MELBOURNE— Yesterday.

Taranaki Herald, Volume XXXV, Issue 7192, 9 October 1886, Page 4

MELBOURNE— Yesterday.

BEKADSTUFKH. — l,:u 'i- ibv' ,'.• rcfinogcr of the Nauoti&l Ale.i.. < '.)!•;.'•;'( ncy Co. (<fNev» Zealand (Liiniiui) r<-|, •>].-. l,i< "local grain market ns follow* 1 -- bin 1 ) 1 , n<; \w al better, at 5a 5d to 5s 6.1 ; «_l- I,u'!.<l. M.ilting barley o'ci y. at 3-i ') ' to ! '' ;er budliel; oi"v, Zealfii.d )■■■' , fi -j-'ii „■, i iir 'demand at 3i !/d id '^ 4'\ ; S v. i£ualaud milli- «ij ■ -ija active 1. .' 51 to h liii; No 1 ' Zc I n . oiite, uti .er b. nd, 2c 5d to 2s 7d.

PiiODL'CE.-- Tlie Farme'n' Produce Co. report: — ' liee.se. prime < af, 6d to 7<i por lb ; medium, to 7iJ; large tigc, .o7J ; medium, 6Jd F/C3h butttr : I'iirac dairies to 1b 2JL ordinary lots, Oi to lUd ; lumps, 9(1 to 1b; cihk, lOd; potted, gool old, f Jd; medium, 7d to 8d; infe-ior, 5 » to Cd. Eggs lOd per cl i zen. flams: dime factory cuied, to 8^ pu- lb; farm, to 7<J. 15 aeon : Factory, to 7 id; farm, to 7d; carcase; poik, 4Vlto 61. CATTLE AND SllELi'.— MrjcSiK. "Powers, Eutberford ami Co., report :—10,700: — 10,700 fibcep yarded, only a limited number being good to prime. Tlieso sold freely at an advance in pri«e; but middiiDg aud inferior quality,

although Bel'iust rodily, d d i.e.' i-.-v icipMe i: IV rise. \> c .-.!<! oUn) !.:« g-i! 1 : ja'ds

■i: 15,1.0; sior sin Kiw ' •" 1 ' " >f > ■• "le j . c", one f urtli leiiig Q - t -! ■' s i ■ • i nditio-i ; •*>« !t-bt cf "i <• >\y v% . s

'.i fly o" «ii I 'lt •'. d'-Ferip I'jli, \.i i:i few . • in. il> nvuke opene l uiak, prices all In .yh slowing n a va cc of 20s lo 30s \\V s il 100 throi.gb. the yards, and 450 stores i , Vicoiia.

i OIiSKS— ?? T Gb>'s. Cf nipbell, Pratt and Co I* -j> trt • — Owuglit hmscs ire i.i r^qnesi, ami tc.i io good comp ti ion. :he demand for ioli.ijt, well-liained b-ggy and cringe i>aiis ,s t.ill umibitei, io offtTirps of s-'ch being mn c. We quo'e tlie n woith fomso ti IFO uui-.eas. Firswelavi h -cU and harness horses, m t-t ble condition, fioin 30 to Go gurnets; v.r. mary light rio, from £12 to £20 ; up-sir.-.din/ toantry horses, suiiable for In 'in or town, worth fio'ui £i 3to £30; extra heavy dj.iughts, f om £35 to £45; medium do, from £:o ?o £26; country horses averaged £10 is, £17 3s, aud £14 7s per head each lot, respectively.

SYDNEY (N.S.WM— Yesterday Hbeadstoffs. — New Zealand oats, 2s 5d per nishel; New Zealand wheat, 4s 3d per ousiiel; maize at 3s 2d per bushel. Produce —New Zealand potatoes, £2 10s to £3 per ton; New Zealaud butter at )s ld'o Is 4d per lb. (dull); Illawaw butter at Is Cd perlb. No* Zealand cheese, very quiet at 8d; onions, Ca to 7s per cwt ; New Zealand bacon, in clo'.h, 6d to 7d; hams, 8 to I>< per lb. MttAT.— lhe Rivers- one Meat Company report bnvinj; dispose 1 <>f 50 bonks of beef. 2\ \ to 3-^1 plr pound; 700 of mutton •t, 1* . to 2-[d. Mr ii. M'Namaia of the Metropoliiu . tueat rnarkel, reports the sale i f bodies uf be-f, 23d to 31;muUoD, J^d to 2d; lambs, 5s to Bs.

Cattle akd Sheep. — At the Homelush iat stock s^les, 916 heal of cattle were yarded, competition was fcii/e, and '.he "market wps linn. Ihe best lot cf bullocks averaged £11 14s 6d others from io 9 1 per heid; others at proportionate lates. 91tj6 s'-cep were penned. The maiket opened firm, but closed with a reduction onAloncav's rates. The best Lit of merino wethers sold to Yai lid per head; otheis 6s 4d per head; eioss bran wetliers at Us 2d to 16s 3d per head; lnml s at 3s 7d to 9s 5.1 per Lead,