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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIII, Issue 136, 29 June 1901, Page 3

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Plymouth, Saturday, 29th Juna. .retail prices Butchers' meat.—Prices as lately advertised. Farm and Hairy Produce —Milk, 3d pe/ quart; butter, dairy, !)d to lOd ; separator, 101 to Is Id per lb; cheese, 'M per lb; es<gs, hs 3d per doz ; fowls, 8s per pair; duck 3, per pair; lard, 6d ; bacon, 3d to 8d ; hams, (H to 9d per lb. Fruit. Bananas, 3d per lb; cocoanuts, 2d to 4d each; lemons, Is and Is 6d per dozen; oranges,ls to Is 6d per dozen; [ apples, 4d per lb. I Vegetables.—Onions, l|d, 2d pel lb ; cabbages, 2d each ; potatoes, Os and 7s per sack. Breadstuffs.—Bread, Gd per 41b loaf oash or weekly payments; 7d booked. Firewood, from 8s to 12s per load. Coal.—Westport (Brookdale), 42s ; Mokau, 28s Bone-dust (pure), £7 10s per tor. Plums, 4d to 6d par lb. BUYING PHIOES Batter.—Best dairy, 8d to !)d; separator, 9d to lid per lb; cheese 4Jd and 5d per lb; eggs, In per dozen; fowls, 2s 6d per pair: ducks, 3s per pair; bacon, 4'd and 6d per lb ; haras, 5d to 7d per lb; lard, 4d to sd; fungus, 2Jd to 3d per lb. MB IN(SW'i'OJJ KING'S WEEKLY AUOriON REPORT Mb. Nbwton Kinq report®At the Haymarket on Satur 'ay, small store pigs made 7s; weaners, 2s 6d to 4s. Several horses were sold at prices ranging from £1 6s to £6 10s. Hay rake, £4; fruit and shelter ( trees sold at low pries. At the mart fowls made Is 3d to Is 6d ; Ducks, Is 6d to Is 7s; Brocoli, 4s A quantity of furniture aad sundries made low prices, Ac Waiwakaiho on Tuesday there was a small muster of stock, and fait attendance. Strong young catt'o were in good demand, and sold at improved prices. Oalves and yea-lings made £1 14s 6d; 15 to 18-mosth steers £2 16s; 2-year heifers in calf, £3 3s to £3 14s; tpringers, £4 5s to £4 18s; store cows, £3 7s to £3 19s; fm. ewes, in lamb, 9s ; forward stores, 12s. On Wednesday, at Mangorei, I held a clearing sale on account of Mr Norrmn—The cows were a nice lot, mostly spring diver.-, and realise l from £5 to £7 10s; late calver-, £4 to £5 10a; trap mar?, £ls 10s; spring trap, £9 10s' I have place! several small daries private'y at satisfactory prices. AttToko on Thui-slay, I held a clearing sale of Mr E. Walters' dairy and other stock —The cows were all young, but had not the appearance of being early culvers, and theiefoe did not sell to best advantage. Prices ranged from £3 10s to £6. V good ine of 130 18-month steers m ide £3 I4s. VICKERS k St EVENS' AUCTION KEPOli'i'. Messrs Viokebs k Steven's report a modeiats entry of stock in tbeir lnglewood yar.ls. Comp'tit'on was good and almost every lot changed hands. Small calves 10s to 27-; goad calves, L2 to L2 13<; 18-months steers, L 3 Us 61; heifers in calf, L 3 15s to L 4 Is; springers, G4 l"s t> L 5 5s ; fat cows, L 4 2« to L 4 ss; store cows, Ul 10s to L 3 8s ; mixed line of (■heap, 8s 3d; ewes in lamb, j lis. We held a clearing sale on account of Mr. Fred Earp on the Egmont Road on Tuesday Co mpetition was good, the oairy, a'though in. low condition, averaged L 5 6+. Wc also report the sale on account of the Public Trustee of sub 'ivision 4, part section 205, lnglewood Township, containing 10 perches with buil'iings th»roon to Mr. A. Fromm for the sum O' J/710. J3EWLEY & GRIFFITHS' SHARE REPORT.

Wc have a?ain to record a quiet market in investmer t aid other share', the southern exchanges beiug practically closed on account of the Royal visit. Bank of New Zealands tliow a slight drop owing no doubt to t' e unloading of snares that were toughtat 'ow rates a few months ago. In *ucklanl minine, M<*nowai's have change! ha-ids ;.i 2i 41, with sellers now firm at 3s. Waihi Extendeds have hardened, as it ii thought they are to a reef. In dredging, the wea'her has at last taken a favour-ib'e turn and the reports from Otago and the West Coast indicate settled weather. It will be several weeks, however, before the Molyneux will hive fallen to its winter level, but all the dredges will probably I e able to start work riu'in? the coming week. The market is (inn for the bet'er clsss of stock and we lco'« for a general rise in values dur'ng the next few weeks, more especially in West Coast *tock, as th« majority of the dre'gea now working are on 20ozs a week ground, if the weather will allow of steady work.

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