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New Zealand Tablet, Volume III, Issue 134, 26 November 1875, Page 5

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VW;iff BlD n Tffij ° U bl ' luiU ' of fho Xow Zoal " nd Loan and SbJir '^ r°l)Orl3aSr ° l)Orl3aS 10ll ° WS for „ winn atUe --}f° h ° ad in all were y arded at the sales, of which During a iu,ther draft of bullocks, fattened by John GrSJ Esq °V LL f 01 Mlf h ' ?f at fr n \^' !UU also a <lrjit 011 account of Mr. ?$£ \e^y, fattened by Mr. Thomas McDonald, of Inch Clutha These wo lots combined weru the be^t cattle we have ever seen yarded m one day, and reflect ignite credit on both parties wC Sd -b at Cah es.— Only a few came forward at the market and sold at extreme rates, good vealers being exceedingly scarce lat Sheep.— About 2,000 were penned, consisting of ffood quality crossbreds, both in the wool and shorn. The former realSed above rates. * W ° s °° * th<3 W ° ol and shor * a * paoi? 111^^ 3 '"^" l7 ,t bb ° Ut 5 ° 1 wero P enned ' which bought 12s each. Really good well-grown lambs are coining forward very slowly and are much more backward than in former seasons 7 Store Cattle.— As formerly reported, there continues an active demand tor store catt eat for gracing ; good bullocks sellh l up to AJ, according to quality and condition; cows, £1 4s to % On I hursday List, at Mosgiel, we sold 130 head at quotations btore Sneep —Although we have no transitions to report we are in treaty for the sale of .several large lots off the shears Mu. Bkbse reports for the week ending November 24 — O it-door work has come to almost a full stop on account of the wet wither. It la a little inconvenient perhaps, but at the same W it is doing a, power oi good It secure a ho.vy crop ; which means p eiity oi work tor many who are looking ior ward to it for a bit of money. Imvn trade m general, if a lit Je improved, is nothing to boa,t of yet. Largo buiULng.s aiv going up vi all direct ans, which looks wo I for those inune.uatcly con.ernei; buL employ aWt in shops and w irehousus is very duticult lo sjouiu As to th/counLry it is the old cry,"moiv WU i.eoJe !," a::d at the ure^ub time teamed lann ber.aaU can naively 0J gor, and A stray shepaerd is ai once becure I. foheop sharers aiv mo,Uy all on the groimd, but uork m ,am, 5 t will be- rather later than usual. Female secants are very scarce -till. Couples are diiiiouit to iu o ve, as they arrive in too largo proportion to amgle immigrants. Ho .vever farmers are erecting cottages here mid there. Wages-Ploughmen, £33 to i-bo; shepherds, £70, o* 40s to 50s por week (short tune) ; station cojks-los pur week; hoLol cooks, -l^ per week; barmen/waiters, grooms, and such, 2os to 30s per week; house and hotel females from JriJi to £>'* ; day laborers, rt Sj 9s, and 10s ; couple; to £M; bush men, 9s; bullock-dnvcrs, 8s; store hands still quietbuys and gn-ls, (is to 10* per week. v ' Mb. A. Mbucub reports for the wack ending November n— rot ul price, only— Fivdli butter I and lib. p its, Is to Is 3 1 T, e r*lb • tixsh butter m lumps, fs per lb. ; po.vdered and salt butter Is *d per lb. lixo supply ot ir.sh buttor is very plentiful, and unle"ss bomo ot ihetUio Lu-m-w take t> salting down or nuking cheese butter will buun be , cry low in price. Cneesj of th u best quality is very scarce, scarcely Miy m me uiai'k'J, is 2d per lb • side and rolled bacon, Is Ld to 1, 2d per lb ; Colonial hams, Is 3d : En 4ish hams, pkntilu at Is lid and Is 8d per lb. ; eggs very scaroerwid retailing at is \)d per dozen. J