COMMERCIAL.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LX, Issue 143770, 19 April 1912, Page 7

COMMERCIAL.

LONDON MARKETS.

By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.

LONDON, April 18. Wool.—The following arc the prices realised for the fleece portion of the clips namedGwavas, top price IOJd, average 11 Jd and 10id. _ LONDON, April 18. The wool sales were firm and prices unchanged. There was strong Continental competition for all fine-haired merinos. Silver, 27 o-16d. Share quotations:—Talisman 42s 6d and 47s 6d, Marconi’s shares £0 10s. The rise is largely owing to his winning his action against the United 'Wireless America. AUSTRALIAN MARKETS. Sydney, April 18. Wheat, 3s lid to 4s Id. Flour.—City £9 os, country £9 2s 6d. Oats.—Sparrowbills 3s 2d to giants 3s 4d, Algerian 3s 6d, New Zealand 3s 4d to 3s sd. Barley.—Cape 4s lOd to os, English 4s 6d to os. Maize, 4s 8d to 4s lOd. Bran, £6 10s. Pollard, £7. Both bran and pollard show a further rise of 10s. Potatoes.—Tasmanian £9 10s to £lO 10s. Onions. —Victorian Spanish £l3, pickling £7. Butter.—Selected 120 s, prime 108 s to 116 s. Cheese, B£d to 9d. Bacon, 7sd to 7Jxi. MELBOURNE, April 38. Hides.—Active demands, and prices very fair all round. Good supplies. ADELAIDE, April IS. Wheat, 3s lid to 4s. Flour, £9 2s 6d. Bran and pollard, Is sd; Oats, 3s 2d. MELBOURNE, April 19. Wheat, 4s 2d to 4s 2sd. Flour, £9. Bran, £6 os. Pollard, £6 15s. Barley.—Seed 7s, malting 6s to 6s 4d, Cape 4s lOd to 5s 4d. Oats. —Algerian 3s 5d to 3s s>fd, feeding 3s 3£d to 3s 4d. Maize, 4s 4-J-d. Potatoes, £7 5s to £B. Onions, £ll to £ll os. AUCKLAND SHARE MARKET. (Special to Herald.) AUCKLAND, April 19. ' Mr. Hendry (3L. P. Webster local agent) reports the following,' ''Stock Exchange quotations and sales: — Quotations. —May Queen sellers Is 2d, buyers Is Id, Occidental 1« Id and Is, Waiotahi 3s 2d and 3s. Maitangi Is Id and Is, Talisman 44s 9d and 44s 3d, Waihi 3Ss 6d and 37s 6d, Junction 26s and 25s 9d. Sales. —Caledonian Is 3d, Junction 265, 25s 9d. ABRAHAM AND WILLIAMS. (Special to Herald.) PALMERSTON N., April 18. Abraham and Williams, Ltd., report; At our usual Palmerston North sale held oh Thursday, April 18, we had a fair yarding of both sheep, and cattle. Sheep were hard to quit, but cattle met with a good sale at the following prices:—Forward 4 year bullocks £7 6s, 3 year ditto £5 10s to £6 7s 6d, 2i year steers £4 15s to £5, yearling steers 36s 6d weancr steers 225, fat and forward cows £4 10s to £4 los, forward cows £3 10s to £4, store cows £2 10s to £3, 18 months heifers £2 10s to £3 7s 6d, yearling heifers £2, dairy cows £4 10s to £9. Sheep, cull wethers 9s 6d, cull empty ewes 2s lid-, 4 and 5 year ©wes in lamb 12s 4d. MATTHEWS AND BENNETT. Messrs. Matthews and Bennett report that there was a fair yarding of cattle in their Inglewood yards on Wednesday. Calves mad© from £1 Is to £1 18s 6d, store cows 30s to £3 7s 6d, bulls £2 10s to £4 7s 6d, lambs 6s 2d to 8s 7d, f.m. ewes 4s 6d to 7s 6d.