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New Zealand Times, Volume LVIX, Issue 2999, 10 December 1896, Page 2

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Special to the New. Zealand Times. Wanganui, December 9. Freeman R. Jackson and Co.’s Wanganui stock report s—The bidding at the Wanganui sale was better for cattle than it has been of late. Vro had a fair entry and sold nearly all out. Sheep were well competed for and sold at current rates. Pigs all sold in favour of tho vendors. We quote;— Cattle —Store 3-ycar bullocks, £3 12s; heifers, £2; yearlings, 23d Bd to 32s fid ; milch cows, £3. SheepFat owes in woo!, 9n ; shorn fat ewes, 5s Bd to 7s; shorn wethers, 7s 3d; hoggets in wool, 9s; shorn store owes, 3s Cd to 4s 9d. Pigs—Baconcrs, 22s to 25s Gd; small pigs, 7s 3d to 12s. fSu Telegraph. —‘Press Assnriation.—Copxfri f iht. London, December 8. An official entimato places the total wheat yield of Great Britain at 57,052,952 bushels, being an average of 83-08 i«t aoro. Dccamb9r % Wheat—Cliick, Ss 9d to 4s; milling, 4a 9d to ss. Flour—Californian, X-T2 to £'l3. Oats-Pfime, 23 Cd. Maize, Is 101. Barley—Cape, 2s Cd to 2s fid. Bran and pollard, 8.1. X»ca«»—Prussian blue, 43 9s. Potatoes—Local grown, X*2 5s to X*2 10.3; Circular Heads, £2 Isi to i'J. Onions-Victorian, £» IDs. Butter —Dairy made, GJd; factory, 7jdChcesc, 4Jd ; bacon, f>5J toCd; Now Zealand hams, Melbourne, December 9. Wheat, quiet, 5s ftjd; hour, i:l4 10s. OatsNow Algerian, Is lOd to 2s 4d ; old Danish, 8* 2d ; stout white, up to 3s 3d. Maize, 83 5d to 3s 8d ; bran, lUd to Is; pollard, Is Qid; potatoes, Is 10d to 2s 10(f. _ i. « Adelaide, December 9. Wheat Dat 5s Bd. Flour-Roller, £l4 10s. Oats— Stout white, 3s Cd. Bran, Is lid ; pollard, Is 2d. Received December 0, 7.15 p.m. London, December 8. There was rather more competition at the wool sales to-day. . , _ , The New Zealand Trust and Loan Company has declared a dividend of 2s 0d per share. SALK OF TB MAN UAO, An advertisement has been appearing in coiums for tho past month relating to tho sale of Te Manuao, an Otaki estate which has been cut tip into sections of areas varying from 2 roods to 21 acres. Tho block contains 2i sections of highlyimproved land, suitable for small farms, orchards and building allotments, and is, beyond a doub«, tho most beautiful and conveniently-situated spot in or around Otaki. It lies on tho higher ground, about ICOft above the Otaki flat, with a frontage to tho main county and Waltohu roads, and is within (Ivo minutes’ walk of the Otaki railway station. The land Iff flat in front, very slightly sloping towards tho back, and terminating abruptly m a perfectly rounded knoll, 'from tho top of which can bo soon a fine view of Kapiti Island, tho Tasman Sea, and. in clear weather, tho South Island, and Mount Egrnont. A few mllos in tho baok-ground rises the precipitous peaks of the Tararua ranges. To tho north tho vcrdure-olad hillocks, the Scene in tho early days of many a bloody Maori conflict, roll undulatingly towards the aoa, while to the west and south the OUki township nestles in its uotureaque beauty, and tho river runs over its pebbly bod out to join the ocean. This beautiful estate is to be sold on the ground by Mr Byron Brown, auctioneer, of Otaki, on Wednesday, 10th insfc. Special train arrangements for tho convenience of the public will bo duly advertised in tho New Zealand Tikes, and in tho meantime lithographed plans can bo obtained from Messrs Brown. Thomson and Co., and Messrs Kirk, Atkinson and Wilson. For further particulars wo refer our readers to our advertising columns.