MINING NEWS
'"WELLINGTON SHARK MARKET. ■ No business was recorded in tho mining market yesterday. The ■ quotations wero as. under;— , ; Buyers. Beliefs. £ t. d. - £ s. d. Ross 0 0 3 — Talisman 8 15 6 — Dominion Developing 115 0 , — .STOCK EXCHANGE. •By Telegraph—Press Association. Auckland, January 25. Sales - Talisman, 15a. 6d. Tho Takapau correspondent of the Dannevirke "News" says that harvesting, is almost finished in the district. Good crops •of 'oats, barley, and wheat Have been gathered in. - ■ Many of the oat, crops run over two and a half tons to .the acre, and a yield of well over 'iifiy^bu'snels to the acre is quito common. The, continued dry weather, while it Has been good for harvesters, is affecting tße root crops on the plains, which, up. to the beginning of, the month, were showing .up well.
■ A. good' performance was registered during shearing operations at Coronet Peak Station, says the -Mataura "Ensign." In one day six. men put through 1296. sheep, ail average of 216 per man. The highest tally was 239. Potato blight is reported to be very lad in tile Woodville district. Local 'growers complain of a withering blight oil both potatoes and tomato plants, but so far as observation goes the tubers are not in any, way affected thereby.
There has been a (Treat demand for the celebrated Victor .chewe vat during the past few ; months; anyone requiring new vats aro'urged to write immediately to .the" miker,;;; as is extremely short. Albert J. Parton, Carterton.—Advt.
Kever has; the. demand for clear-headed constructive . thinking in business been go urgent as it is right now. We are living in a progressive age, and must take advantage of all up-to-date methods. It is in savings from waste of any description that money is made to-day, and Dy concentrating one's efforts on all details of our business we claim to be able to produce results for our many cream sup. pliers. .We want more cream. Can you supply us? Further particulars, Waiiganui Fresh Food Co.—Advt. >J
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Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2678, 26 January 1916, Page 8
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334MINING NEWS Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2678, 26 January 1916, Page 8
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