THE MEAT MARKET.

Otago Witness, Issue 2413, 7 June 1900, Page 15

THE MEAT MARKET.

NAPIER, May 31. Messrs Nelson Brothers have received -the following cable from the C.C. and D. Company, London:—''Best Canterbury mutton, sd; Dunedin and .Southland. 4|d; Napier, 4|d. Lamb: First quality, s!d; second do, O 4 u. SOUTHLAND GEAIN MARKET. • INVERCARG-ILL, June 1. The Invercargill Grain Brokers' Association reports: —Oats: A grade, 2s 9^d; B grade, Is 9d; C grade, Is 81d (f.o.b. Bluff, sacks in). The market is lifeless, but holders generally are not prepared to accept to-day's quotations.

DUNEDIN" MARKS CS. [ IVHOLESAIX PRODUCE REPORTS. Mr J. Fleming, Princes street south, reports ■under date the sth Jnss. :—: — "Wheat per bushel, i per i on Best milling ... 2/6 ! "Barley dust ... 60/0 Medium do 2/2 to ?/3 I Oaten hay <;0/0 Fowls' ... J/tf— 2/0 ! Oatmeal, in 25's 200/0 Milling oats ... 1/10 | Oaten chaff 49/o—so/0 Feed oats 3/o— l/7 Ryegrass hay ... M)/() Malt barley 3/0 -:s/3 ' Straw 2-5/0 Feed barley 1/9-2/0 | Pearl barley . . 520/0 Capo J arley ... 3/0 ! Onions 3/6 cwb Maize ... ... 3/0 j per lb. per ion. i Rolled bacon ... 6>d Hour, in2oo's .... 30/0 | Side bacon ... 7d Flour, in 50's ...3*10(0 Smoked hams ... 0,8 Pollard ... ... SO/0 Cheese 5i Bran ... 70/0 Good salt butter, 7d to 8 J.accordinpjto quality Potatoes : Oamaru Derwents, £2, to £'2 2-> 6d, according t ) quality. i-'ARtI AND BATRY PRODUCE Messrs Irvine and StevensoD, Oreorjre street, vepntt paying for produce during the week ending the sth iust. as follows :— Bacon (roll), 6kl p. lb Fresh buLter, Bd, 9i, Ham, 7§d p. lb and lOd p. lb Fresh eggs* Is fid doz Salt Butter— Notbnying Fresh butter, good ordinary (in lib and lib prints), 7d to 8d per lb. P.gs, J2olb to Jo'Olb, nnt buying Fowls, 2s lo~s 9 1 pair. Ducks, 3d to 5s pair Gtese, 4s to Bs. Turkeys, 4£ 1 per lb. G-EAIN AND PRODUCE EEPORTS. Messrs Donald Eeid and Co. report that prices ruled as under at their auction sa.e on Monday • Oats. — Our catalogue " was composed of medium to good feed oats. There was a fail attendance of buyers, but bidding was not keen, and many of the lots on offer were passed m. We quote: Prime milling, Is Sd to Is 9d; good to best feed, Is 6d to is 7d ; medium and inferior, Is 5d io Is 6cl per bushel (sacks extra). Wheat. — We offered a quantity of broken and seconds, for which there was no demand, and sold best whole fowl wheat at Is lid to 2s per bushel (sacks in). Potatoes. — The niarkot is heavily supplied, and a poor demand was experienced yesterday, best Derwents realising only £2 per ton (sacks in). Chaff. — We catalogued a quantity of medium, which is entirely out of request, in most cases no offer being received. Prime quality is scarce, and readily placed. We quote : Good to prime, £2 7s 6d to £2 15s ; medium, £2 to £2 5s per xo:i (bags extra). Messrs A. Moritzson and Co. report having held their usual weekly sale of grain and produce on Monday morning. There was only a poor attendance of buyers, and in the ab- > sence of competition had to pass in the bulk of the catalogue. Oats. — -There is no demand, and all lots coming forward are going into store. We quote : j Pihne milling, Is SJd to Is 9d; best feed, is ! 7d; medium and inferior, Is 2d to Is 6d per bushel. | Wheat. — There is a fairly active demand for prime milling from 2s 5 J ,d to 2s 6?d, but other ' sorts are almost unsaleable except at fowl feed mices. We 'quote: Fowl feed, Is 6d to 2s per bushel. Potatoes. — Heavy supplies coming forwaid j have caused the market io ease. We sold best Derwents from £2 2s 6d to £2 ss ; medium from ' 37s 6d per ton. I Chafe. — Prime oaten is in short su-jply, and sells readily from £2 15s to £2 17s Gd per ton, i but other descriptions are almost unsaleable, i Messrs Dalgety and Co. (Limited) report , having held their usual weekly auction i sale on Monday, when the attendance of buyers ' was fair. \ Oats. — The market continues very dull, and , it is difficult to effect sales. We quote: Prime | milling, Is 8d to Is 9d; good to best feed, Is ! 6|d to Is 7d; fair to medium, Is 5d to Is 6d j (sacks extra). ] Wheat. — The demand for nrime milling is not quite so strong, and medium find second class are neglected. Prims -milling. 2s 5d to 2s 6d ; fowl feed, Is lOd to 2s (sacks in). Potatoes — Supplies are coming to hand freely, and it is difficult to effect sales, vahxes being lowe- by 2s 6d to 5s per ton. ' Prime Derwents. £2 to £1 2s fid. Chaff. — The market is very bare, of prime duality, which sells readily. Medium and light is m ovir-supplv, and very hard to placp We quote- Piime, M 12s Cd to £2 15s; good, £2 7s Sd to £2 10s; medium and inferior, £1 ! 15s to dC2 2s 6d (sacks extra). ! CLEAETItfG SALE. Maclean and Co. report having held a clraring sale at Pine Hill yesterday o.a behalf of Mr John Camnboll. Mr Campbell's sta^ciing as one of the leading dairymen of Dimedin is so well known that it was, not surprising io see so large a Catherine of buvprs, a'l keen for business. The condition of the stock was excellent and the cruahty unsurpassed, the cows looking perfect piefcm-ps for cleanliness and peneral appearance. The byre and surrounding were worth a- lot to look at, and the whole establishment reflected great credit uron Mr Campbell's care aad attention, nothing being overlooked. The sale w»:at with vim fiom start io finish, and cveivHiire ra«ffl I under the hammer, and was finished before 5 I o'clock. Some idea o£ the quality of the cows I may be gatherpd from the fact that fin average j of nist on £5 10s uer head was realised for 61 , head of cows and heifers : £6 to £8 wpic common prices, and five or six of the nick of the byre realised £S, to £0. The lior«es elicited vpvv keen conroetition, find realised £t9 ]os. c€ 26. £33 ss, j£33 10s. and £3"> 10s. Imnleraents and sundries all sold at good average prices. HORSE SALE. j Mr W. Quin repoits having held a clearing sale o{ horses at Crookston on account oi Mi Wm, Haugh " on Thursday last. There was a good attendance, and, the horses being noted in the district circuit as extra good workers, the competition was brisk, and good prices were realised. The following are the principal prices obtained. The buyers were mostly local, they out-bidding visitors from a distance:—

I Mares, .£7O, £64, £57, £51, £50, £49, £47 103, I £iZ, £11, i3O, £24 10s; geldings, £55 10s, 550 ' 10s, and the balance from £38 10s to £31 10s ; . young unbroken two and three-year-olda, £-16 I to £27 100. I STOCK SALE. : Messrs Maclean and Co. report: — We held our fortnightly sale at Balchttha 0:1 Friday. <j , There %vaa a fiir entry both m sheep and ! cattle, and a good attendance of buyeis keen | • for business. We offered 220 sheep and -14 • head cattle besides several horses, a2id sold for i Messrs J. Dunne, J. Wilson and Son, R. 1 Houliston, John Wright, Christie, Jas. King, S Wright, C. Penmana, Anderson pud Christie, Mrs It. S. Murray, and others. Wethers at Hs, lGs 9cl, 17s 2d ; ewes at 12s 7d, 13s Id, 18s Cd ; , lambs at 10s 6d; cattle at £1 to £5; horses ac 1 £12 to .€3O. Privately during the pafct fortnight we have sold at the following centres: Tapamn, 3000 sheep and lambs ; Ealclutha, : 1500 sheep and lambs, 180 head cattle; Mil- j ton, 2700 sheep and lambs; Taieri, 1100 sheep ' 1 and Inmba, SO head cattle; Clinton, 700 sheep and Ip.rnbs, 20 head cattle. DTJNEDIN HOESE SALEYAHDS. Messrs Wright, Stephenson, and Co. leporfc as follows:—There was a poor entry of horses at our weekly sale last Saturday, and also a very poor ' attendance of buyers. This was owing chiefly to so many being present at the annual show I last week, and staying ot home this week. ' Draughts: Any horses of this class aie selling well, and fetched up to £44 at Saturday's sale. I • There is still a good demand for useful farm j j horses, and any of this stamp coming forward will meet a leady sale at market quotations. Light hoi'Pes are also up in price compared vvith | : a few months ago, and they are now fetching ! . good prices at our weekly sales. We quote: ' Superior young draught geldings, £i 0 to £45; ! ! extra good prize horses, £46 to £50; medium ' . draught mares and geldings, £30 to £38; aged ' ', do, £20 to £27 ; upstanding carriage horses, £25 ' jto £30 ; well-matched carriage pairs, £50 to ' £60; strong spring-van hoises, £22 to £23; milk i cart and butchers' order cart horses, £15 to I £20 ; tram horses, £8 to £12 ; light hacks, £6 to ' I £10 ; extra good do, £15 to £25 ; weedy and aged ; ■ hacks and harness horses, £2 to £5. j I LAND SALE. j I Messrs! Donald Reid and Co. (Limited) re- ' port having sold at auction, on account of Mr ' V\ T m. Oughlon, his freehold farm (91a 3r 20p), situate at North Taieri. Bidding commenced at £17 per acre, end was briskly followed im- • til X!2O 5s was reached, when it was knocked | down, Mr Robert Smellie, of North Taieri, j : being- the purchaser. 1 PROPERTY SALE. Messrs Park, Reynolds, and Co. report the I saio by auction yesterday of section 7 and part section 8, block XXXIX, Dunedin, cor- ' nsr of Bond and Police streets, to Messrs Tonkin and Co., for the sum of £1000. They , olso report the following recent sales by auction and privately : — Section 2, block "VT, Dunedin, corner Walker and Hope streets, to ,Mr li. Crust, at a satisfactory figure ; allot- ' meuts 46, 4-7, and part 45, Fitzroy estate, 1 South Dunedin, to Mr A. L. M'Gill, £100; : , part allotments 287 and 293, Glen estate, with '. j buildings, to Mr F. C. Evans, £200 ; 14 years' ,' ■ lease of Harbour Board sections as under: j 1 Sections 12 and 13, block LIX, Dundein, to j IMr J. C. Seelye ; sections 14 and 15, block ! I LIX, Dunedin, to Messrs Butterworth ■ Bros. ; sections 14-, 15, and 16, block LVII-I. Dunedin, to Messrs TV right, Stophenson, and j Co. ; section 8, block LV, Dunedin, to Messrs ; Butler Bros. ; section 13, block. 11, Miehie j street, Roslyn, with buildings, to Mr Web1 ber, £500 ; unexpired term of lease of part of reserve No. 5, Dowling street, Dunedin, with Alhambra Theatre thereon, to Mr Ben Fuller, at a satisfactory price ; allotments 60 and 61, township of Barley, Caversham, with, buildings, to Mr S. Gilbert, £130; part sec- . lion 34, block X.II. Dunedin, with buildings thereon, to a purchaser ; allotment 3. snbdivi- ' sion of part allotment 1, block 111, Forbury, to Mr J. Attw-ell. £64- ; allotment 4, fame subdivision, with buildings, to Mr J. Tait, £270. THE LABOUR MARKET. • Skone and Son report, under date June 5 : — j This grand weather is all in favour of work of all kinds. Farmers are wisely utilising every ' hou., aacl keep the plough going. The de- j ffiand for ploughmen is large, and men arc ; getting a lise fj.om late yeprs. Work of all ! kinds is plentiful and men can pick and choose, , an 1 "make hay while the sun shines." Town ', , tiades are still busy iiishms> up houses; still in. able to keep up with demand for homes. Late wages- Couples £65, £70, and £75, shepherds £55 and £60, cooks 25s and 30s, plaughnien "0& (experienced men 22s 6d and 255), gicoms 15s and 20s, gardeners 25a. labourers j 6s, 7s, and Ss pel day, milkeis 10s, 12s 6cl, 153, j ran? 20s, trappei& Gd i->er pair up, small boya j as to -10s.