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Timaru Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 3558, 3 May 1901, Page 3

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United Press Association —Per Electiie Telegraph—CopyrigUc. Received 9.35 a.m., -May 2nd. LONDON, May 1. At the wool sales Buxton, and Ronald, Balme and Company, Jacomb and Son offered 12.071 bales "of medium selection. There was a large attendance, tion was strong for fine merinos, Continental buyers taking the bulk. Prices are on a par with the closing rates at the March sales. There was fair competition for fine crossbreds, prices remaining unchanged- Low class wools declined 7j per cent., Yorkshire manufacturers taking the bulk. The total quantity of wheat and flour afloat for the United Kingdom is 3,700,000 quarters, and for the Continent 1,600,000 quarters. Share quotations are unchanged. At the tallow sa!es 1775 casks were offered, and 1125 casks were sold. Prices of all kinds are unchanged. Received 12.14 a.m.. May 3rd. American financiers obtained one-sjrth of the British wait loan. Per Press Association. NAPIER, May 2. Messrs Nelson Bros, have received the following cablegram from the Colonial Consignment and Distributing Company, London :—Frozen Meat Market—The prices are still falling. Quotations are:—Best Canterbury, 4d; Napier and North Island, 3£d; lamb, first quality, s|d; second quality, sd.