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Evening Post, Volume LXXV, Issue 24, 29 January 1908, Page 8

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AUSTRALIAN PRODUCE MARKETS. By Telcgiaph.—Press Association.- Copyright. (Received January 29, 10.48 a!m.) SYDNEY, This Day. Wheat—Milling, 4a 6d. Flour, £10 10s. Oats —Algerian, nominal, 3.s to 3s 3d; white, 3s 4d> to 3s sd. Bran and pollard, 16d. Potatoes—Local, £5. Onions—Victorian, ,'£R to £7 \Qs. Butter, 100s to 103s. Cheese, 7id. Bacon, 82d to 9d. MELBOURNE, This Day. Wheat, 4s 3d. Flour, £10. OatsFeeding, 3s Id. Barley—Capo, 3s 9d ; English malting, 5s 6rl. Maize, 4s 4d. Bran and pollard, 14d. Onions, £6 to £6 10s. Potatoes, £3 to £4. ADELAIDE, This Day. Wheat, 4#*3d. flour, £9 15a. Oats— Algerian, os. Barley—Cape, 3s sd; English malting, 4s 9d to 5s 3d; Potatoes, £4. Onions, £6 10s.

Though ten cases of typhoid fever have ionifi under the notice of the District Health Officer since Ist January, the disease does not seem to bo gaining ground; only one case has been reported since Saturday. The appearance of typhus is not restricted to any particular locality; the cases aro widely distributed. Woe to the man who puts his spare shirt, collar, and tie in a candle-box when he contemplates a trip to Lyttelton. This form of portmanteau involves a toll of 3d. The other evening a man, carrying part of his luggage in a case, was waylaid by an official. He protested that the parcel was personal belongings, which he would take into his cabin. "It's wood," persisted th© official, and the traveller was obliged to retreat to the office at the gate and disburse 3d. If th© outer covering had been leather, and largo enough to require the use of a horse and cart, it -wculd have gone through unchallenged, but the wood was arrested. The coal companies have had a busy time durig the last few days. Yesterday the Westport Coal Company supplied the Powerful with 1300 tons of coal and from 1800 to 2000 tons will be required for th© rest of the warships. The fortnightly meeting of the Building Trades Labourers' Union was held last night. The secretary (Mr. Lyons) reported on the steady progress of the union which now numbered 1100 members. It was decided to support th© Labour representatives committee in endeavouring to send Labour candidates to Parliament on strictly Labour line.s. ■Messrs. Hume and Son, of Willisstreet, who have been in business for the last thirty years, have decided to close. Mr. Chris. Hmne, the surviving partner, has arranged to take a trip to England, and will be absent about twelve months. In all probability a further conference of local bodies' representatives will be arranged shortly to finally settle pre- 1 liminaries with a view to work being started on the proposed combined pipe and traffic bridge over the Hutt River at Petone. Tho draft agreement already drawn up was considered by the Petone Borough Council this week, and accepted, subject to the insertion of clauses providing that tho upkeep and maintenance of the bridge shall be fixed by a commission; that the City Council repair all damages to streets arising from th© water mains; and that provision bo made for the running of a tramway over the bridge, with permission to tho Petone Borough Council to delegate certain powers in connection therewith to a tramway board or joint stock company. Edward Winter, on remand, was charged at tho Magistrate's Court today before Mr. W. G. Riddell, S.M., with indecently assaulting a little girl on the 17th January, and, on the application of Mr. Wilford, was further remanded until Friday next. Messrs Hnrcourt announce an auction gale at their rooms, Lambton-quay, on Friday, 14th February, at 2.30 p.m. Land with Irontage of 28 feet to Knigge-avonue by a depth of 62 feet, being part of T.A. 132, together with tho four-roomed residence erected thereon and known as Pulachn Villa, 2\p. 1, .Knigge-avenue. The residence js on one floor. Title, land , trftni/eri ,