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Timaru Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 4603, 29 July 1889, Page 2

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77mir>! H-:ra!d Office. Saturday evening. AUCTIOXEKRS' REPORTS. Messrs William Collins and Co., auctionoors and produce merchants, report .a slack demand for milln!? wheat. Considerable qnantir.iM aro arriving rtoekly m Tlmaru from Ashburton : a.s a. result, the South Canterbury trrowor has to tik» a back seat for tho timo b«inp. A linn of I<W) bushes, prown south of Timarn, «v sold m Oamara lately, and only netted tho grower 2* lli.l. Ho waa m town to-diy, ttci mad" no ?ocrct of tho?alo. statin? :it tho sinn; time that ha lost JJ3W through sot selling when the boom wa« on. Toscaa is worth Us "1, white wheats. 3s Id. rod chaff 2-i I'M to 3j, fowl wheat (according to «amp!e) Is 6 3 broken, 'is c.l to If I'd whole. Oats— Danish -s Mto 2-f •>]. miilinp 4 J.s Cd to 2.t SI, Tartnrir.es 'Js fid. Potatoes 7<>i to "J.i. kidney? K"?i r°" -°n m trucks at Timarn. At their ro^ular weekly auction, held m theCentral Rooms, to-day, tho attendance, wo? Kcod. Ths fruit trees "«r>H well at tho followdozen ; ;iltini«9'< tol?s : fnpe vine.! 12s to ISs: Cherries and pearn sold well. Pnre-bred fjnßxhans, brown I^^horn 1 !, and Cochian 12s to 3>s per pair : fowl wheat >U per .sack ; larjro kidnoy potatoes ."■« per bii? : rabbits Is per pair; table "fowls m to :!s I>l per conple. Fnrnitnre, pictnreH, harce-^s, nnd a 'jnantityof sundries We hiTO aa enquirj from Ota^o for a l.Vjor '200. acre farm. Th? buyer can pay cash if the price is not too hi^h. Holders of limd should communicate with us. Mr K. P.. Onionc"; for the Now Zealand Loan and Morcintilo A^-t.ov Company (Limited), reports for tlic wwi: cr^hj Saturday, July J7th, aa follo^B :— WA'-HDTKi: T.MII'-'. Cittlo— Tl:»pntriesoff:itr.nd-tort^liavel)onn r.K-mt ir.<: averse. Th« |.ri.---> nnd dennnd for the form"r fho'.r a i!"oi'!^(l iiniirovcment, and r.ll Jots nre riiitted at a shade over lato r[<:otiiStores— The price of thi« c!a~s of 'tick is at [ire-e:it low, with only a moderate number bcintf offered for .«aIA. Fat Sh'-ep— The raark'.-t is well snpplied.and no improvement m prices has taken placo ; ie fact values have receded, and priran mutton cannot be quoted at nior-i than to J'.d per lb. for prime qn-ilitv. At thn last two' sales the yardinys -bowed .-. failing off. Various qnahtiei were °cnt forward from j.ritne to inferior ; most of the lot.s ciiao^i"! hands nii'lcr tho hammer, or privatelr tiftt-rward^. .Store* — The favourably weather has caused this cla^i of nhcep to li>; more Pocght after, fioo'i crossbred?, for tnrnip feeding, and hogKots arc m fair demand. rr.ivArr. salk"; ok sncisr. In transactious of tfci.i nature tho market has disjilayird n>n-id' ra''.l.r animat'uu. Via havo dlspo-ed n( l^W, ni fellows :— 2.'o crossbred ho^^ets, .''l2 2 and t-tootli cro^sbredi m forward condition, 2?) crossb.-ed ho^'cts. 7.'! l bilf and threo-iu:;rt<;r-brcd hn Rt 'nti. and ,VXi prime freezers. A!l the nbovo lines hftTo been qaittcd at latisfaoiory prices to tho Ycndora. BHKKI-HKISB AST) IWir,. On Wcdnc-dav last, at our usual fortniffhlly i?ale, there was n fair attendanco of tho trade, and prices were fr.r =oo n ch r -i"- 1 3 of .skins Miphtly b-tt<r. Our sales privately and by auction wnro lliT'l. which r';ili=.f:rl aa follows : — Ilest factory cr')-:ibr«-dH ."s S>l to >U, second 5d (JJ. butchor<i' j». . r^ .VI, to 5s 7d, second finality is. U t',d, to 1( I'M, mrrir.o' :is M to ■Js3d, countr/ skins from !s <M up t-> .",s id, a"cordin? to «i/oand '|U:iiitv. Wool- n..-il<-s tri.nii.in^-.' i; 1 to .",1. 3 bales scoured lo'jk.s and pl.-.-o-i !1 : 1 to 11 id per lb. Hiui:s-. Weak market, and pries havo n downward t'-nd^ncy. In tho intcr»~ts of our clients we nru holding over our st^ks. >.\t. AH oa hand war cleurc<l at lato quotations.