COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

Oamaru Mail, Volume III, Issue 723, 3 August 1878, Page 2

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

AUCTIONEERS' REPORTS. Mwsrs. Fleming and Hedley report that they held a aale of freehold property at their store# thia day, at 12 o'clock. The property consisted of about 3 acre* 1 rood and 15 poles, with aerven-itiomed boaae erected therein. There was a very large attendance and the bidding spirited. After a keen competition, it waa knocked down to Mr. Arthur Toms, agent for Mr. A. C. Pateraoo, of the Empire Hotel, for the sum of L 1590. Terms cash. Messrs. Connell and Clowes report that they held a sale of grain at their store today. when the following prices wer • realised Wheat r 153 fags P. atf»w, NJd per bushel; 96 bags velvet, 3s 101. Oata—lßo bags Canadian, 4s; 80 bags Danish. 3a Mr. €». Greenfield reports having sold at auction to-day half-cheats, (jr.-chests, and boxes of tea at prices varying from 2s to la 2-id per lb. ; also watches, mattrasaes, raieuv l , drapery, teapots, shower bath. &c., all df which realised fa»rly good prices. There was an average attendance. CHRIST CHURCH. [BY TElEftß.il PH.] August 2. Th« wheat market continues dull. Sixteen thousand bushels were aold to a local wilier at equal to 4s 6A at the mill. Millers' rttocks are light, and considerable orders are on hand. Furor. Ltl 10» to Ll2 10s ; oats, barlejr, and other produce unchanged. NEW PLYMOUTH. |ity TEtwiRAPn. I Augnst 2. Mr. Courtney sold to-day Mr. Good's farm of 429 acres, at l. r renni, for L 7 Ss per acre, and A seftroo of land in Severn-street, purchased from Major Atkinson a few months ago for 1.500, half ..f which fetched LSW- : •' • TlftlAltr. (From the Timaru Herald of to-day.) Wheat shmtaTno signs of activity, and is now quoted as low as 3s Sd. Oats continue in strong demand at up tf> 3s lOd, bnt hardly any are offering. Prime malting barley is mentioned up to 5s 3d. bnt there is also a dearth of this cereal. Farmers still hold considerable stocks of wheat. AUSTRALIAN' COMMERCIAL. [RT I'ABtF.] SVDNF.T. August 2. Case brandy, 32s 3d; quarters, 9s 3d ; kerosene. Is 9d : New Zealand wheat, 4s 9d; other flotations unchanged. ADKt.Atnfr. Augnst 2. Floftr. Ltl ti> LI2: wheat. Gs (Id.