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Auckland Star, Volume XLIV, Issue 28, 1 February 1913, Page 10

The wholesale quotations for butter and eggs for the week ending February 8 are as follows:—Butter (factory), 1/1 per lb; butter (farmers'), Bd. per lb.; eggs, ]/ per dozen. Attention is drawn to an advertisement in another column convening a meeting of the General Committee in regard to the jubilee celebrations of the arrival of the Devonshire and Gertrude iv 1863. All passengers and descendants of passengers are invited to attend. The steamer Cape Finisterre, which arrived last evening, had aboard over a million and a-half gallons of highly inflammable oils. Her cargo comprised the largest quantity of case oil that had ever been taken out of New York, and the freight (2/0J a case) was the highest ever paid for an oil freight. While the Cape Finisterre was loading in Brooklyn another steamer loading oil at Jersey City was blown right out of the water and totally destroyed as a result of the gases becoming ignited. When entering the port of St. Vincent while on the passage down to Auckland from New York, the J.yle steamer Cape Finisterre came into collision with the steamer Alton, which was at anchor in the stream. At any time St. Vincent has a difficult entrance to navigate, but on this occasion there was half a. gale blowing, and just after the Cape Finisterre got inside she was swept by the wind and sea down on to the Alton. The vessels met bow on. The Alton had an anchor hanging over the side, and this served as a buffer to break the impact as far as the stationary ship was concerned. On the Cape Finisterre, however, some plates were stove in, and other damage done. After temporary repairs had been effected she was subjected to Lloyds' survey and allowed to proceed on her voyage. Messrs. Mountain and Phelp, Wellington delegates to the conference of the United Commercial Travellers and Warehousemen's Association's of New Zealand, to be held in Auckland this evening, arrived by the Main Trunk express this morning. Mr. Levers, the third Wellington delegate, was already in town. At tbe meeting of the Newmarket 'borough. Council last night Mr. W. R. Tremain, who is retiring from the position of foreman of works, which he has held for thref years, was presented with a marble clock by the Mayor (Mr D. Teed) ©n behalf of the Council's employees.