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Timaru Herald, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 12899, 9 February 1906, Page 4

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■ I - THE HOilE MARKETS::- j Messrs Dalgety and Co. have received the following cable message: l dated •••LxSif 1 ' don, February .7th; last .telef.. gram tallow m general is lower bv 6d j>er cwt . Mr H. H. Webb. of the Colonial .Consignment and Distributing . Company has received the fbllo\ying cable.-■ message from London,: —" There.» no, impovev - meht mthe frozen, meat market, and piayes " are unchanged." • . . ; - TEMUKA &.TOCK SALE * „ There was a very fair yarding of .cuttle .and sheep at the. Temuica stock sale-, on " Tuesday, afld also a good attendance, .tut : l>iddiQg| Was slack, and. a great -avaay.Jots; .■■■■;■ Pisces*- -shmvea- »a decided-. <!edme a3I '.round. ■ -AbouV-ltK) iieacL.-'of-; cattle were yarded, bvqonly about 26: of • these changed hands* the -rest baifcg passed;. There was -a fair entry ofsheep and lambs,: •a.-lej?' of which found at prices - -siigiitly -below, late iifling .rates. -Pigs showed-less decline than any other, stock. There,.was fair competition .in .one?, or two ca'sbs. '' *,'jrC . v •.V r " CHRISTCHURCII ISL1 SL j ' A.. number of small-.p'arcels ;«? wheat: "have been ■ .moved: off ' during the [ week, at prices equal to 3s Id . to. 2s 2d . at country stations for fair average quality.; Tha sales included 508 sacks jprapeJEiunter's.; at .3s 4d. f.0.b., a lino of- Thisiiln. *ft 5d f.0.b., and Pearl, at 3s K 1 and the same price" Eangiorav : of the business lias bceiv" in f fulfilment of orders, from North TslaSd. '■ feiJlefs. Old • have been selling quietly at firm rates; '' Buns .realising 2s* to 2s, Id; and, Danish Is store. ' Neiw 6'rfts ..are' beginning to ctiaie. upon the market,' and a .'few have jsold. at Is s£d/t<? l§"6|d for .Danishiiid;is tolsSfrfor |Diahii"|^cor : aing to (saUty,. at ' ' M&t of . ite. .Samples; shown : <: Nn' qWtable ' aome" i^Vin^V^ri»''ai3di^ ; gant pricea ? qu»; ta&ons. = A line of '412 sacks.; of 'did'Dtof' ley, medium - maltihg; was sold at 2a 10£ d, which is ccmsiderably more thaii coidd. have been obtained for it at any tiine 1 since last harvest'. •'Some! • stir' "uas been caused in the grass seed market by the • extensive - purchases; of ryegrass ini t"h6 <»iHii^:'..-dis.tricfcs-4}^ ■Prides 'ate firm afc ' '«6Cding ;: to quality. Thecbcksfcmt has not yefcopenedj'it is feared most' of -• fieedvw^i-te-tHscetl©tn»©d pw-j* : . ing -6(>''<:tlie- rainy: - -w^tJier;: Many'jof- . thie ha^e^ra'.have- fet-urneS to ; town,v leading >;i' : r V'.._<;;.'.- J