Commercial.

Evening Star, Issue 4290, 25 November 1876, Page 2

Commercial.

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MR &u&ar#mWas bean wxm» Uttle stir la the tea a«l»t, «ptoW& ia iiefiSWs. «K(afQtfcr« %tovad to be ofeicejlent qtMJlty. Quotations of prices of tea are, kow- , ,e?«r,, abselutaly , usajess, ,lt not. mialaadtogt a» ao ' deiwri^ioaivffoxdaa'BtaadiM by wMcn*o "judge of value, * LvgevfOiMia have? changed hands at satis factory prices. In uairy produce," butter is abundant at lid; cheep* comrwn'?') 9d to9^': V.amiiand bacon* unshajftttAi. o A 1 eput i •Aui;BJ'e< aleut to-day in commercial circles that a considerable rise i has taken place in Melbourne in Calcutta bagging. : We are unable to give quotations. We are favored with tbe following telegram, received by Messrs SB?* 8 ! 1 * from} the London firm, dated loth inst.:—" Average risje in the price of wool at November sales 2d to 8d) per ■. lb.; a^ltW it* present level for a time." We have also got advices of prices" ObtailUed for wool more than confirming the above advices. t Tbe Labor Market. JKiSkene repoVt»Jt«Ktti& week enditfg&oveitaber 25:—Tbe domandV for, ordinary farm and station people has and we may count oni tbe usual lull between the spring and harvest operations. Couples are inqnired for. Day labor is plentiful, and pick and shovel men get a fair chauce now. ..Hotel saCTa^ts, arein hi isk. demand. Iron workers, Ac. still complain of quietness.. ■ settled down to their work.' Clerks and shopmen 1 "but of employ have great difficulty in getting placed. Good general female servants are much needed. Wages: Couples, Ti6s, L7O, and up to LBS, and, rations ; shepherds, L 65 and L|o L*2 to L6O; dairy people, 13s and 20s j boys and girls, 6s to 10s; cooks, grooms, waiters, &c., 25s to 60s; general Louse .girls, 10s to 15s ; dairy do, 19s to 15s; hotel do, 12s/Tss, £os. ! and upper do, 25s and 30s; storemon and clerks, 80s to 60s; day labor (bush, road/, and rail), 8s and; 9s; carpenters, 10s to l3s; shearers, 17s 6d and 20s. Share Market. Meters Whitelaw and Co. report sales of shares dating; the week as follows: Sales : Colonial BanVSSarNeW'ZoaTaJrd, KWKk -Buyers? lusuranoe—National, 23s 9d, tx div.; Standard, 12a; 6d; Mew Zealand, 80s; South British, 60s. Baaka: Colonial, 32s 6d; New Zealand, LlB 15s j National, k 655. Other companies—Walton Fork Coal, 109 63; Greymouth Coal, 80s; New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency, 80a (new issue, 535); Jfloagiel WodHen\Faetory,42s. (? '■,'. f. V, M [Bl JTBLEeiUFH.] - Case brandy, 22s j ask Sfl 6d; rice, Xl 5 per ton; brcadstuffs unhanged; •>; BftWßjfcJs twWXfefftJ bls^k*wßa t *bouJbitßsj compony s sugar unaWuged; Belmours sperm candles unchanged*; ' ,[ r .^..•Jl'".'T''•= >'j