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Timaru Herald, Volume XIIC, Issue 13998, 6 September 1909, Page 4

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m .WOOL PROSPECTS. Dalgety and Co. received the Following cable from" London, on Saturday .__« Wool market; very firm, awl tending upwards'-" We expect a general rise in price* of par to 5 per cent, at the fifth series of sales, which open on the 21st inst." SALE OF SHABES. Th© Canterbury Farmers' Co-opera-tive' Association disposed of various' parcels of shares on Saturday at their rooms, Mr 6. R. M. Jones conducting the sale. Prices were:—Two C.F.C.A. shares, £3 15s paid up, £4 ss; 50 .- shares, £2' los paid up, £2 19s 6d. " Four Canterbury Farmers' Insurance Company shares fetched their face value. _ .. TATTERSALL'S HORSE MARKET. The Canterbury' Farmers' Co-operar •-tire Association report on the sale of horses in Tattersalrs yards on Saturday a* follows: —The yarding com- '• prised 98 draughts, light harness, and ' hackney horses, included in which " were a Rood lot of Clydesdale mares And geldings, offered on account of Mr '' M. Duggan, of Edendale. Those horses were on the light side for work in this district, but mere keenly. " competed for, and the major portion found buyers at full market values. Of the general, entries, the prices ran as follows * young, with trials, £9O, £32 10s, £36, £3B 10s, £4O to £43,10*; light harness sorts. £l3, £ls* £lB to £l9; backs, £8 to £l2. . THE MART. ■ -" U. O'CaUaghan and Co. report as '" Touows on-business during the past week:—Poultry.—A fair entry came - forward, and .good prices were realised. hens -.ire in keen - demand'W 2s ""Dd" to 3* 6d; cockerels.. . table birds find already Isale St. 3s 3d "■ f o 4s> fid. according to • .quality; ducks, '- prime wle, '4s to 5d for extra good. '- Pigs.—A ! mediant entry found; a ready sale. - Weaaers .are in demand at late :' price*.'. Tie entry consisted of stores, which sold as follows:—Three rtlfc . seven at 21s, two- at.3ls, two at 28s ' '6d one at 28s, one at 265. Produce. — 'Most' linen are in'demand at late prices. 'Potatoes, prime 7s, medium 's*.'pig 2s, seed lines 10s to 15s, oat- , r sheaf chaff 2s 9d, oats 8s 6d, good clean fowl wheat sells at 10s to 133, according to quality, carrots 2s. swedes 2s, onions id per lb, apples 2d to 2{d. Folowing the above sale we J>"old a> clearing sale of hon«»hold furniture en account of Mr Windclbum and other clients. Some of the principal sales made were:—Bedsteads, £2 ISsI £2 17s fid. £2 15s, overmantel £3 15s, duchesses £l' 7* 6d to £2 10s, couches £1 5» to £1 15s, easy chairs £l'3s to £l. bicycle* £7 ss, £7, T £3 10s, £3, £2 10s, £2 17s 6d, set scales £3 10s, sideboard £4 ss. carpets £2 5s £2 ss, £2 10s. Shares.—Three shares in C J.C.A., paid up to £2 lOs, were sold at £3 3s 6d. Smaller goods - and sundries met -with the usual ready sale. On Wednesday we held our usual mid-weekly sale, and a large >■ entry of furniture.' carpets, linoleums, etc., found a Teady sale. BESWICK STREET, ROOMS. C. Jonas and. Co. report for the week ended Sept. 1 -'4th, as follows: — . Produce. —This market is in a very unsettled state, and biivers for most bulk lines are holding off. Oats arc slightly easier, as is wheat. Barley remains firm. .Carrots and parsnips there are no sale for. Potatoes are on a par with late rates. Poultry.— This market still remains firm at prices ranging from late rates to about 5 per cent, higher, and the quantity coming forward is not nearly sufficient to supply general requirements, and we advise, early, consignments. Fruit. —The run on this line is of an exceptional order, more so as regards apples, lemons and-Island oranges, the latter of which are due to-day. We qnote prices as under.—Hens 2s 3d to 2* 9d, prime fat 3s 3d to 4s, ducks 4s 3d to 5s 3d, roosters 3s 3d to 4s. prime fat 4s 3d to'4s 9d, geese 5s 6d to 6s 3d, chickens 2s 6d to 2s 9d, pullets 3s 3d to 3s 6d: purehreds, two at ss, three at 6* each. Produce.—Potatoes 6s to 6s 6d, seconds 4s to 4s fid, nig 2s to 2s 3d, seed 5s 6d to 6s 3d, wheat, Whole 12s to 12s '6d. broken 8s 6d +o Jfisfid, oats. A grade 7s °d to 8s fid, fhirds 4s 6d tq 5s 3d, barley 8s Od

to 9s, carrots'ls 9d to 2s, parsnips Is 9d to 2s, hams 9d, bacon 8d to Bid, eggs lOd to IOJd/ butter, separator Is. Fruit.— Island oranges 12s 6d to 15s, bananas (ripe) 9s to 9s 3d, Raratongan 7s 6d to Bs, ripe 2id to 2Jd per lb lemons, Sydney 9s, Mildura 14s,_ Sydney oranges 8s 9d,. mandarins "s 9d. passion fruit 6s 6d to 7s, apples 2Jd to 2Jd. The iron shod which was submitted io competition, drew forth a good attendance, and bidding . «"as brisk, the purchaser being Mr 11. Smallridge at £9.