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Timaru Herald, Volume XC, Issue 13313, 15 June 1907, Page 4

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WILSONS KALEYARDS. C- R- Wilson. Tuam Street Chriitchureh. reports splendid business—largs yardrojjs ami spirited sales. Turkey gobblers, fat, 14s tr> 19s; pair hens, fat, 10s to 13s: .'eeae, 5s to 7s; ducks, fat. 4s 6d to 5s od : pullets, 4s. to 8s 3d: bens, 2s 3d to os: roosters, fat, 4s to ss; eggs, new laid. Is 9d to Is lid; preserved. Is to Is Id: potatoes, best samples. £4 10s to £o K;s per ton.; ' TIMARU iIRAIX REPORT. Wheat .—During the past week th? market has remained steady and nuist. ALw sales have been reported, must of th—being of lots for southern millers. I remain unchanged, and are various.y quoted at 4s to 4s 3d. At such a tuna as the present, it Is difficult to definn -jV fix a price, these quotations being marr-ly nominaL The- difference between 4s' and 4s 3d is considerable, in quotations for a commodity the price of which is gracbd by pennies, but we can only report that whib some dealers sav the- current value if 4s to 4s. Id. otliers say 4s 3d is tha present vale:-. Oats— Two rises in I'ie price:* of oats occurred at the beginning of the week owing to a scarcity in Southland, which, occasioned a hardening of thi market there. Quotations are :—Oartr.r.s 2s lid, Duns and Danish 2s IQd to 2s lid. CLEARING SALE. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Coy. iper Mr \V. Lawson, -Auctioneer!, reports having conducted a clearing sale at Satherlands on Thursday last, on account of Mr D. F. Tonne 1 !, who has sold the goodwill of his farm, 'here was a full attendance of buyers and vverything was disposed of at i'"U pre •>-. under Ve;-n competition. The following ;re " 'ev of the principal sale?:—s-tooi.h Ewes in lamb. 19*t Id: F.M. f-bred Ewes in lamb, 15s 7d; Border Leicester Rams. 1$ guineas; 4-year old draught gelding, £45ICs; 6-vear old gelding. £36: 7-year old gi-lditig,* £35 : 4-year old mare. £39 lCs : an aged gelding, £27; harness mnre. £9 ss. Th* implements and sundries brought good prices, and altogether the sale mav be termed a very successful on'. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Coy.. Ltd.. report having sold Mr Samuel McCulloueh's farm of 561 acTes. at Seadown. to Mr Robert Taylor, of Oeraldine. at a satisfactory price. THE OHRISTCHURCH MARKETS. Per Press Association. CHRTSTCHUKC'H. Jm:> 14. The local grain market is again v-.-rr quiet, no business* in cither wheat or oats being reported during tha last few days. There are briyers of wheat at 4s, but none is offering. Up-to-date potatoes are raJi c v firmer and good sampl;-" an- worMi S.-i 1> ■• U,u more than oth-.r varieties, buti the de mand i* only for local consumption.