AUSTRALIAN.

South Canterbury Times, Issue 5020, 30 May 1889, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN.

(Per Electric Telegraph—Copypigut.) (Per Press Association.) (Received 2.45 p.m., May 29th.) AUSTRALIAN PRODUCE MARKETS. Sydney, May 29.

The rough weather caused the suspension of active business, and it is difficult to obtain the accurate position of the various markets. There is a very full supply of wheat. Samples of the Bothwell Castle shipment are shown and are offered at a price which does not leave much possibility of profit. Chick wheat, 3s Gd ; New Zealand milling, 4s 2d to 4s sd, nominal. Flour, stone makes, £lO 5s to £lolss ; roller makes, £ll to £l2 10s. There is a large supply of oats and the market is dull. Good feed, 2s 8d; heavy feed, 3s Id to 3s 2d. Maize, soft sorts, from 2s 61; prime dry sound 3s to 3s Id. Cape barley, 3s to 3s Id. Bran is steady at Is 2d. Pollard, Is 2d, firm. Blue Prussian peas, 4s 3d to 4s 4d. Potatoes, New Zealand and Tasmanian, £4 10s; Circular Heads, £4 15s. Onions, £l7. Owing to scarcity of New Zealand descriptions holders are asking £lB to £2O. The butter market is glutted. Best New Zealand dairy made, 8d to lOd ; separator made, Is to Is Id; off sorts are unsaleable.

The cheese maiket is glutted. Local 6d to 7d; New Zealaud, Cd to 7|d. Bacon (no New Zaaland in the market' is quoted at 9£d to lOd ; hams, Is.

Melbourne, May 29. The wheat market is quiet. Latest prices, 5s 7d to 5s 81. Flour, stone-made, £ll 15s; rollermade, £l2 to £l3. Oats are firm at 4s. Maize, inferior sorts, 4s; good, 4s 3d. Barley is quiet. Cape, ex wharf, 3s 9d ; New Zealand malting, 5s lOd. Bran, Is 3d ; pollard, Is 4d. Peas, 4s lid to ss. Ryegrass seed, 4s 4d. Sugar is active. Queensland greys are low ; whites, £25 to £26 10s.

Adelaide, May 29. Wheat is dull. Farmers’ lots 4s 101; shipping parcels up to 5a Id. Flour, roller-made, £ll 5s to £ll 10s. Oats, New Zealand, 4s 3d to 4s 4d. Barley, malting, 4s 3J to 4s 6d. Bran, ll|d to Is; pollard, Is Id to Is 2d. Sugar, China whites, £29 10s; Mauritius whites, £2B 10s.

(Received 12.0 a.m., May 30th.) THE TAUPO. Sydney, May 20. Arrived—Taupo, from the Bluff. RAIN AND FLOODS. Rain has ceased. The Hunter River district was inundated, and the town of West Maitland was covered with four feet of water. Residents in the lower portion of the place took refuge in the churches and large buildings on the high ground. Melbourne, May 29. The floods in the Numurkah district have subsided.