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Timaru Herald, Volume XIIC, Issue 13596, 16 May 1908, Page 4

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CLEARING SALE. The- Canterbury Farmers' Co-op? rat tve Association. Ltd.. report having held a most snectusfttl clearing sate yesterday at ftreen HilTis.oll accotmt of Mr S. W. Blackfor. Messr* .J. Monde-It and D. A. Mor-g-jtu were the auctioneers*. The following are- some of the price*- obtained: —Foal £l6 10*. gelding*, yearling £2O to £23. 2 year olds £25 to £36. 3 year aide* £23 tt>"£36, aged £2B to £3O. 7 year old mure £SO. 6 year otd £54. 4 year old £6O. Sheep and implements sold op to fc'ttll market values. Every lot was keenly contented for and a thorough clearing effected.

STUDHOLME SALE. The yarding yesterday was rather smaller than usual, comprising about 3830 sheep and 110 bead of cattle. For fat cattle- there was a splendid demand, while stores and dairy cows were difficult- to (jttit. Forward lambs and young ewea wer<* in good demand. The following are some- of the taist prices: —Fat steers to £lO. fat heifers £7 s*, stores £1 15* to £4 5». reaters to £1 IGs. Sheep: 20 fat ♦•we* 15* lOd. 20 do. 101* lid. 13 do. lis, 62 do. ll* Id. 65 tin. 12* 3d. 3 wether 14* 4d. 20 do. 14s. lOd; stores. 279 kjmb. tCs. 80 do. 12s. 74 do. small 7s. 120 flo. 7s 7d, 188 forward lamb* 13s. 140 lamb--3» lOd. 570 do. 13* lOd. 114 6 and 8 tooth evrm 14s Id. 11l do. 14s 6d. 197 f.m. 9s 9d. 160 2-tooth ewe? I passed I 15» fid. 58 2-tooth t-w-ps 14* 3d, 80 f.m. twt* 7s. 246 is.m. ewe* 9s 3d. 533 4, 6, and S-tooth 1% 5d to 14s- Bd.

TIMMtU GRAIN .MARKET. Wheat.—Daring- the week a few nale* of wheat- have bern made and wore than 14.000 sacks sold previously have been ivmoved from the store* and shipped to Auckland and other North Island port.?. The-- iaal*-» have been made principally from merchants* stocks ai* farmers have been disinclined to accept less- than 5» in Tiutaro, at whtch price millers will not hoy. The recent rise in the price of Knur will probably cunre- many farmers- to hold •stiTl tighter to what "they have on hand. unkw* they are influenced into betting by the cabfe news frr,n» Sydney this morning, which showa a decline <d at least" 2d jkt bnshet. caused, it m. stated, by g»«>d ruins' coming- A Tinutrn merchant said yester day that this, decline in Australia n» certain to be reflected upon the market here and he considered that a general qKietness might now be looked for. Yesterday's values* for mixed linei* were fi» 3d delivered in Tuanaru. with seconds at 3s iOd to 4?.

Oat-:—-There i.« practically n»> change to report in the out market and very few 'fin ■ «-. arw going away from here. " Nor them buyers, art- doing at! their business with Oamaru, Dnnedtn and Invereargitt merchants who are able to undersoil m th'm district. Present quotation* in Timara are.- Gari-m* 2* 4d. jlanadi 2* 4d and Dons 2s 5d on tracks at Timara.

Potatoes—During the week the market eased somewhat. but now that the inspection muddle has been cleared np it is anticipated that bigger bnsintjjtt will be done in the coai-dai trade. The impression that gained currency that potatoes going from h?Fe t» Auckland' were tiabf" to be inspected at the port of arrival, and if found unsound would be shipped back at the shippers' expense eansed a smtlftetf jolt in buying ope rat jobb. but the Prim? .Minister's assurance that tike regulations refVr only to oversews, imports has haft a satisfactory effect and probably more ttatei* will now !*« made. To-day's rjtu»t;ttion i« equal to £4 on truck*-." bags in, for Derwents and Up-to-Dat**.

THM CHREwSTCHI'RCH MARKKTS. Per Press Association. CQBI.STCUUKCH. May 13. The wheat market h fairly firm though tlwro dots nor appear to in- the stmt' kfienm>.« mi the |«rt »»f > peculators ti» tt" i>n»iiK>s. Sellers* are atskiny: Ss Id and buyer* have >»■■*■ t* offering S> f.0.b.. htrt. if f.H now ■stid that there t> moiv difficulty in pt+'axing liti»\« at this figure. Farmers are c-ttll bddinß firmly and tit..- only tittle reported at .-» rotmtiv .station »*■ 800 bushek a. few d»Vc* aero lit 1» Oct. Aw:fralian flour t* roming tn fairly freetv. Thf Mnerriki. from ov*x 206 ton.", and thf Jt'SM!- Craig h; l ** iirrivt-rf at Auckland with 700 tort.*, lbtatter shipment, it t* landed at £lO tos> p;r ton. iXew Zealand flour u ((tmtcfl itr. £l2 tOM