DUNEDIN HORSE SALEYARDS.

New Zealand Tablet, Issue 44, 8 March 1895, Page 13

DUNEDIN HORSE SALEYARDS.

Mesrkß. Wright. Stephenson and Co. report as follows :—: — Tne pntry of horses for our sale oi Siturday w«a a very am ill one, ar d m (here were very few fresh horsea advertised, the attendance of buyers was also vary poor. The clashes ef horses for wbich therea wa m >st derniud were young draughts, spring van horses and useful bac'tfl. AH that were offered of these descriptions, where rea-onab'.e priea were asked, readily found buyers at fair values. Old and inferior sorts, both of draughts and light harnrßi horses were almost un-t-alntb'e We q ioti : For first -clatg dr>m_rhts (extra beavy), £21 'o £.'SO . rom ordinary draa^hU (.vnun<?) LlB to L 22 ; medium, in, Ll2 to Llf! ; atred do, L 6 to 1,10 ; L'ood hacks and harness hnr-"^, Ll2 to LIG; medium Do, L 7 to L 9 ; light and inferior do, L 2 10d to L 5. Mr F. Meknan. Kintr street, re poits:— Wholesale price only — CMs : Q neter, feed, la 3sd to Is 4}l ; a nd, nominal. Wheat : Milling 2s ( Jd .o 3*3; fowls' wbeat. 2i~ to 2a 7^l. ChafF : Inferior, to nxdiura, 309 to 40s ; good to prime, £2 53 to £2 10i 01. Hay: Oats, £3 ; ryegruss, £2 Ob. Potatoes: new locals, L2to L 2 15i per ton ; market bar^. Flour : Ktonc, £6 10s fo £7 Oa ; roller, £7 tj £7 l()s. Oatmeal, 251bs, £8 ; bulk. £7 log. Butter fresh, 4d to lOd, salt, 3d, dull demand Eera*. 9 1 per d zen (plentiful). Messrs Donald Ueid avd Co report as follows : — Shei pukin- — Gmn crusrtlmd*, 1m to Is lOd ; green merinos, 6d lolt; X" en 'ami", I* 'i i to li ."> I ; dry en ssbreds, 2s to 4s 3d ; dry merinos. Is 3 i o 3h sd. Hid.s— Putuf beavy. 241 to 3 1 ; m d üm, 2 1 to 2\ 1 ; light, \\ 1 to l 4 ! d ; infeiior, I\l to 1 i" por lb Tiillow — Prim- rendered, 18i 6 1 to 20 ; m^iurn, 16s to I7s 6d ; inferior, 13s to 15< ; rou^h fa', 10s 'o 13^ p, r cwt Whe, I Prim ■ milling velvet and mscan, 2a 81 to 2s 91 ; ext:a prime velve', 2-) '.!.} 1 , m- diam, 2i 7il to 2iS i ; fowl feed, 2s 5d to •2i 7 1 o<>N —^rime milliner bfst fend. Id 3.^1 to Is 41; medium, Is 31 to Is 3^l ; inferior, Ih2 Ito 1-3 1 per bus Vl (-neks extra). Puiaioes— Ki 8' De'-weutH, L 2 10j to L 2 I7i 6d ; best kiJnejs, L 2 to I 2 10s ki ii ) Whilst the pariah priest of Gh"di, neir B^s:ia, in Italr, was taking a Wd'k th • oth-i driv, an v know am i i huU Hpproach -d him and a^-ked if he wer-3 the priest in charge of that miss on. Oq reci'iviug an i ffi raative ans>vrr, he s'abbu it c uv geatlem in with a knife, and lefi hiru at the pmu 1 of death. A' s'nkt: " avja'nst drink is taking plac * a the present tima in Western India I r \ a ari<en out of the practice of the 1 qmr distillers, who have annnipo'y of the a-*le of dn.ik, of giviu£ short m asure. The boycott s> far has b,>,>n won 1 r ullv well maintained, and the 'drink bill" of f-ome f the d'etiiu'sc nserhed has been reduc d to va iiehiDg pOiQt.