CHRISTCHURCH MARKETS
Cheistchx'hch, April 8. Kaye and Carter report the Chriatw 'fchurcb grain and produce market as follows:— ; WWhet:a t: Tuscan, 4/2; pearl, , 3/7';' hunters, 3/3. Fowlw.heat : Good '" ''"•' whole, 3/7 ; broken, '8/3.' Oats: Milling, 3/- ; bright short, 2/10 ; duns 72/8; Danish, 2/8 ; (firmly held). Barley : Prime malting, 4/3 ; good, 3/10; to 4/- ; feed, 3/4; Cape, 3/-; Pearl, L*2o 10/-. Flour: Best, roller, sacks, Lll 1/-. Oatmeal, in 251 b bags, Ll4 1/- ; 7ibs, Lls 10/- Ryegrass:. Machiue dressed, 3/6 to 3/9, (scarce). Cocksfoot: Prime 3£d ; . good seed, 2yd to 3d. Oatsheaf, Chaff, Ll4 5/-. Butter lOd j for (prime quality.) Cheese : Loaf, s£d A- to 61A medium. 4£d to 5Jd. Hams, 9£d . bacon, 7|d ; hams and bacon, BJd. The a.bbye prices are current f.o.b. Lytteiton, sacks and packages extra except when otherwise specified. • At the Greymouth cattle saleß bullocks realised _37 10/- to £ 4 15/- ; New Plymouth bullocks. £7 5/- to £5 5/- (average £6 3/-) ; best beef, 18/- per lOOlbs ; others 16/- per lOOlbs. Sheep — Local crossbreds, 13/- to 11/6 ; Canterbury, 13/9 to 13/- ; merinos, 6/9 to 8/3 ; mutton, 2£d per lb ; lambs, 8/6 to 10/6.
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Feilding Star, Volume X, Issue 121, 18 April 1889, Page 3
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