NEW ZEALAND MARKETS.

Waikato Times, Volume XXI, Issue 1786, 15 December 1883, Page 4

NEW ZEALAND MARKETS.

The New Zealand Loau and Mercantil< Company's report tinder data Chmtchurcl iDecembor Oth ;— r-Wbor,.~ Siribeour Lost issue, under datt lit November, considerable interest bit attached to the Colonial Hales in LouUuu, •which opened on 20th November, and art processing under g>,od competition nt n alight enhancement in value. Shoaling i* pioceuding thr.m<,')nnit the Colony under less satisfactory conditions than flock-ma-tters could wish, owing to the continuance of broken weather. , OhkistcHUlU'H. — Deliveries into store have been considerably retarded in consequence of intermittent rains, and the opening nalea oiiginally fixed for the third week in November were not held until the 27th aikl 28th idem. There was a largo attendance at the .several auctions, and competition \;n-> fairly biisk up to a level of price-* marking a fall on the opening iates Of List oesMon, to the extent of Jd to Id on Mciinoi, Id to IUI on cioss-bied.s, and lid to 'J(\ on longwooh, condition being taken into considoi ation. .Scouied Morinos compared favourably with last year's prices, some well got up parcels touching as high <ih Is Ocl to I*, !>d. Scoured crossbreils participated in the decline above noted on gieasy soits. Four sales woie held cmbi .icing' 2(5 Hi bales, of which 1«S"2 found buyers. We brought forwaid 137** bales and placed 808 at quotations gi\ en in prices current. The clip ii apparently well grown and faiily light, but the get-up is most disappointing, and displays no improvement on that of former years, Several lot* bore evidence of having boon cut whilst damn, and arc therefore unfit for (shipment, The nevt beries is fixed for 18th and lflth December, when largts catalogue* may b-2 evpected. AtVKi.vNO. — Only small lot-) have come to hand, and have sold at -lid t<> .IJdi Napim.— Only odd lots and a few small clips have been offeied »« yet. Fur these tlicic lias tk'du gocd competition, and inicO", taking into eonsideiation quotations in the London ni.nkot, aie slightly in favour of Hellers. Sheaiiug operations, which have been gieatly delayed by tin 1 continued >\ rfc weathoi, me again in full hwing. The tiist impoitant sale of new clip will take place on the 10th Deeenibei, when about 400 bale-- will be offeied : and judging bv the animated bidding the small lot-, ahrady ofteied have met with, we may then expect to see good, sound, light wool*, eagerly competed for. (4itux. — Chnstchuich. —Warm lain.s have had a most beneficial efiect on light land crops, which now n>-mtiie ;i most healthy and pi oniisiug appeal .nice, but on fititf soils there i- evidence of too much inoi^ture and the want of Mtu<>hiue. It is yet too early to pit'dicate the lo^ult of the jjuttintfi but with ordtnury hi'»s(m,ibhi tVt'atlmr between thi* nml liaivc-ita wood uvLU'tiffc niivy be unbicipnkd. WhiMt,— 'f|iO fxti'i'iuo dulitc I**1 ** In to'iiili'. whluh linn fjoeii iM'iliMillfJtli'tH fi«atllrd ff tht« |*«)-fe few iitiMitli* Ilii" rftvtfit plat't* to u sthiitj.' ili'illund tol' w'lling; it.il'ccl-, o! uiuk'f l'lu'iit-* for Hduvtuiro xill|)iitijnt. l'risultii!^ ill it clearance Jtf st-iHJk* at hill t'att'^, up to 4« 4d f.o.b. 'laving been secured. TiHcan h.is not paitieipaled in the )iio\ement, and considerable stocks .up still held of thii kmil foi wliicli 4s f.0.1). i^ n<i\\ full \.iluc. Fan hulling ni. i\ be fpiotod .it «- 7d to '.U 10(1, second (iualit\ 2s Kkl to 3-> Id. Chick feed U 3d tii :»n <ld". t l'tMdl>i -'l*lic weathei foi the List \\ot']< »r tU«' ha- been all th.it faimeis t'oilid w ixh. Winter sovngiauiis looking ■\\l-1!, and -jning sown, which lia-> been back wa id and scucd looking, is now getting quite gieen, >iiic« iccent lams the giowtli ha"> bt-en \eiy m.ukfd. Ftiiuiei-» aienow busy piep.mng th< % u tuinip land, m.inj iuteiul to \>nt in a laigei quantity than usual this vcai. Whe.it. —Theie is a fair demand foi pi mm nulling foi local iequiiement-, but the delis enes of thi> claiare liglit. Sjnouted and r> >ft wheat is fai in evco^ of lecjiiiienieuts : fowl- wheat ialso in abundant supply, fetching fioin Is !kl to 2s i»d, piime nulling, Is Id to ], 2d ; good Hi !ld to is ; mt'dium, 3s to 3> Oil. T.yviJH'viK.ii i -Wheat. -Little oi no Jnisinu>i lia> been done in the ceieal dining the pa-.t mouth. 15c--t milling --.uuplcs ,ue woith ll~> lOd to Is delneied in the town. Tim Mil. — Wheat. — Laige of mfeiioi quality am still held in the dwtuct, andwhat to do with them is puzzling to holders. Coastwix; ,uid iuteicolouial niaikets ofiei no mducemt'iit to -.In p. The new oiop is looking \eiy well, and give-. riviy piowiiu i/f ,i heny yield Stuck* o! [iiime v. ln-at .11 <• now exhausted, .imj / " milloi-> have to fall hick on |> t uo4»— a\ lticl 1 tliey refiisiid soiueJiuiH-tt^o.' • *Wi:i.un«;i'on; -^~Whe.it. — (Jood \shole '■wheat for feeding pui])oses finds a maiket af_Mod to ()m\ki. — Wheat.— The weathei dining I the pa-t month has been most unpiopitiou'., lain and cold winds having been fiequent. The ciop-, howcMM, ,ne still looking healthy, and if uai 111 weathei -ets in now, theie is i-Mji y piosnect of .111 abundant liars Cbt. Dining the past month we placed about one thousand -auks of pi hue milling wheat at ({notations, b it the supply is mm exhausted, and good s mud samples ;ue, unpiocurable ; medium and infeiioi lots aie --till held m Lugo quantities, but .uo only sale.ibli' .it \eiy low pi ices. Fno/,i.\ Mi.\r. — This indiistiy has icceived .1 seveie check, owing to the low level pi ice » have touched in London. Oui fuends thficluse withdi.iun the bal.inu' of the l)oi it's shipment fi 0111 the maiket, and .ire using eseiy ettoit to de\elo]> new channels foi tiade. It is evident that October and Xovembeiaie the nio-.t 1111 favoniable month- foi lealising this pmduce, and itw.is.it least unfoitun.ite that such heavy consignment-, leached London at this juuetme. Ko excej)tion is taken to the qu.ihtv of the nie.it, and at then own jinces the tiade appeals able, toabsoib .ill that we cm place on the maiket, but their ideas of value will not snit shipper; strenuous elfoits me now being made by consignees to command mine lenmneiative rates. OilHl.viviu itrn.— The lonic cleaied on 24th Xovenibei w itli I'u~y2 caicassc-, mutton fiom Lyttelton, and the lielf.ist Woiks ,11 c now fully engaged piepaiing shipments for the Victoiy .md Diitish King. Cleai.uices to date covei AA.'MT cmc.i-.ms. l)( VKinx. -A\*e have had no di'p.irttues since our last, but the Muuiside Woiks ,ue busy piepaiinga c.ugo for the Tongaiiio, which will be leady on hei aiiiv.d. \Vki.i.iV(.iov.— The lonic, which sailed fiom the |ioit foi London via Lv ttleton on the l.">th Xovenibei, conveyed ~>ol l eai cashes of mutton and 14 i pieces of beef shipped by the Wellington .Meat Kxpoit Company, and the same compinyi-, now busy piep.uing 4009 caicase-. for next steamei.

Tick (jovernmeut of New South Wales liavejnircliaMjd a site at lledfein for a public p.uU, at a cost of t"34,6r)0. Tjik Bv(luey waterworks are estimated to cost £1,800.000. They are to deliver }.")0,000,000 gallon* per day. Til k .Sultan of Morocco has had larpc treasure vaults bnilt 100 feet underground, appioaclicd by a subtei r.incaii labyrinth guarded by soldiers \\ ho, when they enter the sen ice here, never see the light el day again. Til k Australasian publishes a description of a new Ainetican Inn venter, which is certainly a wonderful achievement of modem invention. It is descub d as combining the operations of reaping, tlueshing, and cleaning the grain, the bags being sewn up and thrown off as the machine travels on, gathering in its 20 acres a day of a heavy crop. The whole cost is from Gs (id to Ss 4d per acre, according to the character of the crop ; and the saving , as compared with the usual method in California o reaping the grain and employing steam tlnesher.N, amounts to fully o0 per cent. Thevrit'T gives a lengthy account of the machine and faomo valuable suggestions as to adopting similar cleaning appliances in connection with the Au.sttaliaii stiippcr. Rats and Mick.— lf you wish to destroy them get a packet of Hit i.'sM \o>c Vi.kmin Xu it kin packets, Gd, Od, <in<l Is, to be obtained <»f all storekeepers, or from T. H. Hill. bj r en- • closing an extra stamp. Onb Siiii.li.vu. — Francis J. Shortts' Popular Art Union. — Ten first-class Oil Paintings by celebrated artist.-.. ZiOOO tickets at I*. The pri/e;. aro magnificent and costly. Country subscribers sending stamps or otherwise will . have tickets by return post. Enclose stamped envelope for reply. — Vkavcis J. Siiourr, 140, Quern-street, Auckland. — fAmx.] LIFK IX TIIK Bof>H— TlfEX AND NOW.— It is Renerally, supposed that in the bush we have to put up witn many disromforts and privations in the shape of food. Formerly it was so, but ' now. thanks to T. B. Hiil, who ha* himself dwelt in the bush, if food docs consist chiefly of tinned moats his Coloniai, Sadci; Rives to them a most delectable flavour, makinp them as well of t|ie plainest food most cr.joyable, and- instead ai hard biscuits 'and indigestible dampcF his Improved Colonial Baking Powdhr makts the Very' best bread,' scones, cakes', and PM?try far tttiporior and inorc,,who)cjpm<) ,^J^n fli^t °r leavon. Sold by all storolcee"per« who c*n obtpfl |t from iiny mqrcliant iti Auckljiad.