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Timaru Herald, Volume XIIIC, Issue 13766, 30 November 1908, Page 5

COMMERCIAL

THE LONDON MARKETS. WOOL SALES ANIMATED. Press Association-By Telegraph-Copvright LONDON, Nov. 28. The wool sales are animated, and bidding for all sections of the trade is fully equal to opening rates. The Bradford wool market is dull; common 60's "23id, super 24id. The wheat markets are quiet, and prices .are practically unchanged; 38s is asked for Australian November shipment, 3Qs 9d for (January-February shipment is quoted at 28s 3d to 28s 6d ments in January and February. Flour is firm. Australian is offering freely; January, February and March shipment is noted at 28s 3d to 28s 6d at Glasgow, but buyers are* not inclined to operate. The demand for butter is flat, owing to the extraordinary open weather. Some parts of England are producing more than in May and June. Retailers are unable to take colonial, as they still hold stores of Siberian, which they purchased when they received reports of fthe Australian shortage. Danish is quoted at 112s to 120s, choicest Australian 108s to lis, New Zealand 114s. New Zealand cheese 58s. Canadian bds to 61s. EXHIBITION AWARDS.

At tin; Horticultural Society's colonial exhibition, the New Zealand Government was awarded a. silver medal for cold stored apples, and a bronze medal for honey. Kirkpatriek and Co., Nelson, a silver medal for jams, etc., the Hokianga Co-operative Company and Glark Bros., Whangarei, bronze for preserves, and the New South Wales Government a silver medal for dried fruits. '•* ■ QUEENSLAND SUGAR CROP. BRISBANE, Nov. 28. It is estimated that there will be a shortage of 30,000 tons in the sugar crop. This is due to frost and the ravages of vermin.