers further report a successful sale of the large collection of rare native and foreign birds in tho same estate.