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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIII, Issue 89, 4 May 1901, Page 3

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New Plymouth, Saturday, May 4th. RETAIL PRICKS Butchers' meat.—Prices as lately advcr. Used. Farm and Dairy Produce —Milk, 3d per quart; butter, dairy, 8d to lOd; separator, lOdto Is Id per lb; cheese, 7d per lb; eggs, Is 9 J per dbz; fowls,—per pair; ducks, per pair; lard, fld; bacon, Sd to 8d; bams, 6d to 8d per lb.' Fruit.—Bananas, 3d and 4d per lb; cocoanuts,2d to 4d each; lemons, Is and L 4 6d per dozen; oranges, Is 63 and 3» per dozbn; apples, 3d per lb; tomatoes, 3d per lb; pears, 14d per lb ; peaehes, Gd per lb . Vegetables. —Onions, 8d pel lb; oabbages, 2d each; potatoes, 5s per sack, Breadstuffs.—Bread, fid per 41b loat cash or weekly .payments; 7d booked. I Firewood, from 8s to'l2s per load. 1 Coal.—Westport(Brookdale), 425; Mokau,! 285... " -■ I

Bone-dust (pure), £7 10s per ton. l'lums, 4d to 6d per lb. BUYING PRIOES Batter.— 7d to 8d; separator, 8d to lid.per lb; cheese 5d per lb; eggs, Is 6d per dozen; fowls, 2s Gd per pair docks, 3s per pair; bacon, 4d to s£d per lb; hams, 5d to 7d 'per lbj lard, 4d to sd; fungus, 2jd to 3d per Ib. MR NKWI'ON KINO'S WEKttLV AUGHON REPORT

Mr. Nbwtqn-'Kinq reports;— At the Uaymirket on Saturday only a few pigs cao'O- forward. Woancra made 2d 6*l, goo 1 slips 8s to Bs, hordes from £3 16a to ie 10.-.

At. the Wart, fowls made Is to Is 6d, ducks Is 3d to Is 5d ; a quantity of sundries niada low p ices. At Waiwakaibo on Tu'sday there was a small muster of Bnd bidd'ng was dull for nearly all line , especially yoang cattle, most of this cla-s going home. There was a good demand for forward springers; very few came forward and all sold at good prices. Btore ciws and big bullocks met with little enquiry. Calves made LI Is to LI 6s, wea.nerj lis, 18 months te 2J steers L2 15s 6d, springing heifers L 5 to LC 17s sd, cows in calf L 4 2s6d to L 4 10>, t-to e cows L2 5s to L 4 10s 6d, bulls LI 10s to LI 14?.

At Awakino, on Thursday there was n much smaller muster of (•tick than at the two previous sales. The slock yarded were principally, store cows and two to three-year bullocks.' Buyers were present for several hundred head of young cattle, but only one sma'l pen of tms calves cane forward. There wo e few buyers fo" big stores, and bidding was very d >ll, nearly everything being passed. After the sal", however, I placed several lines at reduced reserves. Fresh store cows made L 3 10s ; fat and forward do L 4; cows and calves, L 4 2s 6d ;2| to 3-year bullocks, L 4 lis 6d; bus calves, 37s 6d. ' ' r

I BUCKLANn AND SONS' WEEKLY AUCTION KEPORT. - (Bpccia! to News.) 'Auckland, May 3 Messbs Buck* and and Sons' HEpo'ir 1 Hors<s<— Heavy «'aught< are scarce ard wanted; medium, Lit! to 1.30; light hirne s and goal hacks, LlO'to L 25; light hacks an 1 ponies, L 4 to LB. 9at'le.—Daiciis, L 6 to L 8 ids ; store 1 ", 3-year old sfc?ert r li> to L 7 7-; dry cows, 1.2 10» to £4 7s; . f eef. firm asl to 21s for sterrs; 15< to 18s for cows. Sheep.— Sheep are uncharged ; wtthers, IBs to 19s; ewes, 12s to 16a 'Jd; lambs fis 6d to 13s,

Pigs,—Porters, 20s to 83; heavy pigi ten L2 17s; small (-tores, 3$ to 10s " • BEWLKY it GRIFFITHS' SIIARR BEPOHT.

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The invcßtmct market has been quiet during Ibc past wi>ek ns though Ihe'e i» a good demand for B.N. Uta'and and National Bank shares, the number of sellers is small. The Feiiding Gas Company is declaring a 3 per cent, dividend as agai- st 4 per |)ont. paid last year. The Company has. however, had a more, prosperous year, but owing to additions to plant V ring pirtly paid for out of revenue, the dividend has been reduced. 'J he dredging market shows a distinct tendency to improve t'O'h in Utago and West Coast stock*, the re'urns that are being obtained and the freedom that there should now be from lioods for tome months to come, justifying inctexsed confidence. Large returus are not anticipate! for the protent week, which has been a broken one, on accouut of the fl ods of the previous week. We report numerous transactions in several West Coast stocks, a!so a parcel or Co-opera-tive shares at par.

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