LATE COMMERCIAL

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXVI, Issue 8, 24 June 1898, Page 20

LA T E COMMERCI A L

BURNSIDE STOCK REPORT. (SPECI\L TO N Z. TABLhT.) (Per favour Messrs. Ktronaeh Bros and Morris.) Wednesday, . I line 22. .1 p.m. Cat'lLE — I7(i yarded. There was a fair demand for pi ime billooks. Pricis wire better th.in List week. Best b illocks, LS 1(K to I.'.i 17s lid; inediuni. 1,7 to LS .V , best cows Li to Lii 17s lid, medium, LI l'K to L.I 11s. other-. 1.2 ]ik to L 5 Ms. Sheep — 117(J penned. The number forward was quite sufficient for butchers" requirements. Prices were about the same as those i-ulinjjf last week. Bent crossbred wethers, l.'is to 14s (id ; one small pen of extra heavy, l.">s !)d : medium, lls fid to 12- i)d ; Lght, 8s (kl to 11s. Best ewes, l()s to 11s (id; medium, hs to i)s ltd; others, 6s to 7s (id. Lambs — 17.1 penned. All belling well at from 5s (id to Us. Pius — D 4 penned. There was good demand for all sorts ; prices slightly better than last week. Slips, l.">s (id to 17s (id ; stores, 20s to 22s tid ; porkers, 21s to 152- ; light baconer.-, ,">.ls to 445, heavy baconers. 17s to .14-^.

Messrs. Donald Reid and Co. report as follows

Oats. — Tnere were no buyers for large lines in attendance, and in consequence we parsed our catalogue. Medium and inferior qualities are offering more fieely. and values for these sorts are a shade easier, otherwise the market is practically unchanged.

Wheat. — Prime milling quality receives little attention at presjnt, fowl wheat bding the only class inquired for. This sells at 3s 61 td 3s !)d per bushel (socks in) for whole fowl wheat ; 3s to 3s 5d for broken.

Potatoes. — We offered a few lots of kidneys, which said at £6 .Is to £8 per ton ; \one lot medium Derwents realised £(j ,Is, and we quote prime up to X.l per ton, sacks in. Chaff — The market has been completely glutted for the past few days. Best oaten sheaf sold at L 3 7s (id to L 3 K)s : medium to good, L 2 15a to L 8 .Is ; btraw chaff (difficult to place). 21s to 27s (id per ton (sacks extra). Tuknips— Hs to I.ls per ton (loose in truck-).

One of Mr. Gladstone's peculiar ideas, which he followed for fifteen years, was to go to bed the instant he finds he caught a cold, and stay there until the indisposition had passed. In this way he believed he frequently cut short what might have been a seiious illness. He sometimes read and wrote in bed just as usual,