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Timaru Herald, Volume XIIC, Issue 14039, 23 October 1909, Page 4

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ST. ANDREW'S SALE. The fortnightly sale was- held at St. Andrews yards yesterday when only a small entry was offered. Ttto attendance was not quite so large as usual, but for all that competition was fairly brisk, tho result being almost a total clearance. Fat wethers sold at 16s, 18s, 18s sd, 18s 6d to 18s Ski; ewes with lambs (all counted) 6s 6d, 6s 9d, 7s, 7s 6d to 9s sd; wether hoggets (small) to 12s; mixed sex hoggets 13s 7d; ewe hoggets to 15s; forward wethers 14s Id to 14s 7d. LAND SALES! Guinness and LeCren, Ltd., Timaru, report the following sales of properties during the past fortnight:—For i-ei&rs Harper and Elisor, their well-known Springvale Estate situate at _ Fairlie, containing 1575 acres of rich limestone wheat growing and sheep fattening land, together with their splendid flock of i and 3-bred sheep, comprising 2790 ewes and lambs, 530 ewe hoggets, 22 Border Leicester rams, 12 draught horses, three light horses, 23 head of cattle, pigs, implements, farming plant and furniture, as a going concern to a client. For the New Zealand Railways, 10 years' leases of wool and grain stores situate in Timaru railwa* station vard to Messrs Jolm Mill and Co., Ltd., of Port Chalmers. For tho Registrar of the Supreme Court, dwelling house and section situate in Brown Street, Timaru, to Mr M. Mullin. For Mr W. B. S. Jones, his 6-roomwl dwelling-house and 6ec«°n situato irL King Street, Timaru, to Mr G. Ixre, also 5-roomed dwelling house and section adjoining the above to tho same birrer. For Mr R. N. Hawkes his splendid residential section situate Ranfurlv Street, Wai-iti Road, Timaru, to Mr F. S. Shrimpton. TIMARU PRODUCE MARKETS. ■ Local merchants report that there is very little doing on tho grain and produce markets just now. The s.s Wanaka took away from Timaru, tins week 10,000 sacks of wheat for AucKland, but this was to fill an order given some time ago and therefore does no indicate any present activity on the wheat market. Millers are not buying .locally, except odd lines which they can get at their own price. There has been a little enquiry lately, for wheat from Dunedin, and offers or from 4s to 4s Id have been made lor wheat on trucks at handy stations south of Timaru, but holders are not inclined to accept these, prices, btocks in store are considerably smaller tnan they were a month ago. . The market for oats lias brightened ap a little and some lines have been bought for shipment Home, where the price is keeping up fairly well. A cruclo Gartons are now quoted at Is id, « grade Is 6|d, Duns Is 6d, and Danish Is s£d delivered in Timaru. The curtain has been rung down on the potato market the best price offering to-day, being £2 f.o.b A good many farmers who hold potatoes will not take the trouble to pick them over seeing that they can get so little for them. CFiRISTCHURCH MARKETS. Per Press Association. CHRISTCHURCH. Oct. 2*2. There is no business whatever to record in the local grain market. The only demand is for oats and growers are not offering so that nothing further can be done for export, though to take advantage of tho London market it is necessary to ship before the wool season commences. In wheat it does not appear as if there will be any more business done till after the November holidays.