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Otago Witness, Issue 2805, 18 December 1907, Page 40

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AUSTRALIAN MARKETS. I SYDNEY, December 11. Wheat: Milling, 4s 3d to 4s 4d; chick, prime, 4s 6d- to 4sr 7d. Flour, £11. Oats : Algerian and white, 3s 3d to 3s 4d. Maize, 4s lOd to 4s lid. Bran, Is 3d. Pollard, Is 3d to Is 4d. Potatoes : Tasmanian, t*. ; local, to £3 ss. Onions: Victorian, row globe, £6; local, £4 to £4 10s. 'Butter, 99s to 101s. Cheese, 6sd to 9d. Bacon, H&d to lOJd. 1 MELBOURNE, December 11. Wheat, 4s 21d. Flour, £10 10s. Oats: Algerian, 29 lOd to 3s. Barley: Cape, prime, 4s to 4s 3d; feeding, 3s 3d. Maize. 4s 3d. Bran and pollard, Is. Onions, £2 to £2 15s. Potatoes, £1 15s. - ADELAIDE, December 11. Wheat, 4s. Flour,<£lo. Bran and pollard, 1«- ~ ADDINGTON STOCK MARKET. CHRISTCHURCH, December 11. At ihe Addington live stock market to-day there' was a fairly large entry of stock and a good attendance. Fat cattle, except very prime, were a shade easier. Fat lambs were barely up to la&t. week's rates, and ftore sheep met with a limited demand. The entry of store sheep was larger than last week, but the quality was not very good, »ii in consequence of the continued dry weather the demand was limited, and a number of lots were passed in. The yarding of fat lambs was the largest this season, the quality on the .whole bt: rg good. There was a fair demand for sxport, though competition was not keen, and prices were barely up to last week's raites. Tegs made 16s' 6d to 17s; medium-weights, 14s to 16s ; lighter, 12s 6d to 18s 6d. There was a gocd yarding of fat sheep. There was a drop all round in the prices of fat sheep, especially in the older classes of ewes, the decline ranging from Is to 2s a head. The range of prices was: Extra prime wethers, 21s 9d to 235 ; prime wethers, 18s to 20s Cd; lighter, 15s 6d to 17s 6d; merino wethers, 12* 6d; prime ewes. 16s to 18s 6d; medium. 13s to 15« 6d; aged, 9s to 12s 6d. The beef supply comprised 381 head, this number being in excess of the demand. The sale was uneven throughout, and, except for the better class beef, late rates were not maintained. Steers made £6 to £11 17s 6d; heifers, £5 to £9 17s 6d; cows, £5 15s to £8 10s — equal to, 24s to 27s for prime, and 20s to 28s for medium per 1001b. Pigs were entered in fairly large numbers, and the market opened weaker. Baconers made 48s to 60s — equal to 5d to s|d per lb; porkers, 34s to 44s — equal to ssd per lb;and choppers sold up to 85s.