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Feilding Star, Volume XVI, Issue 292, 14 June 1895, Page 2

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(Per Press Association). Sydn'ky, June 12. Wheat — Chick, 2s li.'d to 3s ; milling, os 3d to os 6d ; flour, ±8 10s ; oats, prime feeding. 2s to 2s 3d ; barley, Cape, 2i Id ; peas, Prussian blue, 2s 9d to 3a 3d ; bran and pollard, lid ; potatoes, Circular Head £2 iOs to £2 15s ; onions, £4 to £-1 5s butter, dairy, lid to Is Id ; factory, Is Id to Is 2d. Cheese, 5Ad ; bacon, 4d to 4id. Though the Talune had a rough passage, only three of her sheep died on the voyage. Hocart, June 12. The steamer Hauroto has arrived from the Bluff. Melbourne, June 13. In the Assembly the Civil Servants Retirement Bill has been dropped, an amendment being carried by 51 to 85 against the Government preventing pensions being granted to teachersThis Day. The Argus, commenting on the South Australian loan, says the fact that so much money is available locally at a low rate of interest is a proof that capitalists are unwilling to seek ordinary investment, and that enterprise must be at a low rate. The Chamber of Commerce has decided to recommend the insertion of a clause in bills of lading attaching a penalty for delay in disehargiug cargoes in London after a fortnight from date of arrival. This is in consequence of complaints of the great damage occasioned to the Australian trade by persistent delay in discharging cargoes.