COMMERCIAL.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1439, 10 December 1885, Page 1

COMMERCIAL.

THE WOOL SAL'FJS AT TIMARU,

The wool sales at Timaru on Tuesday «ere fairly successful. The attendance was large, hut the prices gmn were not at *aTl high. TbeN.Z.L. and M.A. Co. give the following /quotations Greasy—Hailbred, l«> t j crossbred, fid to 7-Jrd , three-quarter and seven-eighth-hred, 64d to 7*l ; merino, to 2d to 4o ; locks and pieces, to 3d ; locks, o|l to Id. Half s were held by the Cmterbury Form i>’ C* iperctire Association, the National Mortgage and Agency Co., il m-s A. Grade and Co,, and Miles, Archer and Co.s at Which sooevtbat idmi ar prices wer* realised.

TIN WALD LIVE STOCK MARKET.

Mr E. G. Staveley (for the New Zealand Lorn and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited) reports »n the linwald Market of December Bih, ai follows :

Moderate entries of stock, and attend' iince less than average. Sale quiet throughout, buyers showing little disposition to opera's. Fat- crossbred wethers mole lls 3<i ; do ewes, 7s fid ; mixed shorn 2 toi tbs, 7s 3d.; whom crossbred ewes and lambs, fie 2d each; lirst-orues hogget-, uo'sliorn, 8s 3d to 10* lOd ; smalt shorn hoggets, fs 2d ; ugod merino ewes, with hundred per <ent. lambsj 7s 2d per couple. Fair demand for young cattle. Fat tows, £4 to £6 IDs ; 2-year-old heifers, £2 10-; eigt teen niontbs’ do, £2 1-; c o ves. 21s to 275.

Australian markets. Mklb<>oßNß. Dec. 8. The Melbourne Manager of the National Mortgage and Agency Company of N< w Zealand, Limited, reports Dti - the produce market-as follows; Shipping wheat meets with a steady, but active, demand at 8* KM to 4s per bashef; ms.lting > barley shows no mprovement at 3« to 3a 9d ; New Zealand oats, feed, aorta, have rather more enquiry at reduced; price*, 2s ltd to 2s lid descriptions are in fair demand at 2s lid to S« ; New Z-alaud oats under bond,'2* to 2* 2d. ENG I.lßli MAttXRTS. The New Zealand Loan anil Mercantile Agency Cdmpiny bave received the following telegram, dated London, Dec, ,4th nr, The-wool sales olrfecd at an average impsovditelht per lb on mat sale's pricee, for wbictr tbe insi ket was irregular. 22.00U' bales of jthe new clip of •Australian have been; sold. The new clip is, however, below the average. Competition by both Home and foreign buyers is active. The sabs comprise about 132,000 bales, and 13,000 bales hVve lush over for future disposal, 800 bales have fcecn taken tor America, and 64 000 for the i-'on'in- m.