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Ashburton Guardian, Volume III, Issue 659, 10 June 1882, Page 2

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; 1 Ashburton Guardian Office, Saturday Afternoon. ' ; The grain market during the week has not been particularly active Values for all kinds have not altered much. Tele graphic advices are still very satisfactory, and we do not think prices will in any way be found to weaken before next harvest Prime milling wheats arc still in good demand, and for seed qualities an increase of fully 2d per bushel is quoted over last week’s quotations. Oats remain at the BtUnb figure last week. Reports from Melbourne state that prices for this cereal ' are hardening, and if such is the case we may expect higher rates ruling here very shortly. Barley for malting purposes is quoted at 4s Gd to 4s Od; inferior kinds at '•about 2s 9d to 3s Bd, according tosamp’e ‘The weather has been particularly stormy 'and wet. A considerable quantity of * snow foil on Monday and Tuesday last, making the roads very bad indeed. • looting the whole week the weather has taen such as to entirely suspend out-door f*rm work, or almost any other kind of : "Workl Towards tho hills the fall of snow "Was the heaviest, that has been for some time past In tho Upper Hinds district we hear that the snow was eighteen inches deep. The farmers generally are pleased with the recent weather, as the land will be much improve 1 in consequence.

Cony of produce telegram dated London, ■June 7th, 1882, received by the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited:—Wool: The sales progress firmly. Up to date 144,000 bales have been sold. For superior clothing washed, coarse greasy crossbred, and coarse washed crossbred the market is Unchanged. Superior combing washed, and fine washed crossbred have advanced J4d to Id per lb. For superior greasy, and fine greasy crossbred the market is firmer. Medium and inferior greasy, market eas]en_____ i-t-