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Temuka Leader, Issue 1419, 17 November 1885, Page 1

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AUCTIONEERS’ REPORT. TIMARU. Messrs Jonas and 'Bourn report for the past week ending Saturday as follows In . consequence of the Christchurch Show and Races the past week has been dullerithan but;jibe preceding, week,;was as-.brisk ascquld be desired, and a large amount of business was 5 done. Their regular monthly, | sale at Pleasant Point Saleyards passed off most, successfully, there being a large attendance, and very fair prices obtained. They Sold 400 shorn crossbred ewes and wethers at 8s 6d ; 135 in the wool at 9s«3d; 50 at 10s 3d, ,358 at 10s. lid ; 17:7 shorn hoggets at 7s and.27o at 7s 6d.i 6 steers at £5 ss, 7at £4,'7 at.£B Bs, 4,at£3 10s ; 5 two-year-olds. af.£2 10s ; ; 7. steers and heifers at £2 7s, 12 at,.£2, land 14 at El 19s ; 3 heifers at,£3 10s, 4,at £3, 1 at £2 10s, and I,at £2 ss:; 2 springers at £5, 1 milch, cow, at £4 IQs , 1 at £3 IQs,;! at £3; 1 calf at 15s; and 6 yearlings at 19a. ■- • v ’ Washdyke Sale.—At. the .usual, fortnightly sale at . the South Canterbury saleyards there was a fair average, entry, and values obtained were up ; to,* last quotations. They sold SOO hoggets at 7s 9s 3d ; 36 crossbreds at 12s 6d 35 at 12s lOd, and 8 lambs at Bs. 13, pigs at 12s and 23 at 6s. 4 fat steers at £7'l7s 6d, 4 at £7 10s, 4at £6 IjTs 6i a and 3 at £6 12s 6d ; 2 steers and heifers at £4 2s 6d , 1 heifer at £3 10s, 2 at £2 10s, and 4 at £2 2s 6d ; 2 cows at £7 2s 6d, 1 at £6, and 1 at £4 2s 6d ; yearlings, 12s 6d, 21s and 25a,; 8 calves; 10s. Mr Thomson’s Sale, -r-A r oont nuou* downpour of rain did much this sale ; however, although there was at first but a poor attendance of buyers, they eventually sold 15 cows at an average of £6 per head ; the good-will of the lease of paddocks at £4O, and the boiling-down plant for £l2O. THE TIMARU GRAIN MARKET. The New Zealand Lean and Mercantile Agency Company report„ Wheat Not much business, 'doing. During the week we, quitted a few’lines Ht 2s 9d to 2s lOd for red chaff t; 2s for red straw ,; Tuscan, 3s 2d and 3s 3u ; velvet, 3s 4d ; all ex store. i ~7 Oats—A few parcels changed hands at late quotations. Our sales were at 2a Id for prime Canadians, and Is lOd, for Danish, f.o.b. Timaru. Barley—Nothing doing. The Canterbury Farmers’Co-operativa Association, Liiiiited, report for the week ended 30th October, as follows Wheat--Millers being well sifcocked, business in this cereal has beed quiet. Prime milling red chaff is worth 2s 9d to •2s lOd ; Tuscan, 3s to 3s 2d ; and velvet, 3s 3d to 3a 4d,.ex store. 7 7,i Oats During "tile week they have placed about 1000 sacks 'for outside ports at Is lOd for long feed, and up to 2s for short feed,-all f.6.b., and these may be taken as present top values. Barley—They quote 2s 6d to 2s 8d with little enquiry. AUSTRALIAN MARKETS/’ . Sydney, Not. 18. New Zealand wheat is' 2d ' dearer, and is now at 3s 2d, while New Zealand oats are quoted at 2s 2d, an advance of 2d per bushel. Maize, per Seibs. iis firm'at 3s 7d, and Sugar Company’s No. 1 pieces at £26. ENGLISH MARKET?!.,. London,- ;Nov. 14. The wheat market is in a.state of stagnation, and prices are , unaltered. Eight sea-damaged cargoes have been sold at from 35s 3d to 35s 6d, Flour [quotations are unchanged, but the stocks ara increasing.