COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 1043, 23 August 1879, Page 2

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

AUCTIONEER'S REPORT. Mr. T. 11. Brown reports hotding a sale of store cattle at Richards' Yards, yesterday. The attendance was poor, and the bidding All tots were passed in, bat were afterwards disposed of in one lot privately. THE LABOR MARKET. Mr. H. Mackintosh reports for the week ending August 23rd. as follows The only improvement in the tabor market this week is an increased demand for female servants, and although we have had some of the recent importations they do not seem to give satisfaction, not being of the right class. The want of thorough goal house servants is very much felt in Oamaru. In meet, although, the times are bad, and business people and mechanics feel it. wo have not the number of idle men walking about our streets that we had some time ago, and if ■wa get this toan soon things will come back into their old groove again. Kates of wages as follow -.—Ploughmen. 20a to 2U» Bii : married couples, L7O to* L 75 t shepherds, L6O to* 170: station cooks. 20s to 23s : good general servants, t3a to Iss-, ordinary do. 1-3 to 13s: waitresses and housmaids. 15a to t*s; female cooks, 20»to 25s : men cooks, 25s to 30»; barmen and biltiard markers, 30s to 40s ; waiters and boots, 20s to 25s ; girts and boys, 8s to t'-H ; grooms and gardeners, 20s to 30s ; day labor, 8s to tOs. DUNEMN. [of 'KttSrtßAfa.l August 22. Wheat, 4s Bit to 'fa 9d ; fowls' feed. 3s ftt to 3s 9d t oats. 2a to 2» 3d : bartey. 5s to 5a Bit: feed. 3s to 3s fid; potatoes, 15 10s ; kidney (seed), LI tOs: hay (new). L 4: chaff, LI to Lt K's ; straw, 12 ss; bran, L<t 5s ; pollard, 15 tOs ; Hour (targe sacks). Lit; small bags. LtO tOa: oatmeal, LIS ; peart bartey, L2t>; onions. t3a 6d ; cheese, 8d; bacon, Ssd t prime fat beef, 30s per toßlb ; fat mutton, 2|d per lb. WELLINGTON, tot TKLKttRAPH.J August 22. Mr. .Tag. O'Shea reports : Flour (Adelaide). Lta 10s to Ltt : Canterbury, LtO Eds to Lit; Oamaru, Ltt to Ltt t0» ; sharps, IS IDs : bran. tOd r oats, 2s Pit to 2s 'Jd; potatoes, I tOs to t2os ; maize, 4s SXt; hama and bacon, 8d to 9d. AUCKLAND. [BY TEtKWRAPtt.J August 22. Business this week shows a slight improvement. due to the spelt of fine weather. There have been unusually heavy shipments of produce to the Islands. Trade sates have passed off more satisfactorily, and upon the whole the tune of things in general is better. Breadstuff's are offered freely, and the best Oamaru and southern Hour can be purchased at Lt2; second brand. LtO 10s to Lt 1 : Adelaide, 300 tons to hand, is offered at Li t 5s to Lt4 tOa ; oats remain the same—23 7d to 2s tOd, and for seed. 2S 3d to 2s 6d. Maize overstocked—Fijian. 3s to 3a 2d|: Sydney. :>» 7d: and Catifornian, in smalt tots, at 'ls. Potatoes continue to advance, and holders ask for parcels LS to LS ss. Hams and bacon are scarce ; prime, !Mjd to lOd. Eggs, lOd. Salt butter, lOd to I Id; fresh, 15d. AUSTRALIAN COMMERCIAL. [BY CACC.E.J Svdsey, August 22. ITennessy's case brandy, 32s 9d ; q»orter cask, 9b 3d; New Zealand oats, 2a 9d per bushel; other tines unchanged. ADEtAfDE. August 22. Wheat, 5s to 5s Id per bushel.