Bran—Steady demand at 7d to7_iper b_-heL Butter—TJnaltered. Best in _eg,«o to 6d; roll, 4id tq fid j and factory make, Od to 7d per U>. Chaff—Prime lots sold readily at Darling Harbor yesterday. Best oaten sorts in bags as to 4» per ewt. On the wharves prime Adelaide and Victorian sorts were worth £4, to £i 10s per ton. Cheese—Quiet de-man_ Colonial, Sd to 4*; d ; loaf, 5d to 6d per lb. Hams—Good demand. Colonial handcured, 9d to Did; machine-cared, fid to "d; and New Zealand, lid to Is per lb. La—l—Bladder sorts, 2d to 3d; balk from ld per lb. Maize—Prime stocks of river sort* •ellto.g at 3s lOd per bushel. Oats— Good supplies. Prime feed sorts, 2eto2s2d; milUn& & 3d per bttßbeJ. Onions—Steadydemanel at £5 10s to £8 per ton. Peas—Dull. Common blue boiling sorte, 4s; grey sorts, 4s per busheL Pollard — Bainaloa at 7d to 7# pejf j bushel. I Potatoess^—Melbourne garden sorts still ' quoted £3; Hunter River sorts easier, £2 j 10s to £3 per ton. „ „. _ a 1 Wheat—Chickfeed sellinK at 2» 8d to 2» j lOd per bushel. ____________
MAIL NOTICES. Mails olose for the following plana m under (subject to the necessary alterations) :— MONDAY, JANUARY 16. For Northern Ports and Westport, per Mahinapua, at 12.90 p.m.; late fee letters, 12.45 p.m. ; guard's vau, 1.26 p.m. train. For Otago, per Pukaki, at 11.20 a.m,; late fee letters, 11.30 a.m.; guard's van, 12.lQp.nj. train, For Napier, per'Omapere, at 12.d0 p.m,; late fee letters, 12.— p.m. ; guard s van, 1.25 p.m. train. For Northern Ports, per Takapuna, at For Akaroa, per Grafton, at 8.20 g.ra,; j late fee letters, 3.30 pan. ;. guard's van, 4 p.m. train. For Northern Ports, per Penguin, at 7 p.m. ; guard's van, 8.15 p.m. train. DAILY MEMORANDA—Mom, Jan. 16. AT7CTION3. A. Ayers, at 2.45, Montreal street South, at 13—Furniture, &c. J. Sraythe, at Halswell, at 11—Live and dead stock. _EETIKGS, AMUSEMENTS, &C. Theatre JttoyaL St Paul's Schoolroom—Temperance Mission, at 8. . DEATH. Ba-tek—Suddenly, through an accident, at Mount Vernon, Waipukurau, H. B, Robert William, the beloved son of John and Emma Baxter, aged 10 years. A great revolution in the use of spirits has taken pi ice—Wolfe's Sch.—P—i haa taken the plaoo of the best brandies.—lAdvt.] Bran-ije. aud Whiskies are not at all as well adapted for thlscll—ate as Wer.*_'s Schnapps. —[Advx.] ■_ __^ SUMMER SCARFS, THE LARGEST AND BEST STQO— IN THIS'CITY. C. M, GRAY, 250RIGH STREET. 1808 WOODEND AGENCY. MB_ te appointed Agent for the •'Proas," Daffy and Weekly, at Woodend- MS LAWN' TENNis and CRICK—TING MATERIAL at Greatly Reduced Prices, \V. BRICK, „. Opposite Bank of New Zealand. 8796 T> A L L-P O TNT ED PENS Suitable for writ—g in every position, never scratch, spurt, nor sticb; in the paper. ■' - To he had _ _ W_ITCOMBE and -TOMBS, LIMITED. 9504 ' OOD FREEHOLD SECrRITUES required It for SU—S of HONEY from £50 and Upwards, now awaittner investment .at ■■ 207 Heretord street. 6—Decemoer, 1887. SOUTH BRITISH IN3URANCE COMPANY EFFECTS FIRE and MARINE INSUR ANCES of every description. O ffloee-170 __r_ord~stwi«t, Chrlst_urch. a a oro*ston Manager. -M-J-W BOOKS. NEW BOOKS. Beautiful Assortment of Prayer and Hymn Books, in satia/ velvet, phish.Morcwco, and Russii binding-si Poe-ket Bibles an A VunUj Bibles, at all prices, best value in thecolony. The Very Latest New .Birthday Cards and Birthday Books, by mail stcamer-uand Several Hand—d Volumes of ( New. Boejks, just. * tTiTea ' it 3. WOOD and CO.. Stationers' HaU. «0 Hi*-h Street. .IW:J_ee n9 C House. 201 CAHH_L STREET. NEW GOODS JUST OPENED UP^ Novelties for the Tailoring Depart—Mafc Spec——te the best Fit—ig Trousers ia New "* _ealand. SBI J.LgM_BUR_SBV*Oa
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