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Timaru Herald, Volume XIIIC, Issue 14153, 12 March 1910, Page 5

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[ THE WOOL SALES. F:;ss Association -33- Tcleinnjm-Coi. rright LONDON, March 10. The wool sales arc animated. Merino and line crossbrcds arc i»i strong refill est at firm rates. The Braoiuru vrool mnrivot is firm; Tjrices are There is a strong demand for merinos. The London sales included the Saint Helens clip, highest price 1-I : ,d. average lSjkl; Petoue 12id and 10Jd. THE LONDON MARKETS. The wheat markets are depressed, j with a general downward tendency. The weekly shipments are heavy especially from the Argentine. Excellent crop prospects are reported from ludia. There is little demand for cargoes; 38s 9d is asked for Victorian a;id South Australian per steamer and sailer, "February-March shipment; 38s 3d New Soutn Wales sailer February-March; 38s 6d steamer parcels afloat: 37s 9d steamer parcels March shipment. Small i sales are made of Australian on spot { at 6d. New Zealand stocks are ex- ! hausted. The new wheat March stea- ! mer shipment is offering at 375, c.i.f., ! which is Is to Is 6d. above buyers' j ideas. " | Barley is neglected; Australian ! malting, nominally, 25s to 30s. I Oats aro dull; New Zealand Gartons on spot, 18s 9d t<j 21s (3d, Sparrowbills 18s 3d to 20s 3d: Laplata, March-April shipment 14s lid. The butter market is exceedinglv strojig; Danish 134s to ISfir, choicest Australian 126s to 1275, secondary! choicest Now Zealand 12os to! l-8s; market cleared, and importers are asking I3os for the Corinthic's cargo, whic.'i is due on Monday. Cheese is firm T'- cv , Zealand coloured o9s, white 61s.

T T Da ¥ fcy nnrl report im- : del date London ..March lOih—"There p./" Sontl demand for frozen moat. Pieces of New Zealand lamb are unchanged whilst Australian lamb is Jngfcer by Jd per lb. Canterbury mutton is firm at last ouotav pnces of Norfh L?land and Australian are higher bv 4d r»r lb. I<rozon boef prices are higher by •jd per lb. At the rabbitskins auctions prices of New Zealand prime ; winter skins were 5 per cent higher and ouher , descriptions from 10 to in per cent, higher. Furriers were bwinrr freely, even lower rnialitios- 1970 bales were rffo-d c f which practically ■ an were sold-. - ] I K is S?|.| "m "tins onlv j 1 nere are five Mns-.rs Fnirbnirr I PrA C ° • whole.?iihl !>g±nig. ... . j (