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Timaru Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 3559, 9 May 1901, Page 3

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United Press Association—Per Electric Telegraph—Copyright. Received 9.9 p.m.,' May Bth. LONDON, May 7. WooL—There is good.competition, and the market has a hardening tendency. The total quantity of wheat and flour afloat for the United Kingdom is 3,580,000 quarters, and for the Continent 1,760,000 quarters. Shares.—Bank of Australasia, 77; Bank of New South. Wales, 42; Union Bank of Australia, £3B 10s; National Bank of New Zealand, £3 10s; Bank of New Zealand 4- per cent, guaranteed stock, 100.. New Zealand Land and Mortgage Comgage Company's 4 per cent, prior lien stock, 89. -* WooL—-Yesterday's sales animated. Merinos are hardening. Crossbreds were firm. The sales included Titi 6£d. Wheat.—The Gugeschin's cargo of Victorian, sold at 30s I£d. Tin is quoted at 120s.

SYDNEY, May 8. The import market is busy. • A large speculative business is doing in commodities likely to be affected by the Federal tariff.

Wheat, chick, 2s 3d to 2s 4£d; milling, 2s 6d to 2s 7d.

Flour, £5 15s to £6 ss; Manitoban, £lO 5s to £lO 10s.

Oats, feeding New Zealand, prime, Is 9d to Is lOdj local, Is 7d to Is B£d; milling, la lOd to Is lid. Barley, feeding, Is lOd to Is lldjseeding, 2s Id to 2s 2d. ,' Maize, 2s 6d. -Peas, 3s 4d to 3s 6<L Bran and pollard, BJd to 9<L Potatoes, £3 to £3 15s. Onions, Victorian prime, £9 to £lO. Bntter, dairy-made, 7£d to 8d; creamery, 9£d to lOd. Cheese, New Zealand loaf, s£d to 6d. Bacon, New Zealand flitches, s£d to 5Jd-

Earns, B£d to 9dThe above quotations are those rnling between merchant and retailer, and do not represent the slightly lower values obtained by the recognised broker.

ADELAIDE, May 8. "Wheat, '2s 8d to 2s B|d. Hour, £6 ss. Oats, Algerian, Is 9d to 2s; stont, 2s 3d to 2s 9<L Bran and pollard, 10£ d.

MELBOURNE, May 8. "Wheat is active and firm at 2s 9d to 2s 9*d. Oats, feeding, Is 6d to Is 7Jd j seeding, Is 9d. Barley, 2s 5d to 3s 3d. Maize, 2s B£<L Bran and pollard, H£d to llsd. Potatoes, £2 to £3 15s. Onions, £7 to £T 10s.