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Timaru Herald, Volume XIIIC, Issue 14152, 11 March 1910, Page 5

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THE WOOL SALES. r::-s n Assodatkra-By Teiegraph-Coj/right' Received 11 p.m.. March 10th.. LONDON, March 10. At tho wocl sales, the Kaw'akawa clip sold at lid and 10fd.

J AUSTRALIAN QUOTATIONS. SYDNEY, March 10. Wheat, 3s lUd to 4s. Flour, £lO Cs. Oats, Algerian feeding, 2s 2d; seeding, 2s od : Tasmanian. 2s 7d. Barley, Cap a feeding, 3s: seeding. 3s 3d. Maize, 3s to 3s od. Bran and pollard, £4 10s to £5 ss. Onions, Victorian, £4 10s to £4 15s. Butter, 100s. Cheese, od to 54d. Bacon, Sjd. MELBOURNE, March 10. At the sale of hides, supplies of kips were slightly irregular; others are steady. Wheat, 4s to 4s 3d. Flour, £lO. Oats, Algerian, Is lid to 2s l£d. Barley, Cape, prime 2s Bd. Maize, £3. Bran, £4 15s. Pollard, £5. Potatoes, £3 10s to £4 os. Onions, £3 5s to £3 10s. ADELAIDE, March 10. Wheat, 4s OJd. Flour, £9. THE MUTUAL LIFE. SYDNEY, March 10. At the annual meeting of the Mutual Life and Citizens Company, the chairman stated that the "business for 1909 was again a record, exceeding by £131,166 the amount of new assurance completed in 1908. The new policies numbered 11,382, assuring £209,460, on which the new annual premium income amounts to £70,425. THE STOCK EXCHANGE. Per Press Association. DUNEDIN, March 10. Stock Exchange sales —Old Hauraki 4s Id, 4s 2d; Grand Junction, 345; Bank of New Zealand, £9 lis 3d. Reported sale—Westport Coal Co. £6" 2s. Messrs Dalgety and Co. report under date London, flth March:—"Prices of tallow are higher bv 6d per cwt. The ndvnce is chiefly on lew and inferior finalities. Tho wool sales continue Srr~>. rid lately reported rates.are fnllv Tvnintofricd. Continental and Emilish buyers are the principal operators; American buyers r>r<\ doing hnv.-l'v anvthincr. The decline is chiefly on greasv crossbred wools, medium and coarse quality, suitable for America."