Commercial.

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume IV, Issue 198, 3 May 1902, Page 3

Commercial.

o— CLEARING SALE. Me=sr3 Criiinn'-Rs and LcUren, Limited /tier Mr Arthur H. Bourn, Auctioneer), istrnctedby Mr Humphrey Innea Jones, attorney for Mr Mostyn Jones, who js now in South Africa, held a highly successful clearing rale or. WedmrS(l,iy last at. Akatere, Upper Hook. The stock, implement*, etc., were all j n »ood order"and condition and the was large. Eve.y line offered wa -, keenly computed for and hig.i pr ces we iv the order of the day ;in faot, it is manv years sinew «o successful a sale was held'iu the district. Owing to the large number of lots the sale was not over until dark and even then a quantity of sundries had to lie held over «nd will be takento Waimate and offered on Saturday, 3rd Particulars of the sale aie as follows: —Sheep —IOO 2-tooth f-bred ewes 13s Id, 100 th.-ee-quarler bred lambs 6s Od, 300 three-quarter bred lambdCn Bcl, 60 cull lambs 3s 7d, 200 donnd-mouthed three quarter bred ewes 10s Id, 270 failing mouthed ewes 5s Gd, old rams 3s to ss. Cattle—Springing heifer* £6 15s, £7 15s, £8 15s; cows in M lf £210«,£3, £3 ss, £3 756d,4 at £3lss 4at £4, 1 at £4 ss, £4 10s, £4 12s 6d £5 5,, £6 2s 6d, £8 ; steer, £4 10s ; bull £3 ss; yearlings, 15 at 345. Horses— Draught mare b jrs £SO, draught gelding £42, aged draught mare £B, aged draught gelding £7, harness horses £B, £lO 10s, £l4. Harness, implem mts, etc.—Leading harness, £1 10s, £2 5s ; shaft harness, £3l7s bd, £4; gig harness, £7; set double harnesH £7 ; saddles, £2 ; wool pres*, £ll 10s ; gig, £10; drays, £5 £13103 ; spring cart, £4 15s; set scales (4owt) £4 10s ; W. A. Wood harvester, £22 • Cambridge rollnr, £lO 10s ; disc harrows, £loa 10s ; garden p'.ongh £3 2s D d • D F. plough (R and G) £l3 las ; 5 leaf tine harrows, £5 10s. Furniture Piano £2l 10s. A good and useful lot of furniture sold after brisk bidding at good Tftlues. WAIMATE COUNTY SALEYARDS. Messrs Guinness and LeCren, Limited, rc p o rt that at this sale yesterday there was an entry of 1500 sheep. A total clearance was effected, with the exception of one pair of backward conditioned wethers. There is a good demand for all classes .of sheep at late F iTt' ewes (light weight) 9a 3d 8s 4d ; well grown and forward J bred lambs 8s 9d ; small | bred lambs 5s ; 2 and 4 tooth i bred wethers lis Id ; 6 and 8 tooth i bred ewes 10s 8d ; t.m. } bred ewes 8s 3d ; full mouthed ewes, mixed classes, 43 Gd.

DUNEDIN GRAIN MARKET. Wh> at—Practically ao transactions in best milling eorts have taken place during the week, millers not being disposed to purchase at the values recently established. The market is almost bare of this class. Medium quality milling and fowl feed are not, eliciting muoh lnqii'ry. Prime milling is quoted at 4s to 4a 4d, medium 3s 'B.l to 3* lid, who e fowl wheat 3s 3d to 3s 6d, damaged and broken 39 to 3s 3d, sack* extra. Oats.—The demand is still ahead ot the supply, especially for milling sorts of good colour. Prime milling brings 2j 6d to 2s Bdv good to best feed 2s sid to 2s 61(1, inferior to medium 2s 2d to 2s 5d ; sacks extra. , Barley.—Feed brings up to M, milling 2b 9d, malting 3s Od, prime lakes 3a 6d to 4<; sacks extra.

GERALDINE LIVE STOCK SALE

There was a large attendance at the Geraldine live stock sale on Wednesday, when there was a good healthy sale. About 12,000 sheep were yarded. I tie following were the prices :-U°f b ™ ewes (aged), 6s, 6s 3d, and 6s 8d; two tooth wethers and maiden ewes, 14s dd threequarter bred tour six, »n<l eight tooth ewes, 10s 61, 10s8d. 10* lid to lis 6d ; fat ewes, 9s 6d, 9s 9d, and 10s 7d ; three quarter bred lambs, fat and forward, 8s 7d, 8s od, 9s fid to 10s : store lambs 6s, 6s Id, and Os 3d. w »s a good entry of rams. bhropshnes brought lgn; four tooth tngh.h Leicesters, ligns to ljgns. There was also a large entry of cattle. Fat steer brought L 6 12a 6d, L 8 ss, to £8 12s bd , fat cows, L 6 to L 7 7s (3d ; steers and heifers, L 3 10s, L 3 18s, to L 4 3s.