Wellington Markets.

Manawatu Standard, Volume IX, Issue 100, 31 March 1885, Page 2

Wellington Markets.

Mr George Thomaß reports produce prices as follows .-—The weak has been ; characterised by extreme dultuwi, and leading lines are without auyxshanjfe. Ne.tr Zealand flour £8 15s to i»9 : Ad»laide do, £12 10a ; towls' wheat. 2s 9d ; old oats, 2s ; new do (short fetid), 2a 3d to 2a id ; onions, overstocked, $6 ; potatoes have shown tome Activity, And are quoted almost universally at 42 15a ship's tide, or US' m store ; htms and ! bacon, 9}d to 10J all rotnd ; cheese, 4sd to 5d ; salt butter retiming at 8J ; fresh do, 9d ; eggs are >ecceedinf ly scaroa at Is lOd to Ss per dozen, foultrjr, rather quiet— Fowls 3s fd to is ;• ducks, ;4s ; geese, 6s 6d ; turkeys, 10i per pair. Fruit is very hard to move ; th* dealers liavfi quite overatocked theinselTeg.iaad the recent cold weather has curtailed trade considerably. Good cooking; apples are the only line worth noting ta \d&~ mand. , .-..-• • { Our . Miss Watson has, during this month, turned but several^handsolme dresses l;o prder, which ha/c siich aUsf action that a perfect- shower »f orders has beeu the result. We can nbw assort with good authority that 7w« possess a dressmaker second to nouft iv the district. One who finishes a drjeai well, and at the .samo time is abty to make a perfect fit with .style uniipproichable. Lultt'B wishing to have tfieir dresses made by * thorough artLte, would do well to at bneo call and feive their orders, so as to avoid disappointment, as wa have now .ibout a dosLn orders for drosses, and would therefore be unable to promise auv further orderV for at least two we-sics. 'Address; Mist \ Watson.— B«N-ri.sr Bros., Alarlborough ■ Bouge The Square.— f Aovr.l I