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Temuka Leader, Issue 2053, 31 May 1890, Page 4

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AUCTIONEERS’ REPORT. GERAtIHNE. Mr Wi S.T.Ma&Hbfiaactiojißer.n»nd Imuiagent of the' if)ifbpertißßs.idoring> :dbe past"- ! week s Po'r'Ji-B, .■ sßcyley;": Esq, l , ■•■*cr»8 ii: Bitaltpd iat Fairfield)(! ; for •£6 r s's per acre loriMr 1 H;J4iai»fiiendp 25 acres acre | fdr Gtiihrie;il46tfacreß3ifai Pleasant Valley, at (dßß>2a;6d'sper'Acmi;; titiimproved : section • insuhei .-townA ot GefAldiribi'for 1 Mr' David ; for Mr Cbas, Griffiths, first classrfarm of the .»stateool R. Bairkar,' 1: Esq/, 1 --Orarij'- fof > jß2liolOscper acre cash, CHRISTCHURCH CORN EXCHANGE.

! The following is the GorntExcbange report (per N. P.. Meyers, I Secretary) , for the week ending Friday, nMay 30fcb;—

The question of; receiptsibeingvgiven : for grain storedin the railway shedaat i Lyttelton is likely ito < bembroughti before the commissioners: .. There is i no doubt iif such receipts were! given , it would be a great convenience*. to i .both sellers-and buyers. l F6r. all-round j lines of wheat; there is a good! enquiry. l As purchases are chiefly for export, toi the: United Kingdom i long-berried is/ mostin demand , Grain is still arriving! in large quantities, add storage capacity is.being taxed to the .utmost,. Oats! i are' still without Growers! seem to realise that it f is.advisable to. sell some, at any rate, of their .Stocks, but > are very ; reluctant to naccept; prices now offering. ; Barley-No; im ; provement can be noted,. and, unlessintercolonial orders l come.tofbandiritis! difficult to see what canieause an enquiry. Beans, and peas Last week’s remarks, apply. Potatoes-r-As anticipated last week,, some .deliveries are turning out in bad condition, owing to the effects of frost. The market is slightly weaker in consequence of the lower prices, ruling in Sydney. Dairy Produce—-A good enquiry for prime potted butter ' ini Sydney; shaped ikegs, -may noted: Cheese is dull of sale. The following are our quotations for the week s Wheat—Tuscan, 3s .Id pearl, 2s lid ; hunters, 2s 9dnto )2a .lbdi Chickwheat—Whole," 2s 6d j broken j 2s to 2s 3d.

Oats—Milling, Is 7d ; short stout feed, Is Bd.

Barley—Prime malting, 3s; medium up to 2s Gd ; feed, Is 6d to Is 9d.

Beans, 2s 5dPeas—Prussian blues, 2s 9d to 3s ; feed sorts; 2s 3d to 2s 4d. Potatoes Dements', 32s 6d at country stations. Dairy Produce—Butter,- 7d ! to Bd. Cheese, small loaf 3^d; large sizes; 3d.

CHRISTCHURCH STOCK MARKETS.!

At the Addingtbm Yards on Wednesday, the amount of stock yarded showed decline on last week’s market, especially in the. fat cattle and lamb pens. Prices also suffered in companson with last week’s. l

Fat Cattle—The low' rates -took a sudden change for the better, and an all-round improvement of from 15s to 20s per head took place.' Best beef may be quoted at 19a per 1001 b. Cows and heifers sold at prices ranging between £3 10s to £5 7s 6d ; fat steers; £3 10s to £6 10s. -

Store Cattle—Young stock, principally two and threeryear-olds„ almost entirely made up the’ entry. Calves sold at 8s ; dry cows at from £1 l(Js to £4 16s ; dairy cows and springers, £2 to £6 Bs.

Store Sheep—A small entry ef inferior sorts was yarded. Crossbred ewes sold at from 5s 3d to 8s 6d ; merinos, of mixed sexes, from Is 8d to 8s 6d; pen of ewes and wethers, at 12s ; maiden ewes,,. 12s merino; Wethers, 5s 6d. Fat Lambs—The sale of fat lambs, was limited in the extreme.- 'there appeared to be hardly any demand for ' any sorts—in fact, the sale was thoroughly devoid of life. Prices ranged from 5s 5d to 17a 6d.

Fat &heep—An entry slightly below last week’s was brought forward. There was again a large number of ewes included in it, but prime sheep .were slightly more plentiful. There was less activity displayed by buyers, and the decline which visited secondrate sheep last week this week affected all sorts. Crossbred wethers sold at from 15s to 235, merino wethers’,- 7s to 8s 9d ; halfbred wethers, 15s, 16k, and 17s; maiden ewes, 15s 2d to 15s 3d.

Pigs—The-supply was enormous and the demand poor.

DUNEDIN PRODUCE MARKETS

The following is the report for the week ending Wednesday,;— Wheat—Market unaltered. Best tuscan, 3s 4d to 3s sd-r—exceptionally goad quality, 3s 6d ; velvet straw arid, hunters. 3s Id to 3s 3d ; ;i second class wheats for milling, 2s 6d/ JWI wheat is scarce ann in good demand. G-ood whole, 2s 6d to 2s 8d; broken and inferior, 2s 3d to 2s sd, Barley—Best malting, 2s lOd to 3s 2d ; milling, 2a 3d to 2s 6d: feed, Is lOd to 2s 2d. Oats—Market quiet, and little doing. Nearly all arrivals are going into store. Beat milling, Is 4d to Is 5d ; bright feed, la 3d to Is 3?d; off-color and inferior oats, la to Is 2d.

f l *- Flour—Timaru, roller, £9 in sacks, £9 (10a in 100’b, £9 15a in 50’s, f.o.b. ; | Oamaru; t£B 108; Hon them ’and tow n i brands, £B‘ 6a. j i Potatoes-^—Market inactive. Best I Oamaru; £3 ; Southern and Canterbury. £2IOB to £2,155. i Pigs—Hard to >.quit>? 2£d' to' 3fd. iWe could place really prime,-.- 120’s te 1150’si at i3f d. Hams, if prime, 8d; j bacon and rolls, 6d it© 6^d. Uhaff—Well-cut, heavy andclean, i£2 10a to £2lss; light and inferior < sorts, £1 15s to £2 ss. . Turnips,., £1 per ton; carrots, 85s per.ton.; strawj oaten i»nd wheaten, 80s and 1 355; onions, £5. Hay— Oaten; 1 £3; clover and ryegrass, £3 ss. Butter—Halt has no inquiry but an odd few I packages ‘for local consumption. Eggs, plentiful; honey, sd. Cheese—Factory J4d, loaf 4|d; Akaroa, large 3fd, loaves 3fd to 4d. Grass Seeds—Ryegrass, 3s to 5s 6d; cocksfoot, 3|d:to with f some in* quirp for prime samples only.

Wool—While competition was fairly active on the opening day, prices on average exhibited a decline of about 6 per cent., save, for fine crossbreds, which were unchanged, i -(Sheepskins—Butchers’ best green crossbreds sold at 3s Bd* to 4s sd; inferior to medium and good; Is 8d to 3s 7d‘; green merinos, Is lOdto 3s 3d; lambskins, 2s Id to 3s 6d ; dry crossbreds, Is 4d to 6s Id; do merinos, Is 6d to 4d ; dry pelts, 3s to Is 2d. Hides—For best heavy-weights, 2f<] to 3d > medium, 2fd to I to -2^d; inferior, If dto Ifd. Tallow—Prime rendered mutton, 17s 6d th 18s; medium, 16s to 17s; inferior and mixed, 12s to 14s 6d. Rough Fat—Best caul, lls 6d to 12s 6d; inferior totmedium, 8s 6d ,to 10s 6d per cwt. DUNEDIN STOCK MARKET.

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

Fat Cattle—22B were yarded, mostly medium quality, Best bollocks brought £7 30s io £8 I3s 6d ; medium to good, 1 £5 to £6 12s 6 i ; light weights, £2 17s 6d id £4 12s 6d ; cows, from £2 2s 6d to £6 14s.

Fat pliri'p— Iho entry to-rlay was ralher a rpriiail one, only 1367 being panned,'i B st crossbred wethers brought 14s ; 9d‘ to 16-5 61 ; medium to good, ] 2-i' 6J to 14s 6d ; best do ewes, 13s 6J to 15s 31 ; inferior to medium and good, 8s 6d to 12 9d ; merir.o wethers to 10s. Fat Lambs—l 62 were penned, mostly fair quality with a few small. For best there was good competition, reolising 9s 6d to 10s 9d ; others,,~ss to 7s 6d, PigSr—There was a very small number :t o; hand to-day, only; .96 being pennedjicciraprisiug alb; sorts. Porkers and biicdners had a very fair demand, while suckers'and slores were hardly in so ranch request. Suckers brought 5s 6d to! 11b ; stores, 18a to 20s ; porkers, 26s 6d to 28s ; bacooers, 37s to 455,,

Siore‘Cattle~ Chira is do change of any ‘consequence to report. Three and four-year-old steers at from £3 : 10« to £4 2s 6d ; two-year-olds,' £2 to £2 15s; shorthorn cows and spayed heifers, £3 to £3 10s; two-year-old heifers, £l!lss to£2. ■ ! Store good demand exists still for alulost Crossbred lambs, 8s 6d ; broken mouth ewes, 4a to 5s Id ; four-tooth wethers, lls 8d ; crossbred' lambs, 8s 8d ; crossbred wethers, 12* to 12s lid,,

Richmond 1 arrived at Auckland on Wednesday. The crank shaft broke on the 3rd inst., when between Earatonga and Tonga, leaving the steamer helpless in mid ocean. Temporary repairs were made, and on the 12th the Richmond reached Tonga, where " the shaft was strengthened. The vessel had to travel at half speed 1 to Auckland, the repairing bolts frequently breaking. Her cargo of fruit isdn good-condition..

An Auckland business man, writing from Sydney, states that hundreds are out of employment there. ’

The Postmaster-General has received a; cable ; message from Mr Creighton stating that the Bill providing for the tree entry of New Zealand flai into America has passed the House of Representatives. The Hon, Gr. M. Waterhouse, who has decided to remain in, England, has resigned his. seat in the Legislative Council. i

The Maori Eawhera, who escaped from the Gisborne gaol, was smartly recaptured by Constable Hansen. A large deputation of farmers waited on Mr Fergus, asking the Government to import large quantities of wire fencing and distribute it at iprime cost. Tbe North Canterbury Board of Education carried a motion that there should- be a uniform system of standard s examination throughout the colony, and that test questions should be prepared by the Education Department.

1 ’At the City Court, Dunedin, a gijrl; aged 13 waa charged with being found in a brothel. The police intimated that in several cases children of tender years were being used as decoys. This came under their notice when on© was taken out of a house of illfame on Wednesday and sent home to her parents. Mr Oarew strongly animadverted on the police for last night’s arrest of girls of tender yean} and locking them in cells all night. .The girls were discharged on respectable persons coming forward and expressing their willingness to look after them.