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Shipping wheat is firmer in Melbourne at 5s 2d to 5s 3d. Malting, barley, ,5s lOd to 6s Id ; market weaker. New Zealand' oats are in fair demand: feeding qualities, duty paidji3s'ldtb 3s 3d; ditto, under bond, 2s 6d to 23 6d.;}milUng sorts, under bond, 2s 7d to 2s Bd. ." ' ; 'Z '.^rfriuCTlOifEEi'S REPOET. ; .; . &,Sodness " : report the following busihess'dufing the week : '• ' Elieopr— By auction on Saturday last we sold 1104 nieruj'< owes, full-mouthed, at 3s Id to 3s 6d per head ; 2UO hi merino ewes and wethers, mixed, 25. 6 d each : lupiyj^'tujcester ewes/ 6's Bd'; 25 crossbred maiden eiu-'. Ji»o ul ; fceven Lincoln rams, 4os to 465. Privately. \\u a ; id -IlK) crossbrd ewes, full-mouthed, at 6s 6d. I'iitik-.— iA-mitely wesold'2o head large framed cows and bulletin from Morton Mains at £4 16s per head. Kga.— Uy auction on Saturday, last we sold 21 young oum at 7s to lis 9di " '• ■' :,'■ llurscs. — By auction, on Saturday last, we submitted about M haul, all softs. Bidding was very slack. EighMiead medium draughts were sold at from £15 5$ to ail 10s ; One lunbroken 2-year-old colt , £8 10 ; Wo'lmcks £8, £9 10s. . ' ' ~ -''Grain:— We report the grain market very dull. Very fewf outside buyers. 500 sacks first-class sparrow bill oats wore, sold at Is 5d iper bushel, cash, on trucks at , Gore ; .120 sacks prime seed wheat, white velvet. 3s lOd ' pel' bußh'cl; at Maiidevillu sacks in both cases 7d. Property.— Green and bouness also report the sale of W. and E. Tuyles' farm' at Otama at- £9 per acre, the purchaser 'being Mr John Cregan.
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Mataura Ensign, Volume VI, Issue 256, 18 May 1883, Page 2
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