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Taranaki Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 144668, 30 April 1915, Page 7

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THE NEW ZEALAND LOAN. BT EIECTKIC TELEGRAPH.-—COPYRIGHT. LONDON, April 29. The Daily Mail twits* ae New Zealand Finance Minister with denying the loan, unci points out the Treasury's approval has now been posted in the ' Stock Exchange. AUSTRALIAN .MARKETS. SYDNEY, April 20. • Oats.- —Tasmanian, os ml to .os 6d; New Zealand A Gnrtous, us 6d, Barley.—Capo. 5s 9d; English. 6s, Maize.—Yellow. Us; white, 5s 9d. ■. Potatoes.—Tasmanians, £6 to £7 Ifls. Onions. —Victorian, £7 ; New Zealand, £6. Butter.—Selected, 1245; secondary. Xl9s. Cheese, Old to lOd. Bacon. .SR! to 9d. ADELAIDE. April 29. Wheat, 8s 3d. ' Flour, £l7 10s. Bran, 2s 3d to 2s Id. Pollard, 2s 6id. Oats, os 9d to 6s 6d. MELBOURNE, April 29. Butter has advanced twopence, to Is 9d; tea advanced a penny per pound. Hides. —Good conditioned are firmer, inferior unchanged. (Received April 30, 9.30 a.m.) MELBOURNE, April 30. Wheat, nominal. Flour, £l7. Barley.—English, os 5d to os 9d; Cane, 5s 4d to os 6d. Oats.—Algerian'toed, 5s 5d to 5s 9d; seed, 6s to 6s 6d. Maize, os 8d to 6s. Bran, £lO ss. Pollard, £l.l os. Potatoes, £4 to £4 10s. Onions, £5 5s to £5 10s. SYDNEY WOOL SALES. SYDNEY, April 29. Though the wool trouble is unsettled, the unassociatod brokers offered* 9590 bales. The demand was good, but. except for a few select lines, values showed a falling off.

AUCKLAND SHARE MARKET. BPECIAI. TO HERALD. AUCKLAND, April, 30. 'Messrs. Hendry ami Hay (E. P. .Webster local report the following Stock Exchange quotations and sales: Quotations. —Talisjnan. sellers 2os 3d, buyers 24s 6d; AVami, 40s and 39s 6d; Junction, 23s and 2os Grt. Sales.—AYaihi. 40s, 39s 9d. The W.aihi Grand Junction mine’s return for the period ended April 17 ▼as £17,573 from 10,010 tons of ore treated. LOAN AND MERCANTILE. The Now Zealand Loan and Mercan-' tile Agency Company report:— On Thursday best dairy cows and heifers sold at from 27 17s 6d to £9 10s.' others'£4 to £7 Pis Gd: empty cows, £3 to £5; calves. 16s to £1 las; bulls. £3 to £4 ss. • At Albert yards on Friday Inst heavy i draught horses sold at from' £22 to £3l 10s; medium draught horses, £l.B 10s to £26; light harness horses. £9 to £l6 10s; hacks, £7 to £l7 ; nonies. £4 IDs to £6. At AVestfiokl on AVednesday best oxen sold to £2: others, £1 16s to £1 18s; cows and heifers. £1 10s to £1 15s per 1001 b. Steers sold at from £9 to £ls Lss; cows, £5 os to €JO 12s 6d. Henry vealers sold at from £3 10s to £5 os; lighter, £2 to £3 2s (3d: small. £1 4s to £1 1.95: others, los to £1 6s; fresh dropped, 3s in os. Sheep were yarded in full numbers and sold under steady competition at last week’s rates, with the exception of one or two pens, which were especially well done. Lest Sold up to £1 13s. A pen of five, presented by Messrs. AVatsou and Ball. AVairarnarama. to the Belgian Fund, realised £1 19s each, and were bought by JR. and AY. Hcliaby. Lid. Other wethers £l. 2s 6d to £1 9s 6d; inferior fatted, 17s 6d to 2(Xs 9d ; ewes, extra heavy,'£ I 2s to £1 os 9d : others. 19a 6d to £1 Is 9d ; hoggets, los (yl to £1 2s. Lambs in full supply sold well. Best quality lambs sold to 19s 9d; others, 13s to 17s 6cl, Pigs came forward in full supply and improved in price. Large baconcrs sold at from £3 12s to £4 4s; baconers, £2 18s to I £3 7s; large porkers. £2 6s to £2 17s; porkers, £1 10s to £2 4s; slips, 10s to I £1 4s. No weaners yarded.