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COMMERCIAL.
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The Mercury Office, Thursday. I
J W Abbott reports the following business
for the week ending the 11th -On Monday at
"the yards prices for every think firm Baconers
wanted and commanding good rates and now
is a good time to send Potatoes I sold at so
and up to £0 per ton My sales have been-At
mart, on Friday general sale of furniture
pianoforte library etc etc which attracted a
large attendance and the sale throughout was
most satisfactory viz a pianoforte for £11 for
secondhand mahogany dining table. £8 5s
dining and drawing-room suites in is to 3
15s and other loss in proportion The rates At
mart, on Saturday the customary Saturday
sale as under viz milch cows 4 15s to 6 15s
others 6" 15s several sets of harness
at 30s 6d to 40s Hanslow a butter
at Is 6d per lb Mccawley 4s 6d Hunt,
Is 6d Barley Rhyndaston Is 4d Morrisby s
Is Id Crowder-. Is 3d Young. Is Jd
Baileys Huon Is 6d to is 2d and various
dates at Is 6d to Is Jld new-laid eggs Is 10d
coln 8d per doz apples pears Onions potatoes
cheese) at 5d per lb live and trussed poultry
also prize fowls and pigeons hams at 6d per
lb bacon M to 8d and farm produce
of all kinds and many sundries etc etc
At slaughter yards on Monday Cows 2715;,
to £4 5s 2-tooth crossbreds Jos Clark 15s 9d
5 sons pigs Thomas to 3 s 6d carcase pork
Murrol 4d told beef Id load per lb At
Sorell on Tuesday the yarding was not large
the weather being against this but prices all
round were good viz Vealer 28s best
fowls Is per pair others Is 8d to 2s 6d
now laid eggs is 8d to Is 10d per doz
baconers From Bream Creek medium
weight, £2 15s 6d to 3 porkers Orielton
and Coppington 3 a is 6d to 28-,
do 23s to 24s lighter weights Coppington
and Kellevie 18s 6d to 16s 1d do do Jas 6d to
15s slips 10s 10s- 3d to 11s Id suckers
Cornhill 5s meat) pigs 7s 9d to 14s The
whole of the pigs sold exceedingly well, higher
than for some time p m. Baconers are in great
demand and buyers waiting who are prepared
to buy any quantity 1 at lambs from Woods
dale sold at 16s crossbred ewes Frank Turvey
14s , crossbreds from Silas Gatehouse Buckland
15s ton mixed sheep W B Gatehouse
12s to 10s M lamb' 8s 9d 8s 6d to 8s do
S Gatehouse 8s 6d young heifers £)to£''ls
heifer and calf 23 17s 6d do springing 6"
10s potatoes in cwt bags. is 5d per bit
do treat at 7s do. On the premises
Hampden road on Thursday pianoforte and
household furniture the piano realised £31
and everything in the house sold at prices which
were very satisfactory At slaughter yards on
Thursday bacon pigs and porkers high and all
classes of fats especially for quality at full
rates v 17 - a truck of cows from the end
falls of 5s to £1 U per head cows Munro JP
10s 3 head cattle Byers to 55 a dealer
Musk 33s 6d do Goodwin 2s 6d do
Hylan 1 2 2s 3s 11d to 19s lambs Wilson
8s 6d to 10s 9d 100 crossbreds Rooke 10 to
10s 9d crossbreds J Walker Clure idon 1 s
9d 11s to 10s crossbred ewes Phillips 11s
3d tolls next Downs 15s 9d to 10 small
lambs, Musk, 6s. 6d.; 11 pigs, Bisdee, to 36s. 6d.;
12 do., Morgan, 22s. 9d. to 23s. 6d,; 1 do.,
Edwards, 19s. 3d.; 7 carcases, Mrs. B. McCaulilTo,
Tunnack, 8d. to 8d. per lb. (top price) ; do.,
Mrs. B Campbell, 6d.; do. baconer, T. Ryly,
42d.; carcase pork, Muldoon, 4d. to 4d.; do..
Orr, 23d.; do., 4d., etc. Market closed (firm.
Roberts Se Co. Limited report for the week
ending Thursday, May 19 Fat Stock The
following were yarded at the slaughter-yards
on Monday last 250 head of cattle (including
40 imported, ex Oonah), 550 sheep and lambs (of
which 400 were Imported), 20 pigs, and a few
carcases pork. The market opened dull
owing to most of the trade having a
food supply on hand from last week's Hales.
who majority of the cattle and a good many of
of the sheep were held over for Thursday's sale.
A few pens of prime beef making 30s per 100lbs.,
prime mutton 3d. per lb., good 2d., prime light
weight porkers, 4d. to 4d. per lb.; baconers,
4d.; prime vealers, to 30s. each, good, 25s. to 20s.
medium, 6s, to 12s. We sold 4 bullocks,
ex Oonah, £12 12-. 6d. to £11 17s. 6d.;
2 cows, Glenorchy, £1 12s. 6d.; 3 do.
Sandy Bar. £1 15s. to £1 17s 6d.; 243
crossbred wethers, ex Oonah, 16s. 9d. to 15s.;
45 do. ewes, 15s. 3d.; 75 Merino wethers, from
Dennistoun, 12s.; 10 crossbred wethers, 12s ; non
lambs, New Norfolk, IDs. 6d. to 9s, 3d.; pen do.,
Clarence Plains, 134. 3d. to 6s. 6d.; 40 lambs, from
Summerville, 8s. 6d. to 7s. 3d.; pen lambs, from
Moonah, 13s.; carcase pork, 5d. per lb., and
sucking pigs, 7s. 3d. Store Stock Our sales
have been as follow Sheep, 2. 4, and 6-tooth
crossbred ewes, in lamb, from 9s. to 7s.
9d, full to broken mouth do, 7s to
8s 6d ; crossbred wethers, 9s 3d to 8s.
6d, 4 and 6 tooth Merino ewes in lamb, 9s 6d to
5s. 9d , do full to broken mouth, is 6d. to 3s 6d,
hoggets, 16s 3d to 3s 4d Cattle -Best bullocks,
in forward condition, as to £3 5s , others, from
£4 10s. to £3 17s. 6d , steers, £4 to £3 7s 6d best
cows, to 3 12s 6d , others from £2 15s to £2 ,
2yr. old cattle, 35s to 25s , yearlings 18s to Ila ,
according to breeding and condition, has,
working bullocks from £14 to £12 per pair
others, from £10 to 18, steers, £9 to £7 ; best
milch cows £8 to £7 others £0 to li 10-, At
Parattah, on Friday last, we had a good yard
long and sold as follows 2,500. sheep, 20
head cattle, and quantity of sundries at
satisfactory values throughout, 1? -Pen
fat crossbred wethers G A II) land. He
9d, per do, J Hyland Hb Id , 20
lambs, Miss Bacon, !)- 99 , 20 crossbred
owes do 12s, to do I'adle, 12s
9d to 10s 6d pen crossbred wethers, Bennett's
Store sheep as follows 50 crossbred
lambs Puttcmon, laid 100 Mernoo es due
Soptcrabi E J Lord of, 10 crossbred lambs H
Exton, Is 9d to crossbred ewes, do do 50
do wethers, 7s 6d 50 crossbred ewes Bacon,
8d to 7s, 20 Merino ewes Unsworth,
7s 4d , "XI crossbred now of Burleigh's Gd ,
330 crossbred ewes W Burbury, 8s 8d , 10 fat
lambs Guthrie, 12s 3d to 9s 6d, 20 crossbred
owes, do 152, 40 crossbred ewes, 6 and full
mouth, F Jones, 10s 6d, 30 crossbred lambs.
Jos. Weeding, 5g , 0 crossbred wethers, do, 3s
7d, CO Merino wethers, 6s. 6d., pen
lambs, tie, h at 10d,, m 2, i, 9. and fall
mouth crossbred owes li J Sailor Cs "d CO
lambs do 5s. 2d 100 6 and full mouth J
Merino ewes 4s 'd 200 2-tooth cross 1
bred'. 5s 6d 50 lambs do 4s 10
4 tooth crossbred wethers do 8s laO
Merino wethers do 5s Id 100 broken mouth
crossbred ewes G Sturgeon 6s. 100 lambs
do (4s 3d 100 4-tooth crossbred ewes J
Geason 12s 4d 110 crossbred wethers W
Burbury 7s 10d 30 crossbred ewes T
MoLauclifr Is 40 lambs do 8s 6d Cattle
5 steers Mrs Rogers, 17s 6d 4 do £5 a 6d
to £3 12s 6d i steers H Exton 22s 10
head for other owners from £4 to £3 and
a quantity of sundries at currant rates
At Sorell on Tuesday we had a fair j yarding
considering the inclement weather sold as
follows - Several vealers to 32 100 pigs
various owners porkers from 10s to 15s
baconers 4.1 town is suckers, is 6d to 5s (in
Sheep - 60 Merino wethers J Tatnell 10s per
pets do Its 6d pen lambs C Gerlack 11s 1d
pon pet sheep 17s 6d pen crossbred wethers
14s 6d to 12s 9d 20 lambs Rowlands 11s to
10s 6d 02 tooths G Filmer 13 31 tolls 6d,
pen lambs do 10s M pen crossbred ewes do
17s 3d 20 Merino wethers P Wagner's to
7s 9d 2s lambs do 12s '6d to 8s (9d pen
crossbred wethers G Gatehouse Bros, less 20
crossbred ewes G Read 12s 9d , 20 do J C
Walker 12s to 11s per crossbred owes G
Denholm !).> 3d to 9s pen crossbred wethers
C Gatehouse 14s 6d do ewes 12s 3d, 20
lambs C and W Denholm 10s 3d , 25 Merino
| wethers A Haston Gs 0 lambs J CorbetUOs ,
20 hoggets do 12s to "Is 6d Cattle-Cow
Clifford 57s 6d 14 head of milch and
springing cows for various owners best sorts
£7 to 66 5s others from £1 tons Store Sheep
Crossbred owes, 5 and 6 tooth 8s (do do
full mouth 6s 10d and a quantity of poultry
produce, and sundries at full market rates
Privately we sold 300 Merino lambs and several
purobhropshlroowe» at satisfactory prices to
vendors On Wednesday we held a clearing
sale at Pelham upper Broadmarsh on account
of Mr Jno Davis and notwithstanding the
inclement state of the weather all lots submitted
sold at satisfactory values through
out. Crossbred ewes 6s 7d 12 head of
cattle £1 2s 6d to £2 G horses £18 10s
to £7 15s pigs £2 an and all the farm
ing implements drays carts, harness house
hold furniture and effects On same day at
Colebrook we hell our usual monthly sale
The yarding was light, owing to the bad state
of the we ithor All lots submitted sold well
Pigs 5s to 5s 6d crossbred lambs 7s 11d to
is 9d milch cows 35s to 3 10s Several
tons potatoes 3 10s per ton and a
quantity y of sundries and farming implements
m Thursday at the slaughter > yards we sold 30
head bullocks ex Oonah from £12 5s to £9 7s
6d 9 tons Bowman's 15s to £3 22 (Id 1
cow T Barwick £0 2s 6d J do Greig's 17s
6d and £3 10s I do Quccuej 32s rd t cows
Salmon £3 15s to 3' 5s do Richardson £1
17s 6d 7 bodies of beef for various owners
from 23d to 26d per lb several vealers to 26s
53 crossbred w one red ox Oonah 15s 42 Merino
wethers Gardner 75 pen crossbred ewes, 10s
to 7s 9d 30 limbs 7" Id 25 Merino w others
Captain Cameron 10s 6d 40 Merino ewes 8s
id 18 bags 12s 3d 70 ore bred wethers
from Norton Mandeville 17s 6d to 15s 9d pen
lambs Brock 10s pen lambs Davis 15s 6d
35 Merino wethers do 7s per pot sheep
Moore 17s 6d 50 pigs, for various owners
baconers £3 to £2 porkers 21s 6d to 13s
such crs 6s 3d 40 carcases pork various
end ran from old gold per lb
Roberts &. Co report Producers railway
and other places-Hay oh IT £3 5s to 30s
a wheaten straw chaff 35s Oaten straw chaff I
10s biUdvvhcvteii straw 25s to 27s (6d baled
Oaten straw 30s to 40s baled hay Its to c3 53
oats feed 2s seed 2s 6d to 2s 9d Cape
barley is 6d wheat 3s 6d to 4s. seed we boat,
4s 6d to 4s 4d At skin sales Heavy oxides
54s 6d to 25s lighter 15s to 22s 6d cow hides
12s 6d to 2s calf 2s 3d to 3s 6d sheep
skins 3s to 4s 7d lambs Is 6d to 3s 6d
rabbit, 3d per lb kangaroo is to 6d grey
opossum Hid
The following sales were effected at the
slaughter yards today By Roberta A Co
Cattle 12s 6d to £12 5s calves 20s to 23s
sheep 7s to 11s lambs 7s to 10s 6d pigs 4s
3d to 24s 6d pork 4d to 5d By J W
Abbott Cattle 1156 todays calves 16s to
22s limbs as 6d to 10s 6d sheep 7s 9d to
10s 6d pigs 3s 6d to 10s 6d, pork 8d to
Melbourne, Thursday (by cable). About
3,500 bags of wheat sold to-day at 4s 5d to 4s
6d- Algerian feed oats more active at
recent decline ; 3,500 bags sold at Is 6d to 2s,
partly for export. Algerian milling > steady,
2s 2d to 2s 4d. Stout white oats, 2s 5d. Chaff
inactive, £2 17s 6d to £3 6d. Victorian
potatoes, £7 to £7 5s. Tasmanian, £7 5s to
£8, duty paid. Onions, £8 to £6 5s.
SYDNEY, Thursday (by cable). - Wheat
nominally 4s 6d to 4s 7d fair average quality,
prime lots a shade higher. Flour steady at
£11 10s to £12. Some millers ask £12 10s.
Circular Head potatoes, £6 10s ; New Zealand,
24 5s ; local, £6. Onions New Zealand,
£8 ; Victorian, very inferior and slow
of sale at £5 10s. Chaff slow, £3 17s 6d.
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