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Motueka Star, Volume II, Issue 63, 21 March 1902, Page 5

Messrs Laery and Co., Ltd., report the following wholesale prices on the W T ellingfcon produce market : —Wheat, 3s 8d to 3s 9d per bushel; feed oats, 2s 9d to 2s lOd per bushel ; seed oats, 2s lOdto 3s per bushel; barley 2s 9d bushel ; maize, 3s per bushel ; flour L 9 10s per ton ; pollard, 110 s ton ; bran, 100 s per ton; oatmeal, £l4 10s per ton ; chaff, 80s per ton ; potatoes, 60s to 70s per ton ; field peas, 4s 3d ; horse beans, 3s 9rl per bushel ; ryegrass seed, 3s 9d to 5s per bushel ; cocksfoot seed, dressed 4d to 4|d, farmers parcels 3d to per lb; onions, Canterbury £6, local £4 10s per ton ; dairy butter, prime 8d to B|d per lb : cheese, 5d ; bacon, 6|d, best factory ; hams, 7§d ; rolls, 7d to pair: roosters 3s 6d per pair ; ducks, 3s to 4s per pair ; turkeys, hens 8s per pair; gobblers 9s to 13s per pair ; geese 5s per pair ; fresh eggs, Is 4d to, jls 6d per dozen ; limed eggs. Is Id ; cabbages, 2s 6d to 5s ; cooking apples 2s to 4s ; dessert apples, 3s to 7s. If the speculator misses his aim, everybody cries out, “ He’s a fool,” and sometimes,' “ He’s a rogue.” If* he succeeds, they besiege his door, j and demand his daughter in marriage. : i A whisky flask is amongst the artiS cles presented to the South Island ; chaplain of the Ninth Contingent —a | Dunedin minister.