Australian Stock Markets.
-.1- SYDNEY, September 21. ' At 'the Homebush sales sheep realised improved valuefc. Best wethers 19s 6d to 21s 9d, good 18s ; ewes 18s 6d to 21s. Cattle lvalues were lower. Beat bullocks .£ll' 10s " to£U, good -.£IO ss; cows, best .£8 16s' to £9 17s 6d, good &7 15a. Best beef, 1 27s 6d. ■ 'i (Per United .Press Association.) WELLINGTON September 22. The Department, of Industries and Commerce have received ' the following cablegram form the 'Agent-General/ dated London, 19th inst. : — The mutton market remains firm. The average price to-day for Canterbury brands, is 4Jd per lb; fQr Dunedin, Southland, and W.M.E. JCo. brands, ' % 1,-8 d; for other North 'Island brands, 4d. Eweg, 3Jd. River Plate mutton, 3|d. The lamb market, closed -this' week (juiet, but rather steadier. The average price to-day, for Canterbury brands, is 4|d per lb; brands othe"r than Canterbury, 4£d to 4sd; legs, 4£d. The oeef market is improving with a better demand. The*- average price to-day, for N.Z. hind quarters, is 4d to 4 l-8d; fores. ,2{jd. The butter market is rjsing and •'the . average price;", for c^ioicest'crNew Zealand, is 98s . peT ?gwt ; Danish; #b9s; Irish, 102s; Cana^jai&'^6s; Siberian, 89s. The phepBe lntirketisS' advancing I steadily. — Canadian, on spot v ,^4s. September shipments are quotecTat' 57s per cwt, c.i.f. Good business is being done in hemp, but the market is now «uiet.- The price to-day, 'for good fair WeHittgtony spot, is .£33 per ton; " October-December shipments, .£32. The cocksfoot seed market is steady. The average price for Wight, clean New Zealand seed, weighing 171bs per bushel, on spot, to-day, is 49s per cwt. , The active demand for wool continues at the present sales, and the market is firm, with a hardening tend- ■ enoy .
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Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXVII, Issue 11059, 22 September 1903, Page 5
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290Australian Stock Markets. Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXVII, Issue 11059, 22 September 1903, Page 5
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