Wellington Markets.
Laery and Campbell report business is Btead_\Y'alth6iigh prices m many lines haye given way considerably, Qats are unquotable, as there are so many'offering m liaesj atd the outlet here is so small that fi?w houses, if any, bate to operate,. Wheat fs' without any alterjationjand'it would bp" hard to place a line at present PotatOKS ; have suffered a decline more'rarifo!i than pleiasanf, and may now be quoted at £6 10s to ! with a tendency t6be lower ; the same I with oniona, which are hard to place at £12. Epgs have become ;a. drug, and on Saturday last..6d per dozen was the best price offered for guaranteed eggs. Christmas hayiug passed, the demand seems to- ' have ■ suddenly ceased : the same remaiks apply Jo poultry, and we are afraid to hazard i quotation. Butter is without -inquiry ) cheese \ve quote at 5d to s^d ; hams and bacon, m cloth, 9^d to ]od.. H.orses of a proper stamp are still asked fbr,- but business at the yards on Saturday last was not brisk owing te/the style of horses being; uni suitable, and. owners ,haYiug too exalted an idea as ,^o y Slue. ' ' '" ..'.'. '
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Manawatu Standard, Volume IX, Issue 33, 9 January 1885, Page 2
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191Wellington Markets. Manawatu Standard, Volume IX, Issue 33, 9 January 1885, Page 2
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