INSOLVENTS.

Southland Times, Issue 3332, 24 February 1879, Page 2

INSOLVENTS.

filed dui±flg the^Wst^eek^t^VfefeargUl :— lYßrFrHayDittle7Tiotemeepg^^^^ f-Liabtt-ies, £650 14s 4d ; assets, £560, all secured. P. T. Finn, solicitor. : . ■__ . s Loufou'r. Chinese cook, Invercargill.—Liabilities, £75 : assets, nil. R. Matthews, solicitor, j Andrew Dodd, baker, Clifton. No particulars entered. P. T. i'inn, solicitor. ■ ' : -.' ■'. '.' ■ j The declarations of insolvehcy during the jpast week at Dunedin were as follows :— j William Wenlock, of Dunedin, dealer.— Debts' £93 Is; assets, nil. V,. V_; , } James Fleet, of Dunedm, laborer. — Debts, ; £78 Us 3d .assets, -il. y- ■".._■ j 'Thomas Mcßeavy, of Dunedm, hotelkeer.— Debts, £269 178; assets, £442 ss. . j The following report was not furnished in time for publication in Saturday's issue. i Messrs McArdell and Co,,. stock and station jagents, report 7 for the week ending 21st inistant:—"•.'.' ■•■•■■•'■ : \ ".■( ' '■'■ -i -:'i I Fat Cattle are pretty. plentiful ; the usual, deimand for trade purposes .has/been supplied at .slightly reduced prices. YWe sold by auction at i WesirPlains^and K ri¥vatels, , 83.hga,d^t- pawa-and i27s^i-rprime to W'p-? IMIB-^fo^;k%_:um qual-V- ...... . i FatSheep.— Prices are fairly mamtamed, conißidering the general disposition on the part of i graziers to sell. During the past week we have j placed 200 cross-bred wethers, to be delivered by [train, at l>sjq_" -qusl tcrlls 3d, an y d JOOO4 and ■!|-bredYvethers,'at 10s. We now quote Tsrossibreds at 9s 6d to lis, according to quality; i mermp6,,6s,ad>) Bs,^r from^d to M per lb. ■ report. Buyers how seem to expect a concession ; in^prices lat^^ing^.^^vje^h^ o^er a mixed j ; mob at Wa__detoVs_ hi J ab6ut a-fortmght. : i Store Sheep.— For young merinos the demand is exceptionally largef »nd the comparatively few that are placed in the market meet with ready saleafcextreme. prices.^G#£s-br&i ;_ Bheep ai^br^pientiinlVbutiiPgoodaemana^^^ time of year, arid as the season advances are; expected to rule higher than usual. Our sales have been 2500 merino weihers,-2, 4, 6, and 8-toothed at 6s 6d; 2000 ewes, same ases, 7s; 3000 aged merino ewes and wethers, mixed, at 3s 3d, and f we are-adY.sed T 9f. a, sm-^lot^of-^ouj; ,4^ooo m \ fine cMditioh^'-iing'dovni Wthis^marketr, suit- ; able for finishing 'off. bur : soft feed. For these > sheep we are now prep^fed to treat with buyers, j Cross-bred Sheep.— We sold 5000 ,. 4-toothed ! w^herFat7s9dtp/-9s, and haye several Ojbher; lota i under offer! ■'.-., *A ','■■•; TV _ xi. Properties.-— -hQ^PPU^u, 6 ?^ ll " l6Bß or.tne!money market ■^revei-S* -ales .being easily? effected, except in cases where the terms are :ex-l ceedingly liberal. On the 15th instant we sub-i mitted to ptiblic; auction- " The West Plains^ Estate,": which, for its fertility, high state of; cultivation, beauty of situation, and close prox-j inSifrp toWCT iß^rflbablyquimriljle^d -W. S^uth-i land." AiTiMglit -expected th^ttendahcef was; ■ very large, and the ibiddMgJspirited np to £17; ; 10s, and for one lot £19 per acre. The property, : was, however, passed in at £20j and at which [ fi^te s we.haj^srace;ha6b^^ applicants : f or a-pprtion ! of the estate. r It -will-nqwrbeleased'f or a term of years, with a pdrc-asiifg clause, unless, the, whole property^can^be .di§pp%ed^of to .one ot more -buyers^^ r _»t_ih r g" fhe,^^nefcct-ihpnth -we .Bhall offer .for Bale by; auction several good farmsj 'i notice of which will receive ,^ue: publicity.