MONETARY AND COMMERCIAL.
• [Special to Panes Association/] LONDON, Feb. 16. City financiers approve the proposed Victorian loan of one million sterling, bat fear that the Government will be unable to place it locally. The American visible supply of wheat is 116,000,000 bushels. At the wool sales there is a strong demand for lambs wool and best combings. There have been farther withdrawals of Colonial bought wools. Capetown pears are being retailed in London at three shillings and sixpence each. MELBOURNE, Feb. 17. The Chamber of Commerce carried a resolution in favour of the commercial union of the Colonies. Mr Service suggested the desirability of consulting the Trades Hall, which had an immense power of voters to bring about commercial union. HOBABT, Feb. 17. There is a deoided improvement in commercial affairs, and the hardest presents every prospect of being a very fair yield.
The National Mortgage and Agency Company, Limited, has received the following cable message :— Doric arrived at Plymouth on evening of Feb. 14. Meat good.
[PBB PbBSS ASSOCIATION;] DUNEDIN, Feb. 17. The wool sales are largely, attended. The qualities offering being considered, the prices .are quite up to those ruling any timeßince the opening of the present serieß. Local manufacturers operated largely, for medium half and cross-bred greasy 8d to 9d, heavy and coarse 6d to 7?d, greasy merino medium 6£d to 7£d, earthy and heavy in grease 5d to 6d, greasy crossbred, pieces 3Jd to 6|d, do merino pieces 3d, cross-bred lOd to Is Hd, do merino 10$ d to lsl^d, do first pieces merino lOd to 10$ d, slipe half-bred and cross-bred 9d.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 4572, 17 February 1893, Page 3
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267MONETARY AND COMMERCIAL. Star (Christchurch), Issue 4572, 17 February 1893, Page 3
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