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Timaru Herald, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 12871, 5 January 1906, Page 5

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United Press Association—Per Electric Telegraph—Copyright. THE ENGLISH MARKETS. I LONDON, December 3, At the tallow eales 1456 casks were offered and 770 sold. . Fine mutton realised 33s 6d per cwt; medium, 275; fine beef, 29s 6d; medium, 265. Wheat and flour.—The Atlantic shipments'for the week total 211,000 quarters, and the Pacific 84,000 quarters. Bank shares.—Bank of Australasia, 90 to 92; Bank of New South Wales, 41$ to 42£; Union Bank, 48 to 49; National Bank of New Zealand, 5$ to 53; Bank of New Zealand, 7 to 7s; debentures, 102; •New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, 94. ;.'" . ; * Copper, spot, £79 17s 6d -per ton: three months, £79 10s. Supplies. 25,646 tons; deliveries, 26,555 tons: stock's, 12,983 tons; advised afloat, 4000 tons. - Tin, spot, £162 per ton: three months, £l6l 17ii6d; stocks, 13,606 tons; on spot, 3450 tons; advised afloat, 4440 tons; deliveries 1620 tons. ADULTERATING BUTTER. > Per Press Association. CHRISTCHURCH, January 4. ' t Mr John Holmes, late trade commissioner 1 to the colony, who arrived in Christchurch to-day, stated, that- if the practice of " faking" New Zealand butter at Home was not stopped the permanent market would be jeopardised. At present cocoanut oil, oleo margarine, tallow and other commodities were being mixed with New Zealand butter, which was then repacked and sold under the original brands. As much as 25 per cent, increased weight had been * therebv secured. a * j THE CHRISTCHURCH WOOL SALES. 1 CHRISTCHURCH, January 4. ' The third wool sale of this season's series * commenced in Alexandra Hall to-night, 5 when about 15,300 bales were catalogued. a There was a record attendance of Home, * Continental, American and local buyers. 1 The wool was not as a whole up to the '■-' standard of quality of that submitted at a the previous sales, some of the clips being r heavier in grease, and the station clips d were mostly front the further back stations a and rougher country. There was an imu proved demand for merino wool, of whicl e a number of good clips were offered, and r the prices showed a rise of a ; id to lc n per" lb, according to quality.. There wen "■ no superfine halfbreds offering, such as thos< r which brought the top prices , at .the De % cember sale, but medium sorts were ii 1S strong demand, and advanced about it 3 - per lb. Threequarter-breid and crossbret n showed practically no : change in prices |t but were more keenly competed for. Piecej 'c of- all descriptions were very firm, am i© in some cases sold as well as the fleec< o wool. The buyers for the Home marke 'H took the bulk of the offerings, while ; ie fair quantity was taken by the represen r- tatives of the local woollen mills and specu ie lators. The bulk lots in two catalogue were sold tonight, only a small prnportioi in being passed in, and "the sale will be re id sumed at 9 a.m. to-morrow, r- The range of prices was—Super greas n- merino 12d to 123 d. medium 10id to of inferior 9d to lOd: super lialfbred 121. ct to 13d, medium 10$ d to 12d. inferior 83' er to lOd; super tlireequarter-bred 10£ d t at- 11-Jd, medium 9Jd to IOJd. inferior BJ< is to 9jd; ' super crossbred to 114J ty medium to 10id. inferior Bjd to 9d [■it longwool B|d to 9Jd; down wool c d t up lOJd; scoured merino 19id, pieces idd t

J9id, locks 14Jd; scoured b;ilfb:cd 17d jo 18d, pices 15d to 16] d. locks 10id; greasy first merino p:ec*s 9|d to lid. scoured pieces 6jd to 9d; first baJfbred pieces 9d to lljd, scoured pieces did «n 9d; first halfbrwl pieces 9d u» fljd: scoured 6Jd to BJd; threequarScrbmi! pieces 6d to Sjd; crc.sslired piece* 6<l t«» BJd. locks 4jd to 7d.