MARKET REPORTS.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CXVII, Issue 17860, 5 August 1918, Page 7

MARKET REPORTS.

HORSE SALE. Messrs H. Matson and Co. report an entry of thirty-three horses at TattersalL's on Sat; urday. Among the entry were several usofui farm horses, which lnot with keen compoti-' tion. Aged draughts and harness horses wore fairly dull of sale. Among the sales made were: —Account W. Lockhcad (Southbridge), four-year-old mare £35, four-yoar-old gelding £3O 10s, three-year-old mare £11; H. Denny (Sydenham), six-year-old gelding £l4; W Keighley (Linwood), aged gelding £9; G. Hanson (Kornborley), aged gelding £ll 10s; J. Marshall (Bolfast), aged gelding £l2 ss; E. Ruddock (Chertsey), six-year-old gelding £2P 10s; client, seven-year-old gelding £l4; aged Lacks and harness horses sold at late rates. NORTH OTAGO. [From Our Correspondent.) OAMARU. August 8.

Offerings of wheat from the country ditTing the week have been confined to small lots, including growers' surpluses from seeding. Very few oats have been seen on the market, and Gartons have advanced in price, 4»

6Jd net having been paid at a country station for a line of A grade. Good feed Algerians have been dealt with in several ltnoX at 4a 2d net at country stations. Potatoes still move off slowly and in sniHli lots on the rates of £7 net delivered in Oamaru, but there are not many offering.

DUNEDIN MARKETS. Messrs Bray Bros, (of Dunedin); Ltd., re--9 vt as follows for the woek ended August The following prices were realised during the week:—Wheat, fowl 6s 6d to 6s 8d per bushel; oats, toed Cartons 4s 9d per bushel; chaff, prime oaten sheaf £7 to £7 103 per ton, medium £G 15s per ton; fat, 25s pot cwt; beeswax, 23 per lb; clover hay, £6 per torn; Kitchen's bacon, Is 3d per lb; cheese, mild and matured per lb; eggs, stamped 2s 2d per dozen, preserved Is lOd poT dozen; bulter. creamery bulk Is 5Jd per lb, creamery pats Is Cd per lb, dairy and separator Is 3d per lb, milled Is 2d to Is 4d per lb; honey, sections 10s per dozen, bulk white clover Bid per lb; apples, Jonathans Its per case, cookers 10s per case, Delicious 15s per case. Lord Wolseleys lis per caso; pears, dessert 5d pet lb; lemons, Adelaide 24s per case; bananas, ripe 25s per case, Rarotonra 16s fid per case; oranges, Rarotonga repacks 25s per caso. Adelaide navels 25s per case; pines. 16s to 17s per case; passions,. 16s 6d; tomatoes, local Is 4d per lb; walnuts, Is per lb; grape?, 3s t>or lb; melons, 24s per cwt; pumpkins. ]os per cwt; onions, pood dry Canterbury 21s per cwt; pickling onions, 2d per lb; potatoer, p-i;ne local £lO per ton; cauliflowers, firs's 10s per dozen; cabbages, 5s per dozen; marrows, market glutted unsalrble: poultry, bens 4i per pair, cockerels 6s 6d to 7s nor pair, ducks 7s 6d per pair, turkey gobblers Hd ror Jb live weight, turkey hens fi;d per lb; nig*, best baconors S.'.d lb, over-weights Sd per ~.b, -porkers Sd per lb. POULTRY. Messrs J. 15. Merrett and Co. report a large en'ry for their first Grand National sale. There was rn eyco"'ont demand and prices were high. Table chickens resl)3ed *s 6d to 10s Bd. hens 3s f>d to 7s lOd, ducks 5' to 9s 9d, pu"ets 3s 6rl to Us gee»e 8s to Us, turkeya 133 6d to 39=, all per pair. / EGGS. The warmer weather had an effect on production, and fiipplies are romir.g forward freo'y. The demand is good, consequent on the approaching holidays. Canterbury E?" Circle, first grades, are 2s, seconds Is lOd per dozen. jo