Commercial News
' . . i : . ; (PBB PEESS ASSOCIATION.) London, Febmary l(j. Shares in the Otago and Southland Investment Society, are quoted at ss; Eobert Ckmptyell' and Co., £4 ; Dalgety ana Col; £6 155. ! The majority of 'the peaches imported from the Cape were spoiled by the low atmosphere. Tbe rest brought from 14s to 18s per' dozen. The nectarines were inferior, and only realised 2s 6d perdozen The grapes were also inferior. They brought 12b per 441 bs, think even these prices were only reached be « cause Cape fruit is a novel tj, and they are not likely to be maintained. The tomatoes fetched 3d per Ib. Factory butter, 112s ; dairy, 92s to 100s. The Austrian and Italian dairies are sending over large quantities and de« pressing the market. February 11. The prices at the wool sales for crossbred fine greasy average -Jd lawer ; coarse Booured remain at par; lambs at par to id bigber \ merino greasy superior, par to £d ; average, |d ; inferior, £d to fd ; scoured, good average, £d ; inferior, Id lower. . Lambs— Greasy superior, dearer ; other sorts, £d lower. The mar* ket is steady. Messrs Murray, Eoberts and Co. report : We were, on Wednesday, the 10th, m receipt of the following cable message from our London friends, {Sanderson, Murray and Cp., under dare tfflfEebrunry, regarding wool saley:— Markef Very weak— market dropping. Priced compared with opening rates, for merino' have declined 5 per cent, and fine crossbred has declined 7|d per cent.
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Feilding Star, Volume XIII, Issue 97, 13 February 1892, Page 3
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243Commercial News Feilding Star, Volume XIII, Issue 97, 13 February 1892, Page 3
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