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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIII, Issue 108, 25 May 1901, Page 3

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New Plymouth, Saturday, May 25th. RETAIL PRICES Butchers' meat.—Prices as lately advertised. Farm and Dairy Produce —Milk, 3d per quart; r/attcr, dairy, 8d to l(Jd ; separator, lOdto Is Id pe/ iij; chcOb.j, 7d per lb; ee;gs, 2s po.- doz ; fowl?,—per pair ; ducks, per pair; lard, Cd ; bacon, 5d to 8d ; hams,! (3d to '»d per lb. I Fruit.—Bananas, 3d and Jd per lb; cocoanuts. 2d to 4d each; lemons, Is and la 6a. per dozen ; oranges, Is fid and 2s per dozen : apples, od per lb; tomatoes, 3d per lb; pes- .g, 4d per lb ; peaches (id j K:r ib Vegetables.—Onions, IJd, 2d pel lb; cabbages, 2d each ; potatoes, fla eid 7s per ■ack. Breadstuff*. —Bread, 6d per 41b loai cash or weekly paymeots; 7d booked. Firewood, from 8b to 12s per load. Ooal.—Westport (Brookdale), 425; Mokav, 28a

Bone-dust (pure), £7 10s per ton. Piums, 4d to Gd p:r lb. BUYING PRICES Butter.—Bsst dairy, 7d to 8d; separator, Bil to lid per lb; cheese and 5d per lb eggs, la 8d per dozen; fowls, 2s 6d per pair • ducks, 3s per pair; bacon, 4|d and 6d per lb; hams, 5d to 7d per lb; ! ird, 4d to sd; fungus, 2|d to 3d per lb. MR MKW'ION KING'S WEEKLY AUOriON REPORT Mn. Nbwton Kiwo reports:— At the llajrmrket. on Saturday a fair number cf pigswera told, Blips making 2s 6d to 4s; small porkers, . h Gd; small stor ; s,.l4s Gd to 15s. Sever?! horses wera sold at prices from LI 10s to L 9 15; pony, L 6 los. At th» mrrfc fowls ma'-i Is ro Is 8d ; ducks, Is od ; pumpkins, 4s Gd cwt; onio'.s, 1-jd. A large quantity of furniture and sundries low prices. Cattle. —At Stratford rn Tuesday I hacl a sale, there being little competition except for a few pens of extra quality. We tners mads 22-i 6J to 255; yo rlings, 2't Gd to 33s ; 15- to 18-months beif-=i s, in calf, L2 I7s; kpringers, IA )2s G i to L 5 ; 2 to ycar stetrs, L 3 7s Bd to.L3 15s; store cows, L'i 10s to L 3 5s ; fresh do, L 3 10s to L 3 15s. L«nd.—l have to report having negotiated the following sales :—Mr. M. Mill's farm of 100 acres at Oimitato Mr. W. Wilson, jun.; Mr. C. F. Atkinson's improved farm of 72 acres at Sentry Hi'l to Mr. W. Heslop, of Napier; and the Otakeho Hotel from Mr. Smart to Mr. T. Diamond, late of Okato.

WYLLIS 1 , BTOTT & CO 'S REPORT. ifit&sßS. Wtllie c tott & Co , report: We big to report the following prices obfained at tin Urenai sale on Monday Kay 2:—Owing to bad weatner very few stock were yarded, a quantity of Waikato ponies being unable to reach the sale in consequence of the state of roads; old ewes, Es £d; 18-months steers and heifers mixed, L 3 Ss 6d ; hack, Li 10s. tit WaHara, on Tuesday, calves made l 28« (d to 29s fid; yearlings, 33s to 425; 18moath steers, L2 13s; heifers, L2 10s 6d; cows and calves, L 5 4a ; fat heifers, L 4 7«; sprinting hMfers, L52a61 to L 5 10s; store ccws, L2 17a to L 3 8s; stags, L 3 Id; bull, L2 ISs; tack, L2 15s; AUCKLAND SUITER PRICES. AuctLAJTD, May 23. | W jolessU dairy pro dace quotations:— Buttar. —Fre-b dairy, 8d; second quality, 7d ; New Zealand Dairy Association, lid ; Anchor braad, lid; Accra brand, lid ; prime salt, 83; second quality, sd; separator, Cd.

BEWLfIY k GRIFFITHS' REPORT.

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