COMMERCIAL.

Timaru Herald, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 12927, 19 March 1906, Page 4

COMMERCIAL.

CUSTOMS RETURNS,. The following is a statement of the revenue collected at Timaru during the week «ided Saturday: £ . s. d. . i Customs duties ...... 865 1 1.P,; Beer duty 31 6 9 Other receipts ......... 8 8 3 . " Total ! ........£894 16 10 > BESWIC& STREET AUCTION . ROOMS. J. B. Rutland, Beswick' street, auctioneer, reports upon last,' Saturday's sale as ' follows: —Farmers' being yet busy with harvest entries for poultry,: etc., . were not of the usual- dimensions, and prices were slack. Hens, Is 6d, Is 9d, 2s 3d and 2s 6d; roosters, 2s 3d, 2s 6d, 2s 9d and 3s; ducks, 3s to 3s 6d per pair. . Very , little enquiry for pigs, and sales difficult . to effect. Fowl, wheat, broken, 9s '-to ,11s ; -whole, lis to 13s; potatoes, 12s 6d .to 15s per sack: ' Eggs,; 13d to 14d' per doz;, onions, Id? per lb; plums, 2d-to 3d p.&yrlbr; apples, Id per lb; furniture and' sundries ■at current rates. Of the furs a good, number of: lines were sold at prices satisfactory to the vendors. The sale of building material, on account of Mr Palmer, attracted a large crowd to Stafford street ■ and every lot, 'numbering in all about 120, -was of to .spirited, competition. CAIN'S TERRACE AUCTION ROOMS. Mr Moss Jonas reports \as "follows : Business -during the past week has shown an all-round improvement, and there has %>een a better, demand for all classes -of jgoods submitted to public auction. : Potatoes are Selling rapidly, and very, 'few -are coming forward. For fowl, wheat there, is still ah enquiry, and I have a consign,-. ■ znent coming fcrward during -the ; week.;. I'rices of poultry have; an. iinprQjter. ment and-"good roosters ar.e selling- afLfirgt; class prices. On Wednesday, •«f the most successful; sales, of.--tJiat has .taken-place in. Timaru. time. T&is- was at the residence .of Mrs;, JSgan, Church ■ street. Theie was aji at "very spirited, and every .- lot was' sold at liighly satisfactory prices. The under-men-tioned prices will give ail' idea of valiigs realised Duchess chests £2, £2 12s 6d to £3; wardrobes £6 10s and £8 15s ; •dining 1 table, £1 12s 6d; iron beds, £3 5s to £4- .15s; chairs, 18s 20s, 22s 6d to 30s each j -carpets, 255, 30a, to 60s; dinner service, 32s 6d. All the other things realised good prices. On Saturday at my aeooms I held four sales, the first being my nsnal sale of poultry and produce. There 'was a good entry of the former, and v a ieen demand: Prices were as follows]:— Hens, 2s 6d, 2s 9d to 3s ; roosters, 3s 3d, 3s 6d to 4s; ducks, 3s 3s 6d, to 4s; all at per'pair. Turkey hens, 5s 6d to 6s; gobblers, 75.6d,,8s 6d to 9s each. At 12:30 i l clearing sale of building timber; -etc., efe'ryTot being cleared at from 22s 6d to 28s 6d per lot. There .was a- large attendance at the sale of bicycles and acces•ories, but .buyers'ideas of values.were not up to owners' expectations, and very few "srere cleared. Bicycle lamps, pedals, chains, sold well, and there was a good elearj anoe in this line. Mr Harris has, however, left the bicycles in my hands to do the best. I can for .him. At 1.30 I held' another successful sale of furniture, on behalf of Mrs Wilson,-; and after. selling till late in the afternoon it was impossible to dispose of all the furniture, but a of the balance ■will bje advertised shortly. The following are the' principal articles sold, and prices realised :r-;Carpet 30s, duchesses £2 15s, £3, to £s.'ss; £3 10s to £5 lOd; sideboard, £7 10s; dressing table, -£4 7s 6d; chest of drawers, 27s 6d to' £3 5s 6d.' Oilcloth.and sundries realised i-ull auction rates:'.'^nWednesday- : T shall told my fortniglitly sale of. . sheepskins, wool, raiid 'cliefiis note thaifc *ll skins 'i>ent .in"for this sale' should reach by Tuesday. " v *' •• '