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South Canterbury Times, Volume XV, Issue 2063, 3 November 1879, Page 2

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Times Office, Monday evening. liir. Henry Green reports as follows Wheat (prime milling), 4s 9d to ss, Fowls, 3s 6d. Market firm. Oats, Is 8d to Is 10.1. A great drug. Barley, none in hand. Flour, £l2 (inferior) s £l4, superior brands. Bran, £5. Potatoes, £5 10s. AUSTRALIAN - . Melbourne, Oct. 13. Hennessy’a brandy (in case) 36s in quar ters 108. Kerosene Devoes, Is lOd per gallon. Wheat, (N.Z.) none offering. Oats (V.Z )2s 3d per bushel. Maize 2s 8d per bushel. Candles D.R.J’s. Is 4d. Adelaide, Oct. 31. Wheat, 6s 7di Flour/ £l2 Iqs to £l3 per ton. Private cable advices state that Hennessy refuses to sell. Brandy in bulk of last year’s vintage is quoted at lOs pet gallon. There is a further rise el one halfpenny per pound in candles. , STOCK REPORTS Messrs Palmer and Collins report hold* Jug their regular Saturday’s market and •ale by auction of bores, cows, farm produce, and general produce, and general merchandise as follows : The attendance at our horse yards was good, and bidding spirited. Several light harness and saddles horses were quitted at from £lO to £lB each ; cows, £5 to £7 10s Drays, Harness, &c., also found buyers. We held a sale during the week on the •how grounds, when we sold 26 horses, varying in price from £6 to £46, with plenty of buyers for more, only a southwest gale sprang up, bringing a heavy rain storm, making the company disperse and bringing business to an abrupt terrains tion ; At our rooms the attendance was good and buyers mustered in strong force, the different lines submitted to the hammer bringing good figures. Potatoes, £5 to £5 10a per ton j farmers’ flou', £lO ; fowls’ corn, 7« per sack ; b itter, 7d per lb ; lamb, 8s to 3a 6d per side. Fowls, geese, ducks, and turkeys always command • ready sale. Tea, jams, kerosene, hoots, men’s clothiog, furniture, and sundries found purchasers at good rates.