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Otago Daily Times, Issue 12935, 30 March 1904, Page 4

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/Daily Times 'Cilice, Tuesday evening. ■ The amount Of revenue culieeted at tho Dunedin Girstoni ■ H.onso to day on goqdi cleared for cphsuinptiou v«s £1370 19s. GRAIN HAOLAG3. . The grain haulage' oil the railways- for tlio . week ending- Saturday, March 20, is as foliows.: — Pahiierston Kiiro.w fo tP GliiitPU. Palmer.ston. Total Sacks. Sacks. Sacks.: March 21 ... .. -!5i 31:)7 30)1 ■ March 22 .. .. Btff 2120 3031 ! '.March '23 . . „ .1920 2315 tlXi 1 -Maicli Q1 ... ~ j'iil 1-1-10 -5511 :iiarch- 25 ' ~ 1527 , 191S 3175 Mrircli '2G ... .. 2155 .2155 4610 "Totals .. .. 8311 13,c;i9 21,5C3 Totai (or corresponding week :■ last, year .. 107G .2131 3207 ■ Tlie totals for the previoin weeks are as fo]-. lows/-March 19, 10,002: March 12, 15,!5G.; March 5, iO.iCtl; February 21,15,-taS; Fcliiuary ..20,.'3ip0;,. February 13, 6183 ; and February 6, £112;T-r.wking a-: total haulage for the present ieaion to date pf 96,690 siicks. ' GOniC STOCK SALES. ■ (Feosi Odb Own Coebesppkdkkt.) GORE, 'March' 29.. ' - At the G'oro sale, there was a very large : attendance to-day, when about 9900 sheep, were ■ offered. The. sale was good, high priced being: maintained throughout. Competition for young ewes, :and. good lambs was keen, and ■;ali "forward were readily sold. Fat ewes / brought- from; 15s to 18b ; -fat wethers, l-7s ad to 17s 9d; fat iambs, 12s Id fo 13s 9d; tivotpptli forward wethers,, 13s 3d to 175.; iwo- ; too't.H culi'. eweg,. .lis -3d-; four-toath ewes, 19s M; four, six. and eight-t-ooth ew.es, 15s tkl to lGs-Od; fine ewes, 10s. 3d to Ms 9d; six ar.d ■eight-tooth ewes, ffp to IGs Cd; old eiv.es infair condition, froa 7s fid to. 10s tfd; -cults, -is to 5s Id. Lambs: Culls, os to Gs fei: medium, -8s pi to. JOs fid; gpod, 10s 9d tp 12s Gd. ■ Catt 1e.,:- -.Ahbu t- .GO. head . were "yarded.. Eat- biil- ■'■ Ipcks brought up to. 17 6s; fat roivs and heifers, .£'s to £G 7s Gd; two-year-oid steers up to £5 :..7s-'..Gd-;: one', 1 and. .a-half year old .steers and heifers, £-1 2i Gd.';.calves'froiii.',-£1 7s Gd to ft ■ 155.. Milk cows : sold. well at from £! 5s to £3 -lis. TEA SALE. ■ ; Mr D; M : . Spsdding offered bv auction vestcrday two larga consignments of liidiaii aiid -Ceylon teas., This, was the first sale under ;'tlitf...nitw ..Custpms ' is regards .duty,- The. buyers' w.cre fully represented and ■Ihoybiddings. for sothe lihes spit.itKi Meat.ly every,linq offered-was disposed -of at auetipii, ■aud-flie- few lines withdrawn found purchasers .'aft'erwci-ds.. :lii.aians realised froin. 7-ld to 6>d, ■ and' Ceylons from- BJd fo lid in invoice quan.titiea. -.■ ■ -.-■■■ -PiiO'PEiiry sAi,i:?. ': Messrs. Par!:, Kcvnolds. a;:d Co. report the. :'sale of 'section a; .hlOck XIV, corner Prince's sireet-and Moray place, together- witli buildings, thereon, occupied by the Criterion Hotel, jy. H. /Fox. tobacconist; \Y... .G. jfrvtiy, faiicy goods dealer; James Waters, chemist; C." 11. K. Erotherliood,-basket liinker ; and .E. H. Souness, jeweller; - to Mr ,D.- Jiai'nes at a satisfactory figure. - "SPECIAL. SALE OF DKAfGHT HORSES. ; ■ -Mei'srs Wright, Stephenson, and Co. .report a' follows:—V.'c lieict a Special sa'lo cf Yic-toriac.-hrcd hprsc-s at our IToise 'Siileyafds on ■ Tuesday 41 being, pffered, .most of th.em young ■■'biid: of.'.go.od.' stamp. The, few that Were- aged ar.d son-.ny.-hr.t stale, met with, a popi market. hprses .pf this class being iii. ail- tirii"s hard to ilispo.'c of in Dunedin. -The young, horses;, however, sold well under rompc-tiiio,;. Considering tl'.at ii ii homov.-l'.at eai/y iii -the season ;for'iiiruie'rs'/ to- be':, in.-the market for plough 1 horse; 1 , .'there-was it good alk-ndance of buyers, and.: as.'-alreadvViiidieated; .young mares ;ar,d ; . geldings showing weiiikf and quality brought ?atisfacton-' pricfii,;- lleavy,- power{ii!, four and - five-yeiir-old cart.horseii- arer.want.ed,, arid' there wero, several, Ojuyerk-.-in' :i -thb.-yard:. 1 -atter:.- extra good young Clydesdale lrir-vs aiid fi'.lics, -hilt their requirements were-, hot. supplied;- ;We,;al.sd: note a good inquiry for:extra'yood/ young spring-van horses; iiot.,iindory7.vilian<is. thoroughly broken to Eingle .ruid Vdoub'e liai:; ncss and good movers. ■ '■

CLEARING SALE OF DAIRY CiTILE'.. Tin* Otago Farmers' Association pf Kew Zealand (Limited! repc>i:t:-Wo Mid .a. iiio.st successful clearing atViG of dairy cows aiid youug cftttlo, borses» harness,. J unpieraenis, ancV dairy utensils,. .on. account. of Mi Joseph Hilchiipek, at his.lionie-i stead, Bighclilt; on : Trte«faft the 2pth- March/ i,vlie.n wo offered; arid sold I life "\vholo of Jus splendid herd of dairy cattle ami dairying plant.. The cows were in splendid.' condition, mo.st ot (hem being >>*011115 and' fresh, and n :good niilking strain. iVolwithstanding thr.t a number pit them were lincky.'.ard culvers, comitetition was animated froiri start to finish of the auction. My Hitchcock being sucb a popular settler, aud knbwri to possess OIIC of: tho moat useful, dairy herds on th.e Gtago P.eninsiila, buyers gathered from far and near, and. the result was a capital tile,. nltilo.HgJl there was 110 extremely high figures .obtained. Prices ran from .tfi -ios- to £0 for. cows, .and. ■for heifers X'l to i'S; oiic-ycai-old heifers, i'J 'ii to £3 17s 61 j calyes (sinail), 21s; springcart horses, up to iiS; -implements,- dairy uicusiis, and sundries/at. satisfactory prices. j. Newburgli.Lp.won,-stock--and' sharebroker, No. 5 Stock Exchange Biiihlings, street. Codes: Western Union;, Bedford. M -Neil, and Private. Cabin address, .Lawsori, Dlinoain. Money to lend on freehold security;—Adv.t. 1 I- ; j I , , 1 : ■ • r ' • ' . ;