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Temuka Leader, Issue 1904, 15 June 1889, Page 4

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CHRISTCHURCH STOCK MASK STS. At the Addington Yards on Wednesday the entries all round were hardly up to the ■ average, and the quality also was poor. Fat Cattle—A medium entry, including some very superior steers. Prices on a par with last week. Heavy weight bullocks brought from £7 to £9, medium do up to £6 10s, best heifers £6 to £7 10s, and cows up to £6. Calves—A small entry, very varied in quality. Prices ranged from 3s to 265. Dairy Cattle—A poor entry, and prices ranged from as low as 30s to £5 12s 6d. Pat Sheep—There was a decided falling off in the sale of fat sheep, and although 20s was obtained in one instance, on the whole prices were smaller than has been the case for sometime. The quality all round was below the average. Prices ranged from from 7s Id to 1 Is 6d; heavy weight crossbred wethers sold from 13s to 17s; do ewes, from 12s to 15s 9d; medium crossbreds, 10s 6d to 12s 6d; and a line of Southdown ewes changed hands at 12s 7d a head. Pigs—The entry this week showed a falling off both in numbers and quality, but prices were firm at last week’s quotations. Best baconers realised as much as 4?d per lb, while 3£d was hard to get for inferior sorts. DUNEDIN PRODUCE MARKETS. The following is the report for the week ending Wednesday:— Wheat —Since last report the market has not undergone any change for the better—rather the reverse. Business throughout the week has been very quiet. Several lines of really prime quality have been offered, but buyers are willing to operate only at a considerable reduction on late rates. The following are simply the prices obtained during the week for the small lots disposed of, but at which it would he hardly possible to place mediumsized lines—viz., for prime Northern velvet and tuscan, 3s lOd to 4s; medium (for which there is scarcely any demand), 3s 6d to 3s 9d ; inferior to medium, 2s 9d to 3s 4d (ex store). Oats— While the market continues very firm buyers for export appear to be less disposed to increase present stocks; while on the other hand the local millers are baying freely, and at slightly higher prices, especially when the quality is prime, thin-skinned, dry, full, and bright. Quotations are: For best bright milling, 2s to 3s, best short feed 2s 10|d to 2s lid, medium to good 2s to 2s lOd, inferior to medium 2s 7|d to 2s 9d (ex store.) Barley—ls only in very moderate demand. We quote prime malting 3s 8d to 3s 9d, medium 2s 9d to 3s Gd (ex store.) Potatoes —The market is slightly hardening, and prices have an upward tendency. Quotations are : For prime Northern, 85s to 87s 6d; Southern, 77s 6d to 82s 6d per ton. Grass Seeds—Eyegrass, 2s 9d to 4s; cocksfoot, 3d to 3|d. Pigs—Well fed, up to 1801 b, Hams, B|d to 9d; rolls and flitches, 6R Chaff—Well cut heavy oaten and riddled, £4; medium, £3,10s to £3 15s. Turnips—l7s to 20s. Carrots, 40s. Straw—Oaten and wheaten, 40s. Hay, oaten, 70s. Clover and ryegrass, 70s. Butter—Prime salt, 9d to lOd (kegs extra). Eggs: Downward tendency. Honey—Best extracted, 4Jd to 4|d. Cheese—Factory, s|d to Gjd ; Alcaroa, to sd. Sheepskins—On Monday country dry crossbreds, low to medium, brought Is 4d to 3s 9d, do do merino la 5d to 3s 6d; medium to full-woolled crossbreds 3s lOd to 7s 9d, do do merino 3s 7d to 5s 6d ; dry pelts 3d to Is 2d; butchers’green crossbreds —best, 4s lOd to 3s 9d, good to medium and inferior 3s 8d to 3s 3d; green merino, 2s 8d to 3s 8d; lambskins, 3s 5d to 2s lOd. Hides —A fair demand exists for local requirements, hut the tone of market is decidedly weaker and prices lower. Quotations are: For heavy weights, 2|d to 3d (the latter price only for picked hides) ; medium, to 2id; light, 2d to 2^d; inferior and bulls’, Hd to l£d per lb. Tallow —Quotations are ; For prime rendered mutton, 19s 6d to 21s; medium to good, 16s to 19s ; inferior and mixed, 12s Gd to 15s; rough fat—clean mutton caul, 13s to 14s; inferior and medium to good, 9a 6d to 12s 9d per ewt. DUNEDIN STOCK MARKET. At the Burnside Yards on Wednesday the following business was transacted : Fat Cattle—27B head were yarded, representing all qualities. Competition was only moderately active, more especially for medium quality. Prime beef was in rather better demand, but on the whole prices realised were below last week’s. Best bullocks brought £7 5a to £8 ss; one or two pens extra ( prime, £8 10s to £9; medium to good, £5 10s to £6 15s; inferior and light, £3 17s Gd to £5 15s; cows in proportion. —Wright, Stephenson and Co. sold for Mr James Guild (Trevenna), 3 extra prime bullocks at £9 each, and 3 do (smaller) at £7 10s; for M* W. Grant (Elloughton Grange), 18 very prime fat bullocks at from £8 15s to £G 55,. John Grindley also

sold 6 bullocks for Mr Guild at £7 5s to £B. Fat Sheep—36Bs were penned, of which about 200 were merino wethers, the balance crossbred, including a larger proportion of wethers than usually to hand. Competition lacked : spirit, resulting in a decline of from Is to la‘6d per head. Best crossbred wethers brought 13s to 14s 6d; one ' or two small pens extra heavy, 17s to 21s; ordinary, 10s to 12s 6d; best crossbred ewes, 10s 6d to 12s 6d; ordinary, 8s to 10s; merino wethers, 7s to 8s 6d.—John Grindley sold for Mr Wm. Grant (Elloughton s Grange), 126 crossbred ewes from 9s 6d to 10s. Fat Lambs Only 181 came to hand, good to prime, which sold at 5s 6d to 10s 9d. Stores During the week John Grindley sold 1000 crossbred lambs for Mr Wm. Grant. Pigs—299 were penned, comprising the usual mixture. A very fair demand was experienced, all selling at about late rates. Suckers brought 7s Gd to 9s; stores, 14s 6d to 2ls 6d; porkers, 26s to 335; baconers, 38s to 565; heavy weights, to 655. AUSTRALIAN MARKETS. Sydney, June 12. Th® wheat market is very dull. Holders quote Californian at 4s 4d to 4s Gd, New Zealand 4s Gd to 4s Bd. Adelaide 5s Id to 5s 3d. On the whole the New Zealand position is rather weaker. Sales of New Zealand milling wheat have been effected at 4s 4d. Chick feed is quoted at 3s 6d. Flour, New Zealand stone-made, £9 15s to £lO 10s; roller-made, £lO 15s to £lllos. The oat market is glutted. Bestleed, 2s lid to 3s 2d, nominal ; seed, 3s 6d. Maize, inferior sorts, 2s 6d; prime 3s 3d, There is a large supply with good demand. Stocks of barley are limited, and there is not much request. Cape, 3s to 3s 4d. Bran is dull at Is to Is Id. The pollard market is easier at Is Id to Is 2|d. Potatoes, New Zealand, £4 to £4 ss; Circular Heads, £4 10s to £4 15s. The market is dull and heayily stocked. Onions, £l7 10s to £ 18. '1 he butter market is glutted. Local dairy made, is to la Id; factory made, Is 3d to Is 4d; New Zealand dairy made (new), 6d to 9d; separator newly made, lOd to Is. The cheese market is glutted. New Zealand 6d to B|d. Bacon, New Zealand, 9d to lOd; hams, New Zealand, Is. June 13. The ship Gatherer has arrived from San Francisco with a cargo of 2100 tons of wheat. One firm has bought all the sugar in the market, and sold for £4O for best China whites. Mblbotjene, June 12. Wheat, milling, prime, 5s 7d. Flour is quiet. Stone-made, £1115s; roller-made, £lB ss. Oats, Victorian, 4s l|d; New Zealand stout, 4s 3d. Barley, Cape, 4s l|d; malting, 5s 7d. Bran, Is 3d. Peas, ss. Sugar is brisk at £27 5s to £29 for greys and whites respectively. Adelaide, June 12. Wheat is quiet. There is no profitable outlet at present to warrant speculation, and consequently only bare hand-to-mouth operations have been recorded. Farmers lots at out ports, 4s 7d to 4s 8d ; at Port Adelaide 4s 9d; shipping parcels 4s lOd to 4s lid. Flour, roller-made, £ll 5s to £l2. Bran, llfd to Is; pollard Is Id to Is 2d. ENGLISH MARKETS. London, June 12. Leather, 8d to The bootmakers still remain on strike at Toomer’s factory, Christchurch. Many bootmakers are now leaving for . Australia. Up to date 350 members have joined the union of tailors, tailoresses, and pressers, lately formed at Christchurch.