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Timaru Herald, Volume XIIIC, Issue 14215, 3 June 1910, Page 5

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FALL IN W 7 HEAT. Press Aseoeiation-By Telegraph-Copyright LONDON, June 1. An Australian cargo of wheat sold at 30s 3d. Wheat is dropping in price; Australian cargoes are quoted at about 31s. At the tallow auctions 1525 casks were offered and 581 sold at a decline of ninepence per cwt. Three Australian cargoes of wheat have been sold at 36s Gd, 37s 6Jd, and 37s 3d respectively. At the sheepskin sales 4300 bales of Australian and 1300 of New Zealand were catalogued. Combings sold at id higher; other sorts are unchanged. AUSTRALIAN QUOTATIONS. Received 11.45 p.m., June 2nd. SYDNEY, June 2. Wheat, quotations are nominal, nothing is doing; 3s is offered, as 2d is wanted. Flour, £O. Oats Algerian feeding, 2s 4d to 2s sd; milling, 2s 6d; Tasmanians 2s 7d to 2s Bd. Barley, Cape, 3s to 3s 2d. Maize, prime 2s 3d to 3s. Bran, £4 15s. Pollard, £4 10s. Potatoes, Tasmanian, £5 10s. Onions, £3 15s. Butter, 114s. Cheese, 7d. Bacon, 6Ad. MELBOURNE, June 2. Hides are quieter ; all classes are l-8d to id lower. Wheat, 3s 2d. Flour, £B. Oats, Algerian, ,2s Id to 2s 2d. Barley, prime English malting, 4s 4d; Cape, 2s 7d. Maize 2s 6d. Bran and pollard, £5. Potatoes to £4 10s. Onions, £2 15s. ADELAIDE, June 2. Wheat, 3s Id to 3s 2d. Flour, £7 10s to £7 15s. Bran and pollard 16. Oats, Algerian Is lid to 2s. Messrs Dalgety and Co. report under date London, Ist June—"Prices of merino and crossbred combing sheepskins are higher by Jd per lb. Prices of clothing sheepskins are unchanged. Prices of tallow are lower by 9d rier cwt since last week." The Colonial Consignement and Distributing Company yesterday cabled the following: "The frozen meat market continues firm and there is a further advance in values. Mutton, Canterbury, 3ld. Lamb, Wellington and North Island. 3UI. Lamb, first quality, s:'d. second 5Jd. Beef, hindquarters s|d; forequarters, 4id."