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Mataura Ensign, 15 March 1909, Page 4

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QUEENSLAND'S LOAN. BI ELECTRIC TEUiCiHAI'H - CWVKIUHT I'ER UNITED i-Hjiss ASSOCIATION LONDON, March 16. Ihe Queensland loan has boon is. sued at 07. and has been underwrite ten on tho usual terms, U'ho mospectus will bo i tol .cd on Monday The loau amounts to 12,500.000 at 3J per THE IUALTO REPORT. Thomas Oreou mid Co. report tho lollowing sales on Saturday:— Pigs.—Suckers 12s to lis, weuuer* lis Gd to 15s Gd, good slips 21s. Poultry .-Hens yd to Is 3d, voos".lors lOd to Is Gd, ducks Is SHI to -s each. Produce—Potatoes (is sack, oats Gs Gd, chatY £2 17s Gd ton, onions 0s yd. Fruit.-Peuohes ljd to JJd, pears 2d lb to 3s (id ease, greengages JJd to 2£d lb, plums Id to 2<l lb, lurgo apples Id lo ljd lb, other lots Is 0(1 to Is Gd case, tomatoes (hothouse) Id lo lid lb. field tomatoes 3d lb, rhubarb Ss ewl. INVERCARGILL PRICES. Messrs McKay Uros.' weeklv report ol sales at Invorcargill ou .Saturday is as follows: Poultry.—Young cockerels, 8d to lid; roasters, Is 7d lo Is lOd; ducks, Is od to Is lid; geese, 2s (id to 2s 9d; hens, to Is Id. Rigs.—There is a fair demand. Suckers realised 10s to Pis; verniers, lo 17s. J roduee.—Potatoes, old lots, 2s Od to ■is per bag; oats, second Is Gd to 5s Gd, old seasons 8s; wheat, 18s; potatoes, prinio £J to 13 10s per ton; onions. 8s per cwt. ~ -fruifc.—Pears, prime Victorian to 12s Gd, Canterbury do. (is to <Js; apples, local M to ,1s (id, Canterbury (is to 8s Gd, Hol.art 10s to Us Gd; tomatoes, 2d to yd; grapes, I'd to (ijd; oranges, 12s bd; lemons, lis Gd; peaches, 2d to 3d plums ltd to Id, local Is Gd to 2s 3d per box.