OVERLAND PASSEGERS.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 8596, 11 September 1889, Page 1

OVERLAND PASSEGERS.

YESTEBDAY'S TRAINB. Fbom Dux ems pub the South.—Mr J Fuller, Mr and Mrs G E Tucker and two children, Mr and Mrs G M'Kenzie, Mr A iWilson, Mr E W Mears, Mr W Fob Di'Mtßts from tits Soimr. — Messrs N V A Wales, R Sparrow, W Scoular, W O Kirkcaldy, A Boot, J F Herbert, W Sheath, F Meadoworoft, T J Ledingham, J Leigh, VV C Woodnorth, A M'Kinnon, D Leisk, F Sullivan. T Tough. Fbom Dukbdin tor tbk North.—For Christchurch :Mr J Wait, Mr E Gray, Mr F W Dewsbury, Mr S Gorman, Mr J Wilson, Mrs W Young, Mr W H Clarke."- ■■■•■ :". -' ■■■"■■' KOB OOHEDUr FBOM TKB NOBTH.—Mr J M'Kay, Mr A Millar, Mr D X England, MrD Slater. COMMERCIAL, : —. ♦ —- ■ Daily Times Office, Tuesday evealng. Messrs Weddell and Co., under date London, July 16, report as follows:—" Frozen Meatß: With Bhowery weather the growth of pasturage and root crops has been greatly stimulated, and farmers have again become inclined to keep back their stock from the markets. Homß supplies have in consequence been comparatively shoit, and relative values have advanced on the fortnight nearly id per lb for mutton ftnd lamb and Jd for beef. Frozen mutton and lamb, though not in- heavy supply inaggregate, have been pretty widely distributed amongst sellers, anc values have, as a result, receded further—to the ex tent of, say. Jd per lb on the fortnight. Stocks are not now heavy in London, but arrivals expected into Liverpool from River Plate arß somewhat numerous The consumptive demand usually slackens at thi! time of year, but if the remaining supplies of New Zealand mutton are not indifferently handled valuer should be at least maintained. New Zealand bee has sold rather better of lnte owing to a'temporary lightness of American supplies. This remark appliei mainly to hindquarters, as the accumulation of Nqv Zealaud forequarters has kept down values of thai class of meat. Tbe provincial markets have suffered less than has the metropolitan from the effects o over-competition amoHgst sellera of New Zealanc mutton. Today's Smith field quotations arensfol low —Prime Scotch mutton, 5s 6d to os lOd per 81b do English, 5s 4d to 5s Sd ;do foreign, 4s 8d to 5 2d •do New Zealand. 3s 6d to 3s 8d; secondary di do, 3s 3d to 3s od ; inferior do do, 3s 2d; prime Bive Plate, 3s to 3a 3d; secondary do, 2s lOd j prime Svd ney, 2s lOd: prime New Zealand lambs, 4s 8d to 5s secondary do, 4s 4d to 4b 6d; New Zealand beef hindquarters 3s to 3s 2d, forequaiters 2s. A Blenheim telegram states that Mr T. Horton trading under tUa mime of Fell Brothers and Co. general merchants, has filed a petition in bank ruptcy. It is Btated that his only creditor is th Bank of New Zealand, to the amount of close upoi £10,000. __^ THB VICTORIAN DUTY ON OATS AND BAKLEY. The Argus says that the importers and dealers ii oatß and barley have no objection to the proposal o the Government to increase the duty on tbos cereals from 2s to ,3s per cental, but they strongl; protest against the action of the Government in de ferrlng the time for levying the additional impos till the Ist Decamber. .The reason why the Mlnlstr decided to postpone the collection of the 3s duty til tbe Ist December was. as Mr Gillies stated, thn they should not play into the hands of thespect Inters, as would be the case if the additional dut were levied at once. Ithad been stated that the inporters and speculators. would, jf the increase duty were imposed without delay, reap profit of £25,000, but they declare that stati ment to be most absurd, and entirely erroni ons. A careful computation made yesterda showed that there was not much more thanlOO.OC bags of oats in stock in Melbourne at the preaei time, which is equal to about a two-months' Buppb That stock is well distributed, not being held by few, as would have been the case if speculation ha been Indulged in, and it was the amount usual! kept in hand to meet the demands of customers. ] will therefore be teen, they urge, that at the moi all they could make by tho duty being levied i once would be £tiooo or £7000 which would be share among about 20 of them, bo that none of thei would (ifrive a very large profit. What tbeyui a'lxloiii to jiolnt out is that the duty should be pi on (ivthwifli, «r ii..; ;il all. attl,~ p'rewU.imMl stncUnin N..v Z.v.law) aM-Ul ol Kiom 4"»..«i\>,.| of osi's. w'i if inn iir.p.ifiiigof Hie aiHitiimul dvi ii deferred Mil Ut Doenmber there is lit!la dim! that a very large proportion of that stock, as w< as a fair percentage of the surplus stocks of Oa

fornia, will be shipped to Melbourne, and arrive here before the end of November, so as to nvold the additional la duty. The result will tbereforo be, If the levying of the duty is postponed, that the local market will be flooded, and the farmers, instead of being benefited by the increased duty, will have to suffer, as they will in December and January next have to face an overstocked market, aud consequently low prices. Iv short, it is declared that the farmers will, if the duty is deferred as proposed by the Government, either have to hold their grain for months till the surplus is worked off, or sell tlio oats at a loss. _ Buttkrballs.—The Temperance World saya:— " We feel bound to testify to the wonderful effects of Jknskn's Uon Livhr On,, a bottle of which a friend purchased for his ailing children. Much to his astonishment the children took to it readily, and from a puny, consumptive appearance, rapidly , developed into the characteristics aud consistency 'of butter-bulls." Pure, tasteless, and digestible. Sold everywhere, in capsuled bottleß. Wholesale: Sharlnnd and Co,, Auckland. The Dipton correspondent of the Southland Times states that he had heard of a rabblter who worked hard through the season on one of the up-country runs, and who, after seeing everything put straight, called round to the office for a squaring up, and found he had after paying tucker jußt earned twopence.