AUSTRALIAN COMMERCIAL.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 11198, 22 August 1898, Page 1

AUSTRALIAN COMMERCIAL.

BKISBANE,, August 20. Onions: New Zealand, £18 to .£l9. Potatoes: New Zealand, &1 15s, but holders want £8.

O IMPORTANT LAND SALE AT OPHTn..

Mr R. S. Gilkison, auctioneer, reports having held a most satisfactory sale of the properties known as Harrington's, on Wednesday, 17th inst., in the presence of a large munosr of residents from all part* ol the district Sections 8 and 12, block 11, Tiger Hill clistr-c* bin 2r 20p, were, after keen couipotition, knocked down to 1). Stafford for £! lCs per acre sections 12 and 13, block 1, Tiger Hill district, l)9a lr 34p, were bought by 0. H. Spttthnian for £3 as per acre; sections 16 anil 17, block I, Tiger - •_i!i district, 95a 3r Op, were bought by M. Macdonald for £3 9s per acre; sections 2, 8, 13, and 10, block 11, Tiger Hill district, 87a 3r 37p, were bought by IJ.1 J. E'lsuinery for JB3 10s per acr ■ sections U, 10, 16, and iiS, block 11, Tiger Hill district, 81a Or Sip. were passed in, the reserve not being reached, but ware anerwards sold privately to D. StMord at a satisiactory fl»uru • section 1, block 11, Tiger Hill district, 34a Or 6p, did not iind a buyer, and was passed in; soj-t-ioii 35, block 11, Leaning Rock district, 9a Mr 30p, was alrfo passed in; section 1, block VI, town of Ophir, lr 32.3p, though passed in, was immediately afterwards sold to J. Arnold fo: seller's reserve; the township house was passed

in; the perpetual leasehold farm evoked warm competition, and was eventually knocked down to Mr John Leamy for £325. The stock and implements were all cleared at satisfactory prices.—Dunstan Times.

DUNEDIN HOESE SALEYARDS .-WEEKLY REPORT. Messrs Wright, Stephenson, and Co. report as follows:— , Business at this wecx's sale was very slack, but this was due to the unsuitability of the horses forward, and not to any falling off in the demand. Most of the draughts entered were aged, and some were of very indifferent class. For these reasons the amount of business done under the hammer was small, but aft;r the sale a few deals were effected privately. There was no scarcity of buyers for young, powerful draught mares and geldings, suitable for town work, and for useful young plough horses, and consignments of these can be strongly recommended for this market. The principal sales in the draught horse class were as follow: —Good six-year-old mare at £44; two good aged geldings, the one at £33' and the other at £29; and several of medium class at from £20 to £28. There were no good hacka or light harness horses forward this week. Referring to the announcement in last week's report regarding the sale of the Glenkenich stud of Clydesdale horses on the Bth prox. it has been decided by Mr J. R. Mackenzie that it is to be held at our Gore Bazaar Bazaar instead of at the homestead as at first intimated. This alteration will prove a .'great convenience to intending purchasers. We quote: Superior draught geldings, young, £35 to £40; extra good a few pounds more; superior young draught mares and fillies, £40 to £50, prize mares and fillies, £60 to £100; ordinary draught maros and geldings, £25 to £34; aged draught mares and geldings, £14 to £20; young carriage and cavalry horses, £20 to £30; well-matched carriage pairs, £50 to £80; strong spring-cart horses (young), £16 to £25; ordinary hacks and light-harness horses, £S to £14; weedy and aged hacks and harness horses, £2 to £5.