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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXIII, Issue 53, 22 March 1901, Page 3

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1 PER PnKSS ASSOCIATION. (Receive' 1 20, 1.5 a-in. , Losdok, M»reh 19. : The wool sale? close o:i the 28th. The American deicaud is hardening for crossbreds. (P.eeeivod 20. 9.58 a.m.) Losd'-ix, March 19. Wool is very firm, but prices ure unchanged. Te Apili clips brought oicl. Ko<:eived 21, 1.5 a.m. London, March 20. At the tallow sales 1120 casks were offered and 375 soM; mutton, fine, 28s 3d: medium, 26s ; beef, fine, 2fis 9d; medium, 25a 3d. Consols, 95}. ) Received 21, 11.1 p.m. ' JjOSDOS, March 20. The American visible wheat snppy is estimated at 77,527,000 bushels. Merinos are firm at five per cent, above opening rates. Oross-bred is unchanged. ; . i | Sydney, March 20. Wheat.—Ohick, prime, 2a 2-id; milling, 2s ]7Jd; flour, £6 to £6 10s; mantoban. £lO 1 10s to £lO 15s ; oats, prime New Zealand, , feeding, b grade 2sJ c £rade Is 6d to 13 7d; maize, 2s 6d; barley, 2s to 2s Id; bran, BJd to BJd; pollard. 83d to 9d ; peas, Prussian blue, 3s 3d to in 6d; potatoes, Tasmanian, L 3 U6dtoL3 ss; onions, Victorian, Lli 10s; ■ butter, dairy, 8d to 9d; creamery, lOd; cheese 4d to sd; bacon, 6d to Bd. Tht above quotations are those ruling botween merchant and retailer, and do not represent slightly lower values obtained by recegnised brokers. Melbotjese, March 20. Wheat, stead, 2s 7|d ; oats, nominal; barley, 2s lOd to 3a 3d ; bran, 9§d to lOd ; pollard, lOjjd ; onions, L 5 to L 5 10s. Adelaide, March 20. Wheat, 2s 83; flour, L 6 6s toL6 7s 6d; oats, dun, Algerian, 1» Sd to Is lOd; white, 2d 2d to 2s 8d; bran, lOd; pollard, 10Jd.