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STOCK REPORTS Times Offic , Messrs Maclean and Stewart report for the past week ; Horses.—A very Jartre number were entered for sale the day after the show namely, Thursday, both of draughts ami lubt harness and hackueys, bit (bough toe attundance of buyers was lame, the eompi-tilinu Was dull,and the business none quite a contrast trod) tins date last year, h rs being a small proportion of >he en rief quitted. They report having disposed oU several hu-avy draught mares at t om £4 to £65 ; for medium sorts they obtained from £3O to £35; and for hacks and light horses, fiom £ls £25, At their yard to-day a large number -dsjcame torw >rd, a gaol number changing hands at the above figures. They call attention to their sale (in conjunction with (Vies rs Jonas Hart, and Wildie.) ou vVedneadev. at Winchester, of Mr Young’s stock, particulars of same as see advertisement. Cattle—Baye-s of store cattle are still reluctant to speculate at anything like , favorable prices to the seders. On Thursday they sold at toe t-outh Canterbury Yards a number of steers at £3 17s6d per head, and 37s 6d was obtained for a email lot of yearlings, and 27s for calves, Thursday they will offer, on account of ■everal owners, about 80 bead of good quiet >cattle, sale to take place at the t-outh Canterbury Yards. Fa; cattle are somewhat down in price since our last report, 26s per 100 lbs being about their present Value. They have no sales of importance to report. Sheep—There is little doing in store sheep at present, but they expect a considerable business in this line as soon as sh-arii g is over. Fat sheep aie now p.entifu 1 , owing to the abundant feed, and may be quoted at 2d per lb, Property—The sale of the Seadown estate was held in their rooms on Thursday last, and attracted a large amount of notice, their saleroom being crowded to excess with persons interested in this property. Mr J. Matson, of Messrs Matson and Co., Christchurch, offered the different lots, »ed though the v.-ry gr at advantages this property po seas-a were fully brought before the pabhc, anl the terms of payment being so extrera -ly iberal, yet the bidding was not wh»t might h .ve been expected, nor did the prices obtained at all reach ( he value of the land soli. However, as the owne s were determined io sell, eleven different lo la wi'te dispos'd of, containing «n aggregate of about 1300 aurs a< the averige pric' < f ,£lO lOs per Hl'" .
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South Canterbury Times, Volume XV, Issue 2064, 4 November 1879, Page 2
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429COMMERCIAL. South Canterbury Times, Volume XV, Issue 2064, 4 November 1879, Page 2
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