COMMERCIAL.

Press, Volume LVI, Issue 16721, 2 January 1920, Page 9

COMMERCIAL.

PRICE OF WHEAT INCREASED. {Br C»W»-Pr(«i Association —Oopyrisit.) (Australian and N.Z. Cabl* Association.) MELBOURNE, January 1. The Federal Government has increased the prioo of wheat to all States to €3 Gd per bushel. AUSTRALIAN MARKETS. MELBOURNE, January 1. Barley English 6b ad to 6s IOJd, Capo 5s 6d to 5a 9d. Oata—Algerian mtUin~ 6« lid to Gs, feed Ss Sd to 5s 9d. Potatoes—£l7 to £18. Onions—<£9 to £3 10s. MINING AT WATHL Important information bas been received per cable by Mr E. W. Porritt, solicitor and attorney for Mr C. Roopo William*, of London, representing: an English mining' syndicate, to the effect that it bad been decided to commence boring operations at once on tho Pride of Waihi and Romulm group, comprising 450 acres, and that if such operations proved successful, a company would be formed with a capital of £100,000. Boring operations will frrst l»e commenced on the Pride of Waihi portion of tho property, which is tho nearest to tho Mary lode recently intersected in tho Waihi Extended claim (now owned by tbe Grand Junction Company). Tho decision of this syndicates should bo tho means of giving an impetus to other concerns in tho direction of prospecting in a practical m-.\ui»r larpr> unexplored mining arca<s of the district, wliioh extend right to the coast.