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Timaru Herald, Volume LXXXII, Issue 12844, 30 November 1905, Page 5

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United Press Association—Per Electrio Telegraph—Copyright. LONDDON, November 28. Copper, spot, £77 10s per ton; three months, £77. -.-■ Tin;, spot, .£154 17s 6d per ton; three months, £154 ss. Lead, £ls 12s 6d per ton. i Silver, 2s 6 5-16 d per .oz. The wool sales opened with animated competition, but slightly in buyers' favour. ; The, wheat and flour afloat for the United Kingdom amount to 2,070,000 quarters, and for the Continent to 2,320,000 quarters! The Atlantic shipments for the week totai 180,000 quarters.

THE AUSTRALIAN MARKETS. • SYDNEY, November 29. At the wool sales there is spirited competition, and values are firm for all good sorts. Greasy sold to and scoured to .•■ r*\ ! Whfcat, chick. 3s s£d to 3s 6£d; milling, 3s 8d -.to 3s B£d. Flpur, £8 5s ta £8 10s ; Manitoban, £l4 10s. Oats. Algerian, 2s 6d to 2s 7d; New Zealand Gartons, A grade, 3s Id to 3s 3d,- B grade, 2s lid to 3s. Barley, maltintr, 3s 9d to 4s. Maize, 4s 8d to 4s 9d; Victorian, ss. Bran, lid to Is. Pollard, Is 5d to Is 6d. Potatoes,' Circular Heads. £8 to £9; ]r<-,-. new, £ll. to £l2. Onions, £7 to £8: pi<:k'.'ers,' £l2; butter, choice, 10£ d. Bacon s£d'to 7£d. .;.,., . Received 1.5 a.m.. November 30th. SYDNEY .WOOL SALES. Reflecting the London sales, prices at the opening of the wool sales were slightly weaker. Afterwards, with a more, active competition, prices closed strong at the previous day's rates. '

MELBOURNE, November 29. Wheat, old, 3s 7d; new December-Janu-ary .delivery, 3s 4d to 3s sd. Flour, £7 5s to £7 15s. Oats, Algerian, is lid to 2s 2d. Barley, malting, 4s to 4s 3d. Bran. 12id, Pollard,. is Jd; Potatoes, old; £5 to £5 10s; new, to £lO 10s. Onions, £6 to £B. ADELAIDE, November 29. Wheat, old,, 3s.Bd: new. 3s 4d to os sd. Flour, £7 15s to £B. Oats, Algerian, 2s 2d to 2s 4d: stout. 2s 7d to 2s lOd. Bran, Is 3d. Pollard, Is 4d. AUCKLAND WOOL SALE. ..,:■;■ Per Press Association. AUCKLAND, 'November- 28. The Auckland wool sales opened to-day. Over 3000 bales were submitted. The sales showed a general advance, of a half-penny in nearly all classes over last year's sale. The advance was more , marked in inferior :than in higher grades, viz., id to -|d in the former, and id to £d in the latter. Locks and pieces had an easier tendency.