eOMMJSRCIAL NEWS. THE WELLINGTON MABKETS. Messrs \lassel and Co report for the week as follows : — Flour LlO to Lll Potatoes L2 to L3 5s Oats 2s 3d to 2s 6d ; (milling) 2s 9d 3s Wheat (fowls) 2s 6d ; milling 3s 6d Maixe 3s Ohet-se 7d Bacon and Hams (prime) 9d to lOd Egiis Is 6d Chaff L 3 10s to L 4 per ton , Batter (salt) 3d ORtmeal Ll3 Onions (scarce) LlO per ton Canute L 2 10s Ttunrpß L 2 10* Bowls 3^ to 8s 3d Beans;4>}6d ••-'■ • Ducks 4s Barley 3s Peas 4s 6d, Geese— quite unsaleable Hay L 4 10s per ton. Bran L 4 10s , Pollard L 5 Eggs, Is 3d p«?r doz , Oatmeal, (local), 18g per 1001 b Wheat, (good fowls), 3s 6d to 4s per ; bushel Ha> (oaten), 60s to 70s per ton Hny (meadow), 60s to 70s per ton i : arlt-y 4s 6d O:ts2s9d to 3s Maize (local),- 4s Chaff, Bos per ton : Wangauui Markets. The following retail prices are quoted. Butter (fresh), Is 6:1 per lb Butter Y salt), vis per lb Cheese (good local), 9.d to lOd per lb Pearl barley, ?7s lOOlbs Hams (local), 1 d to Is per lb Bacon (good local), lOd to Is per lb Potatoes (imported), 59 per cwt F.'our (local), 13s 1001 b Pollards or. Sharps, 7s per, lQOlb Bran, 6s per 1001 b
Loss of a "Wanganui Sphooner. f —^ Per Pr-eBS Association. Dunedin, This day. The three-masted schooner Alma, owned by Henry Guthrie»Henderson^ arid Patterson ofeßunedin, the latter m command, was 4oston the voyage frpm "Wanganui to Ropkhamptpn, with a cargo of sleepers. The crew^^ere^ picked up iby a vessel and landed at Port Elizabetbh 3QO miles from Brisbane.' The Insurance on the hull was £400 m the Equifable,/ £4QQ ia thp United,' and Natipnal £450. Of the latter the Victoria £rid New Zealand eaoh hpelilso* ; — Later. She / was lost on the Elizabeth, reef 850 miles from Brisbane. A vessel bound for Oregon 'landed Cadtain Patterson and crew at the North Cape. :At the Divorce poqrj; Wellington yesterday a rule nisi -was granted in** the case Neill y Neilie'. Petitioner Was the wife of Captain feeorge NeiU to whom she was manied in VN'apier m 18^4 by fiishop Abraham^ Hejr maiden name wa§ Mfinteitji. Cruelty and 'adultery were also ' deposed to, 'and 'His' 1 Honor held the charges^ blly proved, ; W. Alexander Hunt, of Coromander, who fifiee^years ago was part owner of the well fipown Suptpyer, or Hunt's claim at tKe Huranui/Crepk, and who Was then <bne df the richest men m New Zealand, fi|sjled,i»i^cbed. %le j Eight informations have been laid against Witiiam Lingard for alleged fradulent barikruptcy.! ' "'! The Canterbury piampn^ qornnany lias ref^h^ed .the IharehoJ^er? the oiflney' paid 'by them ]* cs a^ esp'pnsps. Twp hundred and ejghty one share^ipldera! lose^§sjin)"the^. • '~'U ): '\ [ . • ;> I The pase against a member of the Auckland Fire. Brigade fpj? i?4?g thfeatening language to the police a* a recent fi,re has been dismissed , ■ We observe that Messrs Littlejohu and Sou of Wellington, are the successfull tenderers for erection of the Wellington Post Office clock. Tbe contract price is LBoOaud tbe clock ia to be guaranteed not to vary more than if} s<?cond.s per wt'ek, s li; n ' There is a miniature Maori Parliament at Papawai, near Greytown. . One of their standing /orders runs as fellows : : "— " All members hot to get drunk during the sitting of .the House. 1 ' How jmany are allowed- (o- -get dfonkduriiig [the said sitting, '^says the t)aily) "tftp; ■btandiug Qrclera dp. upf reyeal : , ' -?V IMPORTANT TQ ADVBBTISEEp. m^B Majtawatti J)4itT TiMtgs is tile ftlde*Bt,ep« ■- 1 - tabljshed newspapers ijhe OJstrjct, has the widest circulation of qi»y uewsptvpev published be> tween Wan^anui and Wellington j is the very best advertising medium— and. it publishea no , '* dummies,'' . . ; I . ... -. • .
Grown Lands. 14th August, I^B3. /. '■ "^TOTICB is hereby given as re" _LM quired by section 65 of the Larfds Act, 1877, that Thomas Samuel Hoe, the selector of Section No 161*2, Blbpk IS, "Survey District, has apppeji tp the Land Board to transfer tlj'e same to Charley Stepney Gatton. I .JOS f G. HviLDSWOETH, Commissioner of Crown Lands. Tp yO It S A IT~e7 Patent Glass Milk Jars Milk Test Tubes • Lactometers . Sets of Testing Instruments Butter VVorkers Butter Printers •■'-■'-' ' 1 Miik Refrigerator (80 gallons per hour) •■■.'■"•' 1 de |jayal Separatq|? s\ Holstein Pdww qb'urn tlalYVfeedfers, wiiVeVtra' teats Lainb-feedersV with ''extrU 1 teats Ain'erican Butter Bowls American Butter Boxes American Curd Knives American. Eubber Press Kings American; Cheese P;re-s Scrfevk | .'American Gal y aril §cd Cheese Mould* 10 Naskpw Cream Sep'atatoVs ■&■'■;. * Etc., Etc: : - : :>•-'}' :*': .lj' , Apply to *•" Ai^PB RGtJSON'i' or y to J, U. MOMAD, P.O. Box, SL
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Manawatu Times, Volume VIII, Issue 341, 18 August 1883, Page 3
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