COMMERCIAL.

South Canterbury Times, Issue 4009, 15 February 1886, Page 3

COMMERCIAL.

Times Office, Monday Afternoon, Messrs Jonas and for the past week, as follows Business in all kinds of stock never was duller than at the present time. Harvest is now in full swing and to a certain extent has affected the stock market, and the very low price of sheep now ruling seems to have closed the door to all speculation in this class. Country sales during the week have been but poorly attended, and the entries of stock have been light. The following are their transactions :

Makiki.i Sale Yards. Their regular monthly sale was held at these yards on Monday, the 8c inst. There were few entries and ihe attendance was small also. They sold 300 ciossbred lambs at 4s 2d, 100 crossbred ewes at 6s 7d, 42 cos- bred hoggets, fat, at 6s 4d, and also placed two small mobs of crossbred sheep privately at market rates.

Washdyka Sale Yards—The usual fortnightly sale was held at this place on Thursday, the 11th inst. The attendance was small, and it was difficult tod) bud ness evon at exceedingly low prices, Butchers seem to be indifferent about baying, and good quality and low prices will not tempt them as they are princicipaly supplied by growers They report the sale of 42 fat hoggets at 7s 300 old crossbred ewes at 2s fid ; 4 fat heifers at £6 2s fid, 5 fat cows at £5, 2 frt heifers, young and small, at £3 10s, 4 dry cows, £2 5s to £3 10s. The sale throughout was the dullest ever held ia these yards,

Horses—They held their usual sale at their Bazaar on Saturday. The entry was smaller than usual, the attendance good, but the demand was limited. They sold exactly half o! those entered at quotations. They quote heavy draughts £lB to £26, medium do, £l2 to £l7, light and fair horses, £8 10a to £ll, hacks, from £5 to £25, according to breeding, stamp and description.

His Eminence Cardinal Moran will arrive here to-morrow afternoon by the Southern Express, accompanied by their Lordships the Bishops of Adelaide, Maitland, Auckland, Wellington and Danedin. They will be the guests of M. de H. Duval and on Wednesday will proceed toTemnka to inspect the Catholic Church and school, returning in time to continue their journey to Christchurch by the express. It was currently reported in Timacu on Saturday evening that Sir George Whitmore had decided that the Volunteer review should beheld this year at Pareora. We learn, however, on enquiry that although there is a good prospect of Timaru being selected, no definite decision on the matter has been made known. The news that was telegraphed all over the oalony some little time ago to the eSeofc that the review would be held at Oamam was, to say the least of it, premature.

His Honor Judge Ward will hold a sitting of the District Court, to-morrow. The cause list includes two civil cases to be decided by a jury, and one to be heard before the Judge only. In the bankruptcy division two bankrupts will ootne up for pvblio examination and application for discharge will be made on behalf of three men.

The smallest cow in the United States is 34 inches high, weighs 3451 b, and gives three gallons of milkWaily. An English geologist thinks’that he has found evidence that the Mediterranean was at one time shut off from the Atlantic ; that it was divided into distinct basins by a strip of land extending from Italy to Africa ; and that most of its islands, notably Sicily and Malta, were connected with the mainland. It is a fact of which Great Britain, a country especially jealous of its reputation for home pride, may justly feel proud that no more devoted husbands could have been found in it than the last seven Prime Ministers. Peel, Russell, Derby, Pa'meraton, Beaconsfield, Gladstone, and Salisbury all meet on common ground in this respect.