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Timaru Herald, Volume XCVIII, Issue 18084, 4 June 1923, Page 7

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- i : By Telecranh—Press Association. CHRISTCHURCH, Sunday. Sales reported.—Manning’s Brewery’ £6 ss; Huddart Parker £2 4s 3d. ' E Sales on ’Change.—Union Bank £l4, 15s (two parcels). I - . HOME MARKETS. By Csb.«—-Preig Association -—Copyright. Received 5.5 p.m., June 3. LONDON,,‘June 2. Tallow—in stock 5896 casks: imports 2860: deliveries 2570. Wheat cargoes ate. dull. Parcels opened fairly steady and closed easy on lower American opening advices. Cotton-C-July 14.5Sdr ' , ' ' ' j Rubber Para -LERI, ‘ Plantation ’ smoked llfd. Jute—May-June £25 155.: Hemp—New Zealand?,none,‘offering.!; Copra—May-June;£2s 17s. 6d. * : Linseed oil —£44. ' ; Turpentine—lo9s.' ‘ • ■ . Sheep Canterbury,. : heavy : 6Jd;! North Island, heavy 6gd.< New Zealand ewes s&d. Australian firsts s|d; seconds old: .ewes sd. Argentine, light 6d. ewes 4Jd. Patagonian ewes 43d. Lambs—Canterbury, light, medium i lid, -heavy 10Jd; seconds l(h)d ; other| seleeteds, both ll?d. North' Island, firsts 10id. Australian seconds Sjjd. Argentine seconds Sd.lj Patagonian firsts 9id. __ ' ‘ ‘ H y Frozen beef—New Zealand, fores 2Jd, hinds sd. Chilled Anrentine fores 4d. Uruguay fores 3RV others, unchanged.

HIGH-PRICED SHORTHORN'. The three-year-old Shorthorn bull Knapdale Diamond Conqueror, which is said to have been the best vearling bull ever seeii in New Zealand, has just been sold ,to Air R. D. Douglas AlcLean for 450ghs.

TATTERSALL’S REPORT. The C.F.C.A. reports having held their weekly horse sale on Friday, when an entry of 18 horses was yarded, mostly draughts of inferior quality. The attendance was good and bidding brisk throughout the sale, when most of the yarding changed hands at the following prices : Draughts. £2O ICE. £24. £26 10s, £27, £3O, £32, £33 10s to £35. Harness horses, £5 10s, 2 at £6 to £lO 10s. Turn-out £35, Harness and sundries sold well. BUTTER AND CHEESE. Dalgety and Co., Ltd., Tirnaru have received cable advice from their London office dated May 31—Butter : Rather more inquiry—Australian 138 s; New Zealand 1425; Danish 150 s; g.a.q. 8s less. Cheese: Steady—White colour 90s c.i.f.: Canadian 88s c.i.f.; very little doing. WORLD DOMINATION IN SCOTCH WHISKY. A cable has just been received from ■ London, that, the famous Scottish ■■ AVhiskv’ Companies, Buchanan-Dewar, Ltd., and John Walker and Sons, Ltd., have completed what is believed to be the largest deal ever recorded m the national spirit of Scotland. At a cost of £2,000,000 thevTiave acquired the entire business of oames Watson and Co., Ltd., Dundee proprietors of the well known __ No 10 brand. The. purchase includes 0.000,000 gallons of matured Scotch Whisky, offices and warehouses of the most modern .tvpe, and five of the premier Highland Malt Distilleries, viz., Parkmore, Dufftown, Ord, Glenoran and Pultency, 9csides joint interests in several other distilleries all situated in the Highlands of Scotland. This is hut another step in the tarsighted policy of the directors of these two irreat companies aiming at securing the finest selection of Scotch Whiskies for their gigantic world trade. The figures speak volumes for the importance which is attached to the control of ample stocks of old whiskies.