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Manawatu Herald, Volume II, Issue 76, 18 May 1880, Page 2

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CußisTciiTTucn. May 13. Wheat. — The latest advices irom Home sMH pni' t !o a lii-guished market, although tr.uisiicti'tns liumllv hive not bcenexii'iisivn. S.ilus are bom;; rrwle at 3j GJ t>> 3s 7d, while for an oxlra fi.'is s:iinpl> v triflo over that figure is obln:iub!e. In sympathy with ' English rates, prices here arc rue 'ding to such en extent tlut bu«i nrss would be ]iei inissible it' fiviijlits were mtud-d. In the Australian p;irts the sharp full i : wl'cal \v:n sir once fo.iowed by a corresponding; drop" in freights, into*' the irrprcssion is fjnii.ing <j:<>ui)d here that wiih present va'ues fi'i-i'^lits should, ;\nd will; como down to a cemp uisoii witli Australian rates Then; cvi be no question that smli n com S3 would stimulate up rilicus lure considerably. O.it-i. — C'o>:sidL'rable sales have been mule dining thu week at cl;l priet's. Good .stout outs Is "id to Is 3d, and for best descriptions Is 4J to Is If' ; tiiriariun is slow of . e ale, unless of soerl quality. Hurley. — The few iransaclions that have covne niulcr notive have been chit fly of feed liirls. The msirhet is s'il ruuiarkiib'y de-nn-saed, ami the ili>ji"sin^ of any sorts i>th<;r tli'ui rr.illy goo is -ilinost impossible. l J o!ato-.'-t.— t'ifjiing an;l q :oiol at 'i.'ia to 27, GJ. i Jriiss Seed. — No change cither in rye gins* or eoelisf'iof, and business in both lines is of the :n<st restiicted ml lire. Dairy Produce. — Unltcr, SVI to Oil: checae, 41 t < oJ ; hnins jiml bacon, scarce. The stock iravket thU week was very ?nlisfr.ct'>iy. Tho qualify of sheep ynrded was exceptionally good; mutton, Id per lb. Beef, however, was slow, and pigs, though more numerous than übuiil, were not up to owners' requirements.