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Temuka Leader, Issue 1659, 12 November 1887, Page 3

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DUNEDIN STOCK: MARKETS,

CHRISTCHURCH CORN EXCHANGE. The Corn Exchange reports for the week ending Friday evening, the lllh inst, The holidays have materially interfered with business, and transactions have been few. In the absence of any material alteration we repeat last week’s quotations as under: ' Wheat—For tuscan and pearl holders are asking 3s 4jd to 3s sd; hunters, white, 3s 3d to 3s 4d; chicken wheat, 2s 8d to 2s 9d. Oats —Prime milling, Is lOd to Is lid; heavy feed, Is 8d to Is 9d; light feed, Is 6d to Is 7d. Barley—Malting samples are not offering ; feed descriptions are worth, say, 2s 2d to 2a 3d, with but a limited demand. . Beans and Peas—Transactions are not worth recording, and in the absence of any business prices are nominal. Grass Seeds—ln ryegrass nothing is doing. A few transactions in cocksfoot may he noted at rates lately current.

Potatoes —The few orders to hand are filled at rates equal to 12* to 15s at country stations. Dairy Produce—No change can be reported, and prices are nominal. Cheese is worth prices ranging from 3d to 3|d, while butter is difficult to place for any price except for fresh made, which has been in better demand owing to the increased town consumption looked for in show week. ■j he above quotations are those paid to farmers and delivered f.o.b, Lyttelton, sacks extra ’ DUNEDIN PRODUCE MARBLES. . The following is the report for tinweek ending i u so.-ij ■ — Wheat—There is no change to report for the better. The market con-

tinues extremely flat. The price of flour btiog again reduced indicates full stocks of that commodity, and not a very lively prospect for an' advance in wheat. Best milling wheat and tuscan are at 3s 6d to 3s 8d; best red still commands a shade more,* inferior to medium, 3s to 3s 5d (ex store). Oats—Business has been quiet, but as the quantity on hand now is reduced to a minimum, and but few lots coming forward, present values are likely to he maintained. Best stout milling, Is 9d to Is 9£d ; short bright feed, Is 8d to Is 9d; medium and sparrowbills, Is 7|d to Is 8d ; inferior, Is 5d to Is 6d (ex store). Barley—There have been several inquiries for malting during the week, but, there being no stocks, business could not be done. Milling and feed is occasionally dealt it, but not te any extent, at from 3s 3d to 3s 9d. Cocksfoot of good quality and clean continues in good demand at up to 5d per lb. Potatoes, although not in heavy stock, are only in slow demand in retail lots at from 80s to 35s for Southern, and 35s to 40a for Northern fresh picked.

Sheepskins—On Monday country dry crossbreds, low to medium,brought Is to 3s 6d ; do do merino, lid to 3s 4d ; dry pelts, 3d to 7d; green do, 5d to 6d ; butchers’ green crossbreds, 4s 6d to 5s 4d ; do do merino, 3s 9d to 4s 7d; lambskins, 9d to 13d. Hides Market slightly firmer. Inferior and bulls’, Ifd to 2d; light, 2fd to 2|d; medium, 2|d to 3fd; heavy, 3|d to 3£d per lb. Tallow—Demand active. Inferior and mixed, 10a to 12a; medium to good, 13s to 15s; best mutton, when available,'T7s to 18s. Rough fat: inferior, 5s to 7s; medium to good, 8s to 9s; clean caul fat (fresh), 14s per cwt.

At the Burnside Yards on Tuesday tbe following business was transacted : Fat Cattle—Best bullocks brought £7 5s to £8 15s, extra prime to £lO ss; medium to good, £4 2s 6d to £6 17s 6d ; and cows in proportion. Fat Sheep—l6o6 were yarded, representing all qualities, both in wool and shorn. About 323 were merino wethers, the balance crossbreds. Best crossbred wethers, in the wool, brought 15s to 17s; medium do, 12s to 14s 6d; shorn, 10s to 11s 3d ; best crossbred ewes, in the wool, 14s to 10s, one pen to 17s 9d; medium, lls 9d to 13s 6d j shorn, Os 3d to lls 9d; merino wethers, in the wool, 9s to 12s 9d. Fat Lambs —520 penned, medium to good quality. The latter were spiritedly competed for, while the former were only in moderate demand, the range being 5s to 11a 9d ; only a very few at the latter figure. Pigs —Only 55 were penned, mostly suckers and light stores, with a few porkers and baconers. Suckers brought 12s 6d; light stores, 15s 6d to 17s 6d; porkers, 27s 6d to 355; baconers, to 465. AUSTRALIAN MARKETS. Melionrnb, Nov. 9. Goldsbrough and Co., Limited, held their usual weekly wool sale tp-day, at which 6000 bales weie disposed of at satisfactory prices. There was a large attendance of buyers, and competition was spirited. Good light greasy wool realised from to at which price several large clips were placed j superior lambs’wool from Is. t0..1s Id per lb ; good crossbreds, from 8d to 9d; bulky pieces, from 7d to 8d ; good scoured wool, 17d. Not. 10. The New Zealand Loan and Mercanti'e Agency Company’s usual weekly wool sale look p ace to-day, when a catalogue of 3655 bales were submitted to auction. Competition was very spirited, and the prices obtained were considered satisfactory. Light-con-ditioned merino was in especially good demand, Greasy lambswool brought Is o£d lb, merino 10|d. crosibreds 10J, and scoured wools Is 3£d per lb, ENGLISH MAR EE IS. London, Nov. 8. Colonial breadstnffs and tallow are without quotnb’e change. At the Antwerp woo! sales to-day 2200 hales were sold, the rates being equal inclosing prices of the 1 London sales. The New Zealand Loan and Aleman-’ tile Agency Company, Limited, have received the following cable message from London, dated November Bth, 1887 ; Wool—The Antwerp sales of Australian wools opened at about the level of prises of last London sales. Wheat—Market quiet. New Zealand wheats (average and longberried) are worth Sts 6d to 32s per 496 bs. Oats—The market it firmer lor New: Ze'a'and oats. Leather—Market quiet. Quotations anchangrd.

The Hon. Wi Take Ngata, M.L.C., died at Wellington on Tuesday night at the age of 87. Ha had been ailing for some time. He was well known as the chief of the Ng&ta tribe, and was the oldest surviving member of it. A passenger train from Hellonsville on Thursday night ran into an empty cart at a level crossing at Newmarket, Auckland. The train was uninjured, but the cart was smashed to atoms. The horse and the driver escaped, the, former without a scratch, the latter with a contusion on the arm and shoulder.

A woman named Ellen Frances Brown, 40, was charged with perjury at the Auckland Police Court yesterday, The circumstances are peculiar, the case arising out of an affiliation prosecution last week, when the woman swore George Pooley was the father of an illegitimate child, of which she was the mother. It is now discovered she never gave birth to a chi'd, but obtained one from the Orphan Home. Pooley and she had been keeping company. It is alleged she successfully worked a similar plan two years ago with another man. The case was adjourned till Monday, when the woman will also be charged with endeavoring to obtain money under false pretences. To the ladies of Timaru and surrounding district.— Another reduction to meet the times. A oup of tea or coffee with oake sup*, plied at all hours at the Bail way Refreshment Booms for 6d. Luncheon as usual. A waitress in attendance for ladies. Tbs Shilling Lunches still continue at the Club Hotel. D. MoGuinnoss, Proprietor.—Advt. A cablegram from London dated the 10th, says the democrats have carried the election in the New York State by large majorities. This is believed to be an indications of President Cleveland’s reelection to the Presidential chair.

The Guardian (England) referring to the objection taken to the [teredos erected at the Sydney Cathedral, says that it is evident that the objection ia from an intolerant party, who demand their own likings, and not the law, to govern the church. The same paper conaiders that Bishop Barry has acted with great forbearance in the matter.