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Timaru Herald, Volume XCIV, Issue 14458, 2 June 1911, Page 5

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AUSTRALIAN MARKETS , Press Association—By Tel. —Copyright. Received 12.5 a.m., Juno 2nd. SYDNEY, Juno 1. Wheat.—Shippers offer 3s 3Jd, sol lers want 3s 4}d to 3s sd. Flour, £8 10s. Oats, Algerian feeding, 2s 3d to 2s sd; seeding, 2s 7d; sparrowbills, 2s lOd; giants, 2s lid. Bailey, Capo, 2s 6d to 2s 8d; English, to 2s 6d. Bran and pollard, £5. Potatoes, Tasmanians, £5 to £6 10s. MELBOURNE, June 1. Hides.—Fair supplies, keen demand, and prices firm. Wheat, 3s 4}d to 3s 3d. Flour, £B. Oats, Algerian, 2s 2d to 2s 3Jd. Barley, malting chovalicr, ss; Cape, 2s 3d. Bran and pollard, £5. Potatoes, £3 10s to £5 15s. ADELAIDE, June 1. Wheat, 3s sd. Flour, £7 10s to £B. Bran and pollard, 13d. STOCK EXCHANGES. By Telegraph. CHRISTCHURCH, June 1. ' Sales reported—Wailii £3 3s 3d (cum. div.). Quotations —British and N.Z. Meat, b., £1; Christchurch F.M (£lO paid), s, £l6; N.Z. Shioping, s. £ll 16s; Westport Cnal, b, £1 9s; Booth and MaeDonald, s, £1 2s; Mason and Struthers; s, £1 ss; N.Z. Farmers' s, £2 12s 6d; Whitcombe and Tombs, b £4 7s Gd : Manning and C ■>., s, £4 7s 6d; Talisman, b, £2 9s 9d, s, £2 lis; Waihi Grand Junction, b, £1 '6s; Watchman, b, Is 6d. DUNEDIN. June 1. Sales reported—Waihi (cum. div.), £3 Ss; N Z. Imnirame, £4 6s; M'luurn Lima, £2 Os 6d; Westwirt Coal, £1 9s 6d. FROZEN, MEAT. The CF.A.C. are in receipt of a. cable from their London Office as follows:—"The market for prime Canterbury mutton has advanced Jd per lb." CASUALTIES. ERUPTION IN JAPAN. MANY PEOPLE KILLED. Press Association—By Tel.—Copyright. OTTAWA, May 31. News l>y steamer states that many pilgrims were burnt by molten lava on Asams volcano, Japan. The annual festival was in progress when the eruption occurred. The number of dead is unknown. SHIPPING CASUALTIES. SUVA, June 1. The Tofua is fast on the reef'ond leaking. Part of the cargo is being discharged into lighters. Theßanadi and Manapouri are attempting to tow her off. The weather is fine, but the steamer's position is dangerous. DEATH OF ANTNFANT,

• fV pollce r<K « : TCd word last evening that a female illegitimate, child wtoch was m charge of the mother's sister, had died at Waimate yesterday, As the child had not previously received medical attention, the circumstances have been reported to the coroner Dr. Hayes was called in but the child died before he arrival