SOTTHLAND NEWS NOTES.

Otago Witness, Issue 2810, 22 January 1908, Page 60

SOTTHLAND NEWS NOTES.

♦ • . - :- ..' (Fbom Ottb 1 Ofrrs Coshespootbst.l < INVEECAKGIIiC .January 18i_ , Mercliaiit* a*e> doing-" pracfisaHy riotMn» in oats! at tEe present: tim^, and duirang.- l&e v/«ek- there have- been- mdicatK>n» front Auctol«d: tha* that nwrket is n»t pxegaied to giv# iW- than 2a 5d ta 2&. 6cL (£ab.^ s»ck» v& fat B- grades Hercnants who- still hold stocks on their own account paid cocifderabiV nioiev ■ifeaai thi3 money for -them, and' --t&ougfr tn«y lecogniea that t&ere'-is- not* nroott chwax»' Of the market improving, in- conseaueEce of the. Canterbury crag. being availaWii^aiCd oiw own noarly Eeady fin- -hacvrsstaig. they think they cauu do sfighiTy bfetfeer Tocallv witn tha tem&ll quaaiity they have.. - Stoctta in. Bluff Bfere« stand at about 15J00O- s«cKs> but tbw bu : k of tliese Have- been soffl fox forward a«livery- r aed shotddi Be tate« aw»y thismonth or next. - Probably t&<* He*t. tnp o£-a» Auckland, steamer will clear the bulk ot them, out of at'ore. How the new orog widl' open it is, difficult to say,, but, giveip fine ■weafttt&r $<* fbe early -'Rervest, famrers- should we on iihß-niaidcet wii"& tfieir oata* esniy next monthTbo» general* feslirigf «eenxs to be that faun v«la«3 will be. ofotained, aad. that if theiiMirkct. - opens at-^asr'on- tcucka at> oounißy «ta.fion3, farmers will.\be " more t&an. . satisXn- gympathx v witk oafe r chaff fias fallen ofl, att£ prfcea now run fronr-"£l 10s -fo' £5 (fix: stores, InveroargHl)i- . Tfier* iff a- good' quantity held by/ mMohanffr, which cost thent consid«r»bly merra -than, these 1 psices, but fhey»re aow anxious -to ojuit r as im^some .caeca. . (tliJß^ crop has already Beffa; cut" on. IS.c- greeiL--sida fer oEaffmg. ..- -. - A lazge- qutmty^ of ryegiase ha* Ulreaw' lieen cut. sffidr im some- cases? it is naff sftfely ' in. afeicfc. The- geaerat- report isi.i that 'the- " seed- sEppeara- to. && i«iily feeavj? , aad. very, bright; in co-lour,.. and if we _get a .week's finer* wA'thertha SoxmtltaxS crop, should" Be a. very, - fine 1 oire. Jfof oEe"caiL-s&y -irow t&e- market ■wsH open,, bot it is? gensral%r eipected< ,tKata Targe quantity will" be avadlabler from Seutb:.land this yeaii. Eaimeis- aiei expeotiag tt» opening price to- ruit from 2&"to -2b- 6d. Outside a Tew. cleariiig. sales- h/elcl dtirmg the week there- is practically nothing' domg - in" afeck; Sheep are eaceediHgJy Bard toplace-, ond- there asrs- pTseticslLy no buyer sat the-prs-eent time except for- lambs for foijf»rS- delivery,, and: evein. these aooe not aos leadily soldsis. a few weeks back. Prices still rule- front " 12« to IBs. for paddock ,lamßs,_ But; with tK« reports of con-Kxraed- dry weather, up north, rUicse who want Cor buy-i£ere= are- not jnoTinedT 'to opecatej aa<" they are 1 afraid, "that Canterbury abesp vnlh again be 3nifa^«d on. Souiiltlandthis year. . . Beef is quoted air 24s per 10Q1*. Good" bullocks are fetching up to £10- 10s,, and ordinary butchers' sorts to £9. Gfood forward bulloeka »re- siall firctnked for, and «er worth .^5-M3 to £&t TCoxsagex: ea£ble z showing breeding, aret still in. demamdv prices ntKny from £2 10s to M, according io> age.. The coed" rains- we ha^ve-Beenr having during th» early- part of tlie -weefe Have baA a gpod effect on faxmers'' early turnip- -sad rape craps, -w&icli- -w?ere just-st*rMng' to- tihow sign* of waiit- of. moisture; Wrafer tmsnrps «Eso- &re looJang esxceedingly.. we)L axdb; taken; ai over, Southland prospects, neven looked, tetier for wiiiter feed. Wool & coming in, very- sfea«llly r an 3at tfi» pr-eaent .iSnw ttere must "bs about 7000: ba&s in- the stores-. Very. littfe- prfv«e« buyd-ng i 3 being, ddaej: except for ftrst-clstea-3ine& at fine qualSy wooL Th» wheat awl oa-£ crops/ are fijolting execeedingly well, and, -mb ' before sia-ted, me Harvest will be anearTy one. The- inquiry for-fifee- whici jcommencea" . «aiiy in the week seemed to sT*ddenrlsf di« out, ' ana- the- market has f alien! to- its former detressing lesell !Ehe- "paiesfe. offered- to Lon.on at eaual to £ZT Ms (c.i.f.) failed to- finci. buyers, and the fon« of fhe mtxket ia very "- d«p3933sed. . The . market. , is subject to con- t siderable" fluctastSsn-, «n<i between, the be- j ginning and' encfr of last weefe tier© was a j difference' of £1 per tort in. mariket rates. ' 'I bear tha£ oner or two mErciiaiifcs. have aoid parcels ai equal to £J2& (ed.t) to- liondon, «wid it seems as. if they had the- good fortune to strike th« top of -the market." Tety ■ligkt stoc6a are BeWby the local merc&ants, »nd it seem* as ft tßese wonld* b» very- ifttFe business- transacted," aar millfers. ana- strlt dis- . inclined to attempt manufacturing ti ihe pre- J sent prices, and. merclmiita are not at all ] specxtlative tinder the presemC fiTrtatiag de- | pression.. There has- I>eeTi. a Kftle. weak, in- j quiry for tow, but afi prices -which" wouldnot »feiit of business feing titone. _- - " Jaaaiary 20;' Tie- Spey aiireet pieioises of, Messrs' W. T. , iMuxray and Co. t proprietoTS of the-r-Undeir-wood' "Milft Preserving Factory,, weie broken into on "Wecteesaay nign^ bat." tne burglar ; !s&&• not succeed, in: securikg^ «ny-- caab, al- ] Ihongk- he brake- open a number at drawersin the. search. foE- jjlunder^ - "Mr WilKtini Pryor. eeczetazy of. the New Zealand Empl'oyerß' ; J*«ieratiott, has. Beeii iii InvfercargilF "during .the" Basat .feyr "diys, .endeavouring to infuse- *"_llE'ffe' inorer-life into- ; the- Employers r -.Asa<icmi!ion- tetft. On 3?hurs r ' day. •evening' ke delivered an '"addsßas to a,meeting of, employ eis. on i th& -work^of; tbe»' New . Zealand - Employers'. E%6ira,ticn,. lit) - which He empoxsised tire . need 'xA. orgaaisav ' tion among emplbyera for flMf'piotecfian. of tlieir own. mferests, wA tts desirability of a' oloser union beiwen- different secfttioaa-ol employera, such as a combination: of th# maiitefacturing; and farming; employers. Oa JFriojaj inorning Mi Pryor addressed a meeting of the district executive of t&e- Farmers' Union. As a result of his- visit to Invorcargill, thm. roembarsliip of the' local Employers' Asaoeio- , *ion has b«en considerably increased. I

' lEe-wfs. -D. W. M'Kay and B. R. Godw*r3, who left for England and America about eighteen months ago, returned to Invercargill by the Wimmer* on Monday last. Th«se gentlemen went home for the purpose of exploiting a number of New Zealand inventions — same of them originated by Mr Godward, but, in consequence of the unzest in the "American financial world and the recent boil-over, they were not so successful as could have been wished, American capitalists generally feeling 'tlao- financial stress too much, to caie to take Tip any more inventions. Soma of the inventions also were found to have been anticipated, and others had: been rendered comparatively valueless by the- coming- on the Home markets of dissimilar articles intended to meet the same ends^- v , Mr John Fraser r stationmaster at Lumsden, before leaving for Invercargill last week, -was, -with: Mrs Fraaer, made the recipient of a, number of presents in. token of the esteem, of the local railway staff and the La-war Tennis Club. Mr. J antes Holmes, one of. the oldest "guards on tlie Southland section of the railway, Bis service 'here amounting to 3£ years> retires next week on superannuation. , ■ A local, .tobacconiat -was on Tluirsday last fined 5s aitd costs for supplying- a small boy wrSli tobacco with which to make cigarettes. The Maeistratft (Mr M-'Carthy) took advan-tage-of the occasion to sraw special attention to. the. faqi tbat selling: tobacco- to .juveniles is a criminal offence. Mir F. E. DuncamJoP t&e staff of the local Ceown- Lands fi&ck',- has. " beeii - appointed accountant in the Dunedin office-, and leaves early" next" week- for Hs fcew posi-feEon-. 'Mr J. Crosby -Bniitii, at InvercaTgill, has received' adrics that he has- baen. elected a member of- the Linnman Society of London in recognition, -of -hie work- -as a botaniat. -Mr/ W". Batclrelte, of Inv«i:cft»gilt received intimation by cable <ax .Thursday of the death of "bis son. George-," who .was learning" tlie engineering faade in- GnE&agow. 'Mi^J.'-A. BTanan,, Mx. for.lnTwrcargill, returned' to town last week after, spending about, a month touring, the S'orth Island. ' Some, good Sab, Have ■ hee'n csuptured in SaatMand during tbe past 'week. One weighing, 24ib was- secured by -Mr A. Proven, in the, tFpper Apariaia, .a. 12-pounder, at Csntre Bush, andl a 165-pounderr from. th« Waiate. "Hie Wst&tu. ia oeiag very teavily fiahetf at 'present^ and. large baskets are very comooih ._*._-" ' The Rev. T>. -Rankiq. has beetr- appoititett to the charge of the Wyndliani Anglican paiiisk.