COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 1013, 19 July 1879, Page 2

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

AUCTION EKRS' KKE'ORTS. | Mr. A. f£. Maude reports having held a j sale oi kauri timber, «* Torca. Iron* isupara, opposite his stores yesterday, t ruled very tow, and only about of the consignment was aol,l -£ ht E n KioKeit from i 0» 3d to lbs per tOOtt. >fcttßrs. Fleming ami il«dley report thafc they held a sale of W fat mervno ewes John Mackay's yaaL+. yt'sterday. iiuality was not good enough foe butc htca, and consequently the bidding was slack. Thev were withdrawn at ms. Ihere waa a bid of IVI per U\ but the vendor conld not make up-his mind to sell at that figure. ; Messrs. Connell twul Clowes report the aale by auction this afternoon, on account ot Mr E. B. Atkinson, sections and to. bl«wk ILXXXVL. Oamarw Town, subdivided into Allotments of one-eighth of an acre, as f ° Kos? t and 2—L54 each, to Mr. Larki'n No. 3,-Lfi3, to Mr. J. VVatson No. to Mr. H- S. Kulo. The fruit trees offered on account ot MrLangmuir were all sold at satisfactory prices. _ THE LABOR MARKET. >fr ft. Mackintosh reports for the week ending -July 19th. as follows :-There is still a s;reat depression m the labor marKet, xuore especially amongst the men. Although a "ood number have found eaiptoyment on the Livingstone railway works, there are still » good nunvtwr out of employment. th« demand being only limited. Good and iobbinsr gardeners are irv demand, and also lemalo" servants of »1 cla&st'S. W ages as follow Ploughmen, -is fid to —>s : married couples, L 75 to L»>; sfation cooks. iOs to 'Ms : good general servants. .U>s to lus; ordinary do. Us to 13s: housemaid, and nos : men cooks, 30s to 40s : barmen. ..0s to tOs : boots and waiters, -Oy to *J.<s : girls ami hoys* 8s to l-'s : carpenters, plasterers, and masons, per day. f-'s to 13s: blacksmiths Its to Us : day labor. Da to Uls : grooms and gardeners. 'iUs to per week; billiard markers, 30s to 'tOs. DUN I'M* IN. [r.T •nr.T.EIIUAfft.J I L .fnty IS. Wheat, 4s to 4s t»t t fowls" wjieat._3s to 3s 3.1: outs, 'is to -s 3d : bartey. 3s to ;>3|>d: feed. "S to 3s fid: : potatoes, 1.3 tOs : hay. U: chart', Ml to U to»t straw. L2 3a : bran. W ,3s : pollard. L 3 tOs : tlour. targe sacks LIO: urnaft btwia. Ij pcaarl bartey,. .LUt>; onions. 12# ; ehecsstv Hd : bacon.. i)d t fat cattle, prime, -•"* per lOOlbs ; fat sheep,, slight advance. TIMARL*. To-day's Timaru tterald reoorts iVttrioUglV no change lias yet taiceu place m the breadstulls markt-t, there is_ little doubt that the cable advices just received, stating fchat both France and England writ reqtitre to import very targely* owing to the failure of the crops, will semi wheat up. Oats and barley remain unchanged. A USTEA LI AN COM M KKCIAL. [j?Y t.'Anr.E.j ytnsKY. Jnty 18. Heimessy's brandy in, ca e. 3'is fid : (paartev cask. Us per gallon ; kerosene (diamond). Is fid: 11.'v "'s" la »i<t i t'atna rice, L 22: New JCeaIJU-,11 wheats. 4sUdroats. -S fill: maize* "s Til: Ra-v.-t 1 -i«t tobacco. Is Td: Sugar Co.'s No. I. C.33 ■ ■-.mites* J. R.. yd to Hid. Other lines I July lb.