COMMERCIALS & SHIPPING.

Evening Post, Volume XLIX, Issue 115, 16 May 1895, Page 2

COMMERCIALS & SHIPPING.

ACCIDENT TO THE MIOWERA. THE RIMUTAKA AT HOBART. fPRISS ASBOOIATION. I . Lond.on, 14th May. Owing to an aocident to her machinery, the Miowera arrived at Victoria (8.C.) three days late. Sailed, yesterday— Waitangi, for Auokland and Wellington. Monti Vidxo, 14th May. The Aorangi has arrived here, and sailed on Sunday for London. Sydney. 15th May. Sailed — Tarawera, for Auckland, (fteoeived May 16, 10.30 a m.) Sydnby, This Day. Arrived— Wakatipn, from Wellington. London, 15th May. The total quantity of wheat and flour afloat for the United Kingdom is 3,780,000 quarters, and for the Continent 1,620,000 quarters. The Amerioan visible supply of wheat is 72,800,000 buehels. Shares in the New Zaaland Loan and Meroantile Agenoy are quoted at £2. At the wool auction a medium oatalogne was offered and good sales were effeoted. New Viotorian wheat is offering at 24a, old South Australian at 23s 6d, sellers' priooa. ' Hobabt, This Day. Arrived, at 3 a.m. — Rimutaka, from London, via the Cape, with eleven passengers for Australia, and 99 for New Zealand. She sailß for Wellington at 6 o'olook to-night. , . Mblboubne, This Day. o Arrived— Waihora, from the Bluff.

The following London market cablegram . was received by the New Zealand Loan and ] Mercantile Agenoy Company yesterday:— s Wool— Since the opening of the sales fine ] and medium greasy orossbreds are par to id , per lb lower ; other descriptions unchanged, 'lhere is muoh irregularity in the bidding, , and.wools of a faulty oharaoter are neglected. The total quantity natalogaed to date is 152,000 bales, of which 21,000 bales hare been withdrawn. Messrs. Levin 4 Co. have reoeived advioes . from Sydney to the effect that the prospeots of a suooesiful long-wool ram fair there are rather worse than they were in tbe early r part of April, when Bomewbat discouraging reports were sent from that market. Under " the oiroumstanoes Messrs. Levin & Co.'s cor- ? respondents suggest that intending shippers f to Sydney woulddo well to wait for a more " promising; year. -