LATE COMMERCIAL

Lake Wakatip Mail, Issue 2904, 31 January 1911, Page 4

LATE COMMERCIAL

GORE HORSE BAZAAR. Wright, Stephenson and Co., Ltd. report as follows \Y»j lieM ;i special sale of horses in the Tuve itors»* bii/'iar <>w Saturday, when Isnvwas muniier of horses f< lward, notwithstanding that two contrae<>rs teams which were entered were not iMe to £rt forward in tiun\ The horses ve;>' ot f-ir rioa ity with a miml'or ot \ti.i u'cod inures and jreldinirs a:u«i: -_r then. 1 l.e at'en !-iine of the public was ;'uod and w«> s-ticiveded ill clearing the ju 1 k of our entrv at very sotisfactorv

The top price secured for mares was £42 10s, account Mr W. Waddell, Waikaka Valley, and for geldings £35, account Mr R. Calder, Kelso. We sold as follows: Young mares, .£42 10s down to <£33 10s; aged mares, £25 10s down to £ls; young geldings, £35 to £2B; aged geldings, £26 to £8 10s; spring carters £lB 103 to £l2; backs, £lO to £l. We also sold a quantity of harness and contractors' sundries at good prices.

McKAY BBOS.' BEPOBT. Messrs McKay Bros., report the following sale 3 for the week eudiug Saturday : Poultry.—Very large entry; 470 entered; demand poor. Hens, 8d to Is Od ; roosters, Is 4d to Is l)d ; chickens. 4d to (id; ducks, Is 7d to 2s 4d; ducklings, 7d; geese, 2s 3d. Pigs.—Medium entry. Suckei-3, 4s 3d to 6s fid ; weaners, 7s 3d to 9d ; slips, 13s 3d to 14s.

General Produce.—Potatoes, market well supplied; 6s to 8s per cwt; onions, 8s; wheat, los ; oats, lis; mill seeds, 2s 9d. Fruit.—Bananas, ripe, 16s ; oranges, los; apples, imported, 15s ; locals, 3s to 8s 6d; pears, imported, los ; locals, 3s to 8s Gd; pears, imported, 14s ; local, 7s; pines, 9s ; lemons, 27s Gd ; plums. 2d to 3Ad ; apri:cots, 2jd 4d; peaches, 3d to 4d; tomatoes, 2id to GJd.

DUNEDIN GRAIN AND PRODUCE. MARKET. Dunedin this day. Messrs Donald Keid and Co., Ltd., report as follows: Oats.—Prime milling 2s 2.1 dto 2s 3d, good to best 2s lid to 2s inferior to medium Is lid to 2s. Wheat.—Milling 3s 5d to 3s 7d, medium fowl wheat 2s 101 to 3s 3d, broken and damaged 2s 3d to 2s 9d. Potatoes. —Prime ripe up-to-dates <£3 10s to =£3 15s, extra choice to J24, medium sorts <£2 10s to £3 7s (id,

Chaff.—Primp oaten £4 ~>3 to <£-1 7s 6d, choice to £4 lUs, medium to good =£3 las to £4 2s 6d, discoloured and interior <£3 to £3 12s Gd. Straw.—Wlieaten 27s 6d to 3t)s, oaten 37s (id to -10s.