A SYDNEY MERCHANT'S VIEWS.
A* firm of local auctioneers to-day re- _ ceived the following letter from a Sydney "client:— ''Dear Sirs, — Cable to hand. Ten shillings a case for grapes is no good to us, though of course it seems a lot of money. Bnt look at the expenses to come off. The Malaga and Muscat grapes (of which I sent a case of each as 6amples) oost me ton shillings in Sydney, and if anyone in Wellington knows good grapes when seen they should have rushed those -grapes at 8d a pound wholesale, which • would have worked out at 16s per case. To-day; (Ist February) I send a shipment «f choice Muscats in twelve pound fancy boxes which' must bring 8d a pound- to clear my expenses. I don't think today's shipment will be large, as many were disappointed by results of tho initial sale at Wellington ; and as for Christchurch, the sales there were even worse. I reckon I lose a shilling a box on my first shipment, to Wellington and three shillings and sixpence a box on the first shipment to Chrisstchurch ; so New Zealand, for all its big demand for grapes', is no good to Sydney shippers. A penny p?r pound duty and a penny per pound steamer freight is a knock-out."
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Evening Post, Volume LXXV, Issue 31, 6 February 1908, Page 8
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216A SYDNEY MERCHANT'S VIEWS. Evening Post, Volume LXXV, Issue 31, 6 February 1908, Page 8
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