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Timaru Herald, Volume XIIC, Issue 13648, 16 July 1908, Page 5

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Press A»sociatkm-By Telegrnph-Copyright LONDON, July in. Silver, 2£d i>er oz. Copper on spot, £57 12s 9d per I on; three montlns £SB 7s 6d. Tin, on spot, £129 15s per ton ; three months, £l3O 12s 6d. THK WOOL SALKS. THK PRICKS, ADVAXCIXG. Received. 9.30 p.m., July 15th. LOXDON, July 15. Balme and Company, Buxton Ronald and Company, and DuCroz and Company, submitted catalogues totalling 9158 bales of colonial wools, including n9Q2 front Xew Zealand. Bidding was animated, Merinos generally were 5 per cent, higher, and crossbred* 5 to 7.t per cent., medium, showing the greatest appreciation. Ail sections of buyers, including the Ame-ii-uins, operated freely. PRICKS IX AUSTRALIA. SYDNEY,. July 15. Wheat, n« Id. Flour, £9 5?. Oats, Algerian feeding. 3s. 3d; seeding, 3s 9d; Xew Zealand whits:, 3s 7d; South African 3s 7d to 3s od. Barley, Cape, Is 6d. Maize, Is 7d to 4s Bd. Bran and pollard, £6. Potatoes, Tasnianian, £1 10s to £5. Onions, Victorian, £B. Butter, 121s to 126s per cwl. Bacon, 7Jd.

MKI.BOUUNK, July 15. Wheat, Is. Flour, £9 10s. Oats, Algerian, 3s 3d. Barley, prime Cape, 4s 2d. Maize, 4s 3d. Bran and .pollard, Is 2d. Potatoes, £3 10s to £3 15s. Onions, £6 10s. ADF.LAIDK, July 15. Wheat.," 3s lid. Flour, £8 10;. Oats, 3s Id to 3s 30. Bailey, 3s .KM. Bran and pollard, 1.-> 2d. '* The National Mortgage and Company of New Zealand have advice of the opening of the London wool sales yesterday to the effect that merino and crossbnjds generally have advanced 5 per cent, on closing rates of last sales. Miperior crossbreds, medium and coarse Ji. Buyers generally were . operating freely. M<.«srs Dalgety and Co. report under date, London, July 14th:—"The fourth iserie.s of wool sales opened to-day with a. good selection. There was a large attendance of buyers and competition was animated. Prices are on the average 5 per cent, higher than the closing rates of last series, with the exception of inferior and faulty descriptions of scoured merino, any change in the prices of which is in favour of sellers."