COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 984, 14 June 1879, Page 2

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

AUCTIONEER'S REPORT. Mr. T. B. Brown reports having held a sale of bankrupt stock at Kakanai on Thursday. In apita of the inclement weaker there wt» a gcoit attendance. Tlie HiTtting was spirited throughout, ami all the lots submitted! were dispelled of at satisfactory Oreanfield rsporta that ha held a gala of household fawatnre. fowta, 4c., 4e., at hia auction mart, to-day. The attendance was moderate,, and the bidding waa not spirited. The fowta fetched from 3a fid to Ha par pair. Be also report* having held » gftla of horses, implements, &c., at the Swan Hotel yardy to-day. The attendance was farge, but the bitting lacked spirit. Horse# nota at from L 8 to> U2.

THE LABOR MARKET. Mr. H. Mackintosh report* for the week ending: June 14th, as follows j-There has lteen* market! change m the Tabor market ttis .TVllfc fof I}fa& bcttOTr bot dtUli «n€W SMtdmsoom for improvement, greatnumbers leinff stilt kite. However, I think I unsafely say the worst » now over, and I hope to see plenty of worfc for every man that has the.wiß t such being tin* ease, the business people are bound to feel the change, aa a» when, the working classes are fully employed bills «» paul with pleasure, ipl the money thus earned is circulated, making «ve#y <w nott cheerful. Rates of wages slightly lower— 20a to 25a ; nmrried couples, LTS to ISO; station cooks, to 25#? good general servants, 13s tt> I4s * ordinary do, 12s to 13a » waitresses and housemaids, 15a to 17# ; female cooks, 20s to 30a ; men cooks, 25s to 40s ; barmen, -m to 80s and 40a ; boots and waiters, 20k po 25s ; inrla and boys, 8a to 12a ; carpenters, plasterer*,. and masons, lis, 12s, I3s, to lw» pet day. blacksmiths, Us to t3s per day: grooms and gardeners, 20s to 23s ; day labor, Ua to 10s •, bvlliard markers, 25a to 30s.

bukkdik , [by June 13. Wheatt, <9 try -ts (hi: fowls' feed. :»a_to:T.n . oit» oata. 2* Utu a» 3d! i foartey.. u» to : faeil,. 3a to 3» tttt ; potatoes.. Lt 10s to I~>; My fnew)'* U t cftfe W *> W t" 9 ; •JL3 to r bran, 14 s*: tf<>ur. taeg» sacfe*, Llf>: .SHjall bags. LlO 108 t oatmeal. LI4; pea" luuffey* L2&onions, Ms •* cheese, »« t» 3« : -fctteorr, ftK' TIM Alt I". far ' June 13. " Wlmafc, '3s 10d.. E.o.b. touts, £*, f.0.b.: fcotejl !** fc'A f.o.k t wheat w hrmer. anst thorn is a fair enquiry Ci>v prime rottting «nmple». Out* art) at a discount* anil tew fcrauanctiona. are taking place. «*..«*». 'f.* Wheat is <|Uott*<l at S7TW,r,. June IX Kennes&yV cftstr bvamly* 3-s Oil tt> 33i*: *inarti»* onak. 9a to 8s 3d. New Zealand wH«l*tS BTt<? oats unchanged. t 'andles* trr Sit. No altevatiou ia kerosene, sugar, and tobnuudL ME&BOtTRNR CtKAfN MAEKET. The New Ze&fcuui Loon and Mercantile Agency Company rupurt under date MeEbourne,. Jfay altst* a» follows : Data are again «J»p*ewi«it, the arrivals just now being apparently far in excess of trrvma.diafcr Ifetuwemnta; henc« many pfvrewla of mtmkmm tar k steevd. Tfci* b»in* the r«- : swgaiwNl cnttot fcc the saspius oi New Ze»lwdLsMppiurs will hav» to flower their fewyv the grain districts* if they wish ■ toslip to»a prtfrt, for tftey must not expect Jtartr ia valxus now enrrent. We »ig«o|y 3a 3d to 3# t'eed ; 3* 5d to> 3a *>tl EG# jtaJlßng* and perhaps Pa "J for #xceptionaikr light samples of the tatter kind. Barley e»«tfrs ia price. from 5s Kd to 7». .aciwrtling JjO) quality. 'lhia seems a. very "%vf<re jyjoiiatiou* but the sample* vary so *■ tlia.fi no nearer estimate can he gi«*«» » ■*■ Wheat* Sa Wht* Flour* Lit touts-LI2 10s.