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Timaru Herald, Volume XCIV, Issue 14355, 30 January 1911, Page 7

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LONDON WOOL SALES. Press Association —By Tel.—Copyright Received 12.40 a.m., Jan. 30th. LONDON, Jan. 29. At the wool sales, of a catalogu of 86,335 bales, 80,217 bales were sold. It was an excellent sale, America operating more freely in crossbreds, and the Continent prominently in merino. AUSTRALIAN RADIUM ORE. | SYDNEY, Jan. 28. At a meeting of the directors of the Radium Company a metallurgist reported that three tons of ore yielded an average of eight milligrams of radium, bromide per ton. This was worth £2O a milligram. The ore also fielded thirty pounds of uranium oxide worth 10s a* pound. He recommended the Board to proceed with the erection of a plant. I CHRISTCHURCH PRODUCE MARKETS. ' Per Press Association. CHRISTCHURCH, Jan. 27. ' A good turnover is now tailing place ; in wheat, millers being the principal buyers. The quality being so excellent the range of prices is \ery i.avrow compared with last season. I lie i bulk of the purchases are being made ! at 3s 2d at country stations, and a ! few lines at 3s Id. The fine weather of the iiast week and the dry conuii tion of the grain has resulted in an unusuallv largo quantity of stookthreshed" wheat being placed ou the market. Oats are still . scarce, only a few Bmall lots forward. Many farmers say they will require all they have for their own nse : Where the crops have been very light, cr where caterpillars have done damage, tl ere is likely to be less oats available than these districts will require. Cocksfoot is now selling in fairly large quantities, 6jd being the highest price reported for Peninsula Hie crop is said to be turning out less than was expected. SHARE MARKET, DUNEDIN, Jan. 29." Stock Exchange, sales:—Waihi, £4 7s 6d, £4 7s, £4 6s 3d, £4 6s, £4 5s 3d, £4 os; Waihi Grand Junction, £1 lis. Sales reported Wellington Woollen Co. £3 16s 6d.

CUSTOMS REVENUE. oeived at the Tima.ru Custom Hous last week: — B. c Customs Duties ...... 347 2 Beer duty ' 40 18 Light dues 8 18 Shipping fees « Other receipts 1 1" ST. ANDREWS STOCK SALE. Tiere was only a small yarding stock at the St. Andrews sale on Friday, and the prices, which were very satisfactory, were as follows:—Fat lambs 14s sd; forward lambs lis Bd, lis 3d, 12s lOd; fat wethers 12s; cull lambs 8s 4d, 7s Id; forward ewes 9s, 8s 7d, 7s 7d; cull ewes 3s. One steer offered was passed unsold. TATTERSALL'S HORSE MARKET. The Canterbury Farmers' Co-opera-tive Association, Ltd., report on t>heir weekly horse market held at Tattersail's yards on Saturday as follows: There was a.'yarding of 32 horses, comprised chiefly of good young draughts. in progress, there was u poor attendance of buyers. Young draughts sold at from £26 to £37. A couple of choice 'young draughts were passed in unsold at £4O and £43. Aged horses brought from £lB to £25, and harness horses from £7 10s to £l2. Spring drays sold at from £7 10s to £l4. LONDON WOOL SALE. The New Zealand Loaa and Mercantile Agency Company, Ltd. has received cable advice from their London office dated 27fib, January, as follows: — "Wool—London Sales—The wool market generally is better, and the A: leinand is increasing. As comparrule as follows:—Greasy i ior and scoured merinos about 5 per cent, lower; lambs' wool, greasy super merino and greasy coarse crossbred and scoured fine crossbred about the ame; scoured coarse crossbr medium, scoured ditto, gr crossbred and greasy mediu par to 5 per cent, lower, show an improvement of from j per cent, since the opening of the present London series."