COMMERCIAL.

Western Star, 6 October 1908, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

McKAY BEOS. EEPOET. Messrs McKay Bros, report the following sales on Saturday : Poultry. —Hens Is 9d to 2s Gd, roosters 2s to 2s 9d, ducks 2s Hd to 3s 3d, hen and ducklings, 8s 3d. Pigs.—M3 entered. Small ’suckers 2s 6d to 14s, wcaners 23s Bd, slips 32s Gd. Keen demand. 1 w. General Produce.—Potatoes bare owing to heavy l shipping orders nominally £3 per ton ; Onions (Victorian practically done) 12s to 14s per cwt, (Frisco arriving this week) Qd per lb ;. Oats, 10s hd • wheat, 1-8. Fruit. —Bananas 5s 6d to 14s, oranges 1-1 sto 13s, pines 10s to 12s Gdi, lemons Ids, Hobart apples 12s 6d, passion fruit 6s. - THE EXALT 0. Messrs Wm. Todd and Co. report the following sales on‘ Saturday : Poultry. —-Heavy entry. Hens Is 9d to Is Hd, roosters Is 9d to 2s 4d, Minorca hens 2s 3d to 3s 2d, partridge Wyandotte hens 2s, black Spanish do 2s 4d three Silver Wyandotte 12s, dunks 2s to 2s Td, geese 3s to 3s 4d. iPigs.—Very.heavy entry. Suckers 13s to l'Bs 6d, weaners 19s to 20-s, slips 24s to 2/7fe J id, stores £2 2s t 0 £2 3s, York shire, sow £3 l;6s. Cattle. —Two cows £3 10s and. £3 H*s. -- • -■—' General Produce. —Table potatoes £3 ton, wheat 16s to 20s sack, oats 10s to Hs sack.

INVERCARGILL HORSE MARKET.

Messrs J. A. Mitchell and Go x'enort —“We held our weekly sale Prince of Wales Yards on Saturday and had a really good attendance of the public. Our entry comprised some forty horses of a varied description, including the Clydesdale stallions Lord Aynsley and Lord Kelvin, and the thoroughbred horse St. Patrick 11. Of the stallions the first named (sire Lord Lyon dam by Southai'n) was vended . by Messrs’Smith Bros. Although passed in by auction he was afterwards disposed of to Mr -las. TobW at a satisfactory figure. The failed to find purchasers. Oltheother liorses it may be said that, while competition for active young animals (likely workers) was good to. p certain stao-o, many were passed in owing l Q the high reserves placed on them bv vendors We sold draughts at ,£4O 10s t 0 £3O for useful sorts, aged active draughts £°S <o IHd. old and stiff £l2 t 0 £5, hacks and harness at £9O for a 5-vear-old upstandmg horse, others £] 4 down to £4 for stiff hacks. PRICES CTTRRE NT. WHOLESALE Butter, farm 9d separator, Hd Cheese 6id; Haras, 9d. ~ Eggs, fid Chaff, £3 5s to £3 10 Flour, £ll to £l2 Oatmeal, £l2 to £l3 Bran, £4 355. Pollard, £6 Potatoes, £2 10s to £3 per ton Oats Is 8d to Is lOd RETAIL Farm butter, Hd, separator Is Id Butter (factory), pats Is Gel. Cheese Bd. Eggs lid Bacon lOd. Hams, lOd Flour, 50 6s 3d Oatmeal, 501hs 7s Bran 5s 9d Pollard. 11s Chaff £3 10s to £4 Potatoes, £3 10 Oats 2s 4d Wheat 4s 9d to ss3d. The miner at the battery Was suffering from a cold ! As mad as .any hatter, ho Was pocketing the gold ! “Good gracious ! ” said the’ manager But this is pretty, pure.” “ , ' The minor said: r