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Temuka Leader, Issue 2087, 19 August 1890, Page 4

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AUCTIONEERS’ REPORTS. GERALDINE. Messrs J. M undell and Co. report sales for tlie week ended August I6th, 1890, as follows : > The past week has seen the new public salevards at Tetnuka opened for the disposal of stock, an event which will not be easily forgotten by all interested in this undertaking, viz., the establishing of a live stock market in this the most important portion of South Canterbury. Our call for entries was responded to in a most liberal manner by 50 clients, from the top of Waitohi to Milford on the sea beach. We yarded 4510 sheep, 127 cattle and 124 pigs, and in most instances the stock was for unreserved sale, a fact which proves their entire confidence in the business. The attendance of buyers and sellers was good, there being no less than 384 present at the beginning of the sale. All seemed to enter into the business with great spirit, and judging from such expressions as ‘‘ What a grand market ? ” “ Just what we wanted,” “ Should have been started years ago,” etc., they evidently consider it will be an important factor in their welfare and the prosperity of the district. The sale throughout was a clinker. We sold under the hammer 3128 sheep, 53 cattle and 121 pigs at the following quotations : Sheep Crossbred wethers and maiden ewes, two-tooth fat, 18s 9d, 17s 9d, 17s, to 16s; three-quarter-bred wethers and maiden ewes, two-tooth stores, 16s, 14s 6d, to 13s 7d ; three-quarter-bred hoggets, 14s 6d, 13s, 11s lOd, to 10s 5d ; crossbred ewes in lamb, lls, 9s 6d, 9s, to 8s 6d; merino ewes in lamb, 6s lOd, 6s 7d, to 6s. Cattle Steers and heifers fat, £5 15s, £5, £4 12s 6d, to £4 2s 6d ; steers, 3-year-old in forward condition, £4; steers and heifers, 2-year-olds, £2, £1 15s, to £1 lls ; yearlings, £1 10s, to £1 5s ; calyes, 15s to 10s.

pig S —Bacon sorts, £1 12s 6d, to £1 10s; breeding sows, £1 10s; strong stores, 16s, 15s, 14s 6d, to 12s 3d; small stores, 10s, Bs, 7s, to 6s 6d.

At Winchester yards on Tuesday we sold 58 crossbred' ewes, fat, at 12s lOd; 8 cull crossbreds at 4s ; 1 fat heifer at £2 ss, 1 do at £1 3s; dry cows at £1 10s ; 20 bacon pigs at £1 13s, 7 do at £1 ss. At Washdyke yards on Thursday we sold 41 crossbred ewes, fat, at 15s ; 42 do do at 14s 9d ; 5 head fat cattle at £6 15s.

Clearing Sale —On account of Wm, Upton Slack Esq., at his residence, The Willows, Temuka, we held a clearing, sale of live and dead stock, household furniture, etc. There was a large attendance and a most satisfactory sale was the result. TIMAKU. Messrs William Collins, and Co. report for the week a satisfactory amount of business in oats, wheat, and wool. At the regular weekly auction on Saturday Canadian oats brought la 8d per bushel, danish do Is to Is 3d. Broken wheat (on account of Bluecliffs Estate) 2s 3d per bushel, other owners 2s to 2s Id. A Ime of inferior tuscan wheat was bought for seed at 2s 10£d per bushel. In all cases where grain is quoted by the bushel sacks are charged for at sixpence each. Derwent potatoes 50s to 52s 6d, f.0.b., kidneys owing to a small entry brought 50a per ton. Carrots 35s per ton. Mangolds 25s per ton (delivered by growers’ own drays). Lard 16s per cwt. Onions 15s per cwt. hams to per lb. Bacon 5d per lb. ENGLISH MARKETS, London, August 14. Eive thousand five hundred quarters of Australian wheat, August shipment, have been sold at 38s, New Zealand hemp is steady. 2300 bales were sold at auction to-day,-fair, Auckland, £2O ss; good, Wellington, £2l 10s. New Zealand beef, hind quarters, 4d; fore quarters, 2|d. Mutton is unchanged. August 15. The Times states that the wheat crop of Great Britain will average 284 bushels to the acre, and that the total yield is estimated at 8,000,000 quarters. A cargo of wheat ex ship Eed Gauntlet from Adelaide, July and August shipments, has been sold at 38s. Another cargo has been sold at 38s 3d, and one shipped in Jane at 37s 9d.

Later; New Zealand hemp, good medium quality, £2O 5s to £2O 10s. .Kauri gum, good quality, pale (scraped), £5 per cwt, Austrlian wheat, ex warehouse, 38s 6d to 395; New Zealand longberried, 37s 6d. The market is firm and steady. Leather —Best hides, B£d to 9d per lb. August 16, An Australian shipment of wheat brought 88s ; good New Zealand is 37s 6d. The price of silver has increased to 4s 4d.