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Timaru Herald, Volume XIC, Issue 13457, 2 December 1907, Page 4

COMMERCIAL.

CUSTOMS RETURXS. Following is a statement of the revenue collected at- Timaru last week : Customs ■ Puikij- £326 14 0 Beer Duty 37 11 6 Other Receipts 4 17 0 Total £369 3 2 TATTF.RSALL'S HORSE MARKET. The Canterbury Farmers' Co-operative Association report holding their usual hoitse sales at TattersaliVs market, on Sat•airrf.iv. Tile entry comprised 22 head, mainly hack.; and "harness horses, draughts being short of the demand, as several buyers were enquiring for good, young •iraughts suitable for all work. The ~fallowing quotations are given:—Hood liarn.Gs horses-. £l6. £lB to £2l; hackney.;. £7 to £9.. CAIVS TERRA.CE ROOMS. * O. P. CJerri? and Co. report for last week : —Poultry.—-Hens Is 9d to 2s 6d, roosters 2s 3d to 3;i 3d, gvn-s 3s 9d to 4s 3d. chickens 9d io Is 3d, turkeys-, hen.i 6 s to 6s od. gobbk-rs lli' to 13s. (All at per pair). Poultiy was quite unsaleable, seen from above value?. Produce.— l Potatoes (good table) 3<; 6.1 to 4s 6d (only a few selling at this price, pig potatoes 9d to Is. 2nd grade 2U. wheat. whole, 22s t-> 235. broken 18s to 18s 6d. screenings 10c. oats i4i bushels) l£s (all per sack). Onioiifi Id. bacon 8d to 9W. hams lud (ail per ib.;. peas 1g 6d pel' peck. Fruit.—Bananas lli 6d, pines ?>> 6d to IC< per ease. BESWfCK STREET ROOMS. C. Jonas and Co. ieport for last week: —Poultry.—This m:u-k~t. was glutted, and poultry wa> unsaleable-at late ratts. 'Hens Is 9d to 2s bd, geese 3>s 9d to 4k 6d, chickens I s 3d. turkey hens 6s to 6s 6d, gobblers lis to 13s (all st- per pair). Produce. —Potatoe:-?.—Prices are a thing of the pa>3t, and potato;ri are. quite unsaleable. Prim? eating 3.-. 6.1 to 4s 6d, 2nd grade 2g. pig 9d to Is. It is only with the gre.itestditfiou!ty that the higher prices are obtained. Wheat, iwhcje 22s to 255. broken 18?, screenings 9:;- to 10s. oats 17s to 18.-. (all at. per sack), onioiifi Id per lb. baeeii 8d to hams IGd per Ib. pecu is 6d per puck. Fruit.—Bananas ll\s to lis 6d. pines lCs u'di at per case), apples 3d per lb. PROPERTY AUCTIONS. A number of town and rural properties were put up to auction 011 Saturday, but. no public sak-o were effected. A large number of interested persons faced the auctioneer at. the Canterbury Farmers' Cooperative Association's, is.tk.vooin:. when J. Mund:-ll offered the following:—For the High School Board, the. leaser of two - ducationai iv.strvr-s situate at Ciandeboye, containing 205 acres and IG2 aeivfi. with £3OO worth of improvements thereon, at present occupied by Mr W. Boyd, which were passed at 12s per acre. For Mr P. Connell. SO acres of freehold at Kerrytown, pa~..'ed at £l3 10s per acre. For Mis. C. Ogilvie. gth acre in Matilda Street, with 5 roomed dwelling, passed at £4OO. For Mr R. Coulter. ,! acre section Hussell Sti>-t, no offer. For Mrs. M, J. Malum. itlr acre in Buchanan Street with dwelling, no offer. Messrs. "YV. Albert and C'o. advertised a sale of town and suburban propertiesand building society approapriat-ions, but as no buyers attended the i-.ale the properties wers not offered. Several, however, were sold privately.