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Sun (Christchurch), Volume III, Issue 698, 6 May 1916, Page 11

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LONDON WOOL SALES. | By '^oljlr.- — l'rrtr A**oriahon. — (tpyriyht. LONDON, May 4. j There- is a keen demand for all sorts, and ; pricrs arc the highest of the series. The : following prices were realised for the New .Zealand clips named: Weka. top price , I 17* d, average price 18jd; Tahora, .!Ud aid 17; d: Drysdale, 191(1 and 18d; Ashcott, ' l»d and iß?d. The Bradford market is firm: 64's 45* d, 60's 44Jd, common fifl's Mid, .Ifi's 38d, . r .o"s ! ::2d. 4i; - s 2Xid. id's n;u\. LONDON QUOTATIONS. I LONDON, May 4. ! Wheat: The market is quiet and tin- ; changed. | Flour: The market is dull. Australian ' 47/-. I Oats: The market is firm, but inactive. I No I,a Plata is offering. Peas and Deans: There is only a small demand, and prices arc unchanged. | Sugar: The market is steady, and prices | are unchanged. j Pig-iron: £B2 (!/-. QUEENSLAND BUTTER. BRISBANE, May 5. \ The Government has decided to permit j the export of the second and third portions iof first grade butler, provided a fixed | minimum is .retained for local requirements. TALLOW. | The N.Z. Loan and Mercantile Agency | Company, Ltd., has received the following i cablegram:— "We quote present spot values for the { following descriptions:—Fine mutton 51/9 ■ per cwt, good beef 48/9, mixed 45/6. MarJ ket dull, downward tendency.'' TO-DAY'S POULTRY MARKET. Messrs J. B. Merrett and Co. report ailexcellent entry of poultry today. Prices were firm, table chickens of primr quality realising 1/9 to 8/10, hens 2/6 to 5/3. pullets 3/- to 9/9, ducks 4/1 to 7/, turkey* 11/- to 28/-, all per pair. THE EGG MARKET. The egg market is very firm, and supplies short. The Canterbury Egg CircJefirst grades realised to-day 2/3, seconds 2/-.- | Orders for several hundred dozen of eggs- . could not be taken this week, on account, of want of supplies. TAUPIRI COAL MINES. Pws Atsonaiion. AUCKLAND, May 5. ! A loss of £fi7o:i on the year's working i* | shown by the annual report of the Taupiri | Coal Mines. Disaster compensation claims ! and legal expenses connected therewith, I amounting to £25,762, have been met. There 1 is still one claim outstanding. PROPERTY SALE. A residential property offered by Craddoek McCrostie Co. to-day, situated in Derby Street. St. Albans, started at £750, and was passed at £BOO. The reserve was £BSO.