DUNEDIN MARKET.

Tuapeka Times, Volume XXXIX, Issue 5498, 14 December 1907, Page 4

DUNEDIN MARKET.

Messrs A. Moritzson and Co., auctioneers, wool, stock, station, grain, produce, and commission agents, Dunedin, report (wholesale) for the week as under. All quotations are subject to market fluctuations. Farmers are asked, when sending samples, always to put a price on them, as Luyers do not feel inclined to make offers.

Wheat — Prime milling (new season s) 5s 9d, fowl wheat 5s 3d to 5s 63.

Oats— Milling 3s 6d, B grade 3s 4d, inferior 3s

Chaff— Prime bright heavy to £5 15s, medium £5 to £5 10s, wheaten straw 455, oaten straw 60s

Barley— Good malting from 4s 6d to ss, pearling to 4s, feed barley 3s 6d Ryecorn — 4s to 4s 3d Maize — 5s 6<3 Prussian Blue Peas — From 6s to 6s 6d per bushel. Partridge peas 4s 6d to 5s 6d Clover Hay— Prime £4 15s to £6 Ryegrass — The market remains firm. Farmers' dressed 4s 6d to 4s 9d (none offering), machine dressed 5s 6d to 6s

Cocksfoot — Market remains strong. Farmers' lots 5d to 6d, machined 6sd to 7d

Linseed, £12 10s to £13 Cbewing's Fescue — There is a good demand. Farmers' samples 5d to s£d, machined 6£d to 7d

Potatoes — Prime Up-to-dates £1 10s, Derwents £2

Onions — Melbourne Brown Spanish to 7s Gd

We can offer a few tons of pure fish manure (rich in ammonia, valuable for root or grain crops, can be used with drill) at£7pjr ton Rabbitskins— We hold our sales every fortnight. Market continues firm. Suckers and runners 3d to sd, light racks 7d to 10d, summers (full-grown) Gd to Sd autumns 13d to 14d, blacks 18d to 24d, fawns lid to 17d, incoming winters 14d to 16d, winter grey bucks 15d to 18Jd, do does 19d to 24d, outgoings 12d to 13^d We supply labels Sheepskins — Half bred Sd to 9£d, fine crossbreds B^d to B|d, coarse do 7d to 7id, merino 7d to B|d, lambskins ' B£d to 9d, pelts 6d t<r7£d Hides —We hold our hide sales every fortnight. We quote : Extra stout heavy ox 6|d to 6gd, heavy do sgd to 6^d, medium 4d to 4fd, light 3|d to 4gd, cows (stout heavy) 6d to 6£d, heavy 5d tos|d, medium 4Jd to 4|d, light 3d, to 4£d stags and bulls 3d to 3£d, yearlings 3fcd to 4^d, horsehides 10s to 12s each. Calfskins are now sold at per lb. We realisedd from 3d to 6|d which price must be looded upon as top value. Horsehair — There is a good demand for all classes, especially clean hair, which is quoted from 17d to 19d, mixed 14d to 16£ d Cowhair— From 9£d to 10id, cowtips Is 6d to Is 8d per dozen Hough Fat— From 14s to 18s, according to quality Tallow in tins 16s to 225, prime white mutton in tius 20s to 235, do in casks 20s to 255, mixed tallow ids to 20s, mutton cakes 20s to 235.

Storing Grain — We are prepared to store, receive, deliver, and insure for three months, free storage, at 3d per sack Grass Seed Cleaning— We advise farmers to consign all their seed to us, as the cleaning will be attended to with up-to-date machinery, and the cleaned seed sold or returned free of railage. We supply new and second-hand sacks, also stack and cow covers, and all other farmers' materials

FARM PRODUCE AND FRUIT.

We receive all kinds of consignments and render accounts of sales promptly. Walnuts— 6d to 7d Salt butter 8d to 9Jd, separator 9£d to lOd

Fresh Butter — In pats. Storekeepers 6"d to 7d Eggs— Fresh Is Cheese — Factory 6d to 6£d, Akaroa 6d to 6|d, loaf id more

Honey — In good demand. Section honey (new season's) 4s 6d per dozen, bulk (large tins) 4d to 4£d, Ismail tins 4id to 4|d Beeswax — Is 4d to Is 6d

Hams— Bd to 9d

Bacon— Rolls Sd to BJd, sides s£d to 6d. Porkers up to 6|d, first-class baconers (up to 170Tbs) 6£d, over-weights 4d to 5d Poultry — For local consumption : Hens 3s 6d to 4s 6d, roosters 5s to 6s, ducks 5s to 6s, turkey hens 6d to 7d per lb, do cocks 7d to 8d per lb Ovo— Received medal at Hobart, Ballarat and other exhibitions. Ovo will preserve eggs for over 12 months. We can supply it in bulk to cover 600 dozen for the trade or for household purposes in small tins to cover 10, 16, 24, and 60 dozen eggs. Prices on application.

Five hundred natives employed at the Vorspoed mine (Orange River Colony) revolted, and destroyed much property. They then started for Kronstadt, where the police have been reinforced. The police overtook a number ot rioters at Torspoed, and escorted them to Kronstadt, where the ringleaders were fined or six months' imprisonment, and 200 others 40s each or a fortnight's imprisonment. .The trouble originated over the arrest of a nat ye.

The days of disagreeable, harsh medicines are past, and Chamberlain's Tablets top the poll as the most pleasant to take, mildest and gentlest in effect, safest and surest in their result. Try them next time you need a purgative, and you 'will be more than pleased. For sale by all chemists and stores.

The Russian Budget shows a deficit of ;£'9>5 OO > OO °-

The number of unemployed in New York City alone is estimated at 125,000.

Mr D. Sheeny, M.P. for South Meath, speaking near Trim, recommended persistence in cattle-driving, in order to compel ranching landlords to sell their land.

The Electric Vehicle Company of New Jersey has suspended payment. Tts capital is