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S, C. Times Office, Monday Evening. Messrs William Collins and Co, report holding their weekly sale by auction of farm produce and general merchandise on Saturday, the attendance being good, and biddings" (with a few exceptions) spirited for all lines submitted to the hammer. We quote cheese Id to fid per lb; hams in cloth 9d; bacon, 8d ; butter, fid ; new (potatoes, fis per cwt; onions local, 2d per lb ; feed oats, Is 3d per bushel; fowl wheat (supply not equal to demand) 6s per sack ; barley, no bid; fowls, 2s 6d to 3s per couple; ducks, geese, and turkeys, none offering. Groceries were in good demand at the following figures Tea, ex Brisbane, 60s per half chest; do, ex Rio Loge and steamer, los fid to Kis per box; kerosene. 16s per case; whiting, 21s per cask; white sugar, 4£d per lb; yellow, do, Id; soap, 11s per cwt; jams, fis fid to fis fid per dozen; coarse salt, fis per cwt; fine do, fis. Household furniture, china, glassware, and oddments found buyers at satisfactory figures.
Mr K, F. Gray reports for the past fortnight as follows: —He held a sale of stock at Winchester Fair on Wednesday last, and his entries numbered ITO sheep and 88 head of cattle of all descriptions ; but owing to the great inconvenience of the yards he was unable to submit over 25 head of cattle. The following is a list of the stock sold, with prices obtained for the various lots;—Sheep: 110 fat crossbred sheep were sold at 9s 7d. Fat cattle: lb head fetched from £5 15s to £7 2s fid. For this class of cattle theie is still a downward tendency, and sales arc effected with difficulty. Store cattle—From 18 months to 3 years old, 17 head realised from £2 Ifis to £4 Ifis. The demand for stores is considerably decreased, owing no doubt to the late dry weather, but lie hopes to see a mote active demand before next Fair. He has placed several lines of store sheep within the past week—shorn cross-bred two-tooths at fronts 7s to 7s 6 I. and merino wethers from fis to fis fid. Wool—He has quitted 27 bales privately. Half-bred, from bJ-d to_ Bjd ; merino, ; Jocks and pieces,
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South Canterbury Times, Issue 2437, 10 January 1881, Page 2
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376COMMERCIAL. South Canterbury Times, Issue 2437, 10 January 1881, Page 2
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