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Ev*bi»o Post Offio*. _ _ . Saturday Afternoon ■Ehe Customs dnttea collected at the port of to e^^ S Vw. Ü Be«r£lwlsld to - aaTttmO ' mtOa <izo*at T*oiu« axd Co. report wholesale produce prices as follows:— Tho grain market is 4iriet, aad we have to note the ordinary- btuinen, without any special features of interest. An early •bipment of this season's chn« has been received, ana the atiaw found exceedingly clean and well harveateu. Several flonnnttls are now laid up for annual repairs, which has caused a temporary «»rcity of pollard. We guoto-Boller flour, f 7^°li po^ l ? d ' *• 1Os ' "to 0 ' 8 foirt wheat. 2s 7d to 2s 9d. Prime short oats. Is lOd to Is lid ; fair to good feed. Is 7d to Is 9d; duna and black t"*™. 1» IH. Oatmeal, £9 to £9 10s ; oaten •heaf chaff, £3 10s to £3 15»; feed barley, 2s 3d • horse beans, 3s ; blue peas, 3i 3d; pearl barley, 17s j maize, 2s 6d. Potatoes are very plentiful! and sales have been made at £2 10» to £3 per ton. Local and Victorian onions, £7 to £8 per ton. Prune cheese. «d; emra, lOd to lid dozen ; hams and bacon, 7d. Butter— separator, roll*, 10ddairy, 7d to Bd. Punsfus, 3d per lb. Poultry has deoßned in value, fowls standing at 3». duck« 8a 6d, turkeys 7s 6d, and geese 5s per pair. The Wakatipn, from Sydney, with 3500 cases fruit, has filled to overnowfiiir an already glutted narket, and prices for (tone fruit are low. .Messrs Edwards and M'Beath report wages for ljrt week am follows :— Married couples, £70 to «0; carpenters, 10»; bricklayers, 12s 5 black•fit^J" to 10»; painters and glaziers, 10s j pl n ™ b8 7 luia « lu!fltte ". flitolOsj storemen, 42s to 60s; draymen, 42a to 50. , coachmen, 80s to 3ss; r°T"i^ S « 6s to 8a; farm m? #s?'Jh > £ 25 ° s. i""*™"". 25s to 27s ; hotalmen &. . r^?iJ. b< ?S*i d '' J 55 l!to30 « i waitresses, 15s to »■; cooks, 25s to 401; female do, 25s to 35514°." e nu^rirt' !tO^ B « nenit •«»«££. lOsto Ms; nursegirls and boys, 7, to 15. W are »iU busy, especially with 'country orders Son£ elasMs of servants are plentiful? nwnkenenSy are numeroui. ' en Benerany
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Evening Post, Volume XLIX, Issue 16, 19 January 1895, Page 2
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367COMMERCIAL. Evening Post, Volume XLIX, Issue 16, 19 January 1895, Page 2
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