COMMERCIAL NEWS.
. '' ♦ Wellington Iffa^rkets. Laei-y and Campbell report that there is still a steady business doing, but the effects of the uear approach of Christmas " has not yet been felt. Oats coutiuue to be offered freely, but very few transactions.are- taking place. Chick wheat may. still be quoted at Jast week'a figures, viz , 2s 6d to 3s, but the sample must be first-class, inferior sorts are quite unsaleable. Old potatoes are now quite out of the market ; the new crop uiay be still quoted at 9s cwt. Onions are now plentiful, and the market uncertain. Fleming and Gilkison'sguaranteed'flour, £9 ;- butter is without alteration ; cheese, 5d to s^d : ; fowls, 4s to 4s 6d ; ducks, 4s 6d to 5a pair ; turkeys, 5s .each ; hams anoV bacon (m cloth), 9^d ro lOd ; eggs, Is 4d ; green peas, 6d to 8d per peck.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume IX, Issue 18, 19 December 1884, Page 2
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139COMMERCIAL NEWS. Manawatu Standard, Volume IX, Issue 18, 19 December 1884, Page 2
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