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Motueka Star, Volume IV, Issue 150, 27 January 1903, Page 4

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Christechurch:, Jan 21. The following are current prices paid to farmers, f.o.b. r Lyttelton, and free »-f commission, except where otherwise wpecified : Wheat : Hunter’s, and Tus an 5s to 5s 3d, Pearl 5s to 5s 3d at country stations. Oats.—Long feed 2s 6dto 2s 7d ; short feed 2s 7d to 2s 8d ; milling. Canadians 2s 8d to 2s 9d at country stations. Flour (millers’ quotations): Poller *£l3. Pollard : £6 10s ton. Bran : .£6 OsOatmeal : .£l4 -1 Os f.o.b. Oatsbeaf chaff : 85s to 87s 6d at country stations. Potatoes : Derwents, [nominal]- L 6 at country stations. Dairy Produce; Cheese, factory 5d to 6d, dairy 5d ; butter, factoiy, local 10dtol0|d, North Island lid,'daily 8d to 9d prime, salt (in boxes) 7d to Bd, bacon, hams 9d to lOd ; factory bacon and hams gd higher, fo.h.—Christchurch Press. CHRISTCHURCH FRUIT MARKET. The supplies of stone friiits, especially plums, hav® been rather short, but are getting a little more plentiful Small fruits, such as gooseberries hi d black and red currants, aie iu good supply, hut raspberries are scarce, and the strawberry season is coining to an end. The wholesale quotations are : Apples (local Irish peach) 2d lb, peaches, local, 4d to B]d lb, Hawke’s Pay, 6s pei* £olb box, cherries up to lid; strawberries, 6d to 8d ; raspberries d to 5-J<l lb ; grapes Is 4<i lb ; gooseberries Id to 2-yd lb ; black currants 2.|d t> 3d lb, red currants 2d to 3d lb; Nelson cherry plums 6s to 7s per quarter box ; Auckland plums 4s 3d per 121 b box. STOCK SALES. Messrs Freeman R. Jackson and Co., in conjunction with- Messrs Abraham and Williams, report on their sale at Johnsonville on Tuesday last as follows :—There was an average entry of bullocks, the bulk of which were of good quality and the balance light and medium soots. Bidding was fairly brisk. We quote —Beef at 26s to 275, best bullocks .£lO 7s 6d to £lO 17s 6<l, others £9 10s to £lO. light steers L 7 17s6dto L 8 17s 6d. We had a heavy yarding of sheep, mostly local, which were easier all round. Best wethers fetched 14s 3d, others 12s sd, light 1 Is, prime ewes 11s 6d, others 11s, 9s 2d and 10s. Best limbs 10s 5d ; others 8s 7d to 9s.