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Temuka Leader, Issue 1754, 23 June 1888, Page 3

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CHRISTCHURCH CORN EXCHANGE.

The Corn Exchange reports for'the Friday evening, the 22nd ' ihit.. . . . . . A fair business is doing m shipping ibarc&i \ The tonnageisstiU scarce, which retards business. London advices are not very reassuring, ■Rippers will not have a very large and margin of profit v ... Wheat-Last week s quotations are firmly maintained, and shipping lines from country stations command an extra U when they go direct to a vessel loading. Tuscan and pearl we quote at-2s ,9d to 2s, 9 3 d ; hunters, 2s ■ 7icl W 2s ( B|d; chicken wheat, broken, ranges from Is 9d, to 2s. Oats— The demand is rather weak, and, contrary to expectations, no improtement m price : ur nofaceable. Milling can be placed at Is 1W to 2s ; . short leed» Is 9d to; lalod ; and ordinary long feed at Is 8d to Is ad. Barley— No alterations in values to not*,: and only a limited quantity offering. Peas and beads show no improvement# . Grass Seed—A few small sales are being made for local sowing. Machine dressed, 2s 6d to 2s 9d; farmers pticels, Is 9d to 2s; Cocksfoot is; very/quiet ; heavy clean seed is worth 3d to inferior unsaleable. fTPotatoes have gone up considerably Siting the week, and can now be placed., at 80s at country stations,: where delivery can be made direct into ihip. • . • .... i Deby Produce—Butter has still a strong demand at 8d to B|d. Cheese ”is in slightly better demand at last quotations. :i , ■f The above prices are those-paid; to farmers, and delivered f.o.h. Lyttelton, *•’ (jacks extra.

CHRISTCHURCH STOCK MARKETS.

’ At the Addington yards on Wednesday there were heavy entries of stock. Fat Cattle There was a rather 7 large supply. The demand not s ovet brisk, blit perhaps a shade better than at last sale, and values improved a little. Steers sold at from £5 10s to £8; heifers and fat cows, £3 15s to £6, being at from 15s to 18s per 1001 b as per quality. Dairy Cattle—For really good cows coming into immediate profit a good . .demand still exists, and relatively high values are paid, viz., from £7 to .. £9 ; second-rate and inferior at from . £3 10s to £5. ’ 41 ‘Fat Sheep—A full market, principally of good quality. Prime crossbred wethers sold at from 13s to 15s 6d, and as high as 17s per head; lighter weights from 9s 6d to lls. Fwes ranged at from 8s 6d to 13s; merino wethers at from 8s to lls Id per head, being at from If d to say 2|d per lb for the very primesfc, varying < according to quality.—Messrs Miles ’ ' and Co. sold for Messrs Webster and Macdonald, 40 crossbred wethers 14s 6d to 15s, 54 first cross wethers . 14s 6d.—Messrs Matson and Co. sold ■I for Mr J. G. Ruddenklau, 60 crossbred wethers at 14s to 14s 9d, 66 half- * 1 bwds at 13s 3d to 13s 9d.—The Loan imd Mercantile Agency Company sold - for Mr A. H. Clark, 69 crossbreds 12s 6d ; for a client, 40 crossbreds ■. 12s 9d to 13s 9d, 110 crossbred -'' wethers at from 14s lOdto 17s. | Store sheep A fairly numerous entry, some lines of good crossbreds among them. A fair inquiry shown, most Tots changing hands. j % , Pigs— Baconers sold at from 35s to 52s per head, . three extra heavy- ' weight pigs reaching £3 6s. Porkers ranged at from 22s to ,335: values per lb from 3d to 3fd, according to 0 suitability of weights and quality.

DUNBPIN PRODUCE MARKETS.

The following is the repor for the track ending Wednesday • Wheat—Very little business has been done in fchiis cereal, millers being fully stocked from Northern supplies, which continue plentiful. Thoie is really no sale. We quote prime billing 3s to 3s 2|d (seed lines, 3s 6d to 4s); medium, yory dull at 2s 6d to

’2s 9d ; best fowl wheat, 2s 2d to 2s sd; inferior and soft, Is lid to 2s Id. > Oats—The falling off of supplies from the country and shipments to Australia have slightly hardened prices:—Prime milling, Is 9d; bright feed, Is 8d to Is B£d; medium (but sound) feed, Is 7d to Is 7£d ; bright sparrowbills, Is 7id to Is 9d; dark do, Is Gd to Is 7d; long tartarian, Is 9d ; black tartarian, which is plentiful, Is 9d; damp and musty, Is 3d to Is 6d. , Barley-Sales are difficult to effect, as maltsters are blocked up for the time being. Milling is in fair demand, but there is no inquiry for feed. Malting, 3s 6d to 4s 3d; milling, 3s to 3s Sd; feed, 2s to 3s (sacks extra). Potatoes—Prices have an upward tendency. Some prime Northerns have gone at 47s 6d to 52s 6d for extra fine, and a liue of 100 tons South grown at 465; but the bulk of the Southern grown go at 37s 6d to 45s (bags weighed in). Chaff—Prime oaten, 47s 6d to 555; medium, 40s to 455; inferior, 80s to 37s 6d per ton. Carrots- —Bed and white, 85s. Turnips : Green tops, 14s; swedes, 16s. Straw —Oaten and wheaten, 355. Hay Oaten, 60s; clover and ryegrass, 60s. Butter —Prime salt, Bgd to 9£d per lb (casks extra); fresh butter, lOd to Is. '

Eggs, Is 4d per doz. Cheese —Best Akaroa, 4d; loaves, 4 A d. Hams and Bacon —8d to 9d for hams, 6£d to 7d for rolls and flitches. Honey, 4d per lb, (casks extra ) . Grass Seeds — Ryegrass, with more inquiries, 2s 3d to 3s for best machine dressed; cocksfoot, 3gd to 3fd per lb.

Sheepskins-On Monday country dry crossbreds, low to medium, brought Is 3d to 8s 6d; do do merino, Is 2d to 2s 7d; medium to full-woolled crossbreds, 3s 9d to 4s lid; do do merino, 2s 9d to 4s 8d; dry pelts, 3d to Is 2d; butchers’ green crossbreds —best, 4a 8d to 3s 5d ; medium, 3s 4d to 2s 9d; green merinos, Is 7d to 2s 6d; lambskins, 4s Id to 2s 6d. Hides —A moderate demand is experienced. Inferior and bulls, to 2d; light, 2£d to, 2fd; medium, 2|d to 3id; heavy and in good condition, 3|-d to 3fd; picked, a shade more. Tallow—Quotations : Prime mutton, 18s 6d to 20s ; medium to good, 15s 6d to 17s; inferior, 13s to 14s 6d; rough fat is in good and realising for inferior, 7s 6d to 8s 6d ; medium to good, 9s to 1 Is; clean and fresh mutton caul, 11s 6d to 13s per cwt.

DUNEDIN STOCK MARKETS.

At the Burnside Yards on Wednesday the following business was transacted :

Fat Cattle—ls 6 head were yarded for the week’s requirements at Burnside. tp-day, : ordinary to -medium and prime; quality. Best bullocks brought £8 5s to £lO 2s 6d; medium, £6 2s 6d\to £7l7s 6d; others, £3 5s to £6; cows, £2 10s to £6 7s 6d.—Messrs Stephenson and Co, sold for Mr J. M. Greenaway (South Canterbury), 6 prime bullocks at from £8 2s 6d to £9 ss; on account of Mr M. Quinn (Temuka), 6 bullocks at from £7 5s to £B.

"Fat Sheep—There was a large supply penned, consisting of 150 merino wethers, and 3704 crossbreds; a larger proportion than usual were prime wethers, and the rest ewes, varying from light and inferior to prime and heavy. There was a good demand, but prices slightly fell. The whole were, however, cleared at for cross- ; bred wethers, 9a 6d to 15s; crossbred ewes,; 7s 5d to 14s Id; merino wethers, 6s 9d to Bs.—Messrs Donald Reid and Co. sold for Mr William Grant (Elloughton Grange), 60 prime crossbred ewes at 13s.—Messrs Wright, Stephenson and Co. sold for Mr R. Blair (Washdyke), 60 crossbred ewes at from lls 6d to 12s 9d; on account of Mr M. Quinn (Temuka), 60 crossbred ewes at from lls 3d to 12s.— Mr Donald Stronach sold for Mr G. G. Russel, (Otipua), 64 halfbred wethers from 12s 3d to 12s, and 56 halfbred ewes from lls 3d to 10s.

Fat Lambs—Only 25 in, which sold at 8s 6d.

Pigs—22o were penned. Suckers brought 5s to 8s 6d; light stores, 14s 6d to 245; porkers, 25s to 34s ; baconers, 36s to 60s; extra heavy weights, 62s to 725. AUSTRALIAN MARKETS.

Stdnet, June 21.

: Butter is easier; locally made, Is 6d to Is 8d; best imported, Is Id to Is 3d; good seconds, 9d to lid. Cheese, easier, 6d to 7d; loaf, 7d. Bacon, market glutted, 6d to 6|d; New Zealand bacon, dull at from 8d to 9d. Maize, quiet, 2s 6d to 2s 9d. Feed oats, 2s Id to 2s 2d; heavy milling, 2a Bd. Bran dull; New Zealand, 9fd; local, lOd. Pollard, lOd. Potatoes, New Zealand, 65s ; Circular Heads, 70s ; Warrnambools, 50s. Onions, £slos. Wheat, chick, 2s lOd to 3s. Melbourne, June 21. Wheat, 3s 3d to 3s 3fd. Oats, 2s 9d. Barley, 2s 8d; malting, 5s 4d. Bran, 9fd. Flour, unchanged. Adelaide, May 21. Breadstuffs are unaltered; general lines are stagnant. ENGLISH MARKETS. London, J une 19. Messrs Ballone, Yacomb and Co. report that 13,000 bales were disposed of at the third series of auctions which opened to-day. A third of the number of bales was from New Z.a

land. There was a large attendance of buyers, and the bidding was excited. Cape and Australian merinos were from par to £d higher. Fine crossbreds were very firm, but prices unchanged. Coarse sorts were cheaper than closing rates in May. The total number of bales available is 835,000.

The frozen mutton by the Ruapehu is being sold at 44d. June 20.

The wheat market is quiet. An offcoast Australian cargo has been sold at from 33s to 33s 6d. 7he cargo by the barque Johan Karl from Lyttelton has been sold at 81s 6d. Seven thousand five hundred quarters of Australian wheat (June shipment) have been sold at 32a 9d.

At the wool auction to-day 13,000 bales were sold; Opening prices were fully maintained, and in some instances they were exceeded. Greasy merino and scoured are hardening. The apples by the Ruapehu are selling at IBs per box.

A young married man, the proud father of a month-old infant, was expatiating upon his infant to a bright young women well 1 known in society, the daughter of a prominent exofficial. Finally, to cap the climax of his praise, he said, triumphantly—- “ And, do you know, it just looks like me.” Regarding him compassionately fora moment, and putting into her voice accents of the deepest sympathy, she responded—" Well, I wouldn’t mind that, if I were you, if it’s strong.” A telegram from Napier on the 21st stated that a heavy sea was still rolling in, and it was estimated that £7OOO would ; be required to put the Marine Parade in' a proper state of repair with concrete walls.! The breakwater work also suffered cob- ' siderable damage, which will be the loss of the contractors.

Bishop Grimes visited Akarqa (the oldest settlement of the Church' in his. diocese) on Thursday, wheu be confirmed; fony.five persons, including several adults. He was presented with an address in Latin.

Dr Salmood, author of the “ Eeigo of Grace " pamphlet, has resigned his position as a member of the first Church Session,

A working man in Wellington went bankrupt for £39. He employed a solicitor, and the creditors held (hat a very good dividend could have been paid' out of the money so employed. His discharge was refused by the Judge. A life-s'za portrait of King Tawbiao, in native costume, by Mr Gaut, the known artist, is being exhibited, in Wellington. The reserve price set on it by Mr Gaut is two hundred guineas. It is to be sene to tbe Melbourne Exhibition,

Coughs, Golds, Bbonohitis, &a., are . quickly cured by using Baxter’s “ Lung Pre-! server.” This old-established and favorite medicine is pleasant to the palate, and’highly extolled by members of the medical, legal# and clerical professions. For testimonials, see advt. Sold by all patent medicine vendors,