COMMERCIAL.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume IV, Issue 1037, 1 September 1883, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

Ashburton Guardian Office, Saturday aftemeon,

■ ‘ Messrs Friedlander Bros, (in conjunction with Messrs R. Wilkin and Co., auctioneers) report on the live stock market for the week ■ ! ending 28th August, asi follows :—At the stock saleyards at Tinwald on Tuesday there were only small entries of stock,' both of cattle and sheep, and the attendance of buyers also was very limited, and biddings anything but spirited. Sheep.—Fat were represented by merinos only, some of which were of first-class quality, and went up to 123 each for fat merinos. Stores.—We had a splendid line of crossbred ewes in lamb, which sold at 13s 1 id, and also sold a line of hoggetts at 12s. Merino ewes in lamb fetched from 4s 3d upwards. Lambs, 6s 6d and 8s gd, etc. Cattle were poorly represented, nothing fit for butchers’ purposes being penned, and the sales were confined to- a few heads of stores at about rates . equal to late sales. _ Sydney Markets. r - The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agerk-y Cotnpany, - limited, report of the Sydney markets,* under date Aug 25, as follows:—Wool : Some apprehension has been ’ felt that in certain districts considerable losses . would attend the continued dryness of the season; within the past few days, however, splendid rains have fallen, and prospects have brightened considerably. The telegrams from London announcing the opening of the AugustSeptember series of .wool sales show an average decline in’prices of ’ 5 per cent oh last sales’ e-closing rates, excepting- for superior descriptions of scoured and greasy, far which the ■' market continues (firm. —Sheepskins : This 5. market shaws but little variation, all parcels coming forward are taken, up readily at late rates. —Tallow: We have no change to report this week.—Butter ; We consider the season for salt butter is now nearly over; and though / prices are exceedingly low, we anticipate a , further fall. Under these circumstances, we advise our friends to abstain from sending further consignments.—Potatoes : The arrival of - .the.’ As,’i Hoi How, Wakatipu, and Gordon •Gastie/ within a day or two of each other, with something like 14,000 sacks, had the effect of completely-; glutting the market, and buyers taking advantage of the position were unwilling tOOpefafe, in anticipation of “forced sales at .-{any price.’’ ; At our-auction therefore, in order ): combination on the part of dealers ; to, keep,prices down, we withdrew the whole of bur shipments from sale, and subsequently placed sorpey,2oo sacks privately at L32s 6d for prime, quality. We have since heard of sales kt'Lg and under.—Oats: The improvement intthe. market has induced some fair con- - SigntoentSj - which are being placed at satisfactory. rates.;;, •- ' •