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(Per Press Association.) (Per Electric Telegraph—Copyright.) (Received 7.10 p.m v Feb. 4th.) London, Feb. 4. The best class of wools is unchanged, but medium and inferior quality are fetching fully 5 per cent, below the prices which ruled at the December sales. The present series close on the 20th insl. The Western Australian loan is regarded with indifference in the city, but that it will be successfully floated is looked upon as almost certain. The Government of the colony wished to apply for £500,000, but the bank declined to take the loan in hand for that sum. (Received 1 a.m., Feb, sth.) The American visible supply of wheat is estimated at 66,500,000 bushels. Paris, Feb. 4. Frozen meat from the River Plate is selling freely in this city, but only a few days’ supply is available. Brisbane, Feb. 4. 28,000 tons of sugar were exported during the last six months of the year just ended. (Special to Press Association.) (Received 11.15 a.m., Feb. 4th.) Berlin, Feb. 3. The imports into German New Guinea during the past year amounted to £50,000.
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South Canterbury Times, Issue 6752, 5 February 1892, Page 1
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