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Timaru Herald, Volume XIIC, Issue 13644, 11 July 1908, Page 4

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TIMARU GRAIN MARKET. ■Several Timaru merchants, when questioned jesterday concerning the state of the- grain, market, gave emphatic and brief replies that there was practically nothing doing, there being neither bnyers nor sellers. in the market. The importations of floor from Australia, the filling of North Island oat orders in Southland and a general inactivity on the part of buyers and a."don*fc care" attitude on the part of sellers.sure said to be responsible for the slackness in business here. LAND SALES. ■ Guinness and LeCren, Ltd., Timaru, Kport the sale of the following _propertiesFor Messrs D. and A. Mcßeath, freehold farm situate at Cricklewood, containmg 840 acres of rich agricultural and grazing"land,"to Mr D. Wills. For Mr Kdwiivr Mackenzie, farm sitnate afc Teaqtika, 40. acres of rich alluvial land, together' withnew 8-roomed residence and ontb&dnxgs, to Mr G. A. Smith. For Mr J. •: Neingeschwender, ■ his house and chop, known as Lincoln store, sitnate in Th&odocia. street, Timara, to a client. . THE CHRISTCHURCH MARKETS. . Pier Press Association. , - CHRISTCHURCH, July 10. The continued wet weather has hamperedbiasiness in all departments of the grains'market. There is an enquiry from the north for. fowl wheat, bnt only 4s f.o.b. i*-'pfiered. The rain has put a stop todeliveiies by fartners and though chaff has not has tafcen place in potatoes. In the meantime'"stocks, in: store are being drawn upon. A further rise has taken place in butter, both factory and farmers' makes, hating-advanced Id per lb.