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Timaru Herald, Volume CXXIII, 14 June 1926, Page 4

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LONDON MEAT--TRICES

I.'f’i.Bv Cable —Press Association —Copyright. Australian and N.Z, Cable Association. i ‘ (tteeoived 5.5 p.in., June 13.) 1 \ LONDON, June 11. ! Sheep.—Canterbury, light 6Jd, mo- ' (Hum (kh North Island,' light 6i<l; medium 63d. Lambs.— Canterbury, lieavy 9Jd, Patagonian firsts 83d. ' Frozen Beef.—Australian crops 3Jd, hinds sid. Chilled Beef.—Argentine, fores 4|d, . hinds .GJd. Other meats unchanged. LONDON MARKETS. By Cable—Press Association—Conyiflrht, Australian' and N.Z. Cable AssoeiatJon. (Received 5.5 p.m., Juno 13.) LONDON, Juno 11. Cotton. —Liverpool ' quotation, American middling upland, ‘July delivery, 9.23 d per lb. .... ' . Rubber.—Fdtjtj) diardi Bara. 19d, plantation fiK&tsChjj&tv4ntQpo '2OJd, smoked j'ibbiKLshpefe^idiyp^-lb. ' first marks', May-Juno, siiipmeub- £40 2s 6d. per ton;, piety-cropi July : August shipment £34, 17s 6d i)dr'ton.''" ' New Zealand Hemp.— June-July shipment £3ti per ton. . V Copra.—Bagged, iSouth Spa, MayJune shipment, £2S : 17s 6d per ton.• Liqseed 0i1.—£33 5s per ton, equal to 2s 8d per gallon; •' Turpentine.—6Bs per . cwt, equal to 5s ljd per gallon.

CHICAGO WHEAT QUOTATIONS.' 'By- Cable—Press Association—^Copyright Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. ' (Received i 5.5 p.m., June 13.) ; NEW' YORK, June 12. Chicago tyiteat quotations—July 1381 centsV'Septetiiber 1351 cents, December 138 cents per bushel. THE POTATO MARKET. There was some excitement on the potato market duririg last Thursday and Friday, and pr.ces rose and • fell with unusual rapidity, duo to a cable [ from Sydney, wnieh indicated £9 per ton ns a probable price for a . limited quantity tncre. This set New Zealand merchants" hurriedly looking round for tubers for export, but by Saturday the excitement had died down again, and pales - were miado by growers at £5 15s to £6 bn trucks for June delivery, and '£6 "t(r”'£6 ss, ou truckSj" for- Jirly. d&--livery. . ; v#Hio quotatigii .. joy- August- . September. delivery m"; ratli'eriliighra', but there are very few sellers for those months. It is expected that oiforings for July will be heavy. While it cannot ,bo .said, generally speaking,, that ’fariheW'afe ready* sellers/' sbiiiq *-or* those .who have dug exceptionally prolific crops, consider it wise to accept good prices, when they are offering, and are doing so. _f

FAT STOCK PRICES. ' “’ Thb Hollowing'- are" Cant ebb Ury" prides for this week’s killings of fat sheep and lambs - ' .'Woolly Lanibs-y.Jfirst quality .tb 361bs. 9fn> SJTLTo 421bs'i8i<l, 43 to sQibsi7§d,' over 501bs 71; second quality to 36,'bs Bid, over 3blbs 7£d. Shorn lanibs Id per,lb-dess than,Above prices. Wethers.—FifstAquality tb sClbs-6}db 57 to G4lbs 5.1 d, 65 to 721bs 43d, over 721bs 4d ; .. Secoud V&uality. 43d. Ewes.—Under 4Slbs 33d, 48 to G4lbs 31d, 65 to. 7.2U>5.2id,. oy,(;i;„72lbs 2|d. “ CROWN LAND DISPOSED OF. •

- At thp Courthouse in Timnru on Friday.,afternoon", ii. ballot ..was held for , a .section .'0f.;47 . acres,,' part; of .Clan.cleboyo . Sflttlenieu t,' ;the . limiuii 1 yiyitnl being £7O. '.There were throe" applications, the successful applicant being Mr' Ai F. Heei\ ’ ' ! ' ’ : At the' same time arid place a halfacre section at'. the. corner of Cox and *'.Tifo' Ichhd' of;: 25 acres 1 , I'J Tniles froVi Tcmuka, oil 'the iiiaiii north road, was secured by Mr AV. C. Tophain, at £l6 15s'per annum. ' For the goodwill of an hi.p section of 53 acres at Rosebfoob, thero was iio b'.d; and for a section of 58 acres at Seaforth Settlement (AVashdyke), to be lot by ballot ,there was no applicant.

... TATTERS ALLAS REPORT. The . entry at Tattersall’s on Friday comprised 18 draught and harness horses. Some rather good sorts were yarded. The attendance was largl, and bidding was brisk throughout for sound horses, a good clearance being made under the hammer and privately. The supply .was much .short of tho demand. Tlie auctioneers quote some of iho sales madeDraughts £ls 10s, £l6, £lB, £lB, £26, jf at £6O, £37,

to £39. Harness horses £6, £6 ,10.;, £B, to £8 10s. Harness, etc., sold well. NEAV COMPANY'. The following new company is gazetted : - .AVa.ihi AVool-Seouring Company, Ltd. Registered as a private company, Juno 1 1, 1926. Office: Stratlnillan Street, Timaru. Capital: £3OOO, into 3000 shares of £l. each. Subscribers: AVinclicstor—H. 10. Smith 1199; Christchurch—J. Muling 1501. Objects: To acquire and lake over as a going concern tlio business now carried on at Winchester under the stylo or firm of “H. E. Smith,” and incidental. . , AY HEAT AND .FLOUR.

The Department of Industries and Commerce, ' AYelliiigton, advises that cabled information from Australia indicates that the wheat market thero is firm. Parcels sold have 1 realised 6s 6<l to (is 7d, f.o.b. ~ ATblorian Hour is quoted for export at £1.3 ss, and New South AVales £l3 Ids: Victorian oli'als arc £7 ss' for bran, and £9 for po'lard ; New Suutli AVales £7 15s and £9, respectively. ESK A r ALLEY FARM. At Tattersnll’s sale yards on Friday, I tho O.F.C.A, offered' for sale tho - late ! '•Mr Cross’s farm,' situated at -Esk AL'illcy. The property was passed in, \ tho bidding failing to reach the , reserve. j