DUNEDIN MARKETS.

Otago Witness, Issue 2273, 23 September 1897, Page 15

DUNEDIN MARKETS.

/ WHOLESALE PRODUCE REPORTS. Mr J. Fleming, Princes street south, reports under date the 21st i-net. : — Wheat per bushel. « A H er i?S Best milling ... 4/3 Oaten hay 60/0-65/0 Medium do 3/9—4/0 Oatmeal, in 25's 240/0 Fowls 1 ... 3/3—3/6 Oaten chaff COA»— WO • Milling oats 2/o—2/1 Ry«grass hay O/o— <ss/O Feed oats ... 1/9-1/lt Straw £5/0 Malt barley 4/o—4/6 Pearl barley ...320/0 Feed barley 2/9-3/0 Onions" 2«/0 Cape barley ... 3/0 per Ib. Maize ... ... 3/3 Rolled bacon ... 0/«* per ton. Side bacon ... 0/7 Hour, in 200*8 ... 22f1/0 Smoked hams .., 0/7£ Flour, in 50's ...230/0 Cheese ... 0/32— Wi Pollard ... ... 70/0 Good salt butter, Bran 60/0 7d to 7H per lb, Barley dust ... 7t>/0 according to quality. Dement potatoes easier this week, £2 10s to £3 per ton (plentiful). Southern potatoes plentiful. Swede turnips in bags, £1 per ton. FARM AND DAIRY PRODUCE Messrs Irvine and Stevenson, George street, report paying for produce during the week ending th« 2lst inst. as follows :— Bacon (roll),- CJd p. lb I Fresh butter, lid to Is Ham, 7.4 d p. lb p. lb •Fresh eggs, 8d doz I Salt butter, 7d Fresh butter, good ordinary (in, lib and Jib prints),' Bd to lOd p. lb. ' 'GRAIN AND PRODUCE' REPORT. ' Messrs Donald Reid' and ''Co: report th*t prices 'ruled as under at their auction sale on Monday : — ■Oats.— We submitted a catalogue of fair to good feed, which mtt' with steady competition, and . xraa cleared at Is lid to Is 11 Jd per bushel. There is no chauge to report, in last week's quotations. Need lines, 2s 2d to 2s 6d ; prime milling 1 , 2s Id to '. 2s 3d ; good to best feed, In lid to 2s ; medium, Is SJd to Is 10£ d per bushel (sacks extra). > j Wheat. — "We offered fowl wheat of various gwdw, which sold at 3s to 3s 8d per bushel (sacks in) .'otatoes — Our catalogue was composed chiefly of southern Derwents, -which were quitted at £2 jw to £2 10a per ton. Prime Oanaaru Derwents are iaquired for, and worth £2 15s to £2 17s j 6d per tou. ObafF. — We offered about 40 tons, mostly good to prime. Best lots met good competition, and sold at £3 15s to £3 17s 6d (axtra prime to £4); medium. £3 5b to £3 10s ; straw chaff, 303 per ton (bags extra). SALE OF DAIRY COWS. Maclean and 00. report baring held a sale at Burneide on the 16th on account of Mr T. H. Lewis and otkers. There was a fair entry, but owing to the very bad weather the attendance was u«t good; nevertheless those present were prepared for business, anJ, all thing* considered, the sale was it very satisfactory 0510, and nearly all lots •ffered found buyers at fair prices. DTJNEDIN HORSE SALEYARDS. Weekly Report. Messrs Wright, Stephenson, and Co. report es follows :—: — There -was a great'dearth of .good horses to-day. Heavy young 1 draughts were 'much inquired for, ■and a 'large' business could have been done in this class, and aleo in strong spring-van and springcart horses if they had beeu forthcoming. There ■was a fair entry of medium draughts (mostly ' aged) and of light harness horses The demand for these classes w»s none- too brisk ;. still, a fair number •of them changed hands at quotations. • We direct ..special, attention to our thirty-sixth annual sale of- Clydesdale stallions, coaching, carriage, roadsters, a*id trotting entire hoites, which will be -held under the auspices of the Otago Agricultural afed Pastoral Society on Thursday, 23rd inßt., at Tahuna Park. We quote : First-class heavy young , draughts at from £30 to £35 (extra heavy a pound or two moie); "medium, £22 to £27 ; aged, £15 to ; £20 ; hacks and gtroDg carriage horses, £15 to £20 ; go-'.d *pring-carfc eortp, £11 to £15 ; light hacks, £7 to £10 ; inferior, £2 to £5. CLEARING SALE AT PURAKANUI. Messrs Maclean and Co. report having held a clearing 6ale at Mr John Golightly's on Friday. Owing to distance from any centre the attendance was only moderate, but those present made amends for this by bidding w«ll, the result being a very satisfactory sale, everything offeied finding buyers at full values. Ewes and hoggets at 6s, cows up to £5 10s, horses (aged) to £lO ss, Glenlyon filly (rising 2yrs) £12, breeding sows to £1 15s, suckers to 13s. THE LABOUR MARKET. Mr Skene reports under date September 21 : — Farmers should now be in grand fettle with the promising spring — sunshine and showers made to order. Farm hands are in good demand, and there is a big rush for boys and lads, but all must milk nowadays. Rabbiters, gaadener#, grooms, Ac., are always more or less wanted. Station demands for couples and shepherds are beginning, and they may expect a busy time ahead. Wages keep right for all but duffers. "When in nesd of a good reliable pongh medicine remember that Chambbrlain's Cough Remedy not only relieves, bat cures. Me Joteph Rogers, of West Warreß, Fa., when suffering from a very severe cold and cough, took this remedy, with the best result*. He says ife - helped him effectually, and not only relieved, Jjufc cured him. IE you have any fear of pneumonia, by all means choose this remedy, as ifc counteracts any tendency of a cold toward pneumonia. F O r fla i e by *H leadioa chemists.

WJLIHEHO COUNTY COUNCIL. The ordinary meeting of this county oouneil was h«ld in the County Council Chambers, Palmeraton, on* Saturday last; pw*ent — Crs T. H«ir (chairman), G. Clark, J. H*rUtooge jun., M. Isbisfcer,' D. Kennedy, B. Matheson, D. R«k, J. Ross, and J. Bfcoirarfe.

FINANCE,

Aooounte for the month amounting to £1240s 9d were passed for payment.

INSPBCTOH's BEPOIiT.

The Inspector reported as under :—: —

Dunbeck Riding. — I went up with Mr W. Murray, sen., and examined the present road line oa the P*lmerston Borough Endowment, which is very steep *nd rocky. If a deviation wens m«d« I think a better track could be got than the surveyed liae, but *s the mountain is Tery »teep anything like a good wheel traffic road woald never be praotioable.— Tfae report was received, and tbe council decided, on the motion of ' Or Kekkbdt, seconded by Cc Habtstonqb, to make an application to Mr A.D. Bell to ascertain if he would grant a deviation to give,*etee« to the borough endowment. Gr&en Valley Riding.— l examined the road wbkh Mr D. Muir complained about, and as it is very steep a deviation is the only improve-" ni*nfc I could make'to it ; but as the property is private, the owner would h«ve to be teen. — The report was received, and the council resolved, on the motion of Cr Matheson, seconded by Cr Hartstonge, to m»ke application to Mr Wchh, the owner of the land referred to, re the tetms he would bs disposed to grant a deviation on.

Blue Mountain Riding.— As the crossing at Kendall's, I«ch Valley, was too bad to repair, I got some blue gum post* split by the surfacemen, und, with tho consent of the chairman and the owner of the land, the fence has since been erected.* — The «ietiou of the inspector and the chairman was approved.

COR* ES PONDTSKCE .

The Secretary of the Treasury, Wellington, wrote intimating that the following amonnts had bef n remitted to the credit of the council at the B*uk of New Zealand, Palmerston — viz : GoWficlds- revenue. £6 18s 6d ; subsidy, £125 ; B«€*, 17« ;— total, £132 15s 6d. — Received. The Receiver of Gold Revenue, Naseby, wrota eta.ting that Gray's Extended Company was in tbe w*me of John Shears Gray, whose whereabouts he did not know. Toe ren? due from this leasehold was £15 for the period from February 21, 1897, to February 26, 1893. It w*B pointed eu« that there were others interested in the venture, but as their names were not entered on tbe register the county had no cUim on them. On tb* 7th intt. tbe license was tendered for cancellation by oae of the Naaeby solicitors who htd received it from Duuedin for the purpose, aud informed the registrar that his instructions were that Gray's whereabouts was not known. The surrender h«d not been acoepted for the following reasons :— (1) That the rent was in arrear ; •nd (2) that there was no written surrender by the lioensee Gray, rent notioe to him having been returned from the dead letter office. Uftder these circumstances the registrar considered tb*t it wdfild be as well to cancel the lioense. As the cou&oll were interested he «»k«d instruotioos from them in the matter. — The coaacil decided to recommend that the license be cancelled.

Mm Jordan, Duoback, wroie applying for permission to open the road in front of her house to lift a number of pipes belonging to her tb«t had been laid across the P*lmeraton-Dunb»ck road. — The application was granted, subjact to the work being done under the supervision of tbe inspector, on the motion of -Oc Kennedy, seconded by Cr ISBISTBtt.

Mr P. ftTLeod, Waihemo, wrote applying to have a altdge or horse track formed to his run from his freehold adjoining. He also afked to h«ve some side cuttings and levellings done about the river crossing to his sheep yards at tbe road lino between 6ectiou 3, blsck IV, Highlay, and section 1, block XIII, Swinburn ; also some repairs to the road from main ro;ul to and across the river at Dolphin's. If there w*s not (sufficient land fund to do all the work at once he asked to have the most urgent curried ou t. — The application was referred to tho innpector to interview Mr M*Leod and to report to council at next meetiDg.

Me Ewan M'Donald, Waihemo, wrote stating that nothing would have induced him to give the deviation in his land except; the council's promise to form a road capable or fit to enable a threshing mill to get into his paddock. But the council did not do th's, for apart from the many curves of 9ft to the chain no sane person would attempt to take a machiue over blue stone covers, &c. The speciflcatious submitted to him were a nullity, and the council's object seemed to ba to cut up and disfigure his land, and destroy the road and land by placing an embankment half a chain on his land ; but as the m»«chief was done he submitted — (1) to rnnke the road in accordance with the specifications when granting the deviation ; (2) to remove the embankment off his land and the obstructions ; and (3) pay him £40 compensation for the old formation. To these and any other reasonable terms he was willing to agree to. — The letter was receiv«d.

An application for a slaughterhouse license was granted to Mr W. Little.

OTHER MATTERS

A. Clark drew attention to some obstructions on the road at Macraes leading to Mr C. S. Hay's run. — The matter-w*s left in the hands of the inspector.

The Inspector drew attention to the refusal or dilatoriness of some of the ratepayers in complying with the instructions of the council to chip the gone spreading on to the road lines opposite their prop«rti6B, when the matter was left in the hands of the inspector to put men on »nd have the goree chopped at the expense of

the personß interested after notice had been given them. — Cr J. Ross considered it -would be a good thing if landowners who had gowe hedges along 1 the county roads were compelled to keep them trimmed, which would prevent it from uprcading and save a good deal of trouble afterwards.

Oc Habtstonge moved and Cr Matheson Seconded — " That tenders be called for formation of a road oa the track leading from A. Q. Muir'n woodshed to Macraes." — Carried.

Cr Haststonge moved aud Cc Clark seconded — " That tsnders be invited for metalling the main Macraes road from the end of Steward's to Gifford's." — Carried.

Attention having been oalled to a nuisance Rnd eyesore in one of the • breeta at Macraes leading to ene of the churches, it was resolved to instruct the inspector to take action to have it removed.

Or Stewabt having oalled attention to a portion of the bank at the Pleasant River bridge having given way, the inspector was instructed to attend to the matter.

OONTRACTS.

Tenders were opened and the lowest accepted for tbe following works : — Contract 339, formation Golden Point road, M«eraea Riding — T. Hourston. Us lid per chain ; AY. Baker, 17s per chain. Contract 4-40, formation of road on P. M'Leod's small grazing run, Green Valley Biding — J. Morrisou, formation £23, tussocking Is per ohain, culverts 1* per foot ; P. Luoham, formation £25 15*, tmsoeking 3i par chain, culvert* 3s per yard. Contract 441, supply of 200 cubic yards gravel, Otaig's road, Blue Mountain Riding — T. Hoursfcon, ll£d per yard ; J. K'tcben, Is per yard ; P. Lunham, li 2<\ per jard. The council then adjourned.