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Motueka Star, Volume IV, Issue 168, 31 March 1903, Page 4

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—o Chbistchukch, Mar 27. The following are current prices paid to farmers,, f.0.b., Lyttelton, and free ©f commission,, except where otherwise wpecified : Wheat,. Hunter's, Pearl and Tuscan, 3-s lGd to 3s lid per bushel at country stations. Oats.—Heavy Canadians Is 8d to Is short feed Is 7d, Duns'ls 41 to Is nd. Danish Is 4d to Is 5d at o* uutry stations. * BarTey .-Prime malting, 3s 3d to 3s 6d ; Cape, 2s 6d to 2s Bd, at country stations. Flour (millers' quotations) : Roller *eoi. Pollard : .£7 ton. Bran : £5 Os. Oatmeal : 10s f.o.b. Ryegrass—Well dressed farmer; parcels, 2s 6d to 2s 9d, inferior 2s to 2s 3d, Italian ryegrass 3s to 3s 6d, cocksfoot 3|d to 4d per lb delivered. Onions, 55s to 60s ton delivered. Potatoes, Early varieties, L2 1 Cs to ! L2 15s ton at country stations. I Dairy Produce; Cheese, factory 5 Id to 6d, dairy od ; butter, factory, local 1 Old per lb, North Island lid/dairy, HI to 9.1 prime, salt (in boxes) to B|d, bacon, hams 9d to lOd; factory bacon and hams |d higher, fo.b.—Chii.-t----ehurch Press. WELLINGTON PRODUCE REPORT. Wheat-,4s 9d to 5s bushel, oats 2s 2d to 2s 9d, barley 3s lOd, maize 5s per bushel, flour N.Z., .£ll, Adelaide .£l3 Manitoban .£l2 15s, p .Hard, 160 s bran 130 s ton, c-atmeal .£l4 ton, onious, prirnej <£6 10-;, cheese 5| i lb, bacon B|d for sides, 9|d for rolls, hams, 9|d, butter 7d to Bd, fowls 3s to 3s 6-1 per pair, ducks 4s per pair tur--1 eys hens 8s to 9s, gobblers lis to 13s, eggs Is 3d to Is 7d doz ; cabbages Is 6d To 2s Od per sack ; cauliflowers 2s 6d to 4s 6d ; rhubarb Is to 2s dozen new potatoes £3 10s to <£3 15s ; linseed cake L 9 10s per ton ; cocksfoot undiessed 3d to 4d lb, machine dressed 5d to sgd' ryegrass 4s to 5s 3d bushel, partridge peas 4s 3d bushel, oatsheaf chaff 70s to 75s per ton. STOCK SALES. Messrs Freeman R. Jackson and Co., in conjunction with Messrs Abraham end Williams, report on their sale at Johnsonville on Thursday last as follows :—A small entry of good bullocks were equal to last week's rates. beef sold at 23s 6d per 1001 b; best bullocks .£9 12s6d to £10; others £8 10s to £9 10s ; light ,£7 17s 6d- A fair yarding of sheep of good quality sold freely. Best ewes lis Id to lis lid ; others 9s 3d to 10s lOd ; lambs, light 7s lOd ; stores 6s 6d. Chiistchurch, March 26. At ,„ Addington market there was another exceptionally heavy yarding of sheep. Fat cattle—The supply (235 head) -was in excess of the demand, and prices suffered. Steers, £6 10s to Lll ; heifers L 5 15s to £8 I<V; cows £5 7s 6d to £9. Beef, 22s to 27s 6d per 1001 b. Fat sheep—For prime quality wethers and ewes export buyers competed keenly, with the lesult that the market remained firm at last week's quotations. The range of prices was as follows : ; —Freezing wethers 15s 10d to 18s 8d ; wethers and maiden ewes 14s 9d to 17s 7d ; freezing ewes lis to 14s 6d ; best butchers' ewes 14s to 16s Id, others 9s 3d to 13s 6d. I Fat lambs——There was a large yard ing and a keen demand for all good quality at last week's prices. Freezers 12s to 15s 9d ; tegs, 16s to 17s lOd ; butchers' sort*, 10s 6d to 15s. Pigs. Baconers 45s 6d to 655, equal

to 5d to 5Jd j er lb; porkers 32s to 40s equal to s|d to 6d per lb, stores, 24s to 375, a consignment of 280 from Waikato meeting with spirited demand suckers and weaners 10s to 15s: Dunedin, March 26. At the Burnside market 151 fat cattle were yarded, nearly all being of good quality. There was a brisk mand, and prices throughout showed a marked improvement, primest showing an advance of fully 10s per head. Best bullocks L 9 10s to LI 0 15s; medium £7 15s to L 8 15s ; small L 6 to L 7 2s 6d ; best cows and heifers L 6 15s to L 8 r medium L 5 10s to L 6 ; old cows, L 3 15s to L 5 ss. Sheep. Over 300 penned. All classes .showed a decline in prices of from 9d to Is per head. Best wethers 15s to 16s 3d ; medium I3s to 14s 6d ; small 12s to 12s 9d ; best ewes 15s 6d to Iss 9d ; medium Us to 13s ; small 7s 6d to 10s. Lambs. About 770 were penned. Pest 12s 9d to 14*; medium lis to 12s nuimT, 9s to 10s 3d. Pigs. Only 96 yarded. Suckers 15s to 19s ; slips 22s to 24s ; stores 28s to 31s. porkers 38s to 48s; baconers 50s to 58s ; big pigs up t > 7ls.

TEN BOLD ASSERTIONS.

Regarding Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy, i. It affords quick relief in cases of colic, cholera morbus and pains in the stomach. 2. It never fails to effect a cure in the most severe cases of dysentery and diarrhoea. 3- It is a sure cure for chronic diarrhoea. 4- It can always be depended upon n cases of cholera infantum. 5. It cures epidemical dysentery. t>. It prevents bilious colic. 7. It is prompt and effective in curing all no.vel complaints. 8. It never produces bad results o. It is pleasant and safe to take. ii. It has saved the lives of more people than any other medicine in the world. These are bold assertions to make regarding any medicine, but there is abun dant proof of every one of the above sta;ements regarding this remedy. Every household should have a bottle at hand ; Get it to-day. It may save a file. A Manny sells it.

A y< nth named H. A. Nation, son < f Mr E.J. Nation, of Wellington, had a potion of one of his hands blown away and a quantity of shot buried in his thigh, while be was out on a shooting txcursion at Karori, as the result of a cartridge by some means getting mt-< a fine and exploding. ft x high caste native officers a e to be in attendance upon the- King as Empe or of India from April next. In India, "China, Japan, and adjacent countries there are about four hundred million people who rarely eat meat, yet they are strong, active, and long-lived. Darwin is authority for the statement that the Andean natives perform twice the work of ordinary labourers, and subsist almost entirely oh a diet of bananas. Goiehi.Ab'e, a coal dealer of Tokyo, has deposited £l2O in a 1 >cal bank, with instructions that it is to remain the;e at comp .und interest for 250 years. Whichever of his posterity is then alive will become" possessed of a big fortune. The military authorities are drawing up a scheme to put London in a state of safety in the event of an invasion. The defence of the capital is entrusted to the 4th Army Corps In reply to a magistral, who desiied to chronc '-drunk" ito be quiet in a S uthern Court, the inebi iate remarked . —"Shun up; I've—hie—got as much right 'ere as you 'ave !" One i month.

SPRAINS are often more serious, thsn broken bones on account of not being Properly treated Apply Chamberlain's Pain Balm freely as soon as the injury is received and it will quickly restore" the parts to a healthy condition A, Manoy sells it.

Re peddling tramps, a writer in the Bulletin says : Once knew an artful bagman who. when things were bad, would grind two bricks together bottle the dust, and - offer it from house to house as the "Great American Mosquito and Fly Eradicator" at 2s 6d a bottle. He had a good gab and a persuasive manner, and the bogus powder found sale. Once, however^a burly bullock driver reviled the vendor as a fraud, but the latter, who had been imbibing freely, took the bullock's wrath as a good joke. "Won't kill 'em ! Why you couldn't 'ave used it rignt, old man. You've got to tickle their ribs till they laugh, and then throw the powder down their throats and choke 'em."

Mistress (to new servant). There are two things, Mary, about which 1 am very particular; thev are truthfulness and obedience, Mary: Yes "m; and when you tell me to say you're not in when a person calls that you oon't wish to see, which is to be mum, truthfulness or obedience ?

Rendering home unendurable for j the re**, of his family by an insatiable j passion for whistling, David Dunn, of West 44th Street, New York, w:is brought before Judge Wyatt by his mother. Even in the court no one was able to keep the boy quiet and I e annoyed the judge by whistling all the popular airs of the day. H e was committed to the hospital for inquiries as to his sanity. Captain Mahan, the eminent naval I authority, writes in his new book : "There is certainly an impression in America, which 1 share, that Great Britain for various reasons has been tending to lose ground in economical an.l enmmercial matters. Whether this is a passing phase, or a symptom of moie serious trouble, time must show. Should it prove permanent, and Germany at the same time gain upon her continuously, as for some years past she has been doing the relative positions of the two as sea powers may be seriously modified. The danger appears to exist, and, if so, the wajtchman of the British press should cry aloud and spare n.'.t until all classes of their community realise it in its fundamental significance." We have evidently some ingenious rascals in this, community (writes the North Otago Times). The other day an Oamaru tradesman, who has a penny-in -the slot machine, discovered a penny in the till with two heads on it. The game of "two-up" is obviously in vogue, and the penny in question had been cleverly constructed out of two, the pieces fitting so exactly that there was some diff culty in detecting the imposture. With a penny of this description the youthful " gambler could makp things liv.dj for his opponent. He had apparently dropped this peculiar penny into the slot by mistake. CHAMBERLAINS PAIN BALM Has no equal as a household liniment. 1} is the best known remedy for rheumatism lame back, quinsy and glandular swellings, while for sprains, bruises, burns and scalds Uis invaluable. One application gives relief. Try it. A.Manoy sells it. %* JOB PRINTING cf every description executed with neatness and despatch at the Motu eha Star Office