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Timaru Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 3557, 2 May 1901, Page 2

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United Press Association-r-Por Electrio Telegraph—Copyright. Received 9 a.in., May l^fr. LONDON, April 30. The wool sales opened briskly. Prices are unchanged, except for low orossbredß. Received 12.17 a.m., May 2nd. The Waihi Goldmining Company propose to. increase their capital to £500,000. Received 10.45 a.m., M'<y I*'.. SYDNEY, May 1. Wheat, milling, 2s 6d to 2s 7d; chick, prime, 2s 2£d to 2s 3id. Flour, £5 5s to £6 ss; Manitoban, £lO 5s to £lO 10s. Oats, prime New Zealand feeding B, Is 8d to Is 9d; C, Is 4d to Is sd; milling, Is lOd to Is lid. Maize, prime new, 2s 6d. Barley, feeding, Is lOd to Is lid; seed, 2s 2d. Bran, Bj|d to 9d. Pollard, Bj|d to 9d. Peas, blue, 3s 4d to 3s 6d. Potatoes, Circular Head, £4 15s. Onions, Victorian prime, £8; New Zealand prime, £7. Butter, creamery-made, lOd; second quality, 9d. Cheese, New Zealand loaf, to 6d. Bacon, 7d to B£d. • Hams, New Zealand, B£d to 9d. The above quotations are. those ruling between merchant and retailer, and do not. represent the slightly lower values obtained by the recognised broker. MELBOURNE, May 1. Wheat is firm; milling, 2s 7d. Oats, milling Is 7£cl; seed, Is Bdj stout white, 2s o£d. Barley, 2s to 2s 3d. Bran, lljd. Pollard, ll?d. ADELAIDE, May 1. 1 Wheat is firmer at 2s BJd; holders ask for an advance on that. Oats, Algerian, Is 8d to Is 10d j white, 2s 2d to 2s Bd. ' Bran, 10£ d. Pollard, 10£ d. Messrs Dalgety and Co. report under date London, April 30tli: —" Tlio wool saleß opened with a fair selection. There won a large attendance of buyers and animated competition. The clips offered so far are mostly crossbred. As compared with tho closing rates of last scries merino wools are Jinn, any change in prices being in favour of sellers. Prices of lino crossbred are unchanged; while medium and coarse crossbred are 5 per cent, to 8 per cent, lower. The dales of our own sales are (lie Ist, 11th, and 22iul May." B—«»——■