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Otago Daily Times, Issue 13519, 16 February 1906, Page 4

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Daily Times Office, Thursday evening. Tho amount of revenue collected at the Dunedin Cust nil House to-day 011 goods cleared for consumption was £2630 lis 3d. • COMMERCIAL CABLEGRAMS. LONDON, February R At the tallo.v sales 563 casks were offered, and 343 sold. Tlier,; was an improved demand. Fine mutton, .Ills; medium, 28s: fine beef, 29s Gd; medium-. 275. Lead: I'l (I The import", were IG.SHI tons; Australia, 485-2 ton?. Exports, 5333 tons, THE MELEOURXE MARKET. MELBOURNE, February la. The hide market remains firm at last week's rates. Sfcut hides are In good dcniauft TIIE MEAT MARKET. NAPIER, February 15. The C.C. sntl D Company has roeeived the -following cable from its London office:— Canterbury' million, tjd; Napier. Wellington, and North Island, SJd, Now season's lamb, u2d- Beef: Hunts, 3?d; fores, 2jd. 1

THE BUTTER MARKET. , . NAPIER, February 10. The Premier on Tuesday cabled lo Hie High Commissioner re the paction of the butter market in Loudon, and yesterday received tlie fallowing cablegram from tile CominiKsioKcr: —" Kc-feirnig to your inquiry ol the lHlli inst., the butter market continues steady, and the 01H look is genernlly satisfiictoiy, the present itiarkeLlieiglit being 100s." WA""NGANUI HAM PAIR: - (Per United Pbess Association.) WANGANUI, February 13. Messrs Freeman. J{. Jackson, e.nd Co. began tiieir annual ram fair to-day, when 1423 rams were catalogued, and 750 sold singly, Tlio ii.i lit uce will be offered to-morrow, Tiiere was ipiriled competition throughout, and excellent prices were obtained. Mr Wybourne's stud Lineolns averaged £~22 18s. ltd, lbs highest price being -Jags. M'. Perry's averaged £2(1 Is Gd, Mr Rayner's £'28 17s Gil, Mr J. B. Sutton's ill 2a Cd; others fG lo ill 11?, Lincoln flocks averaged from 3gs lo lOgs, Mr Wybonnie's sheep reaching the latter figure. Komneya averaged from 4}ga to sgs. English Loicesters sold well. Mi Trelkeld's averaged £'5s Gs, and Soiitlidowns £S se. AUCKLAND SHEEP FAIR. (Per United Press Association.) AUCKLAND, February 15. The annual sheep fair tot the New Zealand Loan slid Mercantile Agency Company was held to-day. Competition was very keen. The quality ot the sheep was a decided improvement, on that of recent years. The salo was most successful, showing o, vise in pries ior good breeding ewes, and fvoiu la to 2s per head over last year's rates. Prices for other sons ruled about (he same. In ewes Mr Jt'Ehvain (Waiuliu) obtained top price for a pen of hoggets, v.-iiieli realised 275, Lambs sold up to 12s Gd, and wethers lo 18s 3d. 1 In rams there was very keen competition for Lincoln!, one Tain realising'liOgs, a record prico for a flock ram. It was sold by Mr C. T. Barriball and bought by Mr i(. A. Bent. All o!hei classes of nheep, with the exception of black-faced 1 varieties, were eagerly sought after. The prices were the most satisfactory that have been obtained ior somo years past. HIDE SALE. Messrs D.ilgely awl Co. (Limited) report as follows:—We held our usual fortnightly hide salo in our stores on Wednesday, the 35th nisi. The usual buyers were in attendence, and bidding war spirited throughout. Wo had a large catalogue, comprising 217 hides. The bulk of our catalogue, was made up of country butchers' hides, with a few of fair average quality, but nothing really good. The'prices showed no advancc oil last week's rates. We quote: Extra, stout heavy ox, Gjd to 7Jd; heavy do, Gd to Bid; medium, 51d to Gjd: light. 41(1 to Sid; heavy cow, SJ-.1 io ojil; medium, -ojd to njd; light, sjid to Gjd; sto.gs end bulls, 3d to -ljd; yearlings, 4d to 5Jd per lb; calfskins, 2s to lis each. The following err, a few of oi:,r prices:—Ox: Lot 92, three COIb, at Gd; lot 77, one G'2lb, Gd; lot 9G, one CGlb, 6.5(1; lot Kl, one GOlb. sijd; lot. 84, two Kill, ujd; lot 82, two 521 b, s{jd; lot £5, one 151b, 55d; lot BG. five sGlb, iijd; lot ill, two 5.11b, ojd, Cow: Lot 47, two -Mb, 5Jd; lot 67, 11 451b. 5J(1: loi 08, -threo 591b, fijd; IoL 41, Jour 40ib, ,'gd; lot 48, tlneo GOlb, 55:1; lot 49, six 101b. 5Jd; lot 50, two 5511 i, Gjd; yearling, six 2Glb. 42d: three 251b, 43d per lb; calfskins, 4s 5d to 2s 4d each. HOTEL PROPERTY. Messrs E. L. Macassey and Co. 'report having sold, on behalf of Mr 11. Stevenson, of 'he Empire Hotel, Waikaiu, the freehold, furniture, and effects of his hotel, r,s a going roiiccnv to Mr T. J. Callahan at a very satisfactory figure. There is a iargo demand for hotel m-opertie.9 throughout all parts of New Zealand. The above sale is the seventh ono transacted by the firm in six weeks.

REDCLIFFE CROWN i:! It AND GALVANISED CORRUGATED IRON; cheapest and best—HogK and Co. (Limited), agants. Lower Ruttrnr streat.— . — "It. pays to ben mourner in _St. Petersburg, and there aro agencies which employ ereul numbers' of vognmls and tramps for Ihe liurposo," fays a writer. "These agencies supnly suitable clothing and pocket, handkerchiefs—everything. in fact, except boole, which the tramp must, show cm his fed, or he will not lx- hired. When there is a more or less important funeral llw tramps gather at- (lie Nikolski Market, r.nd aro selected by an employee of (he agency. The wape for the occasion, with tips, .generally equals about, 35." When in doubt as to what kind of cycle to purchase, call at 150 George street, v/liero you can choose from the best English machines. Prices to suit all.—TV. A. Scott.