Wellington Markets.
- Business for the rpaet -w«ek has been fairly brisk, orders both town and country being considered quite up to the j average. Tratfo is reported to be sound, ; and engagements well met. Barbed wire is quoted at £32 ; kerosene is low inkstbek and prices firm at Is 7d to Is 8q for 130 teet. Grain and oats are still stpudy at 3s 2d to 3s 5d ; flour £9 to £9 IQb; fowls' wheat from 2s to '3s per • ; cheese : may be quoted rather ni*mer, and now ruling at s£d ; fresh butter is slightly better request, from 7d to 7^d^: salt do, nominal, price about! 7d ; hams' and bacon, m .consequence 'of; increaaing demand, has advanced to 9£dj all round ; new potatoes have been freely! disposed of throughout the week at Id ;i olddo,^ 5 good quality,' £4 ,10s ; egge,j active, ll^d ; gooseberries are from 3d] to 3^d quart ; fowls, 4s 6d to 4s 9d ;i ducks; ; ss ; ; geese, 7s ; turkeys, ,13s^ per!
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Manawatu Standard, Volume VIII, Issue 146, 1 December 1884, Page 2
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164Wellington Markets. Manawatu Standard, Volume VIII, Issue 146, 1 December 1884, Page 2
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