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Timaru Herald, Volume CXXIII, 8 April 1927, Page 12

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AUSTRALIAN PRODUCE MARKET. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Received April 7, 7.30 p.m.) . Sydney;' April 7. Wheat is selling at 4s sjd at country stations, 5s Id ex-trucks at Sydney. Flour, for export £ll 7s 6d f.0.b., local £l2 ss. Oats, Tasmanian, white 4s 3d and 4a 4d, Algerian 4s and 4s Id, inferior 3s !>d. Maize, yellow 7s 9d, white 7s 6d. Potatoes, Tasmanian £6 10s tq £B. Onions, Victorian £5 10s to £6. ADELAIDE, April 7. Wheat, growers’ lots 4s lid to ss, J parcels nominally os 2d. Flour, bakers’ lots £1.3. Oats, 2s 4d.

LONDON WHEAT QUOTATIONS.

By Cable —Pres* Association—Copyright Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Received April 7, 5.5 p.m.) LONDON, April 6. . ''heat. Cargoes are steadier, followQ ng on good inquiry for Australians, and La Platas. Prices occasionally advanced 3d. Parcels in moderate demand, tending upwards. Liverpool futures.—May 10s 4£d, July 10s 2gd, October 9s ll£cl per cental.

CLEARING SALE AT BEAUTIFUL VALLEY. The Loan and Mercantile Agency Co. j report having held a very successful clearing sale at Beautiful Valley on Saturday last, on account of Mr Thomas Leonard. There was a largo attendance of farmers. Tho horses, implements and plant came forward in 1 excellent order, the result being reflected in the prices realised, draughts up to £43 10s. There was keen competition on every lot submitted. The principal prices are as follows: — Sheep.—Ewe lambs 17s, m.s. lambs 17s, wether lambs 12s Id, English Leicester rams 2 guineas, Romney rams I£ guineas. Cattle. —Dairy cows and heifers to £5 10s, bull £3 11s, bulls 18 months £1 10s, 18 months lioifcrs £1 15s, calves 16s. Horses. —Draughts £43 10 s, £4O, geldings, aged £3O, £2l, mares, aged to £2O, hacks £ll 15s, £5 15s, £5 ss. Pigs.—Sow and litter £6 10s, porkers £3 15s, £3 12s. 6d, £3 7s 6d. I Machinery.—Ford car, £6O, P. and j D. drill £35, D.F. lever plough £1 10s, j grass seed sower £l7, mower £lO 10s, j binder £ll 10s, disc harrows £lO, sot j 5-leaf harrows £8 7s 6d, dray £9, woolpress £S 2s 6d. separator £5, cultivators £l2, £7 10s, roller £9 ss, ! saddle £3 ss. Merchandise. —750 sacks chaff 3s, 80 sacks perennial rye 16s 6d sack, 30 ( sacks wheat 17s sack, 25 sacks garton oats 10s 6d sack. Advt.

DUNEDIN WHEAT MARKET. Dalgety and Co’s, report concerning the Dunedin wheat market is as follows: —Millers have all bought lair supplies of wheat from Canterbury, and have sufficient supplies on hand for their immediate requirements. Very few lines of local wheat are changing hands, as farmers are not disposed to stell at Millers’ prices. Millers ,on the other hand, arc showing little interest in samples of Tuscan shown them. Sales of Tuscan have been made at from 5s 4d to 5s 6d per bushel, on trucks, country stations, the usual increase for Hunter and Velvet varieties.