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Temuka Leader, Issue 2088, 21 August 1890, Page 4

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AtIOTIONEErJ'S REPQBT. j ,'i.i-i- , . TIMAKU. << • ( "'' Mr E. R. the New Zea-, land Loan and Mercantile Agency •~ .'■'• I .■• ; rn r ,.-. Company, Limitfd). rfports for tus week ending Augus.t-.16 h : / Sheep—A t jthe entries hare been only average ones. This we mp.st< the present' time.' Business continues brisk, and', every line placed on the market finds buyers at very satisfactory prices. Waßhdyke Yard's*— Although the numbers coming forward are email,, We weighiSbalf for Mr John? Stpne' atfljk>srßd f an4.:f,pr; theAwme ow.ner + ( half breds a.t, I* &M K msrino-Woth«rß !a£ 12a ld~

G-eraldine Tarda—For Mr A.\ ffi Cox at the above yardß on the Gift inst, the eDtry was below the average* gOD«^a|ly p received; s popular We Bola~en v -account of Mr G. Gale, merino ewes in lamb at 6a 74;' on account of Mr J. G-. Denniatoun,' 48 merino wethera at 13a, 1 30,fat halfbred ~old ,«jwea'../ajjj 1 and 109 prime}', 2 and 4-tootti crossbreds at 19a ; alio on behalf of another owner, old cull halfbreda at 6a; '-"

Cattle^-fj'Fajt.,^ in, ( ,better, demand and all approaching, beeffind buyerß,ati late quotations. Storep— The''price 1 of this elaas-of stoek ia at present low} but we riqtej ~!,■>•, betjter demand, and as spring advances values will impcoveii/! i / r Sheepakim and Wool—There waii not a full attendance of the trade j at the sale on Wednesday last, eon-l Bequensy ? , prices ,were x alightly easier,; and Very irregular. We catalogued about 1200 skins and •' bags wqol, which sold aa follows:—Beat butchers' crossbreds, sa, 6d to, 5a 9d; second quality, 4s i 6d to 5a 3d; beat merino, 4s 6d to 5a 3d; second quality, 3a 6d to 4b 3d ; country lots from 3a to sa, according to quality and condition. Wool—Fleece, 7,£d; trimmiDgB > 4d. Fat— All on ,hand sold, at later quotations. HideB —Held over. ENGLIBH MARKETS. Loirooir, August 16. j Tallow Medium, beef, 24s 3d '• t mutton, 255. ; The English wheat market is dja-j, preaßed, the Continental and the American advancing. There iB increased firmneaa on apot Xork j;ed-winter wheat, whieh is nojw\ ( quoted at 106 i cents. August 19. j j At the Antwerp wool sales tlje^, attendance was only moderate. Bid-1; ding waß fair, and halt the catalogue )r was.s^old, a t t an, advance of 10. centimea \ on: tHeJrate'obtainWlri June 7 ; '

Pahis, August 19. j ~| The wheat crop in 1 Prance ia esti-{ mated to yield 6,000,000 hectolitres 1 below that ef 1880.