COMMERCIAL.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 3047, 6 November 1888, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

George Thomas and Co. report as follows : Prime short milling oata, 2s (id to 2s 7d j long and common feed do, 2s Bd to 2s Cd; oaten Bheaf chaff,' IA ; straw do, L 3; oatmeal, 111 10a to Ll2, firm; roller process flour, LlO 10s toLll; stone do,' LOlos to L 10; fowls'' wheat whole, 3s 4d; broken,' 2s 9d; bran'dull of sale at L 3 IBs; pollard,, L 4; wheatmeal, L 10; feed peas, 3s 6d; garden do.' 7s, beans, 3a fid; feed barley, 2s Hid; pearl barley, Ll9; split peas, Ll4. Old potatoes, which are not now of very first-class quality, rulo ! from 50s to 76s for any but Oimiaru samples, which still command 85s; j 'seed potatoes are-now uhiuq'uired for, tho season being over, Onions are'sca'reo j American are worth 22s (id and Australian 20V por owt, Maize, 3s Od per bushel. Factory cured bacon and hams/in cloth, 7i; bare,'7d; farmers' ciu-e,4d'to Bd ; olioeso, new, 61' j lard, Bd; fresh butter, • 6d ; salt do, not commanding any inquiry, nominal value, 7d; eggs hare boeu ruling at 7d per do?.en-wo boliovo. they havo now touched lowest rates, and should from this dato steadily improve Tho arrivals and prices of spring products are-How potatoes, Id per lb; rhubarb, 4s to 4s (id per dozen ; gooseberries, BJdto4d per quart; green peas, 9d per" peck. The market is bare of fruit, and shipments of bananas now landing, and oranges to arrive on Monday, Bhoulcl command full prices; a fow cases American'apples have found buyers at 20s to- 22s per c;i3o. Poultry is well suppli od, fowls ruling at 3s 6d; ducks; 4s '; goese, (is; turkeys, 7s 6d per pair.' .

Reorganisation of the Sheep Department

The following appointments have been made in the live stock brancli of the Lands Department:—To be Inspectors and Sub-Inspectors of Sheep B.P.Bayley, Auckland; E, Clifton, Wellington; A. Douglass, Dunodin; R. Fotster, Cbristcbnrcli; R.O. Pasley, Napier; .%. 6. Richardson, Blen. hoim. To be Sub-Inspectors of sheep— C. Anderson, Invercargiil; A, K, Blundell, Foxhill; H. M. Campbell, Nelson j G. S. Cook (vico Matthew .Maw, dispcusod with 31st May, 1888, and A. Elliott, dispensed with 31st August 1888), Wltangarei ; E. Corbett, Queenstown; E. A. Dowdcn, Dunedin; J. Drummond, Masterton; C. A. Fitzroy, Hastings ;B Fullarton, BalcluthajW.Hately, Auckland ;R, P. Holderness, Araberley;R, Hull, Palmorston South; W. E Knyvett, (vico A. H. Passau, dispensed with 81st May, 1888), Blenheim ;T,T,W, Mackay, Christchuroh, J. F. M'Clean Wellington;W.Miller, Oamaru;T, J. Miles, Lawrence. A. Monro, Wanganui ; J, Moore, Kaikouro ; D, Munro,Wainjata;H, Oldham, Hamilton; E. Orboll, Lumsden; S.'B, Quartley, Waiati ; W. G. Sees, Groyinoulh; W, A. Scaifo (vice F. E. Hickson, dispensed with 20bb February, 1888), Outram ; J, M. Scott (vico C. Shaw, resigned 31st May, 1888), Clyde; R, K. Simson, Martin; W. A, P. Sutton, Timaru; C. iliomsori, Gisborno; H, S. Thomson, Oraarama; A; Wachsmann (vice A, A. M'Donald. dispensed with 29th February, 1888), Gore. Also, under "Tho Diseased Cattle Act, 1881":- - A, Douglas and J. M'Kellar to bo Deputy Cattle Inspectors for the Cattle District of Southland, and in and for all cattle dißtrictsin the colony from Ist August, 1888, and undorthe " Brands and Branding Act, 1880":R, Corbett to be a Registraro'f Banils for tho Dunstan Branding District, comprising the Dunstan subdivision oftheOtago Sheep District; A. Munro* to bo a Registrar of Brands' for the New • Plymouth Branding District, comprising the counties of Clifton and Taranaki; R. Foster to be a Registrar of Brands for the Christehurch Branding District, comprising the Christchurch and Ashburton subdivisions of the Canterbury Sheep District; W. A, P. Sutton to bo a Registrar of Brands for the South Canterbury, Branding District, comprising the: Timaru subdivision of tho Canterbury,' Sheep District.—Post, , .-'.;...

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Prospectus ol the : Auckland Cii i; ;l^ ', ■ mate and Bottling Company, .:• t ■ (Limited)^■-?;:■ v'. .-; Tliis conipanyis formed fov supplying a long felt \\ r anfc, frequently;•-'.' '■ .-.',,.■. oxpressed.by traveller and tourists, ; ; ' who, when, eii voyage/;feel.it;a de- : , A privation and a hardshiji; on : levying . : bar. '■ shores,. to be shut off from our suporb climate.- ;It occurred to"tho;^; ■■'}f promoters (who have no object to', .. gain but the; good of their; fellow ycreatures)' that if Dr % 7',•'.' gow, could bottle" up Italian atnios-;;:' phere, and reproduce it in ammom'ar- . ,; phones, there' was no .valid'reason;:^ '■•■■'.', why climato might not'bebbttledii?■:■; for export. : Some objectors' rirge'' * ':.". that as our climate is the only thing ■ ~ unmortgaged, the Government may ; ; : , ' interpose and charge ,a royalty on the; ■ company's stock; but the prompters v ',. havo overcome this difficulty by-! this , ,v ; simple but effective plan of agreeing;;' . to.niakedonations to.eatjfrCabinet.;;'.. 'Minister of a gross each of thebbJtledr;! ,; climate. The proposed capital :i8 : 600,000 Bhares.of one shilling each: one-fourth on application, one-fourth; on allotment, and the balance at intervals of not less than twelvemonths. ,'.; It is hoped and believed tliftt Sir J.' j Vogel will, undertake the; London ■, agency. The names of the provisional •'■■•;;.■'■,. directors,bankers.secreta'ry, manager solicitors, and the- address of.4he \ . company's officefwillbe published in>• -.- a few days. Agents will be at once ;f v appointed in all the great centres of civilisation,.and other spots- in our ■ habi'able giobe.— Auckland:'Weekly} ,: News. . ■■'■.'''.■' '-"' : '''':-.

,i 1 DetenmnedSuicide.;,. ; v:nv ,. ■.: ■■' An. inquest .was held: at-Marl- T i' X : '1 borough; oii the'body'ofa ■ >, 'Thomas lleveridge, who was run --' V over by a tram on the Otoialine on the evening of the 19th Tho driver of the, train gave ; eyidenco W to the effect that he 'saw' ho motion v ; in the body from the time he first observed it on the line until the engine went over it, and in his opinion be must have been placed : there by some, person or persons, .or;;.-: he must have placed himself there ' : intentionally. The,boy. was.lying :■, with his neck on the right-hand rail, :.(i his body extended outwards, and his- ■•■ ! hands close by his side. The father' '■' of the boy stated .that he last' saw his"'' son alive on Friday afterhoon, Octo- '•':"■'.: ber 10, when lie was in perfect health,' '', and cheerful hi manner..' Witness: .:'•; : could not account for the boy being in C'ii tho place whore the fatality occurred, ■'■■•■' The deceased had played truant froin "■'• '■'■'■ school on the previous Monday and '.'■: ': Tuesday, and his mother threatened: ■,'! ;; to inform witness, with' a view of ".'•''.:-■■■' ' having him punished, but she did not, • V ' carry out her threat,; The deceased ( was of a very, sensitive nature, and if threatened would think of it. for a week. The evidence of Thomas Johns, tho guard of the :train, :; who"-:'. ■;: V picked up the body when :the train'- : " :^L; was brought to a standstill,: thal at the time blood was-flowing 'js I. profusely from the head' and ' Tho jury rotumed a: verdict; to ; ; thep leffect that deceased had placed': \ Belf on the line wfth the : view dfpro-dj ; I curinghis own deaths:v;i ! *■& tHj