COMMERCIAL

Timaru Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 11701, 10 March 1902, Page 2

COMMERCIAL

iAiURDAY SALES. The L..i;LeiDary .banners' Co-operative Assocj::'.;;,.., ..iiii-.pn \per Mr J. -nunaeii, auctioileal), on i.ne norse ana uatue mucKfc? iiL iaLtertai- s varus lor oaturaay, as —uk e-i>.ry comprised iiO: draugl*., and haefcney horses." ■ a large Liquet ui wlucn were good sound! useful soils, ana met with ready sale at! the ioilui. quotations : Draughts, young; with triits, £}&£, i'3o, £o4 to £37; j ditto, light and aged, £ls, £l6 IDs, £lB, j £2O, £z2 to £25; light harness horses, J £lO si, £l2, £l4 10s, £l7 to £2O; i hackneys, £7, £8 to £9 10s. | Ben reports floiumg a clearing; "sale o£ furniture at Mr W. Jameson's on£ Thursday last. Despite the inclement j . weather, there was a large attendance, and/ cleanwas made at satisfactory prices,; the better tiass of furniture realising topf ; values. His usual weekly sale of poul->> try. friLi'. produce, etc., was held at his* room." >'*:> -• icK. street (late Farmers' Ex-t changt- .i. Saturday. Owing to the; web only a small entry came for-f ward. ihe attendance was very large, but the -v e •• er part of those present werer mostly i.cnas onlookers, drawn thither by j fSe fin.-: that a new auctioneer was to'' wield t ! hammer, consequently the bid-f ding w.t.- s;ot spirited. A clearance was' effected the following prices :—Poultry j —Duel;:-. 2s 3d to 2s 6d; roosters and| bens, 2>: turkeys, 2s 3d each; geese, 2s j 3d. Pigs were in good demand, and soldj from 9s 6d to 13s 6d. Fruit —Apples," 2s ccse; pears, 4s case; peaches, 3d Ib-i j No plums came forward, though there t ..were numerous enquiries. Produce—Po-j tatoes—Kidneys,, 3s 9d per bag; der-, weiits, 4s. Wheat —Fowl wheat sold at! -9s 6d to 10s per bag, and was in great! demand, and a large quantity could Jtscvei been disposed of at these prices, bad ifc. been available.