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Taranaki Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 144858, 9 December 1915, Page 7

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LONDON MARKETS. BT ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.—COPYRIGHT. (Received Dec. 9, 1 p.m.) LONDON, Doc. 8. Wool. —Crossbreds sold at full opening .rates. Tho merinos were rather a better selection, and. sold at slightly firmer prices. There was excited bidding,for all sorts. The New Zealand clip Waihopai brought 27Jd (top price) and an average of 22|d. Pig-iron, 73s lid. Tallow.-—One thousand five bundled and forty-one casks offered, 216 sold. Mutton, fine 51s 9d, medium 49s', beef, fine Sis 3d, medium 495. COLD STORAGE OF RABBITS. LONDON, Deo. 7. The High Commissioner for Now Zealand (the Hon. Thos. Mackenzie) presided at a meeting of tho Cold Storage Ice Association. Mr. Charles Tabor, in a paper on New Zealand rabbits, attributed the yellow fat trouble, which is a frequent cause of claims on underwriters, to long refrigerated storage, with rises of temperature. SYDNEY WOOL SALES, SYDNEY, Dec. 8. At the wool sales there was a further advance of five per cent. Comeback fetched Is Bd, which is another record. Greasy merino super wether brought Is B}d. AMERICAN WHEAT. LONDON, Dee. 8. Wheat. American visible supplies 130,234,000 bushels. Chicago options, December 116 j cents to 121 J cents, May 117 J cents to 1211 cents. AUCKLAND SHARE MARKET. SPECIAL TO IIKRAI.D. AUCKLAND, Dec, 9. Messrs. Hendry and Hay (E. P. Webster local agent) report the folloning Slock Exchange quotations and sales:— Quotations. Talisman, sellers 16s, buyers Iss; Waihi 37s 3d and 36s 9d, Junction 20s 6d and IDs 6d.