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Timaru Herald, Volume XCIV, Issue 14484, 4 July 1911, Page 5

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FAIRLtE SALE. A special 6took sal© was (bold at Fairhe yesterday, the yarding was not as large as anticipated, rut tlie stock that was tonvaid. sold satisfactorily, l'ricos ruled as follows—Fat lambs. Hs 13s, 13s 3d, 13s, 12s Gd, fat ewes 11b, 10s 9d, full-mou'ib. ewes 7s fed, 10s 7d, store lamsb 93 Od, lis, 10s fc'd, 10s, cwo lambs 12s, Cafctl > sold at Tat© market mlues. 1 THE MART. Messrs O'Caliaghan and LeCren report as follows on business during thef pasu week: — Poultry.—A fu'U' entry came forward, and met with an excellent sale ab coo&idembly improved prices. Hens is 3d, to 5s for some extra good pens;* cockerels. 3s to 4s 9d for prime birds; ducks, 3s 9d to ss. Pigs.—A larg© entry was penned mid we have to report a good sale for good healthy wean era of fair size, but tliiero is not mucfii demand for medium sorts. Produce. —Potatoes—Local demand is dull. For shipment there is only a limited demand, and .at greatly reduced prices. Northern ports are now offeriug equal to £2. 10s to £2 15s on trucks at country stations.. There are large quantities of tubers still to be sold, and there seams but little prospect of a rise. We have orders for a limited quantity at the above. prices, for next boat. Fowi wfoorat:—There is an excellent demand, nnd supplies are urgently required. Good fowl wheat is worth }. lis. Oats—Good feed lines are worth i2s 6d, and supplies are required. ; Oatsheaf Chaff —There is a good local i demand at £4 ss. Oatstraw. —There , is a ready sale for good clear' chaff | at Is 6d to Is Bdi, s.i. j On Saturday we had our usual sale }of household goods. There was a largo attendance of buyers, and an excellent sale resulted:— Duchess© pair. £8 15s, bedsteads £1 to £4 o« t wardrobe £4 10s, suite £ll 10s, safe £G 15s, bieyeks £3 to £7. Smaller goods' and sundries inet with the usual' ready sale. land auction, waimate. . A. record attendance at Mhe Waimale saleyards showed* the amount of interest manifested by tho i public in the sale of the various torwn ; properties of the hit© A. Hayes of Centrcwood. Bidding bow-ever was very restricted and the offers submitted were so far short of the actual values that the auctioneers passed in :>H the properties. Immediately after the auction, however, a brisk demand set in, with the result that three of the lots on Mill ftoad wera sold a satisfactory prices, and it is anticipated. from tho number of inquiries, that all the propsrties will bo speedily disposed of. A number of intending purchasers refrained from bidding at the auction as t.he blocks as submitted did not suit them, and the trustees are prennred to consider suggestions for outline: up the property in more convenient areas. The public hnrdlv realise how nearly all the principal town lots have beon taken up—a well situated seriiorj is now difficult to secure* All the pronert'os are now for private snle, nrd the auctioneers ; (the New Zealand Loan and MereanI tile Agency Company, and Guinness and LaCren). are receiving offers on a.iwinnt of the vendors, for the re- ! nTnnine: lots in whole or in parts to | suit buyers. I After properties had b^en | submitted t Guinness and LeCren two properties on acerTjnt of Butcher, and here the IvrVVni br>e.?mr> iwire spirited, ope of th~ properties bring sold nnd the just failed to rench the venders reserve. Choice bnildine: site"? :im sction «uh?nitted at this auction was a choice lot. I The N.Z. Loan and M.A. Co. have ! received t following: cablegram from . t'-ir Lond-> nffW undor d.ite 20H> ultimo:—"Fro/on Mca + —Mutton. tl>p i.-nrl.-ot- i*" Plnadv: ■ v.-r-iko ; h'-'of. ,market depressed." f Swk Kx'^nnn-o , O.T ,|«. . T.,i;„ llnil r.» o, r,i. q..inc vnnovt-d—Qn~ jirM nnd Tom he frt W. Wellington Gas Cnew issue) £9 12c 34,