COMMERCIAL.

Timaru Herald, Volume LXXXII, Issue 848, 2 December 1905, Page 4

COMMERCIAL.

SALE OF A FARM. Messrs Guinness and LeCren, Limited, Geraldine report the sale of Mr M. Ormsby's farm at Arundel, .consisting- of 431 acres to Mr John' Hay, of Geraldine, ■at a satisfactory price. MARKET REPORT. The wheat market. is rather firmer this veek, and a fair quantity, has changed hands.;/ Values ;are-' as follows Tuscan anA.. Velvet,'. 3s Red Chaff, 3s v 3d, fowl wheat,' os". * Oats—Prices fefirm; very. little business is being done, and prices;are unchanged. -Coastal buyers are able to do better in the South- ! land market.. I . .V- THE HOME MARKETS. . Messrs Dalgety and Co. report under <late, London . November 30th,,:—" Since our l»t telegrasl • prices of frozen mutton, and lanib are nndjanged. Prices of frozen beef Are higher by |d t»" id per lb. The sales continue firm for §3l good wools, but wasty, earthly andgreasy wools are on the average ~ per ..cent, lower than the closing rates of last, series. , The; butter market is weaker; Jaw Copenhagen official .quotation.. is three, We. expect lower prices. 'lfce total imports into the United Kingdom 25th November, was 73,00(fcwt «ahparod with 67,0Q0cwt at the sanie period last "year."

" THE WOOL. SALE: : - The Canterbury ;Farmers' Association, Limited (pgr, Mr.:J. .Miindell, Mptioneer), wport holding* -tlie first gale' of present «eries at tie 'Hieatre Eoyai. on i aourgflay, Here was a l&ge, attendance «f buyers represented. " All -"l<ks wtae «igeny competed for, and the sale may described, as far as values aie concerned, °»e of the best ever held lnHmaru. fea catalogue comprised 2024 : bales, 6 fadges 212 bags. This catalogue was cle&ed, with the exception of a few lots; fm ?.: herewith, quote a few of the. top J»Oces. realised v : 123 - JE, lljd per lb; R,JR HS, D, 3Y, S?'*— 9 lid per- lb. Tbeeerqtxarfceri fcred.-r-HadW, 12Jd per lb J (H, 12Mlper ' « ' Crossbred—Oß. lid ®®?r? b ? TA, l<Qd per lb ; . Heart, Xo|d .p&r „? iec ®~0» WKM, Hadlow, J7, Bid 3™ offer Hillfarm, -Wigley,- Bid «?£?-s*? ; —Lansdale, B£d .• per lb. containing particulars t>f ate being forwarded to *renitp^: ;: ;. e ». ; cIeABING sale.^';.'7'' XKe Zealand Loan and Mercantile Limited {per Mr W. Laweto, auctioneer) reports • Shaving conuPted,..:a .clearing sale r on aceount-of -Mr 09" the farm, Pleasant Point,with .highly satisfactory i results; Throws fahich were a - high-, class lot, (carefully selected by JtrFielda great deal of • attention/ in full force from: all ihe. surrooDdiiig districts. . Under: keen dairy cows brought' the. iot-f 15s, £B, • £7... &><.•.£• "a* ■ £6- 12b 6d, £6 2s 6d, 2 f 6 |S Ss, 3. at £5, £4 15s, £4 2a £d i? heifers Mid at £4. 2s. 6d, £3 5s £3 10s, £3j, 2 at £2 10s, £2 lEs,- 1 9 216 yearlings' calves 7s and- 4s. Draught ai>d light horses said as under—■ iSv ?l are 38®* £5Ss 10s, bay mare aged 1> ~ geldine aged £12.105, bay S £r' *B*® (with foal at foot ■fjf 10s, wnqr mare {with foal at foot) Alb, aged hamesß gelding £l4. a 2-year-old erit by Telenseter £24: ' Pigs-Porkers 18s, -Jwraess, etc., «0d at : full market rates. &TH3H«LMB STOCK SALE. At this tele yesterday there -was a very *;ood yarding of sixiep and cattle, but the -fcttcndauce waa mat. A large -crafted

Oi uiuie were yarded. The sheep market was easier. Ewes with lambs at foot practically no sale for. Prices as follows:—Cattle: 3 fat heifers at £5 lis, dry cows at £2, £3, £2 7s 6d, £2 15s; steers and heifers, yearlings, 15 at 30s, 3 at 255, 3-year-olds at £5, 2-year-old at £5, 18 month steers £2 10s, 6 yearlings at 275, calves at 10s to 18s, springing heifers at £3, £2 15e, £3 ss, springers at £3 10s and £4. Sbeep, 3042 yarded: Fat wethers, 15 2-tooth ewes and 4-tooth wethers (shorn) at 17s 3d (passed), 16 2-tooth ewes and 10 wethers at 15s lid (shorn), 150 4, 6, and 8-tooth shorn wethers at 17s 4d (passed), 353 fat and forward 16s lid (passed), 179 store 2-tooth wethers (shorn) at 14s 3d (passed), 117 4, 6, and 8-tooth wethers (shorn) 15s, 101 ;2-tooth (mixed sexes) 13e lid (passed), 570 'mixed sexes 13s 7d (passed); ewes, 37 ifat (in the wool) at 20s, 9 shorn at 165, ; 20 shorn at 15s 6d, 20 ditto "at 15s 3d; hoggets, fat, (in the wool) at 2CSs, 9 (in ;the wool) at 2Cs : 4d; breeding ewes, 18 ewes and 11 lambs (in the wool) at 9s 6d| (passed), 100 merino ewes and 95 lambs i at 8s 9d, 175' ewes and 170 lambs (shorn) 9s 6d (passed), 150 ewes- and 156 lambs at 9s (passed) 570 ewes and lambs at lis 9d (passed), 172 ewes and 172 lambs at 8s (passed), 270 ewes and lambs at 9s 3d.

THE CHRIST CHURCH MARKETS. Per Press Association. CHRISTCHURCHj December 1. i . As. farmers are busy shearing .there is practically no grain, offering. locally, and ho' sales of either wheat or oats are reported on growers' account. A few sales of oats in second - hands have, been made, but otherwise there is nothing doing in the market, apd quotations . are . purely nominal.