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Lyttelton Times, Volume LIV, Issue 6127, 15 October 1880, Page 4

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Lyttelton Timet Office, Thursday Evening, CUSTOMS’ BEY-KINUE, The following was the Customs* Bevsnuo col* looted on Wednesday, Oct. 13Wiaea, <253 3a 2d j spirits, £152 is ; tea, £3l 15s 8d ; sugar, £IOO 18s lid- tobacco, £l2l 19s 6J; ad valorem, £57 IIs; total, £523 19a 3d. LODALMAREEXa. Messrs H, Matsob ah» Co. report on the hive Stock Market, 4c., for the week ending Thursday, Oct. 14,1630, as follows , Owing to the proximity ol the shearing season, there wan a slight falling off in the supply of fat sheep at yesterday’s sale. Merino mutton represented an unusually largo proportion of the entry, the go!.«ral quality being second rate. The sale opened with a fair attendance, but buyers operated cautiously, and price? ruled very irregular. In soma iuutanct'H there was a decline of 6d to Is per “ u ?, cr laßt week’s rates for the same weight iwirfl.n 1 ! .* ,hc . Q P (’hi® being noticeable in the wetfcers); in o hors, and particularly vlrfo’na U-f, “A ■ H y I ‘t u . or Part ol the sale, the v 1 lot j elicited brisk competition, and the hulk changed owncis at satisfactory and woll-matu-iained values. In stores the market is unchanged ■with a supply far short of requirements. Wo placed a lino of shorn hoggets at an average of Ctldpor bead, and topped the market in cross breds with a consignment of ewes, from Mr H. Chamberlain at 20s 3d. Messrs Gould and Cameron’s merino wethers brought 11s to Us fid; other lots proper, tiosate rates. The beef sale opened with a slug, fish demand, and the heaviest and boat cattle were - Jess sought after than any others dprlcjr day. Ay the auction progressed

prices Improved, wd the medium weight oaUlo wore •• placed •• without difflonlty st a comparative advance of fill a hoed o“e earlier sale*. The .tore cattlejjm fiiirly supplied, and all clans** aud ago* of stock (old drtry cows exhibited a coaaWoraWo improvement in prices and demand, orer ttio a«pa«4cpa ftf tho nut luoutb i sjwos. Too town yiirdoS for tho JSy, ooioptiucd 475 head of 5*27 sheep, and 41 pigs, ot which our entry Included 203 head ot cattle, 1849 sheep, 123 tat lamb*, and!) Site Messrs *J. tlrlgc.\ould and Onneron. 0. iluret. J. Patterson, P. Orrat. J. »»»!«. «• Chamberlain. W. Kwou, T. J. Maling, O. Klnlcy, CUtronJ"smith. J. 4uA. J. La ' Wr SJ*^ n AllVe. W. M. Thompson, « pB O at ui 3d i 06 croae-btcd wethort (In wool), at 17. „<> ij. nd. 80 at 1,1 3d, 60 at ,J,« wl, irf +o at ifes »d. 59 at last'd, 40 at 16s. ■li at 4s ■*'!*•! morino wethers at 11* 6d, fiO at 11* 6d, HHill fcuTrtlUM, 150 at 11*! 36ends at 9., lo cL-hr,'d owe. at 80s Ms W» l a cm 2d, 19* at 6*. Pat o.,«1o.-J bI £8 W*. J Jt 17, a at £5 17* Cd. 2at £7 i* at £B,l at £l2 It*. 1 rt £U 158,2 10*. V at £lO 10*, 2 at £6 15*. at £1 10*. IS at £6 s*. 7 at £* 17* W, 29 at £! 1ia.20 ftl £i 17. 6.1, 25 at £1 18*. 7 at £2 l{., 5 at £1 7*. 8 ** ® 7aed. Old dairy cow. wore a complete drug in tho msrtrt and very few wore aold. Fat lamb*. -10 at m. 9 at a*. S atTV, 18 at 10»,3at 13s, It atSB. li at 8., 10at 7s. 10 at 6* 16 at Bs, 7 at Us, 7 at U*. 8 at 13s, 10 at 12S10 at lOe 6d, 10 at 8* 6d, C*N«ai.cßi Uobsb Manssr.-On B«tun ay last we held an ummully largo and ealo at Ta’ terrall’a. Between 90 and 100 lot* wore submitted, considerably mow then halfof ■ whloh were sold. A. special entries wo £ 0 imported Norfolk trotting atailion Joung Pet former, sent to hand from Auckland, to M and A<iama. for 150 guinea.. On ,^® nt ° f { “f W. Nicholla, of Helton, 10 fann hoMos '>" o 'ul a--,. at from £lB to £36. or an average or £-o ios srif; croS hoko. for tho *amo owner. Rsrou —On Thursday, at onr Canterbury Wool Stores, wo hold our usual weekly sale ot tho tbovo. There was an attondanci of and the prices realised were consideiab y htgher than last week.. Our crtalogu* o.wW ol 2*9 sheepskins. 122 bags roiwh # f*t, in hides, ■ a few bales and bags of wool, and a few packages of tallow, the whole ot which were disposed of at tho following quotation., viz.: f J )C . Bt cross-bred sheepskins brought 6s td, 6s 6d, 6*Pd. 7s, and a few extra hoary 8a each j 2nd quality, 5s 3,1 5s 6J, 5s 9d. 6s to 6* 3d each; medium, 4s 6d *s 9d 5s to 5* 2d each ; butchers’ lest merinos made 6a. 6s 2d, 6s 4d, 6a 7d aod 6s 6d each, tho latter figure being the highest price over obtmned In Canterbury for butchers’ merinos : 2nd quality. 5s 3d, 5s6J, si9d to Ssl.deach; medium, 4s, 4s3d, 4s Cd, 4s 9J, 5s to 5s 2d each; lambskins brought l.d each: pelts, 4d, 5d and 6d each j dry skins made from Is Sd to 8s 6d each, for inferior, and for best. 4s 6d, 5s 63, 6a fid to 7a 3d each; butchere best rough fat made 2id to 2|d per lb; 2nd quality. 2d “S fSiti. ?pSS.tu£. k£ Sd t^°csnir ! s l . l |js.-Oa Taoid.r. Oio yards at Ashburton ware formally opened, and tbo first sale was held on that date. Thoro™**™^ large attendance of farmers, Ac., and wo of everything, with two exceptions, entrusted to our care. The totals yarded for tho day wcrelSW sheep, 168 cattle, 21 pigs, and 11 horsey. of which our entry consisted ot 415 sheep, 104 cattle, 13 pigs, and 5 horses. Prices were remarkably good, and wo sold as follows:-86 sheep at 15s, 38 st 15a Id, 101 merino wethers, stores, IC. ; I*c“Us BaJ.j3 cross-bred stores at Its 8d; 65 long-woolled hoggets at 13d 5d In cattlo onr sales were—s at iA i 7s, a at £6 153. 2 at £6l'* 6d. 2 at £7 IS. 6d, 37 «eers at £* 15#. 7 heifers at £4 6a. 1 bull £2lss, 1 cow £8 12s 6d, X do £7 10s, 1 do £sl7s 6d. 1 do £1 10s, I do £4 sa, 1 do £4. 1 do £lO, Ido£s 103,3d0 £o 10s, 1 do £3 12s 6d, 1 do £S, 1 do £6; 11 calves £2 9s 6d, 12 do £2 Is, 3 do £1 Us. la pigs we sold I at £3,4 at £1 4s M, and 5 at £1 Is fid. Wo also sold one horse at £BO, and 1 at £27 10s. Altogether, tho sale must be pronounced an unqualified success, and shows that tho settlers ct the Ashburton district do not despair of the future prospects of their part of tbs Province. The yards worked well, and with a few slight alterations, they can readily be made the most easily worked soloyards in Canterbury. Ltsrsros Sauk.— On Friday last wo held onr usual fortnightly auction in this district, '{here waa a fait attendance, but being the mid-months&le tho supp yof stock was limited. On account ot various owners we submitted between 300 and 4W sheep and 40 head of cattle. Competition was well maintained, and all classes of store stock have fully recovered ihe sluggishness which characterised business transaction* a few weeks since. With the exception of a few cows we quitted our entry at satisfactory price*— Cross-bred sheep to 16a ; store merino wethers, 7s ; a lino of 21 head ot cattle at £ll7s fid, and a number of ema 1 entries at corresponding rates. Messrs J. T. Fobd and Co. report on the live stock market for tho week ending Thursday, Got. 14, os follows:—At the Addington Market on Wednesday the supply waa just equal to the demand. Prices ruled vary evenly throughout tho day for mutton, and a moat decided improvement was noticeable in the price of beef. Store sheep moved off very freely, and store cattle sold at greatly improved prices. Mutton In tho wool may be quoted at 3d per lb, and shorn sheep at IJd to 2d. Beef may be quoted at S3s per lOOlbs—that is for carcases weighing from 6501 b to 8001 b. Heavy weights are not worth so much by 3s per 1001 b. The total entry for tho day comprised 4527 sheep, 175 cattle, and 41 pigs. Our sales were on account. of Messrs Michael fitudholme, Orbell, Turnbull, James Hurss, Sprott Bros., James Gough. A. W. £vans, J. B. Hanson, Duncan, W. Malloy. S. Girforth, T. Hodgaon. William Pitt. W. C. Money, C. W. Turner, and others, comprising 2355 sboep, 39 head of cattle, and 6 pigs. In cross-bred eheep our most noticeable lines were on account of tho Levels and Pareora estates; and we topped the market for tho day in merino wethers with Mr James Gough’s sheep at 12s 9d each. Cross-breis on account of same owner, aold at lis each. Mr James Horse's line, comprising 1180 mixed cross*bradß and merinos, sold at from 10s 3d to 13s 3d the lot. A line of SLO store merino wethers, on acoount of Messrs Sprott Bros., brought 8* Cd each all round. Tho Levels otosbbted# (shorn) sold at from 10s fid to Us 3d each. The Pareora cross-btoda (shorn) sold at 10a fid all round, both lota being very prime sheep. We sold fat lambs, on account of Mr Kvnns. at from fia 6dto 11s 01 each; prime quality Bonthdowna and fat lambs, on account ot Mr Amyes, at from 7b 6d to 8a each. In fat cattle, wo cSerod, on account ot Michael Studholme, Ksq., some very heavy bullocks. in fact too heavy for our market, and sold them at an average ot £lO 6s 3d each, or only equal to 20 3 per lOOlbs all round. We also sold a line of tax steers, on account of Mr W. Pitt, 2* bead, at an average of £8 10a 6d all round, and fat oowa on account of Mr M. C. Money, at £7 5s each; and privately, during the week, we have placed several lines of store cattle at very satisfactory prices. Wool, Skiss, Hides, and Taixow.— At onr wool and skin sale on Thursday, we had the usual attendance of tellmongera present, and catalogued the largest and best lot of butchers and country skies we nave ever had tho pleasure of submitting to public competition. Best batchers* oross-breds sold at from fia to fia 3d, Os fid, 7a and 7s fid each. Best batchers' merino skins sold at from 5a lOd to 6s, 6* 3.1, 0s 51 and 6i 7d each. Country cross-breds sold at from 43 3d to 4s fid and Sg each, and a line of station merinos—one thousand in the line-sold at from 2s 7d to 2s fid, 4a, 4s fid, 4e fid. Ss and 5s 7d each. Hides brought 3Jd per lb. Bough fat sold at2Jdperlb. Wool sold at from 7Jd to 8d per lb. We catalogued 3361 skins a*d 127 bags rough fat. On Saturday last, at our land saleroom, in Caihol street, «<: submitted to public auction Mr Tombs’ estate, situated betwein the Styx railway station and the township of | PapanuL comprising 67 acres, and divided into convenient sized allotments. For quality of soil {and position for building the land could scarcely le surpassed, and consequently attracted an unusually largo company. A report of the tale, however, bos beea fully given elsewhere, and we only mention that every lot was bond fide cleared at an all round average of £32 10a per acre. Messrs Eoeest Wilkik k Co. report:—At the Addington Yards on Wednesday 4527 sheep, 475 bead ot cattle, and 41 pig* were penned, tiboep.—Tho bulk of the fat sheep comprised merino wethers (in tho wool), together with a few prime lots of oross-breds. The sals opened at prices a shade above last week’s rates, and the biddings became .more animated towards the end ot tbc market. The fat cattle penned consisted chiefly of mediums and good quality draft, with a fair jirojortion cf prime quality bullocks, for which descriptions tho various lots changed hands at about equal to last week’s prices. We sold on account of various cheats, good cross-bred wethers at 16s fid each, second quality 14a fid and 14s fid, medium quality (shorn) at 8s fid : good quality fat steers at £3 10s and £8 fin (light weights), ditto from £0 12c fid to £7 1C a; heifers from £fi 17s fid to £B. At onr Ashburton tale on Tuesday, there woe a large attendance of buyers, and tho various lots offered commanded keen competition. We sold fat ■ crossbreds to 15s3d, ditto merino to 12a fid; a lino ’ of good cross-bred*, mixed sexes, at I3sj ditto 1 store merinos from 7a fid to fis j merino owes, with 1 about tixty per cei.t of lambs, at fis 7d j fat cattlo to £3 Ids, throe-year-old stores to £4 17s fid; young cattlo, from 40s to 60s each. On Thursday at car Now Zealand Wool Stores wo hold our weekly sale of sbeopskios, 40. 1953 skins wore catalogued, and with tho exception of one let which did not reach their value all sold. There was a good attendance of buyers. The competition was spirited and well maintained. The prices obta’ned ware equal to lost week’s quotations. Butchers’ cross-breds, largo and full-woolled, fis id, 0* fid, 7h, 7* 0J; do medium, 2 a fid, 8s od, 4a 3d, Cs, 6r Ud, fis 4d : do pelts, small, 4d ; merino. Jar*©, s>4d, 5* 7d, Or, 6* 3d; do medium, 2s Sd,3s4d,4s 2d, 4* fid, 5a 4d; do pelts, small, 4d. Country crossbred, largo and full-woolled, 6s 7d, 7s Cd, 8s; do medium, 2s Id, 2s lOd, Ss id, 4», 4s 10d, Ss fid, os, 6s 7d; do smalt and inferior, 7d, Is 2d, la fid, 2* Id ; merino, largo, 4s 7d. ss, 6s Bd, 5s Bd; do medium, 2s, 2i 7<l, 3* 2d, 4s, is 7d j do small and inferior, Is, Is 63, 2s; lambskins. Is. Fat and tallow,—73 packages were catalogued, and all sold. The trade was well represented, and tho competition was .good. Fat—bust quality, elean aad well saved to 2td per lb; second quality to 2Jd per lb; heated ana Inferior at l|d per lb. Tallow at 2}d, 2|d to 21dperlb, > and at 20s per owt. Hides, sound, at 3la per lb ; damaged, 551 bi and over, at 2|d per lb; do under 651bs. at 2d per lb. ! I, Mes » ra Aciabd, Campbeix abd Co. report on the I, live stock market tor the week ending Thursday,

! Oct. 14. aa follow* t-Tbo ittftpl* ot rtiMß *u not so lame a* last week, 4627 uoiDR penned. At the tatanbe of tho sheet, sal. btedlußS wore very sdri* and lot* were dtatKWd of with solan (11(11oiilty! but toward* tho o\wo price* improved my much, and in some case* (hero wee n slight advanoo nn inat weak # rates. There wore not many More aheep but what were in sold mdlly. Wo ouoto beat orost-bred* in tho wool at from 16* to V 7« Sit; medium, 14* to 15* Od ; light weight*, 11* to 18*3dt thornoroM-bred*fromfi*to 11*3d;according to weight »nd quality. Mo lco wothera, In wool, from Ha to la* t'd. % Woolly hoggot*. very good ones,sold at 14* Od; shorn hogget* at 6s to 6* 2d. Cattlo—47s head wore yarded. Tho market for cattlo did not open with any animation, biddinaa being very alack, but oa Bales went on prjooa lmt>rovcd7aa they did in tho sheep market, nod last week’* rate* were fully maintained. There was a good entry of store cattle, but talc* wore not effort od *o readily aa last week i atilt there was a good demand for well-grown grazing cattle. Mesars 11. BKNNmrmTinTco. report on Uio jlvo stock market for the week ending Thuraday. Got. 14, os follow* i—At tho Addington Holey arils on Wednesday tho numboro of siook yareod wore 4527 aheep, 418 head of cattlo, abeep-A amall entry, the quality w th two or three exception* being Inferior to what It hta booajor aome lime i«utt, but owing to thoro being n better demand, prices ohow tmprovemont. atores arc coming forward more fully, but ing an good price* oontlnno Arm. Fat Lamb*—A largo but tho demand being equal to tho Sr! «ow\ price* ate obtained. Figs-For bacon rigs price# are lower, but hnndy-wc ght porker* am gacd stores soli freely. Fat cattle—Of those yareod (about 160 head), tho greater l™Uon wore only of medium quality. There were a few pen* of ~rlmo quality from tho South, but they wore spearentlv too heavy for the generality of the trade, tho demand being bettor for good quality lightweight* which sold at fair price*. Store*, good condition, two and throe-year-old cat! lo were In demand, bat yearling* and calve* were not so easily quitted. Springer* and milch oowaaroatlll dull “ t low priort*. Onrentrie* wore 85 sheep, 21 lambs, 201 bend of cattlo, and 18 pig*, on «ooonut of Me,era I’. Muir, M. SVataon, W. Brown. E; Sjamcor, B. Taaffo, J. Linnsy, T. Adam*. P. Griret, Thompgov, J. Brown, O. O’Noll, W. Chapman, T. Sutton, J. M- raon, 8, Mullins, Bonnetts Bros, and other*, the following being tho principal sale* :-Sheop. 60 at 17*, 25 nt 15*; fat lambs, 6at 13s, 15 at Ja Sd ; fat caltla, 3at£B 2a 6d, Bat £B,B at £7 10a, 6at £7 sa, 2at £6 2a 6d, 2at £5 6b, 2at £7 10a, 2at £7 IS*. 3 at £6 i calves, 1 nt 80s, 2 at 25*. 1 at 19s i Stores, 13 at £5 12s 6d, 10 at ss, 41 at £3l7e 6d, 11 at £3 12s fid, 9at £ll7s, 14 at £l 12*. 4at £2 12* 6(1, 5 at £6 7s Cd, 2at £1 lie, 13 at £4l2* fid, 9at £ll7a fid. 7 at £3 10*. 120 nt £1 10* s 10 sprlngora and milch co*b from £4 15s to £7 l2s 6i; 35 s * 1 at 3ki Gd # 9at 265, 2at 245.