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Timaru Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 5353, 4 February 1892, Page 2

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(Pbb E_eo_ric Telegraph— Coptkighi.) [Per Pbess Association.] (Beoeived 11.30 a.m., Feb. 3rd.) London, Feb. 2. At the wool sales crossbreds maintain their prices firmly, but other sorts ara weak. Sydney, Feb. 3. . Wheat, 4s lOd to 4s lid. Flour, stone-made, £11 5s to £11 15s ; roller-made, £11 to £12. Oats, 2s 6d to 2s Bd. Maize, prime, 2s 3d to 2s 4d. Barley, 3s. " Bran, 11 d ; pollard, IM. Pntatnßß. local, £1 15s ; Warnambool, £2 15s to £3. Onions, £3 to £4 53. Butter, dairy-made, lOd ; factory-made, Is. Cheese, 2d to sd. Bacon, 5d to 7d ; hams, New Zealand, lOd to ll£d. At the wool sales the bidding was free but last month's values are difficult to reaoh. Greasy, 7d to 7_d ; scoured, 13d to 13„d. Melbourne, Feb. 3. Wheat, 4s £d. Flour, stone-made, £9 ; roller-made, £10. Oats, Algerian, Is 9sd ; Danish, 2s ld to 2s 3d ; stout, 2a 4d. Maize, 2s 6d. Barley. Cape, 2a 2d ; malting, 3s ld to 3s 2d. Bran, lOd. Peaß, 23 2d to 2s 2£d. Adelaide, Feb. 3. Wheat, 4s 4d, market inactive. Flour, stone-made, £10 to £10 5s ; roller-made, £10 0s to £10 15s. Oatß, 3s 4d to 3s sd. Barley, Cape, 3s Gd to 3a 8d ; malting, 4- od. Bran and pollard, Is.

(Received 8 p.m., Feb. 3rd.) London, Feb. 2. The shareholders of the Standard Bank, Melbourne, readily responded to the call for aaaiatance, and expressed a desire that the business should be resumed. The butter market has seriously collapsed. A portion of the shipment of Victorian factory-made was sold for 112s to 115s per cwt. (Special to Pukss Absooiation.) (Received 10.45 a.m., Fob. 3rd.) LpNDoN, Feb 2. The reinstated firm of Baring Bros, show a profit for tho year of £112,000; £50,000 was carried to reserve and a dividend of 5 per cent, deolared. At the annual meeting of shareholders of the Union Bank of Australia the chairman said that they had suffered less harm by the depression than any of the banks m the colonies. The profits were less by £15,000, but this was a small amount, considering the aouteneas of the crisis m Australia. The total amount of the profits for the year was £106,000. Paris, Feb. 2. The Journal Des Debats considers it probable that the new duties will inaugurate a period of insecurity and isolation for Franco.