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Southland Times, Issue 17699, 10 July 1914, Page 4

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AGRICULTURAL EVENTS FOS WEEK ENDING JNLY 11. Friday. July 10.— Stock sale at Otautau. PRODUCE PRICES CURRENT. Thursday. July o. ioic WHOLESALE. IT-sh Farm Butter, Od per lek Fresh Butter (separator), lOd per lb. Factory Flutter. Bib prints. Is tV, d. Potatoes. 60s per ton. Flour. £ I 1 to £ 1 2. Oatmeal. £l2 to £i 2 IT- per Rwu Pollard. £7 per (on. Bran. £ I per ton. chaff. £5 m s . <>.t. RETAIL. I"re<h Butter (farm), lid per lb. Fresh Butter (separator). Is per lb. Factory Butter, t-jlb prints. Is ;:d. 1 "heese. 0d per lb. Eggs. Is fid. Potatoes. 1 libs. Is ; fis ear. Oatmeal. 501b. Ss ; 251b. Is : 71b. Is 2d. Pollard. 12s per bag. Onions. I 21bs Is. LONDON WOOL SALES. LONDON. July s. At the London wool sales there was a good selefiion of crossbreds at fully opening rates. A small selection ol merinos showed a 5 per v.-m. advance. LONDON. July 0. Receiv.-d July o. 0.55 p.m. The following prices were realise.! for the fleece portions of the clips named: Ota Greek, top IP-rl, average Itßd; Longhorn, top l td. average 12 1 , d ; Birdgtovc. top !2 1 j (1. average 10-qd. Messrs Dalgety and Co.. Ltd., report having received the following cable from their head office, dated London. July 7: The wool sales have opened. The number of buyers is large, competition animated. and a poor selection. As eonipa red with last sales" closing rates. merinos (practically nothing offering), greasy crossbred wools, line o.uality. ■< per rent, to 7 per cent, higher, greasy ci ossbred wools, medium quality, par to 5 pep cent. Higher. greasy crossbred wools, coarse quality, unchanged, except Cl.arse, shabby greasy crossbred, which tire rather low- r. The National Moitgage and Agency Company of New Zealand, Ltd., are in receipt of a eablegi a m from their London office as follows: —-Wool Sales; Fine crossbreds opened at an advance of 7Vi per cent, on Inst sales" closing rates. There was a large attendance of buyers. Best medium crossbreds arc slightly dearer. whtb‘ others are unchanged. Tii ere is a very small offering of meri-

SYDNEY SHEEP SALES. ( By Telegraph.—Press Assn. —Copyright) SYDNEY. July 0. Receiver! July 0. 0 p.m. At the Sydney sheep sales merinos (Ileniliquin) stud rams fetched; Top 575gns; others. 400 to 500gns and 200 to 210gns. Haddon rig merino stud ram. 52’Ognp; another. 220gns: Winton, Tasmania, mcrinn stud ram. 550gns. AUSTRALIAN MARKETS. (By Telegraph.— IT*"-"- Assn.—Copyright) svdney, July n. Received duly ", 5.50 p.m. Wheat. 5.s lod to 5s b)'£<l. Flour. £S 5s to £S 7s fid. Bran and pollard, £5 ss. Oats. Algerians, ,2s Id to 2s sd; milling. 2s fid to 2s 7d. Barley. English. 2s Cd; Cape, 2s fid; seed, 2s 1 Od. Maize. 5s fid to 5s lOd; Java. 5s fid. Potatoes, Tasmanian, £•”> 10s. Onions. Victorian, £7; New Zealand. £fi to £6 10s; picklers, £2 10s to £2 15s. Butter, selected, 114s ; seconds. OSs to 100s. Cheese, Od to 912.U Bacon, SM;(1 to Od. " ADELAIDE. July 0. Wheat, 5s 9d. Flour. £S ss. Bran, Is 2d. Pollard. Is sd. VICTORIAN HIDES MARKET. M ET.BOF RN E. July 0. "Hides: There are good supplies. Lights and kips are very firm. Heavy are slightly easier. LONDON MARKETS. LONDON, July S. Silver. 25 tit (I per oz. Rahhitskins; The sales opened at IVi-d decline. Linseed oil, £24 15s. Wheat: The market is steady but inactive. Copper; Spot, £fi2 ss; three months, £G2 Pis. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co.. Ltd., is in receipt of the following cablegram from its London office, under date July S;—Tallow: The market has a lower tendency. Wheat; The market is quiet but steady, buyers holding off. The outlook is uncertain.

LONDON TALLOW MAKZDT. LONDON, July S. At Uie tallow sales 1455 casks wore offered and 545 sold. Mutton, line 5.55. medium 525; beef, line 52s Od. medium o Is. AMALGAMATED ZINC CO. SYDNEY. July 0. The latest dividend paid by the Amalgamated Zinc Company brings the total to half a million, which is equal to the paid-up capital. BRITISH CGTTOK" TRADE. LONDON. July 0. Received July 0. 0.5.5 p.m. Owing to the slackness in tho cotton trade the Master Cotton Spinners" Executive suggests curtailing tho output by one-fourti) until the end nf September. DUNEDIN STOCK EXCHANGE. DENEDIN. July 0. The following sales were r..ported on the Stock Exchange to-day:—Waihi G.M. Co,. £2 Is srl, D.I.C. (preference), £1 2s fid; New Zealand Drug Co.. £2 fis fid.