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Timaru Herald, Volume XIIIC, Issue 13728, 19 October 1908, Page 5

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lVfcss Assucialiou - I'y T«;eg ra|i!t-Copyright L.UXJJOX, October* 16. Wheat.—Th? market.- arc- .in!!, auil buyers .".;e scarce. Aiv.iralian steaitu r parcels, September t hipm.-nr. sold at oi?s 3d: Oeiob-i' shipment at cbs. Cargoes by sailers. 11 ecemb r-.jai;r.ary sh'pmetir, ar' r.ftenng at 9.i. and bv sUanms a, 36?. Flour unchanged. an:! the tendency is downward. BttUer is lirm ; Dan,\ li, 128s per cut; Australian, li6s to 118.-: i;ocniniary qualities are neglected. Sugar.T-rt*#nnsn, 9s 11J per cwt : first mark?, lis 9d.

" # The Bradford wool market- is quiet; , foriy-sixes, lljd: forties, 10d. At the ,j London the Parorangi clip cold at -. BJd. and the Xgakonui at S?d. The second Australian Land and Finance Company's report chow* a « P r "St of £171.079. , A. dividend of lu per cent. and a bonus of per cent, w.-iv recommended. The sum of £106.179 w.is carried ' forward. " _ The Canterbury Farm i>' Co np. iative Association are in receipt: of a cable from their London office, under dat<* t,)o(ob:-r > OUT? » t~** Tlv iv!i«at .inarl^'t.Js . anectcd unfavourably by cj~op prospects . and.the new crop k, fnW offered'"^*3£,s i I**' quarter. Ihe market ftir meat is : quiet-, and is quoted iis 'follows:—Prime •; Canterbury- mutlbn (delivered at Smith- ' field). light. 4£d p,r lb ; medium. 4 l-16ii-p£r- lb: Jreayy,' o|:i per lb. Prime Canterbury - lamb (delivered at Smithfield), I : '•gfit." s|d' per lb: Medium, 5.7-16*1 p;r I lb; heavy, 4 13-16 d per lb. \