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VICTORIAN PRODUCE MARKET. MELBOURNE, March 30. Barley, English 4s, Cape 2s 9d;;pats, milling Algerians, 2s 2d to 2s 2Jd; feed, Is lid to 2s o*d. Potatoes, £ £3 to £4 10s; onions, £4 to £4 os. STATE BANK NOTE ISSUE. Authority has been given to extend the note issue to 48 millions. THE COMMONWEALTH BANK. 'SYDNEY, March 30. The Commonwealth Bank's net profit for tho last year was £153,972, compared with £93,898 tho previous half year. In the Savings Bank section the deposits increased by £1,331,- I 000. The bank holds of gold coin. LONDON MARKETS. . LONDON, March'2o. Wheat. —No offers. Flour has advanced a shilling on all grades and is scarce. Australian, none offering. Oats are strong. Laplata none offering. Butter. —Several Danish cargoes axe discharging slowly. They moat with a Teady sale at 220s to 2245. Cheese is scarce and unchanged. The N.Z. Loan and M.A. Co. have received the following cablegram from their London office, dated 28ih inst. •. "Tallow.—The Government is controlling forward shipments. For tallow on spot the markej; is firm,^-
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Timaru Herald, Volume CVI, Issue 16233, 31 March 1917, Page 9
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