THE MEAT MARKET.

Otago Witness, Issue 2425, 5 September 1900, Page 16

THE MEAT MARKET.

NAPIER, .August 30.— Nelson Bros, have ■received the following cable from the •Colonial Consignment and Distributing Com■pany: — "Frozen meat market: Prices unchanged." GRAIN AND PRODUCE REPORTS. Messrs Daigety anil Co. (.Limited) report hayWQ hf\d their usual weekly auction gale gi

grain on Monday, before the usuai attendance^ of buyers. . , . ! -Oats. — The demand . for, these continues strong, especially for good,' bright feed 1 " lilies for shipment and milling. We quote: Prima milling, from Is 9^d to Is lOd; good to bestft feed, Is BJd to Is 9Jd; medium, Is 7& to. lg'< Sd (bags extra). Wheat. — The market remains the same as last week. Prime milling is in good demand! f from 2s 6d to 2s 7id; medium to good (withT no inquiry), 2s 2d to 2s sd; fowl feed, 2s ta 2s Id (bags in). Potatoes.- — The market is overstocked, andl it is difficult to sell at quotations. Prime Northern Derwents, to 30s; 'other sorts, to 25s (bags in). Chaff. — The supplies coming forward have not been so heavy, consequently prices are fLimer ! Prime oaten sheaf in steady demand! from £2 7s '6d to £2 10s; medium, £2 to £2 5s (bags extra). Messrs Donald Reid and Co. (Limited) report that prices ruled as under at their auction sale on Monday: — Oats. — Those offered to-day were medium to good feed, for which there was moderate competition, prices ruling on a par with those of last week. We quote: Prime milling, Is 9|cl to Is lOd; good to best feed, Is Bid to Is 9id; medium, Is 6d to Is 7-Jd per bushel (sacks extra). - . , Wheat. — The local demand^ is chiefly for prime milling samples " afficfcSge&Td' .whole fowl wheat. Medium quality is'mbt readily saleable. We quote : Prime milling, 2s 6d" to 2s 7Jd; niechurn, 23 2d,.t0 2s sd ; good whole fowl wheat, 2s" to 2s Id;, broken^and. jlamagecl; ls'9d to Is lid per busher_(sacks"ru).f IV'-* . Potatoes — There is still a- fair quantity in store, and values' are unchanged. We quote: Beat Derwents, SOs ; others, 25s to 275 , 6'd per ton (sacks in"> • ' '' . Chaff. — -The market is over-supplied witli chaff of medium quality, for which there is little demand. Prime oaten sheaf is nob offering freely, and is readily" saleable at £2 7s 6d to £2 10s; medium lo good, £1 17s 6d to £2 5s per ton (bags extra). Messrs A. Moritzson and Co. report having beld their usual weekly sale of grain and produce on. Monday morning. There was a good attendance of buyers, and competition was fairly active. Oats. — These were in fair demand, but prices wore slightly lower as compared with those of last week. We sold best feed from Is SJd to 1& 9d; medium and inferior from Is 3d to Is Sd ; milling, Is 9d per bushel. Wheat. — There is a steady sale at quotations. Prime velvet and Tuscan, 2s 6d to 2s 7Jd; medium, 2s 3d to 2s s?d; - fowl feed, which, is in short supply, 2s to 2s Id 'per bushel. Potatoes — Small lines of _ prime quality sold frcm 30s s to 32s 6d per ton,' bixt^pther descriptions are absolutely unsaleable. Chaff. — The market is bare of best sorts, but medium and interior are plentiful. We sold prime from £2 7s 6d to £2 10s; medium and inferior fiom £1 10s io £2 5s i.er ton. SALE OF THE CLYDESDALE STALLION! LION PRINCE. Messrs Dalgefcy and Co. (Limited) report having sold on account. of Mr J. R. Kenton f Balclutha, .the Clydesdale stallion. Lion Prince to Mr John .Ford, of Tahatika, at a satisfactory, price-f Tlie sire of "Lioii Prince is" Lion King(bred" by Mr Robert - Gawn, Deer Park), by, • British Lion' (imp.)., -by Argyle^ (2567, vol. fi)', dain,"Scoleh Annie (imp.). Dam "of Lion Prince -Kate, -sire ~Wait-a-Wee, -g > dam ' lean", g sire Native Industry. ' - HIDES, TALLOW, AND TAT.' * '. - Messrs Maclean, Pram, and Co. report: Wa held our usual weekly auction sale of'the above at our. stores, Crawford- street/ on "Friday-after-noon. There was a large representation of the trade, and, under keen competition, we cleared, a catalogue of about 40 lots at late rates. Following are the prices realised: — Ox hides, 3|d to 4d ; cow hides, 3|d to 3|d ; calfskins, ;ls lid to 2s 6d; tallow, 14s to 15s; rough fat, 5s 3d to 12s 6d. SALE OF CLYDESDALE ENTIRE COLT LORD ROBERTS. ' Messrs Wright, Stephenson, and Co. report having sold privately, on account of Mr Robert G-awri", of Deer Park, North Taieri, his very fine rising three-year-old Clydesdale entire colt "Lord Roberts, to Mr John Gibson, of Ashley Downs estate, "Waiwera South. Lord Roberts is one of the best-bred colts in Otago, as will be at once recognised when it is stated that he is got by Lion King, by British Lion (imp.). The colt's dam is the stud mare Jean, by Lord Salisbury (imp.), out of the Romney Marsh stud mare Mrs Charles Findlay's Nelly, by Niimno's Emperor. The great grand dan}, Kate, by Blackley (imp.), etc. Jean is a noted prize-taker at the shows of the Otago Agri- ' cultural and Pastoral Association and the Taieri Agricultural Society; and so has been the sire of Lord Roberts, and the grand sires .on both sire's and clam's sides. 'Lion King's dam, Scotch Anaie, imported from Scotland; wiis about the best mare of her day. ■ Mr Gibson himself, and the Waiwera district- generally, may b"e congratulated upon having secured such a handsome and well-bred colt as Lord Roberts undoubtedly is. " , _, SALE OF CLYDESDALE, ENTIRE HORSE SILVERSTREAM. Messis Donald Reid and Co. report: We have sold privately on account of Mr, Robert Gawn (Deer Park, North Taieri), the favourite high pedigreed pure Clydesdale entire horse Silver-" stream to Mr Alexander Trotter (White Cliffs, near Hyde). Silverstream, so well and favourable known throughout' the coast districts of Otago, is a dark' bay horse of great substance and power. He has a large, flat, clean bone, and is well clad with nice silky flowing hair. Silverstream comes direct from the famous Salisbury and Sir* Colin stock, and in addition to having a -fine, docile temper is, as his pedigree shows, certainly one of the best come horses in .Otago. ■ Silverstream, by Lord Salisbury (imp.), 1205, Sc. Ssß., without doubt the best horse that ever lefiFScotland. Lord Salisbury by Young Conqueror (959), dams Darling (64) by Lintock; g dam Jean, by Surprise (846). Young Conqueror (959), by Conqueror (196), dam. Maggie, by Lord Clyde (477). Conqueror (196) won first prizes and silver medals at- Glasgow in 1870-1871, the Wington' premium in 1872, the Leshmagow premium in. 1873. Conqueror, by Renfrewshire Jock (696), dam Jess, by Prince Lofty (455), by Farmers'Fancy (173), by Bloonifield Champion (95), by. Glancer II (337), by Glancer (336), by Glancer,alias Thomson's Black Horse (335). Lord Salisbury took the following first prizes as a year-* ling:— First at Ayr in 1876-1877.; as a.two-year-i old first and the champion onedal at Kilmar,nock; first at Dairy, first at Ayr, first at Glasgow, first at the Royal show at Liverpool, and. first at the H. Society's show at Edinburgh, first and champion at the Dunedin show for five years, and retired from the show ring having an unbeaten record. Silverstream, dam. Duchess 11, by Sir Colin (imp.), from Scotland. Sir Colin by the famous horse Samson, bred 1 by A. Logan, Esq, Crossflats, Kilbarchan, oitt of his favourite mare Jess, winner of . manjjj first prizes. Duchess the 11, out of Duchess; out of Gentle, by Emperor. Gentle out of Betty, by Old Champion. Champion was bred) by Mr Anderson, Dunmore, "Wigtonshire, Scotland. He gained a great number of first prizes as a yearling, two_-year-ol<l A aid,' thr.ee-y.ear-pHB

up to syrs, and was afterwards shaped to Australia, and from thence to New Zealand, where he gained first prize at the Taieri show the only yeai he was shown. Ho Uavslled the T"aieri district, and left some of the best Clydesdale stock in the Taieri. Duchess II has .taken many first prizes at Milton shows. Silver'stream was shown at Clutha shows, and gained first and champion for best Clydesdale animal on the ground for three years in succession. The accession of this grand horse to the Central Otago districts, where we iinderstand it is the intention of the owner to travel him, rniust prove a great benefit to the district. Silverstreani has undoubtedly the best strain of Clydesdale blood in ISTew Zealand, and is .just the class of horse to improve the stock of 'dre.x-.ght horses in the Central Otago districts. Wo heartily congratulate Mr Ti otter on his enterprise in introducing such a valuable horse to the district, and have no doubt it will be appreciated by the settlers and be amply rewarded. ' DUNE-DIN HORSE SALEYARDS. Messrs Wright, Stephenson, and Co. report as follows:. — t There was a fine display of draught horses at this week's sale, the entries including consignments from Tuapeka,- South Canterbury, and New "South Wales. The draughts from the tjvo former districts were. very good. Those from the sister colony were of medium, class, but young and iiscful farm horses. There was an excellent attendance, of buyers for draughts ill particular, and we are able to record. a very satisfactory sale. Mr J.ohn Shaw, of Tiniaru, topped the market at £60 for a very powerful six-year-old brown geldmg, and Mr Thomas G-. Robertson, of Ttiapeka, came next with £58 a- piece for two magnificent bay geldings, six and seven years old respectively — the one by Young Salisbury and the ether by Cranbouine. Other sales in heavy draughts weie a Craigievar mare, aged, at £52 10s ; an unbroken rising three-year-old filly by Lion King, at ;■ and two aged mares at £i 7 10s and £i& respectively. The Sydney consignment sold at from £33 to £46 for the draughts, and at from £20 to £29 for the spring-carters. Hacks and harness horses were poorly represented, and the few sales made were effected at from JlO to £15. We, quote: Siiperior young draught geldings, £45 to ; extra- good prize horses, £55 to £60 ; medium draright maras and geldings, £34 to £40; aged do^ £25 to £33; upstanding carriage horses, £25 to £30 ; v well- matched carriage pairs, £60 to £70; strong spring-van horses, £30 to £36; milk-cart and butchers' order-cart horses, £14 to £18; tram horses, £9 to £15; light hacks, £6 to £10 ; extra good hacks, £18 to £25 ; weedy and aged hacks and harness horses, £2 to £5. ■ PROPERTY SALES. ..There was; a large attendance on Saturday at the rooms of the o Perpefctial Trustees, Estate, arid Agency Company, when section in blocks I, 11, and 111, Anderson's Extension of Roslyn, were submitted. Mr W. Hislop, who officiated as auctioneer, said that as Dunedin was now almost built right up this was one of the few directions in which people could acquire desirable building sites. In all 48 sections were submitted. Bidding was brisk at the start, and there was keen competition for some of the Sections. The bidding slackened when 19 sec-, •fions had been disposed of, and the auctioneer intimated the leserve on the balance, and stated that they could be treated for privately. The following are the particulars of the sales effected: — Allotment 10, block 11, 19.5 i>oles — Mr Armstrong, £77 10s ; 11, block 11, 20 polesMr Armstrong, £77 10s; 14, block 11, 20 polesMr Kettle, £82 10s; 15, block; 11, 20 polesMr "Kettle,- £82 10s; 16, 'block 11, 20 pr>les— Mr Mitchell, £S2 10s; 17, block 11, 20.1 poles— Mr ..Mustard, £80; 18, block 11, 20.2 poles— Mr Mustard, £80 ; 30, block 11, 20 poles —Mr Gougli, £75; 31, block 11, 20 poles— Mr Matheson, £72 10s; 32, block 11, 20 poles — Mr Matheson, £72 ]0s; 33, block 11, 20 polesMr Matheson, £70, 34, block 11, 20 poles— Mr _ Matheson, £70; 35, block 11, 20 poles — MiTaylor, £70 ; 26, block 11, 20 poles— Mr Duncan, £55 ; 27, block 11, -20 poles— Mr Duncan, £55 ; 8, block I, 20 poles— Mr Jack, £77 10s ; 9, block I, 20 poles— Mr Jack, £77 10s; 1, block 111, 16.1 poles— Mr Crorabie, £57 10s; 2 block 111, 16.3 poles— Mr Cronibie, £57 10s. The Perpetual Trustees, Estate, and Agency Company also offered a 60 years' lease of section 42, block XIV, corner of Stuart street and Octagon, by Messrs Robin and Co. The property was sold to the occupier afc £180 per annum. Four other leasehold properties were passed in. There was a large attendance at the board room of the Agricultural Hall on Friday, when Messrs Sievwright Bros, and Co. offered by auction the fieehold property being section No. 32, block XV, on the record map of the town of Dunedin, having a frontage of 53ft 2in to Priuces street, and running back the full depth of the section, with the two-storeyed building thereon, occupied by Mrs Gill as a millinery establishment. Bidding was spirited, but at •fch'e same time it did not come up to the owner's idea, of the value, and the property was passed in at £6000. The auctioneers are now prepared to treat privately for it. Messrs Donald Reid Mid Co. (Limited) report having offered sale at the Otago .Corn and Wool Exchange Mr John Allan's improved freehold farms near Middlernarch, known as Waiete and The Doughboy farms respectively. There was a good attendance of farmers from the locality and others interested. The Doughboy farm, comprising 113 acres, was first offered. Bidding commenced at £7 per acre, and after spirited competition the lot was disposed of at £8 17b 6d per acre. The buyer (Mr Frederick Moynahan) is to be congratulated on having secured one of the best crop-growing and fattening .farms in Cen- «. tral Otago. The extent of freehold and large improvements on the Waiete farm seemed to operate against, a sale, and this lot was passed in; but, as Mr Allan has resolved to dispose of the whole of the property, he has decided to offer this estate for sale in freehold farms of from 44 to 100 acres each about the middle of September next, at which date the whole of his superior stock of- draught horses, sheep, farm implements, etc., will also be submitted on the premises for iinreserved sale. For full particulars See Daily Times and Otago Witness.