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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 253, 4 March 1911, Page 5

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LONDON REPORTS. By Telegraph.—Press Association. London, March 2. Wheat.—A cargo of Australian was sold at 34s 9d. Tallow.—ln stock, 4117 casks; imports, 3344 casks; deliveries, 2283 casks. Copper. —Supplies, 30,911 tons; deliveries, 31,717 tons; stocks, 82,282 tons, afloat, 0500 tons. Tin.—On the spot, £193; at three months, £185; stocks, 17,550 tons, on the spot, 0615; afloat, 4125; deliveries, 2402. , Lead, £l3 Gs 3d. AUSTRALIAN MARKETS. Sydney, March 3. Wheat.—3s 2y s d to 3s 3d. Flour, £8 ss. Oats.—Algerian, 2s 3d to 2s sd; sparrowbills, 2s 7d; giant, 2s Bd. Barley—Cape, 2s Od to 2s Bd. Maize, 2s Od to 2s 9d. Bran, £4 ss. Pollard, £4 10s. Potatoes.—Tasmanian, £5 to £7. Onions, £3 10s. Butter, 86s. Cheese, SVfcd. Bacon, 7d. Melbourne, March 3. Hides.—Market very firm; prices unchanged. Wheat, 3s 3%d. Flour.—Old, £8 ss; new, £B. Oats, Is lid to 2s Id. Barley.—Prime Chevalier, 4s 9d; Cape, 2s 4d. Maize, 2s Id. Brand and pollard, £4 10s. Onions, £2 to £2 10s. Adelaide, March 3. Wheat, 3s 3'/ 2 d. Flour, £8 ss. Bran, Is 2d. Pollard, Is Id.

BETTER WOOL PRICES. Bv Telegraph.—Frew A«MW>int.ioii. Wellington, Last Night. The fifth and last wool sale of the present season was held to-day, about 250U bales being offered. Buyers attended in good number, and competition, particularly for better classes, was keen throughout. There was an all-round advance of about a halfpenny over prices at last sale. Wools offered, however, were mostly of a very rough character, being late shorn, seedy, and very much bush-stained. Prices averaged as under: JTalfbred, inferior and heavy, BY,d to O'/od; fine crossbred, inferior and heavy, 7%d to Sy 2 d; medium crossbred and Romney, medium to good, By s d to 10'/ 4 d; inferior and heavy, 7d to BV a d; coarse crossbred and Lincoln, medium to good, 8d to fld; inferior and heavy, G%d to 7%d; pieces, medium to good, SM-d to 7d; inferior and heavy, 4%d to sd; bellies, medium to go»d, od to 5%d; inferior and heavy, 4d to sd; locks, inferior and heavy, 3d to 3%d; lambs (free of seed), medium to good, B%d to o%d; inferior and heavy, G'/fjd to Bi/ ( d; lambs (seedy), medium to good, 7d to 7%d; inferior and heavy, Cd to 78.