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AUSTRALIAN CABLES.

I , (Receive- 0 a.m.) , NEW SOUTH WALES PRODUCE. SYDNEY, this day. The following are current prices: , Oats, Tasmanian and Algerian 3/0, . 3/10; maize, yellow 5/, white 4/0; potatoes, Tasmanian £0 4/ to £10 10/, Victorian £6 10/ to £7 10/; onions, Victorian £9 to £9 10/. MELBOURNE, this day. Following are Melbourne current prices: Oats, 3/ to 3/4; Barley, English 4/ to 4/3, Cape 3/6 to 3/7; potatoes, £3 15/ to £4 10/: onions, £7 5/ to £8 of. Owing to the absence of buyers in Sydney there is poor competition for hides. Stouts are unchanged, heavies and mediums a farthing to a halfpenny lower, lights declined a farthing. Kips are firm.—(A. and N.Z. Cable.) • JOURNALIST'S APPOINTMENT. , SYDNEY, this day. Mr. Martin Luther Reading, late editor of the "Lyttelton Times." has been appointed editor of the "Brisbane Tele--1 graph."—(A. and N.Z. Cable.) I ORVIETO AGROUND. t I BRISBANE, this clay. Efforts to refloat the Orvieto, which ' is aground at the entrance of the Brisl bane River, have failed. Further attempts will be made.— (A. and N.Z.) APPOINTMENT IN U.S. SYDNEY, this day. Sir. Stanley Bruce announced that •Mr. James A. Elder has been appointed Commissioner for Australia in the Cnited States, in succession to Mr. J. McKinnon. — (A. and N.Z. Cable.) BRISBANE PORT BLOCKED. '.' BRISBANE, this day. . Ths lightering of the Orvieto's cargo .is proceeding. Another attempt to get f the vessel will he made this morning. The Ehip blocks the entrance, and . several large, steamers are held up.— (A. and N.Z, Cable.)

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Auckland Star, Volume LV, Issue 115, 16 May 1924, Page 5

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AUSTRALIAN CABLES. Auckland Star, Volume LV, Issue 115, 16 May 1924, Page 5

AUSTRALIAN CABLES. Auckland Star, Volume LV, Issue 115, 16 May 1924, Page 5