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Timaru Herald, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 12926, 17 March 1906, Page 4

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THE TIMARU MARKETS! ; Wheat: A few sales in new wheat were made during the week at 25.11<1,. and 2s ll£d on trucks, Timaru, of tuscan and velvet ; 2s; 10d for" red./chaffand 2s-7dfor seconds. Oats : Gartens Is -7d, Danish Is6d, Duns up to Is Bd, on." trucks at country stations. Barley: There are enquiries for first-class malting, but none is offering. Potatoes: are coming in for Derwente,- .-and- other ' sorts, but none offering on the market; yet. • THE HOME MARKETS. Messrs Dalgety and Co., advise under date,. -London, March 15th .-.-—"Since: our last telegram .prices of Canterbury, frozen mutton are . unchanged ; North Island fro-. Zen mutton-is higher by -£d per lb. N:Z. frozen lamb prices are at par to an gd per lb lower. New Zealand frozen beef prices are unchanged. There is more demand for frozen meat: in general.. The butter market' is very weak: The Copenhagen official quotation is unchanged. The: total of butter, imports into the United Kingdom for the week ended with March was 89,000 cwt,. us compared with-59,000 cwt for the same {period last year. There is more demand. for unsalted butter than 1 salted:" ST. ANDREWS STOCK SALE.-'-

At -this sale yesterday- the yarding %ai'' very-good, , and some exceptionally good quality ew£s brought top prices. "The' at-' tendance was good and spirited bidding. Prices as follows:- Sheep:' 5070" were yarded' :—4 fat wethers 16s,' stores, ew<&s,' 400 2-tooth 20s 6d, 20s Bd, 490 2-tootfr ewes 21s and 20s, 458 2-tooth ewes 17s 6d and 17s Bd, 200 2-tooth ewes 21s 4d, 227 2toothf ewes 18s 2d, 45 2-tooth ewes 18s Id, 22 4-tooth ewes 20s 6d, 212 4, 6, and 8tooth - ewes 17s, 337 4, 6, and 8-tooth 16s lid' and 17s, 267 4, 6, and 8-toOth 14s 7d, 98 6 and 8-tooth 15s 7d; wethers, 250 4 and 6-tooth wethers; 16s 350 4 and 6-tooth wethers 15s lOd, 28 aged , ewes 5.4 2d; Lambs, 150 lambs 10s Bd, 525 at 10s," 560 at lis 6d, 50 at 13s 2d, 201 small Bs. 6d, 85 good forward and fat 14s 2d,; 300 good lis-9d.