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Te Aroha News, Volume VII, Issue 482, 21 June 1890, Page 2

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Te Arohci and Ohinemuri Neics Ojjlce Friday. THAMES CATTLE MARKET. Afc Fleming and Co.’s weekly sale of fat cattle which was held on 18th. inst:, at thcii yards, Parawai, Thames: They report a full market were 3'arded and all sold, pri.ces being a shade higher than last weeks quotations :—Steers sold at from L 4 15s to L 6 7s 6d each, being equal to from 16s to I7s per lOOlhs; heifers sold at from L2 15s to 1.3 10s each, being equal to from 13s to 15s per IOOIbs, according to quality. Cows sold at from L2 10s to L 3 10s each, being equal to fiom lls to 12h 6d per ICOlbs. Sheep market: The usual complement were penned and sold as follows :—Wethers 14»6dt0 Jss.. Ewes 12s 6d to 13s 61 «aeh. AUCKLAND MARKETS. Messrs. A. Buckland and Spin’s Weekly Report.—At the hide and skin sale on Tbesday a large number were pitched : The prices for cow hides ranged from l£d to 2d ; calfskins, to 4£d; light ox, heavy ox, from 3d to ranged from 3s to 5s 7d ; station, 2s 6d to 4s 6d ; tallow, 17s 3d to 19s the cwt; fat, l£d per lb. At Rcmuera on Thursday, dairy cows near calving were required at late values : Prices ranged from L 3 to L 5. Fut steers, in usual supply, brought from 15s to 16s the 1001 b. Fat cows, in short supply, brought almost as much. Sheep were also in usual number : The ewes advertised brought 10s and 10s 6d ; und fat sheep were better worth about 2s each i wethers ranged up to 10s- Pigs : Abundant; well-bred pigs in brisk inquiry, and fat, coarse pigs fairly competed for, but course-bred store pigs were unsaleabla.

Messrs Stone Brothers’ Report.—Southern teed oats, 2s ; black, 2s; Danish, Is lid ; White Tartar, 2s 3d ; dun, 2s 2d; local, Is lid ; fowl wheat, 2s lid ; mav.e, 3s ; crushed, 3s ; chaff, best oaten, 70s ; bright straw (good), 50s. Flour : BycrofPs first quality, L 1 0;; superfine, L9los ; Gulden Gem, L 9 Iss Diamond Dust, L 9 10s. Somerville’s pure and guaranteed oatmeal, 25’s, LlO per ton (20001 b), and LI2 in 7’s, long ton (22401 b); l.ran, 70s; sharps, L 4 10s; (Southem hains and bacon,S^d; local hams and bacon 7d. Vinegar, Is 5d per gallon (casks in). Tea : Boxes, 14s half-chests, Is 6d per lb ; hall-chests. Indian, 2s per Ji>. Bonedust: Auckland Tallow Company’s £7 10s ; Runcorn £7 10s ; Sydney J. 1., LG ]os ; Ipswich, L 7 ss; 8. and G. pure, L 7 ; “ farmers’ Frieud,” £6. . Manilla rope, B*l and 9d ; Europe rope, 7d ; N. Z. Flax rope. 6d ; corn sacks, 44 by 26£, 7» per coze.n ; Bycroft’s biscuits, 4d to 9d ; currants, s£d ; pohutukawa felloes, lOd ; red gum felloes, 72s 6d per 100 (rise 5s per size); ironbark spokes, 40spcrl0‘J ; iron-

berk ~;shafts, 12s per pair ; blue gnm shafts (10 feel), 10a per pair ; blue gum, 17b per 100 ; kerosene (Light of the Age brand), I«9d per gallon ; colza oi\ 3s 9d; clothes lines, Nob. 1.2, 3, from 3s 6(1 to Ss fi'l per doz. Coal : (Newcastle), 25s ; coke (Queensland), 60s ; Greymouth, 60; Saunders and Gilberd’s soaps, Ll2to L 24; salt. Black Horse bland, fine, £5 6s ; coarse, £SJ; chef baking powder, Is, and halves, 9s per doz. jdesiecated blood manure, £l.O. wattle bark, LI0; chopped, ground, LI I ; McNisb's picklea, 8s 6d ; cabin bred LI4. [Corrected to noon of Thursday.]