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Oamaru Mail, Volume XXVIII, Issue 8286, 15 September 1903, Page 4

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JBi Eixctkic Telegraph.—CorraicsT.]

SYDNEY MARKETS.

(Psr Press Association - .) Received September 14, at 10.1 a P-m. Sydney, September 14. At the Homebush sales competition for sheep and cattle was good, and values were unchanged from Thursday. Best beef 275. THE HOME MARKET. By Telegraph. Tie Department of Industries and Commerce has received the following cablegram from, the Agent-General, dated London, the J2th: —-There is a better demand for mut'ton, and the market is firm at the price cabled last week. The lamb market has unfavorably affected uy damaged carcases but the downward movement is not likely to last. The average prices t«-day are : Canterbury brands, 4Jd per lb; brands other than Canterbury, 4jd. The beef market continues dull. The average prices to-day are: Hind quarters, New Zealand beef, 4d; fores, 2£d. There has been no alteration in the butter maAet since last -*eek> The cheese market is firm. The spot demand is good. The average prices to-day are: Finest Canadian, 53s per cwt. The hemp market has advanced, _and_ is ■particulariy active for future deliveries. The price of New Zealand hemp, good fair .Wellington grade, spot, to-day is £3l to £32 Ida per tonj September to December shipments, £ol; January to March shipments, £3l 10s. The price of Manilla hemp, fair current grade, on spot, -to-day 13 £36 per ton. The_cocksfoot market is firm at the prices cabled last week.

POULTRY REPORT. Mr W. Sumpter reports 'that there is a IgcßU demand in poultry of all descriptions. At his Saturday sale he sold as follows Boosters for table, 3 pairs at 4s 9d, 2 do at 4s 6d, 4 do at 4s, 1 do at 5s Bd, 25 pairs liens at 3s 9d, 4 pairs do at 4s, 3 pains old lens at & sd, brown Leghorn rooster at 4s, TiiJian Game rooster at ss, 24 pairs Indian n.tttw hens at 5s 6d per pair, 2 Turkey gobblers, at 10s each, 4 Turkey hens at 4s each, 5 do at 3s lOd each, and 4 do at 3s 7d each Or&? jxur'of geese brought 8s 3d. No ducks were brousht forward and the auctioneer ■wishes to state that there are inquiries for ducks for table purposes and good prices would be obtained for any offering.

DITNEDIN GRAIN AND PRODUCE MARKETS.

Messrs Dalgety and Co., (Limited), report having held their usual weekly sale of grain and produce at their stores on MondayThere was a good attendance of buyers, and competition for all lines of produce-, with the exception of oats, was good and prices ruled as under:— Oats. —Seed lines continue to have a fair inquirv, but prime milling lines ara not in demand. There is a moderate inquiry- for shipping for good sound seed oats, principally A and B grade quality. Inferior fines have little attention, and are- hard to quit. Quotations : Seed lines Is lOd to 2s 3d, prime milling Is 8d to Is 9d, good to test feed Is 6d to Is 7d, inferior Is to- Is 5d (sacks extra). Wheat.—Not many prime milling lines are offering, and prices asked are- somewhat ahead of buyers' ideas of value, and there is a better inquiry for medium qnaßtr. Stocks of fowl wheat are small, and this •market shows a firmer tendency. Quotations : Prime milling 4s to 4s 3d, medium do 3s 6d to- 3s lid, -whole fowl wheat 3s 2d to 3s sd, broken and damaged 2s 9d to os Id {sack3 extra). 'Potatoes. —The- market is welt supplied ■with medium quality Derwents, but buyers' requirements are prime Oamaru Derwents, hat last week's prices remain unchanged. Prime- Oamaru Derwents £4 to £4 7s 6d, medium Derwents £3 10s to £3 17s 6d, seed sorts £3 10s to £4.

Chaff. —Prime- oatsn sheaf finds most favor with buyers, and any forward commands a coed sale-. Stocks in store consist principally of medium and inferior quality, which is slow of sale. Quotations: Prime oaten shsaf £3 to £i ss, medium to good £2 10s to £2 15s inferior and straw chaff £1 10s to £2 5s (?acks extra). Turnips.—We quote bost Sweden 16s per ton, loose, ex truck.

Messrs Donald Retd and Co.. (Limited) report: We held oar weekly auction sale of grain and produce at onr stores on Monday. when we offered a fall catalogue to a good at-endance of buyers, and under modelate competition quitted most of the lines on offer at prices on a par with late quotations. Prices ruled as under: Oato.—The market is without animation, and there is little change in values to report. Prime milling and seed lines continue to more off slowly, and for prime B grade there has b?en rather more inquiry, but, at no improvement in value. Medium and inferior sorts are offering more plentifully at slightly reduced prices. We quoteßest seed lines I 3 10d to 2s 3d. prime milling Is 7£d to Is 9jd, good to bent feed Is 6d to Is 7d. inferior and medium Is to Is 5d per bushel (sacks extra).

"Wheat.—Local stocks of prime quality are small, and are readily taken np by millers. The same buyers also give more attention to medium milling lilies, which for some time have been neglected, and these show most improvement in value. Fowl wheat is scarce, and commands ready sale. We quote : Prime milling 4o to 4s 3d, medium to good 3s 6d to 3s lOd. whole fowl wheat 3s 8d to 3s sd, broken and damaged 2s Sd to 3s 2d per bushel (sacks extra). Potatoes.—The market continues to be moderately supplied with prime Derwents, forVhich there is steady demand. Medium sorts are in fair supply, but not strongly competed for. Good early seed lines are scarce, and have strong inquiry. We quote: Best seed £4 10s to £5 10s. prime table Derwents £4 to £4 7s 6d, medium to good £5 10s to £3 17s 6d, other sorts £3 to £3 20s per ton (sacks in). Chaff.—The market is still well supplied with chaff of medium quality, for which there is only a weak demand. Prime oaten sheaf is arriving in moderate quantities, and finds ready sale, ex truck. Inferior sorts and straw chaff have little attention. We quote: Prime oaten sheaf £3 to £3 ss, choice to £3 7s 6d, medium to good £2 10s to £2 15s, straw chaff, inferior and light, £1 10s to £2 5s per ton (bags extra).

Straw.—We quote : Oaten straw (pressed) 27s 6d to 30s. wheat 25s to 27s 6d per ton. Turnips.—We- quote: Best Swedes 16s per ton, loose, ex truck.

iDUNEDIN HORSE SALE. Messrs Wright, Stephenson, and Co., report as follows*:—There was a fair number of horses forward for our weekly sale, notwith-, standing the special sale of" the day before. Some "very fine draught geldings were offered, and most of them changed hands at splendid prices, including one five-year-old horse at £7O and one seven-year-old at £63 (these were two exceptionally heavy horses, fit for show purposes). A number of medium and aged draughts were also sold at from £2BIOB to £46105. Some good light horses•were in the yard, and these also sold wellone buggy horse, sir years old, finding a new owner at £3O IC6, and another very nice dogcart horse, by Cock o* the Walk, at £3O. The demand for first-class young draughts and for strong young harness horses is as Keen as ever, and prices in both classes favor sellers. We quote: Superior young draught geldings, £55 to £65; extra good prize horses, £66 to £BO ; medium draught mares and geldings, £4O to £54 - aged do, £25 to £3B; upstanding carriage nordes, £3O to £35; well-matched carriage pairs £7O to £9O; spring-van horses, £3O to £37; milk-cut and butchers' order-cart horses, £22 to £29 ; tram horses, £lB to £2B ; light hacks, £lO to £ls; extra good hacks, £lB to £25; weedy and aged hacks and harness horses, £4 to £B.

W AIM ATE WEEKLY AUCTION. Goinness and l>e Cren, Limited, report that at this sale on Saturday they offered fire town properties, bat all had to be passed, tfcer* being a slight margin between Duyere oad sellers. There was the usual keen demand for pigs and poultry, and tbesewerein short snppfyL Sandries sold welT, including ««reial fets of harness, -which realised full rates. Owners of cows are- now beginning to realise that prices in onr Waimate yards are better than those realised in other centres and larger entries will no doubt be commgin as soon as the new creameries commence work. Prices realised were aa follows: 2s», weoners, lis 6d to 16s; cows, £8 Itis;. ves, 5s to 7is; fowls. 3s 2d to 4s 8d per parj fowl wheat, 9s 6d to lis 6d per bag;, oats, 6s 6d; potatoes, 6s to 9s: harness, jeat 1& to £5 USs 63.

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'At ihe opening ssle at the Enrae Bazaar (ChristcftMchj oa fcfetarday"

there was an entry of 97; horses; including a consignment from the North, Island. There "was a very-large attendance and a hiehly satisfactory sale resulted. Medium draughts made £2O io £3O, aged and light £l4 to £2O, unbroken £2410s to £43, best saddle and harness horses £l4 to £24, others £lO to £l3 10s, and hacks £5 upwards. Best draughts from the North Island realised £35 to £53, lighter £23 10s to> £32, cobs £24 to £26 and £l2 to £l4. At Tattersall's there was a good entry of horses and all useful sorts met witn a fair demand. Best draughts sold at £42 to £55, medium £2B to £33, unbroken light draughts ±Wo to £52, best harness horses £lB 10s to £27 10b, medium £l2 to £ls, and hacks at the j usual prices. . . ] The Sheffield (Christchurch) monthly market, held on Friday, drew an entry of only 700 sheep, 37 head of cattle, and a few pigs. The sheep were chiefly wethers and hoggets, onlv one small line of ewes m lamb being yarded. The attendance was small, and bidding dull, both for sheep and cattle. Freezing wethers made from. 18s 3d to 20s, hoggets 15s 8d to 16s 3d, fat cr<K6bred ewes 17s 2d, fat merino wethers 17s 6d, crossbred hoggets 12s 3d to 13s Bd, soundmouth balfbred ewes in lamb 14s 9d, twotooth crossbred wethers 15s lid. Cattle. Springing heifers £6 2s to £7 ss, dry cows £5 5s to £5 17s 6d, eighteen-month to two-year-old heifers £2lßs, mixed ages and sexes £2 10s. There was a fair yarding of both sheep and cattle at Pleasant Point yesterday, about 35 head of the latter and 2000 sheep being entered. Prices have gone back a little on late sales. Springing heifers sold at £5 10s to £6; springing cows, £5, £5 10s, £6 12s 6d, £7 10s. £8 2s 6d; fat cows, £8 5s to £11: fat heifers, £B, £8 lEs; fat steere. £7 2b 6d; forward steers, £7; small steers, £3; yearling heifers, £3 6s; dry cows. £5 2s 6d. Sheep—Fat ewes, 18s, 18s 9d; sound-mouthed ewes, in lamb, 16s' 9d; 2-tooth ewes, in lamb, 16g to 20s 4d and 21s 4d; threequarter-bred ewes, in lamb. 16s; wethers, 15s 3d; old ewes, half fat, i3s 9d to 14s 3d. Pigs—Stores, 14s, 15s, 20s, 20s 6d, 355.