COMMERCIAL.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1876, 9 April 1889, Page 4

COMMERCIAL.

A UOTIONEE liH' REPORT,

TIMARU. Messrs Grade, Maclean and Co. report for the past fortnight, ending Saturday, as follows;

Horses —At the Timaru Horse Bazaar, on the 30th ult., our entry was a small one, and about one-half of the number changed hands. To-day being a special sale of hackneys, 52 head were entered. Our quotations are:—For medium draughts £l6 to £2O 10s, inferior £9 to £l3, hunters up to £23, hacks, medium to good, £l2 to £lB, light and weedy £6 to £B. Sheep—On Tuesday, 26th ult., the annual ram and ewe fair was held at Washdyke yards. The entry of rams was barely up to former years, but nearly all the lots yarded were sold, and as a whole the day's transactions were highly satisfactory. We sold for John Edd, Esq., Elderslie, 10 2-toofcb Lincoln- Leicesters at 2f guineas, 14 4-tooth do do at 2 guineas, 3 do do at 1 guinea, 6 do do If guineas, and 2 do do at 1 guinea, On account of Gr. G-. Buasell, Esq., Otipua, 2 Lincolns at If guineas, 10 do do at 1£ guineas. On account of Wm. Grant, Esq., 5 English Leicester lambs at 2 guineas. On account of E. T. Rhodes, Esq.. 36 Leicesters at \ guinea. We also sold ewes as follows: On account of Wm. Grant, Esq., 500 half-breds at 6s 6d. On account of E. T. Rhodes, Esq., 200 half-breds at 5s 7d, 191 do at 5s 7d, 209 three-quarter-breds at 6s 6d. On account of It. Davie, Esq., 52 fat ewes at 7s 3d. On account of Wm. Stevenson, Esq., 140 fat ewes at 8a 4d, 117 lambs at 5s 7d. On account of J. Stoddart, Esq.,- 88 lambs at 7s. At Washdyke this week there was a good amount of business done. We sold 48 fat ewes at 7s sd; 82 ewes at 5s 6d ; 24 merino ewes at 2s 6d ; 175 6-tooth ewes at 7s 6d, 20 do do 6s; 82 fat ewes at 6s; 232 crossbred ewes at 68; 73 merino ewes at 2s 6d; 120 crossbred lambs at 5s 4d.

At Pleasant Point monthly sale on the Ist inst., the entry all round was the largest we have seen at these yards. We sold 263 old ewes at 2s 4d; 30 fat ewes at 8s 4d; 51 fat ewes at 8s 4d; 17 rams at ss; 904 merino ewes at Is 4d ; 272 crossbred ewes at 4s ; GO old ewes at Is 8d; 65 fat wethers and ewes at 8s; 308 half-bred ewes at 6s 9d ; 53 crossbred ewes at 4s 3d ; 512 merino ewes (in lots) at 2s 6d.

Cattle—There has been but little business doing in either fat or stores since we last reported. We sold at Washdyke for Mr J. M. G-reenaway, 12 prime fat heifers at £4, 4 prime fat steers at £5 17s 6d. For Mr J. Stoddart, 2 cows at £4. For Mr D. Young, 13 calves at 7s, 2 heifers at 275, 5 cows at 355. At Pleasant Point, 1 springer at £6 12s 6d, 3 yearlings at 333,-3 do at 18s, 2 heifers at £2 2s. Pigs—At Pleasant Point, we sold under brisk competition, for various owners, 25 slips at 18s, 18 weaners at 4s 6d, 3 do at Bs, 9 do at Bs, 3 slips at 15s.

TIMARU MARKETS,

At auction in Timaru on Saturday, red chaff, a nice sample* brought 3s 9d; velvet, 3s Danish oats, 2s A large quantity of various qualities of fowl feed was sold at Is 7d, 2s 3d, 2s 6d, and 2s lOd per bushel; kidney potatoes, 80s per ton; dements (hardly ripe), 90s; oat-sheaf chaff, 70s per ton (26 bags to the ton) . feed barley., 2s 3d to 2s 6d per busbe]'

AUSTRALIAN MAKKETS,

/ Sydney, April 5. New Zealand wheat is selling in good quantities at 4s 8d to ss.

ENGLISH MARKETS. London, April 4. The prices of frozen mutton and beef remain unchanged. At the wool sales prices are firm at last quotations. April 6.

Australian wheat, 40s 6d. The market is depressed. New Zealand long/ berried wheat, ex store, 39s 9d. The' market is weaker. Tallow is firm ; best mutton, 26s 6d to 27s ; best beef, 26s to 26s 6d. Ox hides, 3|d to 3sd. Copper, £42 ss, recovering. German beet sugar, 17s 3d; Java ditto, 18s 3d. No. 1 best Scotch pig iron, f.o.b. in. the ClydqNflts tyd. Lately. An Australian cargo has baon sold at 37s 3d. f I The the Board of Tijide show that of imports and. exports for is £13,500J000 in excess period last series cJose on May S^^^H (Dunedm) have the CVpe Fou!winc^^^^^^A are evidently reachCompany have gray, restores No stops heala pcalp. KempCo., Agents, Qhri-it-(Auckland) of to believed to

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