MARKET REPORTS.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CXVII, Issue 17699, 28 January 1918, Page 6

MARKET REPORTS.

EGGS. The egg market is well supplied. Canterbury Egg Circle first grades aro Is Bd, seconds la 7d dozen. HORSE SALE. Thero was an entry of fifty-five horses at Tattersall's on Saturday. Among the entry was a consignment of half-draughts from Mount Possession Estate. These wero good hardy young sorts, and met with a ready sale at tho following prices:—Three-year-old gelding, £ls; two-vear-old mare, £11; four-vear-oid mare, £l4 ’ 10s; six-year-old gelding, £l2 10s; four-year-old gelding, £l4; four-year-okl gelding, £ls; four-year-old gelding, £11; five-year-okl gelding, £18; four-year-old tnare, £9 ss; four-year-old mare, £l2; five-yenr-old gelding, £lO 10s; four-year-old filly, £10; four-yenr-old gelding, £ll. Several unbroken hacks from tho same estate sold at from £3 15s to £S 10s. Sales made for other clients inoluded the following:—J. E. Ferguson (ilalswell), six-voar-old gelding, £ls; Dovloston client, aged tnare, £lO 10s; J. Pike (Halewell!, aged hack, £lO ss; L. C. Breen (Harewoed), six-vear-old gelding, £10; client, sgcM mare, £ll 10s. Aged harness horses sold at from £2 IPs to £s' 10s. ASHBURTON. A week's fine weather has enabled harvesting operation? to go on without a break. Tho wheat crops have also ripened rapidly, and cutting is now general, a fairly large area being already in stook. Threshing of wheat will commence in about a week, should weather conditions remain suitable. Oats aro now being offered fairly freely, but Algerian is tho only variety so far on tho market. The demand cannot he said to bo keen, although growers are not disposed to sell at under 3s on trucks. This price is only obtainable for the heaviest, good-colour-ed and well-conditioned samples. Light lines showing signs of weather may bo quoted at from 2s 6d to 2s 10d. Chaff. —Prime, okl chaff is inquired for, and from 95s to 100 s on. rail is ruling price for this quality. Second class and inferior quality from 80s to 90s, according to description.

JONES M'CROSTIE COMPANY, LTD. SALE REP OPT. Messrs Jones, M’Crostie, Company, Ltd., report having sold on account of Mr J. Campbell, Ins superior bungalow residential property, situate R.anfurly Street, Bt Albans, to Air J. Bell; also, on account of the owner, splendid building site,' situate Bellview Subdivision, Clifton, Sumner, to a client. On account of Mr Saunders, bis furnished 'bungalow, together with i-ncre of land, situate Georgo Street, Now Brighton, to Mr Rondel. On account ot Air Nixon, Ins superior bungalow, situate Victoria Street, New ifngntoti, to Air Brookes. On account ot Aliw; Forster, tine building site, situate Victoria Street, New Brighton, to Air Coombes. On account ol Stewarts Trust, o-room-ed house with modern conveniences, and J-ucro section, New Brighton, to Air Rcndle. On account of AY. H. Norton. Esq., his two-store.v residence, together with nearly l-acre of land, situate Alerivalo Lane, to a client. On account of the Registrar of Supreme Court, bv public auction, shop and dwelling,' situate Falsgrave and Mowbray Streets Svdenham. On account of Mr Rugg,’ his nearly new bungalow, together with over half an aero ot land, situate Watts Road, Upper Riccarton, to Air Scales. On account of the trustees in an estate, bungalow residential property, together with 1 rood 14 perches of land, situate AVeston R-oad, St Albans, to Air Hughes. Having held a successful clearing sale in our rooms of furnishings removed from Sumner, on Thursday. On account of Mr 11. P. Finncmore, on the premises, Bealoy Avenue, a most successful sale of superior furnishings, when the piano realised £OS, and there was a record attendance of the public. Abo, on AA’ednosday last, on account- of R. S. Rankin, Esq', at his residence, Gloucester Street West, of superior and raro furnishings and articles of vertu, two grandfathers’s clocks realised £7l, eight dining-chairs £lO4, old cabinet £32 10s, old cupboard £2o, ditto £l3, wall bracket £ll, three old chests of drawers £4O, two antirmo mirrors £35, Chinese table £lO 10 s, six Spanish mahogany folding tallies realised from £(j 10s to £lO 10s each, the lovely crystal glass and Danish china selling at most satisfactory prices. We also report having sold during the past four weeks by public auction, six motor cars, which realised just on £I3OO.

We draft- special attention to an important sale to be held to-morrow, Tuesday, on account of Air Johß Hall, on the premises opposite Clock Tow e , ot shop fittings, Milner’s safe, vans., horses groceries, crockery, sundries or every description, and on Thursday nex at 1 p.m., on account of Mr Ford (in conjunction with New Zealand Farmers Co-operative), on the premises, no. IU, Brown’s Road, St Albans, superior tiled roof bungalow residence, with lino section and also the whole of the superior furnishings, pony, rubber tyre gig, etc. We bog to advise clients, that it they wish to realise their properties or goods bv public auction or otherwise, to consult our firm- Entire satisfaction guaranteed. F ARAIEB B r SALEY ARDS. Tho Farmers’ Saleyai'ds report that the following prices were realised at their weekly sale: —Half-draught, seven-year, £l6; aged draught, £7; black cob, five years. £6 15s; cows m profit, £lO and £4; set of spring dray harness, £5 os; goats, 2bs each; weaners, ,20s 6d to 265; spring dray, £4 17s 6d: pleasure trap, £7; RT. gig, £l2 ; sacks, 6]d; trap harness, £3 10s and down to 3os; churn, 11s; blue gum posts, Is 3d to Is 9d; stakes, 27s to 30s per 100. At tho poultry sale a fair entry came forward, and a. sharp advance ft’as noticeable all round, particularly for hens. Claridgo and Smith. 9 POULTRY. Messrs J. B. Merrett and Co. report a large entry of poultry on Saturday. Prices were easier for Unprimed birds, but good quality birds wero sold well. Table chickens realised os 6d to 10s Id, hens 2s 6d to 5s 3d. pullets 4s to 10s 6d, (lucks 4s to 7 s 6d, geese 7s to 9s all per pair 9