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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 6501, 16 February 1882, Page 2

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’ New Zeacand Times Office, ; Thursday morning. There was a large attendance yesterday at the sale held by Messrs T. Kennedy Macdonald and Co., when - the properties of the Miller estate were offered. Tho bidding for tho shares was brisk, there being con* siderable competition. Good prices were realised. The following is the result of the sale:—Lot I— The Commercial Hotel, with a frontage of to Willis* street, sold to Mr W. Oliver for L3OOO. Lot 2—Four-roomed house In Allan-street, built on an allotment 38ft x by 74ft, sold to Mr R Miller, L2OO. Lot 3—Empire Hotel at Featherston, built on an allots ment with a frontage of 2G4£t by a depth of 132 ft, sold to Mr R. Mill r forLsso Lots 4 to (i—3 sections in Fitzhorbcrt, sold to Mr Jas, S. Wilson, L 6. Lot 7 19 Bank of New Zealand shares, sold to Mr Jas. Madden at L 23 7s Gd, L 444 2s Gd. Lot S—GO Colonial Bank shares, sold to Mr CVA. K/viggo at--48s * 9d Lllubs. Lot 9—20 * ational Insurance shares, sold to Mr R. T.- Badham at 33s Gd, -L33 •10a. Lot 10—75 Colonial Insurance shares, sold to Mr J. H. Shaw at 13s Gd, L50.,12s 6d. Lot .Wellington Gas Company shares, Hon. Robt. Hart. LGI2 10s. Lot 12—20 Wellington Trust and lioah' Company shares, solid: to Mr C. A. Beacon, at Lslls LIU. Lot 13-40 do do do, sold to Mr .W, H. Svheclet, at Lslls, L 222. Lot 11—150 Union Insurance shares, sold to Mr J. S. Manning, 235, L 172 10s Sd. Total s»hvLss4Blos. The property In Abel Smith* r.street was withdraw % thore being no bid, aa also was ' the house in Bror'rh ■•n-s»r?et; ’ * ... . 1 ▼cry large quantity tf unit in tho market yesterday, v and prices realised varied much, in consequence of the great difference in qualities. Peaches ranged from Cs to 12s Gd pei; case, and fr*m 5s to 6s per halfcase. For plums the demand was small, dealers being ' surfeited with last Satur ay's supply t they realised 4s 6d per half-case. Orleans p'ums brought 6s Gd; damsons. 5s Gd per ha)f-case.i In apples, eating sorts realised ss- to 7s ; cooking were all withdrawn •with the exception of one lot that fell to a 4S bid. Pears realised 7s Cd to 9s per case. * resh butter, of

which there was only a small quantity, brought Bid pet lb. Eggs realised Is 81 per dozen, being very scarce yesterday. Potatoes ana onions did not obtain a single bid. Other produce, such as flour, &c„ oats and wheat, is not quotable, no business doing except in quite retail hand-to mouth lots, and quotations would therefore be misleading. WELLINGTON WOOL SALK 3 . Mr Lang reports that the usual fortnightly sale took place at the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company's storer, Custom House-quay, yesterday, when a catalogue of about 120 bales wool and thecustomary complement of skins, tallow, and hides was submitted to an average number of buyers. Competition was not altogether brisk, but a fair clearance was effected at the following prices Wool, —Crossbred in the grease, 8d to ojd per lb, the latter figure being paid for the Grassy-hill clip of 18 hales ; dingy and inferior, from 6jd to 7d per lb ; washed, lid per lb; lambs, 7d to 91 per lb ; the latter pri co was paid for an exception.lly well-grown parcel of e ght bales. Sheephkinb.—Coarse crossbred. Id per lb ; lambs, uptolOd each. „ Tallow. —Mutton, medium quality, up to L 27 los per ton ; mixed, up to L 27 par ton; inferior, L 24 to L 25 per ton. Hides. —Salted parcels, 3Jd to Id per lb.