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Temuka Leader, Issue 1746, 5 June 1888, Page 4

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AUCTIONEERS’ REPORT.: timaru. : Mr Moss.Jonas.reports as follows: — Business for, the past two weeks has .fipen brisker than for, some considerable time, confirming his prophecy mentioned in his last that, we have seen the worst of Ihe bad times, and he still adheres that it .will only be a short time before wo shall of thedeptessibn that we have passed through ' during the ; last 1 seven ■years. The boom-that we read of in tbo Australian colonies is s'owly and surely working its way to New Zealand, and it only requires caution in business for the prosperity of the past to be experienced in ibis: colony. Makikilii Sale—He held a very successful sal- of sheep and cattle at those yards. Tlie' entry comprised 1200 sheep and about .35 head of cattle, every head of •which;, was sold ; 500 crossbred lambs brought ,5a 6d ; 500 broken mouth ewes, 4s 31 ; 'and 200 culls, Is lOd. Cattle, from £2 to £4 10®.

Newmarket Yards.—4ooo theep of all classes and 84 head of cattle were yarded, and with the exception' of a few pens of ' sheep:and some,old cows.the lot was sold at nq advance of Is per head in sheep, and fromfls to 10* in cattle. He aold 660 mves at 6s fid, 370 do at 4s lOd, 500 2-iooths at 8s fid, 300 merino ewes at 9d, 98 2-loqths at 8< 111; 270 cross‘bred ewes at ss, 800 half-bred ewes and withers at fid, 124 merino wethers ht J 2s 9d, and 100 half-bred ewes and lambs, at ss, 4 steers and heifers at £2 10 >, and 6 do’at £1 15s, 6 do at £2 ss, 10 do at £3 1I2« fid, 6 do st £4 s*, 9 do at £2, and a.nice fine of 10 steers and heifers at £3 ss, milch cows at from 20s to £5 10s. Sheepskins— A t bis' ! usual fornighlly sale freeware., brought; Sa'fid to 3s 9d ; butchers' :skins, 3< to>, 3s 7d ; country skins, Is to 35,. and a line of full-woolled skias at 5s fid.; pelts, fromld to 9d. i Hides-nHe sold 54 at 3Jd per lb in; Timaru, and 40 in Christchurch from 3d' to 4(1 par lb, i

Fat—He Sold 3 tons of fat from 6s to 10s fid per cwt.

CHRISTCHURCH STOCK MARKETS. At the Addington Yards on Wednesday, he weuUier wub fine, and attendance bout an average one.

FaVCattle—Not a large number yarded. Values improved a shade. Good quality steers sold at from £5 15s to £7 per head, light weights at from £4 10s to !£5, heifers and fat cows sold at from £8 to £6 10s, baing at from 14s fid to 17s fid per 1001 b, according to quality. Ddry Cattle—Very active inquiry was shown for cows just calving, values I for such ranging at from £6 10a to £8 10s; second and third rajes at from £2 10a to £4 10s. . Fat Sheep—Heavy-weight crofsbkeds sold,«.t t from'l2B to;T4«,.'iind as higtj as 16s .Qd was reached ; lighter weight crossbreds; at firom 8s fid to 10j 3d ; merino wethers sold at from 6s to 7® 2d ; values per lb ranged at from l£d to 2£d peri lb. ' —Messrs Matson and Co. sold tor Mri W. Grant 326 crossbred ewes at from 7s 4d to I.oa ; for Mr Greenaway, 41 crossbred wethers' at from 8s toTOi, 87 cfosslprod, ew es at from 6s 9d to 8s 3d. j Pigs—A full entry, with an activd inquiry, and a partial recovery from ilasl 1 week’s decline took place. Boconers Isold’ »t from 33* to 645. porkers at from 18a td 30s. ; 1 ENGLISH MARKETS. ' Los don, May 31. The total quantify of whaat nfloat, for the United Kingdom is 2,640,000 quarters, and for the Continent 600,000 quarters. : >n, , June 1. Best (Hallow,. mutton, is 23s to 245; best beef, 23s to 23s fid. The stock of talldwi in London at date is 13,000 casks. ; >i ■! -I ' 'June 2. An Australian cargo of 1000 quarters has been add at 32s 4£d.