COMMERCIAL

Gisborne Times, Volume VII, Issue 357, 6 March 1902, Page 3

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By Telegraph—Pres3 Association—Copyright

Sydney, March 5. At the wool sales bidding for all sections of the trade was animated. Prices wore fully on a par with previous sales. AVheat, chick, is at 3s Id to 3s 2d; milling, 3s 2d to 3s 3Ad. Flour, £7 15s to £8 ; Manitoban, £ll 10s to £l2 as. Oats, feeding, TasmaniaD, 3s ; Algerian, 2s 9d ; stout white, 2s 10jd. Barley, Cape, good, 2s 9d ; English, feeding, 2s 9d to 3s. Maize, prime, 3s 6Jd. Peas, Prussian blue, 6s 3d to 6s sd. " Bran and pollard, lid. Potatoes, prime, £4 5s to £4 10s. Onions, £4 10s to £4 15s. Batter, creamery, Is. Bacon, 7Ad to B£d. Hams, New Zealand, 94d to lOd. (The above quotations are those ruling between merchant and retailor, and do not represent slightly lower values obtained by recognised brokers.) Melbourne, March 5.

Wheat is at 3s sd. Oats, Algerian, feeding, "2s 7jd ; milling, 2s 8d to 2s 9d. Barley, malting, 4s Bd. Maize, 3s Bran, lid. Pollard, Potatoes, £3 10s to £4 10s. Onions, £3 10s to £3 15s. Adelaide, March 5. The wheat market is irregular, at about 3s 2d to 3s 3d. Flour is at £7 10s. Oats, Algerian, 2s 3d to 2s 6d; stout, up to 3s. Bran and pollard, Is. Wellington, last night. Mr Cameron, Inspector of New Zealand Produce at Home, reports that prices for Now Zealand butter, although not so high as they were last year, are good, and very steady. The demand throughout tho country is keen and growing, while satisfaction with the article is universal. Prices for Danish and New Zealand butter are now about equal, and a large butterdealer at Home predicts that the New Zealand article will take first place ere long. The demand for New Zealand cheese continues good, and prices are very firm. There have been no serious complaints of late about tbe quality of either our butter or our cheese.