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One day last week four hundred cases of fruit were despatched from the Hastings railway station. The Department of Agriculture has received the following cable message from the Agent-General, dated February 9ih :—“Average price choicest outter, 108 s; there is a good demand, chiefly for Scotland and North England. There is no alteration in the cheese market since last week. Hemp market is very Arm. Good fair Wellington, £22 10s; fair current Manila, £3O 10s. Auction sales last week closed with a good demand. Reports from Manila inicate signs of improvement in the hemp market. Cocksfoot unsatisfactory, 335. Mr W. J. Napier, M.H.R. for Auckland, who is now on a visit to Wellington, stated on 12th, in the course of conversation with a member of the “Times” istaff, that the remarks and anticipations we published as to the probable appointment to the vacant Judgeship do not at all reflect Auckland sentiment. Mr Napier states that opinion in the Northern capital is most strongly favourable to Mr Theo. Cooper being elevated to' the Bench—a position for which it is deemed his splendid legal attainments, judicial mind and high public character eminently suit him.

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New Zealand Mail, Issue 1511, 14 February 1901, Page 34

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Untitled New Zealand Mail, Issue 1511, 14 February 1901, Page 34

Untitled New Zealand Mail, Issue 1511, 14 February 1901, Page 34