AUSTRALIAN MARKETS.

Te Aroha News, Volume VII, Issue 423, 27 November 1889, Page 5

AUSTRALIAN MARKETS.

Sydney, November 20. Wheat : Very dull, especially New Zealand sorts ; chick, 3s to 3s 26 ; New Zealand milling, 3s 76 to 3s nd. New Zealand flour, stone made, -£9 10s to £9 15s. Oats : Light feed, 2s to 2s 2d ; milling, 2s 4d to 2s 5d j the market is very dull. Maize, best sorts, 2s iod 103s; bran, B^d ; pollard, B^d; peas, Prussian Blue, best sorts, 4s 6d to 4s 9d ; New Zealand potatoes, 30s to 50s; new onions, to San Francisco onions, ,£8 to Butter : Dairy made, 4d to 7d ; separator, 6d to 8d ; factory made, 7d to 9d. Cheese : Locally made, 3d to 6d • New Zealand cheese, new, 6a. Bacon^ locally cured, 6d'to £d ; New Zealand bacon, ad \ New Zealand hams, nd to is. At the wool sales today, the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company catalogued 5,325 bales, lhere was a full attendance of buyers, and competition was brisk. Four thousand four hundred bales were sold at the following top rates : Greasy merino, is i^d; greasy lambs', is i^d ; greasy pieces, n3/d : crossbred, is o^d ; greasy combing, is o%d ; scoured merino, is 7d • scoured pieces, is s^d. *

Melbouknb, November 20. Wheat dull at 5s 5 s id. Flour : Stone make, ;£n ; roller make, iOS,i 0S , with upward tendency. Oats, 3s 7d • maize, 4s zd j barley, feeding sorts' 3s 5d ; sugar, Queensland whites, £21 ss^ *

London, November 22. The annual report of the Now, Zealand bhmping Company shows that last year's debcithas been reduced to £82,000, and the general indebtedness by t'lll,Boo Mr E. S. Dawes has guaranteed the debt to tne Bank of New Zealand, and the directors will shortly issue debentures to cover the amount. •