LONDON COMMERCIAL.
London, February 2. Tallow,',medium mutton, 22a ; beef, 20a 6d. The English wheat market has a strong tone, and prices remain unchanged. Both American and Continental markets have an upward tendency. At the sales ot Australian sheepskins competition.was weak. Best) merino crosebieds brought) prices on par with December rates, others showed five per cent, decrease. Over 90,000 Australian rabbits'are stored by a London syndicate, and are selling at BJd each. Mr Sinclair, Victorian produce agent, states that Peate lowered the price of frozen meab to 2 ; j:d, with the object of excluding the Gulf of Siatn's shipment; There is a large market for rabitta and hares in Manchester, and Mr Sinclair hopes to obtain a share of the butter trade deapito Danish competition, Ho also expects good business in fruib and poultry. Mr Uolledge, who is interested in direcb trade between Manchester and Australia, regards the absence of a London ring as a hopeful augury of the success of tho trade.
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Auckland Star, Volume XXVII, Issue 29, 4 February 1896, Page 5
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