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Star (Christchurch), Issue 6123, 9 March 1898, Page 3

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Uz ited Press Association— By Electric TelegraphCopyright. Beceivecl March 9, 9.50 a.m. LONDON, March 8. Lloyd's Register Committee suggests that the principal survey of the refrigeration in vessels carrying frozen meat should be made in London, and that colonial surveyors should only examine' the insulation and test the refrigerating machinery. /Sydney, it adds, is, the only port; where, the committee could appoint, itsowi surveyor^ Beceivecl March 9,9.40 a.m. * SYDNEY, March 9. Wheat, chick, prime 3s 3d ; milling, 4s to 4s Id. Flour, .£lO 5s to JBII. Oats, feeding, 2s 5d to 2s 6d ; seeding, New Zealand choice 2s Bd, local 2s 6'd to 2s 7d. Maize, old 33 2d; new, 3s. Barley, Cape, 2s lOd to 3s. Peas, Prussian Blue, ss. Bran, lid. Pollard, Bd. Potatoes, Circular Heads, £7; local, £4 10s to £5 15s. Onions, nominal, £& to £6 10s. Butter, dairy-made, 6d to 6£d; factory, 7d to 7£d. j Cheese, large, 4jd; : loaf j ; sJd.*. -Bacon,. 6^d to Bd. .-.:.' MELBOURNE, March \ Wheat, 4s 2d. Oats, Algerian feeding, Is 6d to Is 8d: seeding, Is 9d to 2s '2d. Maize, 2s Hd to 3s. Bran, lOd. Pollard, ?id. Potatoes, £7.,t0 .£7 ss. Onions, £4, los to jßu. ADELAIDE, March 9. Wheat, 4s id to 4s sd. Flour, .£lO 15s to .£ll. Oats, New Zealand, 3s 6d to 3s j-Od'j local, dun, 2s 3d ; Algerian, 2s 2d to 2s 4d. Bran, Is. Pollard, Is Id.

Messrs Dalgety and Company, Limited, have received the following cablegram from their London office, dated ■ » March 7. The list of arrivals for the second series of wool sales is closed. The total available quantity, including old stocks of colonial . (Australian, and . Cape), is 223,000 bales. :