Commercial News

Feilding Star, Volume XII, Issue 102, 19 February 1891, Page 3

Commercial News

I PER UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION. ! London. February '7 "Wool, good quality, is firm, but mediu n and inferior sorts are irregular. The unfounded fears that a difficulty -would be experienced in discharging the cargo of frozen meat by the Matatua has caused New Zealand mutton to rise £d. There is abundance of free labor at the docks. The wool sales have been postponed, owing to fog. Sydney, February 18. Wheat, chick, 3s ; milling sorts, 3s 9d. Oats, milling, Is lid to 2s. Maize, new crop, 2s lOd to 3s ; old crop, 3s 2d. Barley, Cape, 2s 2d ; English, feeding sorts, 3s. Bran, 7d; pollard, Bd. Potatoes, £8 to JE3 ss. Onions, £3 10s. Butter, dairy-made, 7d ;, cream - separator, 8d ; factory - made, 9d. Cheese, loaf, sd. Bacon, machine-made, 4d to 6d ; handmade, 6id to 8d; New Zealand, 9d. Hams, New Zealand, lid to Is. M blbodbne, February 18. "Wheat, 3s 4£d. Flour, stone-made, £1 5s to £1 15s ;' roller made, £8 5s to £8 15s. Oats, Calcutta, Is 4d ;. Danish, 2s 4d; good stout, 2s lOd. Barley, good malting, 3s 3d; bran, 9d; peas, 2s 2d to Us 3d. ' Adelaide, February 18. The market is inactive/ Wheat, 3s 7d to 3s 8d ; flour,' stone made, £1 10s to i 8 ; roller-made, .£8 5s to £9. Oats, New Zealand, prime feeding sorts in bond, 2s Id to 2s 3d. ' Barley, Cape, 2s 3d to 2s 6d ; English malting, 2s 6d to 4s. The $ew Z aland Loan nd Mercnnti <■ ARencV ompany (Limned) have received tho following cablegram from their Lon don ffflce, datel J7tli :- "Wool— Since the opeiiins of the s-ale* superior greasy and scoured merino, fin' giea y crossbred have advanced \d per h. Medium and inferior greasy and scoured merino, medium and inferior merino lambs have declined £d per -lb. Other de.*ci iptions unchanged. Competition by both Home and foreign- buyers is fairly active. Foreign buyers are operating with confidence. Up to date 223,000 bales have been sold.