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'IHE AUSTRALIAN MARKETS. SYDNEY, March 26. Wheat Chick, 3s 2d to 3s 3d; milling, nominally. 3s 3d Flour, £7 5s to £7 15? , Manitoban, £11 15s. Oats Algerian, 2s lid, Tasmansan prime feeding, 2s lid to 3s. Barley Cape, 2s 9d , English, 2s 9d to 3s. Maize, 3s 9d to 3s lOd. Bran and pollard, Is. Potatoes - Tabmaman, £4 10s to £4 12s 6d. Onions Victorian, £4 ss. Butter, Is 2d. Cheese, 7id to Bd. Bacon, 7id to BJd. MELBOURNE, March 26. Wheat, os 5d to 3s> 9d. Flour, £8 ss. BarIcy Feeding, 2s Sd to 2s lOd , prime nialtms?, 4s" Sd to 4s IH. Bran and pollaTd, ll J d. Potatoes, £A 5s to £5. Onions, £3 12s Cd to £i 15s. ADELAIDE, March 26. Wheat (nim), 3s 4d to 3s 5d Flour, £7 15s. Bran and pollaid, is Potatoes, £4 Omens, £4 las. THE ADDING TON" MARKETS CHRISTCHURCH, March CG Fat Cattle. — The total yarded was 200, chioflv hght-wcights, and only a score of bteer= Fiii.e-» fell Is pei 1001b, or 16s to 21s Cd. Steer, brought £7 15s to £9 i7s Gd . heifer-, i 5 ICN to £8 10s . cows, £4 12s 6d to £8 10«. Fat Sheep. — About 3000 y.irckd, most.v secondary ewes. Wethers were tcaice, and freezing buyers wore not operating strongK. Good wethers brought 15s to 17s. lightei, 13? to lls. There were too many ewes in for the butchers, aiid the market drasgrd. A decided drop in values took place, the Ls-t oriy makn.g 12s to 15s Gd; others, 7a 6d tj lls, a fc"
Fat Lambs. — The total brought forward was 1460. Few were of good quality, and export buyers holding, caused prices to ease. Sevan hundred and thirty were taken for freezing at 10s Cd to 13s 4d, averaging lls 9d; 159 went to the butchers at 8s 7d to 13s sd ; 52S were passed at 10s to lls 7d ; and the rest went lo the graziers.
Store Sheep.— The penning tot-uled 9800, mostly inferior wethers, with only a few good lines of ewes and very iew lambs. Considering the quality of the fheep, fair sales were made. Forv. ard wethers made lls to 12s 2d ; others, 7s 7d to 10s ; good, sound ewes. 10s to 13s ; others, 5s to 8s 6d ; lambs. 4s lOd to 7s 3d.
Pigs. — About 500, including many unfinished lots, were placed in the fat pens, and this eau°ed cisicr prices, but big stores sold well. Baconers made 32s 6i to 4.55, or 3id per lb ; porkeis, 20s to 30s, or 3J'l per lb , large stores, 18s to 23s ; sma'.l, Ss to T2s , suckers, 4s to 7s.
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Otago Witness, Issue 2506, 2 April 1902, Page 33
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