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PRICE OF PETROL. By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright. NEW YORK, Nov. 80. Petrol prices are unchanged. AUSTRALIAN MARKETS. SYDNEY, Dec. 4. Oats.—Algerian 6s and 6s 6d, Tasmanian 6s 2d and 6s 6d. Barley.—Cape, 6s 6d. Maize, 9s Sd. Potatoes.—Tasmanian, new £2O, old £IS; New Zealand, old £4 to £lO. Onions, £6 to £l3. ADELAIDE, Dec. 4. Oats, os 3d to os 7d. (Received Dec. 6, 10.30 a.m.) MELBOURNE, Dec. 5. Barley.—English malting 6s to 6s 3d; Cape 6s Id to os 3d. Oats.—Algerian milling os lOd to 6s; feed, os 6d to 5s 9d. Potatoes.—£lß to £2O. Onions.—£B to £9, 10s. Hides.—Limited offerings were submitted for competition at firm and unchanged rates. AUCKLAND CITY TRAMWAYS. (Received Deo. 5, 1.10 p.m.) LONDON, Dec. 2. The Auckland Electric Tramways have a divisable profit of £41,276. The year’s dividend is a shilling a share and the amount carried forward £9776. LONDON MARKETS. LONDON ,Dec. 1. P. and 0.—£660 and £6BO. Exchanges.—Paris 39.60, Stockholm 17.94, Christiania 18.56, Calcutta 28 5-Bd., Montreal 420, New York 400 J. There was a representative catalogue at the wool sales of 11,874 bales of which 4989 were New Zealand. There was strong competition, continental buyers being the chief operators. Faulty Merinos showed par to 5 per cent, advance, stylish Crossbreds were at par, slipes and scoured Crossbreds firm. The Mount Sturgeon clip brought: 92jd top price,, average 89d, Ardachy 87d and 85d, Mount Bute S9d and S6d. Bradford.—Strong market, but business quiet, pending the London opening.
LONDON WOOL SALES. Newton Kinc; has received a cable from London that the wool sales have opened. Coarse Crossbred declined 5 per cent.; medium and fine market firm. AUCKLAND SHAREMARKET. QUOTATIONS. SPECIAL TO HFUALD. AUCKLAND, Dec. 5. Messrs. Hendry and Hay (E. P. Webster, local agent) report the following Stock Exchange quotations and sales: — Waihi, 63s and 51s 6d; Junction, 14s (seller); Talisman, 10s 6d and 10s; National Insurance, £3 15s (seller); New Zealand Insurance, 32s 3d and 31s 6d; South British Insurance, £8 17s 6d and £8 12s 6d; Taupiri Coal, 17s (buyer); Auckland Trams, 20s (seller); Auckland Trams, preference, 18s (buyer); Wilson’s Cement, 15s 9d (seller). DAIRS PRODUCE. The local market prices this week are as follows: Buying. Selling. Eggs 1 10 2 0 Dairy Butter (pats) 13 14 ' Registered Dairy Butter 1 3j: 15
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Taranaki Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 16609, 5 December 1919, Page 7
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383COMMERCIAL. Taranaki Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 16609, 5 December 1919, Page 7
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