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Lyttelton Times, Volume CXVII, Issue 17586, 17 September 1917, Page 2

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LQNDON MARKETS. | .. » By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright. (Received September 16, 5.5 p.m.) LONDON, September 15. Frozen meats and rabbits are unchanged. Copra is unchanged. Hemp is inactive and nominal. Rubber—Para 3s 2sd, plantation 2s IOJd, smoked 2s BJd.

Tho New Zealand Loau and Mercantile Agency Comnany, Limited, has received the following cable me.°3ago from its London of. fire: —"Tallow: Average advance Bd. Market firm."

j MARKET REPORTS. POULTRY. Ti,ere iw a fair entry of poultry at the salevards on Saturday, though 'horn were insufficient birds for the demand. Table chickens realised 5s 6d to 10s 4d, hens 3s Gd to 7s Id, pullets 5s Gd to lis 6d, cracks os to 6s 4d, goeso 7s to 10s 6d, turkeys 7s 6d to 325, all per pair. EGGS. Tho egg market is now well supplied. The .for the Canterbury Esrg Cit.V Wweek have exceeded 1000 dozen per day, and every lot has been sold. All first. 'trades realised Is 3d, and all seconds Is. 2d per dozen. ASHBURTON. There is no chanee to report as far as the quantity of grain offering is concerned, and •probably in no former year has tho market been a 3 bare of supply at this period of the aeafori. Wheat «eems 'o be «o"» up as regards rrowors, and as there is rothiuer to be stained by holding, absence of offerings must bo regarded as ©vi'donce that there is now no wheat' in p'rowers* hands. Oats.—Tho quantity on offer is of little consequence. Values remain unaltered. A eraclo Cartons may be quoted at from 8s 3d to3slf'l. nytra beaw *o in- B Gortons »s Tr\ to 3s Bd. Duns 3s Gd to 3s 9d; all on trucks at country stations. Chaff—A fair nna'ntity is on offor,_ the bulk of which is of inferior fiTsKty. wTiieh is no 1 in demand. Heavy,' bright quality rmires from 85s'to 90s! "extra quality linos to 92s 6d. on trucks. Second class is still only saleaolo at from 60s to 755.

NORTH OTAGO. [From Our rWwwsipoxmsNT.l

OAMABU. September 15.

I Farmers are now clearing their barns after wheat sowing and a number of small lots have come on the market. No oats have been seen and it would appear that tho dis*rict has been drained of this cereal. A line of prime oatenshcaf chaff changed hands at a country station at £5 net, sacks extra. But little chaff is offering. I Potatoes continue to move off e*eadily. but ' not in lines of any bulk. Table Un-to-Dates have been dealt in at from £3 10s to £3 15s, on trucks, according to quality and railage distance. I PROPERTY SALES. Messrs Craddock, McCrostio Co., Limited sold at their land sale rooms on Saturday, on , account of the trustees of the estate' of the late James M'Garva, a four-roomed cottage on Moorhovse Avenue, to Mr Sleeman. at £395. Messrs P. S. Nicholls and Co. had a fair attendance at their property auction sale on Saturday. A four-roomed eottaee in Fowke Street, Richmond, offered in the estate of the late W. H. Whale, was sold to Mr Thos. Kelly at £l2O. A four-roomed house on a quarter-acre section, 213, Salisbury Street, vras sold to Mr W. G. Harris at £2OO. HORSE SALE. There was an entry of thirty-nine horses at Tattersall's on Saturday. The demand for good draught horses showed no signs of slackening, and practically every animal of this description changed hands trader tho lhainmer. The principal sales were:—Account West Coast client, grey gelding £l2, grey mare £fi; J. Knight (Hickory Bay), chestnut gelding. £23; Soringfield client, two geldings £lO each; client, chestnut fifty, three years, £15,105: P. P. Polan, (Templeton), bay gelding £18; D. Finlay (Courtenay), bTawn mare £ls; A Fleming (Riccarton), bay mare, syrs £l2; J. Barr (Yaldhurst), bay gelding. Byrs £l2 15s; H. Blakcway (Darfield), bay mare, 7yrs £ls, erey gelding, 9yrs £10; client, bay v gelding, 7yrs £l6; J. Kolcher (Norwood), bay gelding ! £l2 10s. Aged draughts and harness horses • sold at late rates. j FARMERS' SALEYARDS. Report the following for their weekly sale: I —Bay mare, £6; bay gelding, 4yrs, £l4 ss;

aged mare, £4 ss; hay mare, 6yrs, £11; trap, SO; gig'.Vfi?; box-cart, £3; W.C. trap, t£l2 17b 6d; sot harness, £3; 6ct' harness £2 2s;' set harness, 30s; set harness £3; collars and hames, 16s to 265; 2 gates, 20s; wheels, 21s j grit mill,'32s 6d; Pianet Jun.. £2 7s 6d; hand grubber, 30s; brocder, £4 8s; drill, £lO 10s; grass seed, 10s sack; meat safe, log; spring dray, £6 12s; 210 sacks chaff, damaged, 2a 6d to 3s 9d per sack; suit lengths, from 18s to £2. Store pigs, a keen demand, good yardage, 32s 6d to 85s; weaners, 10s to 28s. Poultry Sale.—Account M. Corrigan, 20 pair laying hens, 7s 6d to lis; ordinary hens, Gg to 7s 2d; duoks, 6s 9d to 8s; cockerels, 7s 2d to Ss 4d; four-week ducklings, 4s Id. Keen demand . and good entry. Also held sale account Educatiou Board of firewood, when every lot was cleared. Entries invited for sale dairy cows, Friday next at our yords. Good accommodation. , CLARIDGE AND SMITH, jOO Auctioneers. J. B. MERRETT AND CO. POULTRY AND EGGS. Wo had a good sale on Saturday. Prices were excellent. Table chickens 5s 6d to. 10s 4d, hens 4s Gd to 7s 6d, pullets 5s to lis, ducks 5s to 9s, goese 7s to 9s; all per pair. Eggs, first grades, is 3d; seconds, is 2d. Farmers send for rules and join the Canterbury Egg Circle. Do not accept lOd a dozen when,wo can get you Is 3d. Send your eg'«rs and noultry to us. SPECIAL "SALE, OCTOBER 2. On Tuesday, October 52, at 10 o'clock, we will hold a clearing sale at; Mr Taigel's, Opawa, of' poultry, .sheds, iron, netting, ducks, incubators, egg crates, tools, etc. The stock consists of White Leghorns, Oroingtons. Runner ducks, Wyandottes, all ready mated for the breeding season. A splendid chance to secure stock of the best quality. Fuller particulars later. 7. B. MERRETT, Auctioneer, 9 206, Tuani Street.