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Temuka Leader, Issue 1931, 17 August 1889, Page 4

COMMERCIAL.

CHRI3TOHUROH STOCK MARKETS. At .the Addington Yards on Wednesday all classes of stock were well represented, the entry of fat sheep being the largest seen for years. Fat Cattle—There was a very large entry, including some prime lines. For the best classes of cattle bidding was extremely brisk, and prices showed a decided upward teadency. Inferior sorts were hardly as much in demand, but sold at very fair prices. , Best beef went from £7 to £lO 10s, and inferior from £4' 5s to £6 15s, or from 17s to 19s 6d per 1001 b as per quality. Store and Dairy Cattle—Store steers and heifers sold at 47s ; dairy cattle at from £1 6s to £6 10s. The quality was very varied. Fat Sheep—this was the best represented class of stock in tbe day's market. Ibis caused a slight drag in the bidding, which was very noticeable toward the end of the sale and prices were hardly as good as last week's. Prime mutton may be quoted at while inferior sorts ranged from lid to 2d per lb. The market was topped by a grand line of half-bred wethers, bred by Mr H. Chamberlain, which realised from 18s 5d to 20s 7d, Messrs H. Matson and Co. (associated with the N.M. and A. Co.) Bold for Mr A. Grant, merino wethers at lis 7d; for Mr E. Taylor, 120 crossbred wethers and maiden ewes at lis 6d ; for Mr A. Kelman, half-bred wethers at 13s lOd. The N.Z. Loan and M.A. Co., sold for Mr A. M. Ulark, off Lauriston Farm, 43 crossbred wethers at 17s 9d, and 41 do at 17s; for the same owner, crossbred maiden ewes at 16s; for Mr A. Grant, 60 merino wethers at 12s Id and 12s 2d. Pigs—An average entry of chiefly second-class pigs; prices remained about the same as last week's. DUNEDIN STOCK MARKET. At the Burnside Yards on Wednesday the following business was transacted .- Fat Cattle—l 93 yarded, which was sufficient for trade requirements. Prime pens commanded attention and brought full rates, but all through prices showed a decline of fully 10s per head on last week. Best bullocks brought from £7 15s to £9 2s 6d; medium, £6 to £7; inferior, £3 10s to £5 10s. John Grrindley sold for Messrs Peacock and Q-eaney 3 heavyweight bullocks at £8 7s 6d to £8 17s 6d. Fat Sheep—264B were penned, comprising 1848 crossbred s and 800 merinos. The former were principally good-quality wethers, and prices showed an advance of from Is to Is 6d per head on last week's rates. Medium quality was neglected and dull of sale at barely late rates. The merinos were poor quality, and sold at store prices. Best crossbred wethers brought from 14s to 16s, light-weights 9s to 13s 6d; best crossbred ewes 12s 6d to 15s 3d, medium 7s 6d to lis 6d; merinos, 4s 3d to 9s. Pigs—2ll of all sorts were penned, for which there was brisk competitien, but for heavy-weights prices were hardly up to last week's. Suckers sold at 9s to 10s; stores, 18s to 22s 6d; porkers, 30s to 355; baooners, 40s to 57s 6d; heavy-weights ud to 635. DUNEDIN PRODUCE MARKETS. The following is the report for the week ending Wednesday : Wheat—Wheat still remains in a very dull state. A Bmall business is doing in prime milling samples, northern grown, while southern is quite neglected, millers anticipating a further fall and only purchasing sparingly for present requirements. Quotations (nominal) : Prime milling red sfcraw and velvet, 3s 6d to 3s 8d ; tuscan, 3s 9d; medium, 3s 2d to 3s 4d; fowls' wheat, 2s to 3s. Oats—Owing to the unfavorable accounts from, and large stocks held m, Australia, business is quiet, but an improvement is looked for when late shipments go into consumption. Quotations (nominal): Best bright heavy milling, 2s 8d to 2s 9d ; bright feed, 2s 6d to 2s 7d; inferior, 2s 4d ! to 2s 5d (sacks extra). Barley—Dull of sale at late quotations. Eyegrass seed is in good demand at 3s to 3s 9d for farmers' lots, 4s to 4s 6d for machine-dressed, and from 5s 6d to 73 for Poverty Bay. Potatoes are coming forward freely, which has caused prices to be easier. Prime northerns, 90s to 100 s; best southerns, 75s to 85s ; inferior, 30s to 60s. Pigs—Well-fed up to 1801 b, heads off, 4d to 4|d, Hams, 8d to S|d; flitches and rolls, 6d to 6|d. Chaff—Heavy oaten-shaef, £3 15s to £4; medium, £8 5s to £3 10s. Turnips, 16 s to 18a ; carrots, 40s. Straw—Oaten and wheaten, 40s. Hay—Clover and ryegrass, 65s to 70s, Butter—No quotations, no demand. Cheese —Akaroa, 4d to 5d to s|-d. Honey, 4-Jd to 4£d. Sheepskins—On Tuesday, town butchers' green iskinis, crossbreds, sold at 6s to 4s 7d; merinos, 4s to 3s2d ; dry skins, inferior, Is 6d to 3s 6d;

medium to full-woolled, 3a to Bs.» pelts; 2d to la 2d. Fides Market very dull, wifcb no ■' i::y-_, 3t :.v i J'l, ;ici.v.ti'tiiiJg to weigui aud condition. Tallow is in good demand, and all consignments coming forward command ready sale at—for prime, 19s to i 20s; medium, 16s to 17s 6d; inferior, [ 10s to 15s. i AUSXEALIAN MAEKETS. Sydney, August 9. The breadstuffs deliveries for the I week amount to 495 tons of flour from Adelaide, 484 tons of flour and 390 tons wheat from New Zealand, and 141 tons of flour from Victoria. ' Messrs Dalgety and Co., Limited, report on the Sydney markets, under ' date August 3, as follows:—Wheat— There is a slight improvement in this market. We quote South Australian nominal, New Zealand tuscan up to 4s 2d, hunters white and pearl 3s lOd, Oalifornian 4s 5d to 4s 6d per bushel. We regret to say London cables to hand this morning advise a fall of 6d per quarter. Weekly imports—looo sacks South Australian, 295 New Zealand, total 1295 sacks. OatsModerate enquiry for feeding sorts at 2b 9d to 3s Id, Beed 3s 2d per bushel. "Weekly imports—lo9l sacks New Zealand. Potatoes —Circular Heads command the most attention at £5 10s to £5 15s, and New Zealand are in fair request at £5 5s to £5 10a per ton. Weekly imports—l6,4oo bags. Onions —Very scarce, and firm at from £22 to £23 per ton. Weekly imports—--128 sacks. ENGLISH MAEKETS. Londok, August 9. Frozen meat owners demand high rates. New Zealand mutton is quoted at sd, lamb 7£d; Sydney mutton 4£d; beef, 3d for forequarters and 4£d for hindquarters. Sugar, German, cash price, 19s; Java 21s, quiet. The quantity of wheat and flour afloat for the United Kingdom is estimated at about 2,300,000 quarters, and for the Continent about 232,000 quarters. The American visible supply is estimated at 12,625,000 bushels. Australian wheat, ex warehouse, 39s 6dj New Zealand wheat, long berried, ex store, 395, quiet,

At; the Supreme Court, Invercargill, on Wednesday John Sue, a Chinaman, was found guilty of rape on a little girl at Eound Hill, and sentenced to 8 years' penal servitude. A man named Hamilton Gibbons was found dead in a paddock at. Maxweiltown, near Wanganui, on Thursday morning. The supposed cause of death is heart disease. At the Nelson Land Board a lease was granted to the Westport Coal Company of a portion of the late Wellington Company's lease. The applicants said a large demand was springing up in Australia for coke, for which this coal was specially suitable, and they are negotiating for the delivery of 20,000 tons per annum, the purchaser having the option of making it 40,000 tans. A smart capture was effected at Picton recently. A young man, giving the name of Summerville, has been staying at Lloyd's boardinghouse, and represented himself aa a traveller for Messrs Sargood, Son, and Ewen. He had taken a lot of orders for clothing, insisting on a deposit in each case, giving a printed receipt. On Thursday afternoon the other boarders at the establishment missed money and other things from their rooms. Amongst the stolen goods was a pair of trousers. Summerville. did not appear at tea and suspicion attached to him. The police were communicated with, and finding that a man answering the description had left by the Rotorua, communicated with th© police at Picton, and Summerville was arrested there.