COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 1134, 6 December 1879, Page 2

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

• ■ '■ ♦ THE LABOR iIAiCKIIT. """"Jfe "FFenry JlacintosE reports for th« WK«fe ending fitb iX'cember. as follow a Busines» ia th« labor market has be;n fcriak during the wselc, all daaaca of sermitw are m««tin« with engagements frsely, and mtmbur» of ctifeta reiiairixwt experienced servants have not bien filled ttp. We arc gbd tor note the «xp«cte»i arrival _of jscveral vessels from Home containing immigrants, and hope' that Mr. Allan, Immigration Agant,. mar b* indtuted to s«i»1 its a ssttabte stibiutiott of urmts for town and eoantry, a» any thai he may send here unless they mtr Of »oe& » claw will only be a drug in ( thwrmwkrt. Raica of wage* steady at last AUCTI«NER«'s UK PORT. Mr. 0«org« CJreenK«ld reports that he "held a sale of honsehoW farnitttre at his mart to-day, at 12 The attendance w:is small, hut the bidding was fair. He nt*> held & sale of freehold property at the same place* when seKtion» 1 and block 53, .subdivided into seven allotments* were disposed of. tot 1 and 2 were purchased by Sir, John Brown at LB& per allotment: lot 3 V Mr. M 'Bride, Lsi>; lot 4, Mr. John Moore. IST; lot 5, Mr. Chartea Reams, l L88>: tot If, Mr. John Brown. 1.^1; lot 7. Mr. John Brown. LSI. The whole avpragsd L 7& per aira#mcnt„ tv Llo€4 per ncre. DtTNEDIN. far Ti::t,ir.r,RAPH.l December 5. Wheat, 4s 9*11» s<*: fowls' wheat. 3s sv! to 4s ; ontSv ft'ed. to 2-t: milting, Id to '2a Svl; barley, 5a to ;"s Kd: feed. >9f» to Gel; potatoes, LH ;*a to Lt> IDs according to qna'K'y : new kidney potato®!. 23»; liay, 14 ; h-' to L 4 sa; straw, l~ 5m ; 'bran. 14 lOtr ; pollard, L"»; tloar, large sncfes, - LI I ICS to hl2: oatmeal, LI2; peiwt barley, L2S: onions, 30a: new cheese, Si.l; bacon, rotted, !fd. A good deal of southerti wheat is still offering. Prime tat beef, 27»' Cd : matton, 2jokMesart fc. Whitelaw and v . report that they this afternoon otfered fors." 1 by auction the cargo of new season's sugar . arrived ex flmiiv. from Maoritias. on a®coant of Messrs. I *algety and Co. There wa.' » /»U attendant s oSf the tra<le, and after _a ' c< * competition the whole cargo was disposed of as follow s:—Fine yellovv. L 33 ; finest yellow. L 3 S 10s ■; trowers' vxrystal. L 34 10s toi LS7 5® : fine grey, L 36 2s to L 37 12* 6d ; finest whit• i, L 37 l~s Bd to L3S 2s b'd ; snowdrops, L3S 7s Gd to L3S 10s.