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Temuka Leader, Issue 1307, 24 February 1885, Page 3

COMMERCIAL.

AUCTIONEERS’ REPORT,

T-IHAKD, Messrs .tonas and Bourn report as follows ; A very large business has been done by them privately within the last fortnight, especidly in live stock, nor have the regular auction sales been neglected by either buyers or sellers | in fact there lias hqa been a far busier time than could have been expected, seeing how much farmers are at present engaged in harvest operations. In addition to the sales of ordinary stock, they have sold to the Hon. G. Loader, for export fq Sydney, one pure-bred palled Angus bull, and ope IpqffiV and calf, on account of Mr dnines Guild, of Treyeuna Farm, Temnka; and silt polled Angus heifeys and a bull, on account of M r O. N, Orbell, of the Levels Estate, all at excellent prices—better, indeed, than for anything of the sort sold in the district before. They may mention that Mr Loader was advised to specially visit this district, aa h a was likely to pick up gom.i'h'ug goad here that vypuld suit him, and the fact that so experienced a breeder has suited himself in his purchases speaks well for the improvement in stock that has been steadily progressing for some few years past, and should certainly encourage our farmers, not to neglect stud cattle, Fo.f stove cattle they report t \ fair demand, whilst, a ! s will be seen below, fat C>ttle still bring good prices, silt fat cows from Mr Archer selling at the last Washdyke sale at £8 8s each, the best figure we have heard of for some months ; but these beasts were well bred and in tip top condition. They have sold privately several small \pobs of stores, all at satisfactory prices, For sheep of qll descriptions there is more enquiry, more especially for young breeding ewes and two-looth wethers. They have sold several thousand during the forlnight at owners’ figures, and could easily place a large number, more especially in mobs of from 500 to 100 Q each, At the Washdyke sa-leyqrdg on the 10th inst. theye was a fair attendance, when they submitted and sold 200 4-tooth crossbred wethers at 14s and 100 at lls 3d ; also, 6 fat cows at £8 B.s, two steers and one cows at £6 15s, 4 beifera at £5 10s, 6 cows ip full profit at £6 2s 6d, 1 at £4 10p, and dry cows and heiters at £2 10s to £4. On Wednesday they submitted a catalogue of 1509 sheepskins and pelts, 15 bales wool, and fat, etc. There was a thin attendance of buyers, but prices obtained were remarkably satisfactory. They sold merino skins at up to 5a fid, crossbred, 4s ylapibs, Is 5d ,pelts, Is Id ; apd IQ bales p.f crossbred and lambs wool at 7|d for the former, and 6|d for the latter ; rough fat, l|d to 2d ; rendered, 2d to 2£d ; hides, no sale,

AUSTRALIAN MARKETS.

Sydney, Feb. 20. New Zealand wheat has declined to 2s 8d ; New Zealand oats have advanced to 2s 7d ; maize is quoted at 3s Bd. Sugar Company’s No. 1 pieces remain at £26 per ton. Adelaide, Feb. 20. The breadstuff's market is quiet, with nothing doing ; wheat is worth 3s 4d to 3s sd-; town flour, £8 ; country brands, £7 4s to £7 10s.

ENGLISH MARKETS,

LoKp.OK, P>'b, 20. Oolopial bread stuffs are unchanged. The total quantity ,of wheat afloat for the United Kingdom is 2,540,000 quarters, an increase of 100,000 during the week. Australian Tallow—Beef of average quality has declined to 335, and mutton remains at 345. New Zealand frozen mutton of prin e quality remains at 4|d to od.

The Timarn Gas Company have declared a dividend of per cent for the past half year, making a total dividend for the year of 15 per cent. A Good Account.—"To gum it up, sir 'oig years of bed ridden sickness and suffer* ing, casting £4O per yesr, total £240, all of "hi.-h was atopted by three bottles of Hop Billers taken by my wife, who has done her own hovuew rk fra year since without the loss of a day, and I want everybody to know it for thoir benefit,”—John Weeks, Butler, Find Advt. , Hoiiowat’s Pints. Prevision. As autumn treads on winter, slender, delicate, and pale fsord youths become listleis, languid and debilitated, unless an alterative, combined with some tonic, bo administered to quicken their enfeebled organ*. This pr oiec requirement is supplied in these noted Pi li, which can a id will accomplish all that is wanted, provided the printed instructions surrounding them meet with scrupulous a ten ion. Holloway’s Pills are specially vlaptcd to supp’y tbemedical wants of youth, oooause his medicine aots gently, though surely, as a purifier, regulator, alterative, lorio, and mild ap rient. A very few doses i f iheee Piils «i!l convince any discouraged invalid that his cure lie* in his own hands, and a little pomvarance only is demanded for it* completion,