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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXIII, Issue 50, 16 March 1901, Page 3

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lJ \ «, j Niow Plymouth, Saturday, February £3 *<• RETAIL PRICES , j Butchers' meat.—Prices as lately advfii'tw.. I Farm and Dairy Produce.—Milk, 3d per j quart; butter, daily, 8d to lOd; separator, ..J 10' ito Is Id per lb; cheese, 7d per lb; eggs, ,!Is 2d pec doz; fowls, —per pair; ducks, 1 per pair; lard, (id ; bacon, 5d to 8d ; bams, e 6d to 8d per lb. if Fruit.—Bananas, 3d and Id per lb; cocoanuts, 2d to 4d each; lemons, Is and Is 6d per dozen ; oranges, Is 6d and 2s per dozen; apples, 3d per lb; tomatoes, 3d per lb; pears, 4d per lb; peaches, (id per lb Vegetables. -Onions, 3d pci lb ; cabbages, 2d each; potatoes, 5s per sack. Breadstuffs.—Broad, Gd per 41b loaf cash or weekly payments; 7d booked. t Firewood, from 8s to 12s per load, , Coal.—Westport(Brookdale), 425; Mokivn, J 253. Bone-dust (pure), £7 10s per top. Plums, 4d to 6d par lb. BUYING PRICES Batter.—Bsst dairy, 7d to 8d; separator, 8d to lid per lb; cheese 5d per lb; eggs, la per dozen; fowls, 2s fid per pair- ducks, 3s per pair; bacon, 4d to 5Jd per lb; hams. Sd to 7d per lb; Lard, 4d to sd; fungus, 2-J-d to 3d per lb. MB NKVVI'ON KING'S WKEtvLY AUGHON REPORT , Ms. Newtok King reports:I At Uis Haymar'net on Saturday, only 3 ; few pigs came forward ; blips made Es ; small store?, 7* to lls ; horses, LI 5s to L2 ( ' (is; trap, L 5 2s 6d. 1 At the Mart—A large quantity o? poultry ] was sold ; fowlds male lOd to 1* 7d ; ducks, ( Is 6d to Is 9d, chicks, 7d to 9d; geese. 2s 7d A quantity of furniture and sundries \ made low prices. Kruit. The supply is now decreasing ] rapidly. At s;les during the week prices A ruled hs follows:—Apples, 3s 6d to (Ss;JM pears, 4s 6d to 8s ; tomatoes, 3s 6d; lemoos, j (is to 7s ; peaches, 6s 6d to 7s tid; plums, 4s j•] fid to Bs ; quinces, Id to l£d per lb ; grapes, ] ] Is to Is Id. j] Cattle—At Stratford on Tuesday the yards 1 ] were full principally with young stock. I There was a large attendance brt bidding!] was not so brisk as usual and in most cases \ cid not reach vendor's reserves. A good number ef lines however were placed after ] the sale. Calves were dull and sold at lower rates. Store cows were in better demand f and nearly all sold at satisfactory prices. 1 Weaners made 9s to 235, good calves 25s to 355, yearling steers 50s, 18-months steers 1.2 I 18s 6d to L 3 10s 6d, yearling heifers L2 ss, store cows L 3 5s to L 4, fat cows L 4 5s to 1A ( 10s, woolly lambs 6s 7d. ] At Stony River on Wednesday in spite of ) the rough weather a good many cattle eame ] forward. Bidding was brisk throughout and all young cattle sold well at the hammer. ( Weaners made 15s to 26s fid, good calves 28s to 445, store cows L2 17s 6rt to L 4 4s, ( fit cows L 4 5s to L 4 13s. ] On Thursday at Tataraimaka I held a i clearing sale ot Mr A. B. Watkin's dairy and ] pedigree Jersey stock, etc., when there was ] a large attendance The dairy cows were a really excellent lot, most of them having a ] varying amount of Jersey blood, and the 1 greater number being young and early spring i calvers and were sold entirely without ro- ; serve. Bidding was spirited from the start ( ■ and very satisfactory prices were realised ; £lO was the top price and !ihe whole herd of 44 cows averaged £6 15s per head, a result which, considering the time of the year, must ; i be considered as very satisfactory. The pedigree Jerseys were a very choice lot but there were few beyers for these and most of these were passed ia. VICKBRS & STEVENS' AUCTION REPORT. i Messrs Viokers & Stevens report a fa'r ■ muster of stock in the Inglewood Yards on Wednesday. Owing to the bad weather the attendance was not large and competition 1 was not keen, many lots going home. The fol owing prices were obtained: —Small calve?, LI to LI ss; good calves, LI 10s to LI 19s; store cows, L2 18s to L 3 10s; fat cows, L4ssto L 4 153; springers, L 4 to L 4 ss. At Tariki, on Monday, calves fetched 18s to L2 8s; store cows, L 3 10s; 18-months steers, L 3 7s. WrLLIK, BTOTT & CO.'S REPORT Messrs. Wyllie Stott & Co. report: We beg to quote the following prices obtaiced at our sheep fair, held at Waitara on March Ist:—2, 4, and 6 tooth ewes from 12s " to 13s 3d ; f.m. ewes, 6s 7d to 12s; 2-teoth l ewes, 12* lOd to 14s 3d ; wethers, 12s 7d to n 13»; ramp, L;icestei, 2J to 3J guineas ; Lina coin. 33s to 455. A fine line of Lincoln rams, ii-tooth, bred by Mr. A. Soathey l ' Baker, biought from 4to 4J guineas. At Waitara Road, on Wednesday, March a 6th, on account of Mr. Hobson, a very wet day prevented a large attendance, but bidding was good. Implements and sundries fetehed fair prices. Twenty-two cows averaged L 3 12s; heifers, L2 14s to L 3 10s ; calves, 15s 6d to L2; ball, LI 12s 6d ; trap horse, Ll2. At a clearing sale on account of Mr. A, J. Hintz, of Uronui, the stock realised first-rate prices. Thirty milking cows averaged 1.4 f-s; calves, LI 18s 6'; bulls, L2 6s to L2 9s 3 6d; for unbroken fillies, 6 guineas; Howitzer - filly, L 4 2s 6d; 4-year entire by Erebuss, 1 Ll3. Sundries made goon prices. t ■• a BUCKLAND AND SONS' WEEKLY AUCTION REPORT. (Special to News.) Auckland, March 15, At Remuera, daily cattle sold freely from D L 5 5s to L 8 18s. were no st >res and e beef, in avoiage supply, kept last week's c quotations. Steers sold from LHl2s6dto ; LlO 7s 6d ; cews, L4los to L 6 12s 6d. Sheep ' were slightly lower. Wethers, 14s to 16s f 3d; ewes, 12s to 15i; lambs, fat, 10s to 14s - 3d ; store", 6s to 9s; store wethers, 12s 6d to 0 14s 6d; ewes, 8s to 13s. Porkers, LI 2s to LI 12s; weaners, 6s to 14s. V _J ;. BEWLEY' & GRIFFITHS, SHARE r REPORT.

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