Produce Markets

Feilding Star, Volume XII, Issue 117, 26 March 1891, Page 4

Produce Markets

The N.Z.L. snd M. Company's circular, tliued Jiimiai;y"24th, reports:— r^Vool.— -There has been' rather 'more enquiry manifested in the London Market during -the past four,weeks,:-and; in .all iitiout I,2so;bales, chiefly ;South!African, are reported to have changed.hands,by private treaty since the close of the list Seri^s^;. With regard to ""prospects in the immediate future, the ' position on the wliole'may be considered as favorable to & maintenance of recent values. The continuance of cold weather has undoubtediy'brdught about a:-material depletion of'old (.stocks; and .'this receives confirm mation from the factlthat recent advices from the:principal manufacturing centres point' to, the- prevalence of generally increased lactiyity. At^the, Public sales of C^ipe .Wbpl.^held in Berlinon i6th instant of (1,600 offered, about 1,100 found buyers. Sonic, hesitation .was noticeable in the Tbiddirigs^But values' ruled about on a par with closing Deceniber London rates. Eoifthe FrstSeries'of /Antwerp Auctions, Wai^H topk^place on 20th and 21st instanfc^ about' 4^90 bales were catalogued, in * cludingfSOOv .bales,. Australian ..and 150 bales .Cape.;};,. The quantity,, comprised in ttierfirstrday's. offering consisted entirely ofold^clip, and' embracedi a very poor selection Competition; was fairly aniin'atedr but as; compared with rates ruling in;^ctober, J prices'^generally exhibited a •depreciation''of !i abou.tr ■■'i 6';-; centimes per kilp I.1 '. i!A better'selefetibri'was'submitted to the hammer on tile's folio wing; day,* but little or no-improveroent was manifested . ins values. f^This.decline ipracticaUy re» :ipresents:the prices obtainable by private "-treaty; jprior to the conaniencenient of the -Auctions., ■ •-••0 11/- •■ Sfieep" Skins.—At^'the opening sales of ' thjepresent year held on the Bthand 9th, instant,, satisfactoryycornpeHtion was ex- ; per^enced. : The ;total ' offering 4, of ' Aus- : tralasian:>kins' ambiintecl l- 'ttf 2,357 bales 'of were^fepoped'ofurider the ihanrtiieriW pricesilaibo'ut^ on a par with i those of the previous sales. The Sydney coiTespondent' 'of the N.Z. ' Timers 01 writes :—l If doubt Jl wbethVr one j pefsbn^in every flye* hundred.fully realises that^eicluding Texas, you might plump • down^he sUnitedsUnited Staffis'/pf America in the : middle of Australia^ and find the colonial margin 5' of' 'that. a siiniliar • op^ratidirmight'be performed 1 with fall the • countries of Europe,:-; barring)Eussia; and -then have about a million and a quarter 5 square Sniles of Australian /grbuud;avail' j able;£tQwards covering the .European /possessions of the:'Ozax'., .pqes it ever <• octfur.tp' your readers^tHat' the colony of 'Queensland alone comprises more land thaSV''^buld r be iouhd within aline en- ' '■•circjding; ;■ France _ 'Germany, and the Auslio^Huugariah ? That the >recentte enfranchised/.cplony_.of/_ Western ■j:AusfPaiia''could^^add EngraWd\ahd Sjsain to t the^'^iifopean countries aDOve-named, and FStillvhave fa:big luinp^of territory to cut to waßter-— —"-n. .'...; ...- - ■^ VIIllL". ■---- -..-j..-- /-r\,. + ± —rxSli.;.., . .. Certainly the best_medicine known in •'.Sanpeb And Soks? ;EpcalsptiqExteact. -Test, its Eminently powerful in roughs, colds, influenza-; the relief is in-* stantanppus. In, serious -cases,, and ac* ci dents S'of- all kinds,' "be - wounds, ► burns,...scaldings,.,bruises, .sprains, it is frjth.e safest remerly-—no swelling—no in* <iflamation. ■* Like surprising r ieffects pro- . duced in croup, diphtheria, bronchitis, • inflammation of-the lulias,; swelling, &c.;; diarrhoea, dvsentry,.diseases of; the kid" iieys."-and/ ■urina^:;pr^s. rr ;jn^ use at I hospitals' and medical ciihic's_ all over the ; globe'; |iatromsed by His the ' King of Italy ; crowned with' medal and , diploma'0 at Jnternationair' Exhibition, Auisterdam. IVust :in -iTthis ' approved 1 •qrfi.?l§.- Hjniireiect"ali:Otb,«rs:-r-Aj>VT. '; Ii will be seen by advertisement in .:vnni)iher column that_jlT_J. J. Curtis, of . f (rrey jtreeL, Wellington.;jdraws the at-ii-ut;<'*n of the tradespeople and others to - t!iirjroi~i(!s consigned ' »o' his 1 care. Con-.s"iijni'i»-v at present suffer , from -delay in ;rarisi i at:Wellingtoriiand the" consequent .- expenses-^of storage,' which^would be „ entirely avoided. Those wishing to send or presents ( tp. Europe are re i minded that he has" a 1 'cl>ea"]i de- "! livery by each direct steamers for London. Parcels so sent are delivered 1 at the door of consignee, it instructed. It ■is also notified that he^ has con-_ - veyance for the removal of-furniture and luugage. (""ustom House work is, of «(Cours^vai^necessary branch of his busi» t ness.—Advt.