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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume V, Issue 69, 23 March 1870, Page 2

NELSON RETAIL MARKET.— March 23. Beef, 5d to Sd per Ib Bread, 21b Joaf, 4£d Mutton, 3d to od Butter, fresh, Is per lb Pork,*6d -Cheese, col., Is Bacon, Is 2d Ducks, 6s per pair Ham, Is 6d [ Fowls, 5s Lard, Is Od Turkeys, 7s to 8s each Eggs, Is 6d per dozen Flour.—Rod and Hounsell quote fine silk dressed Sour at 14/. per ton. Redwood's, current rates. Wheat, 4s 6d to 5s per bushel; barley, 4s 6d to ss; oats, 3s to 3s 6d. Potatoes, 3/ 10s to 4/ 10s per ton. Hay, 5/. Beer, 6Z per hhd; 8s per dozen. Bricks, per 1000 4/; Lime, per bushel, 3s Od. Boards and Scantling — White Pine, per 100 feet, 8s to 9s ; Tied Pine, 12s 6d; Tot;tra. 18s. Palings— V.D.L., 6ft., 245.; sft., 20s. Kauri— 9 by |, 15s, 9by I, 15s ; P. T. and G., 15s; wide timber, l?s Od to 255.

Dr. Johnson, when a string of children came forward to recite in succession, requested that they would all begin at once, on the ground that " the little dears would make more noise, and that it would soon be over." A Lawyer's Name. — A lawyer wrote " rascal " in the hat of a brother lawyer, ,-who, 1 on discovering it, entered a complaint in open court against the trespasser, who, he said, had not only taken his hat, but. had written his own name in it.