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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIII, Issue 139, 6 July 1901, Page 3

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new plimouth, satubday, 6th Julyretail PRICKS Batchers' meat.—Prices as lately advertised. Farm and Dairy Produce —Milk, 3d per (uart j butter, dairy, 9d to lOd; separator, lOdto Is Id per lb; cheese, 7d per lb; eggs, Is 3d per doz; fowls, 3s per pair J ducks, per pair; lard, fid; bacon, 5d to 6d ; hams, tJd to BJd per lb. Fruit. Bananas, 3d per" lb; cocoaauts, 2d to 4d each; lemons, Is and Is 6d per dozen ; oranges, 1s to Is 6 J per dozen; ipples, 4d per lb. Vegetables.—Onions, J£d, lb; cabaages, 2d each ; potatoes, 7s 6d per sack. Breadstuffs.—Bread, 61 per 41b lost cash •r weekly payments; 7d booked. Firewood, from 8s to 12s per load Ooal.—Weetport(Brookdale), 425; Mokau, ißs Bone-dust (pure), £7 10s per ton. Plums, 4d to 6d p>r lb. BUYING PRICES Butter.—Bsst dairy, 8d to 9d; separator, 9d co lid per lb; cheese 4§d aad 5d per lb; «ggs, In per dozen; fowls, 2s <sd per pair: ducks, 3s per pair; bacon, fld to 7£d per lb; bams, 5d per lb; lard, 4d to Sd; fungus, 3d per lb.

MU NKWTON KING'S WEEKLY AUeriON REPORT

Mb. NbwtON KINO reports r—At the Haymarket ou Saturday, only a few pigs cama forward; slip" made. 3s to 6' 6d; small stores, 7s to 9s 6d ; hors-s, L 3 7s fd to L 9. /.t the Mart, fowls made Is 2d to 2s: pure-bred fowl 3 , 2s 6d to 3s ?d ; duck?, la 8d tils 91. A large quantity of furniture and | sundaes was disposed of at low rates. The sale of tha Vi'lage Inn at Bell Block on Wednesday was fair'y well attended; thep opertv and bn'Mings were sold to Mr. 0. Hoby for £ 70; funiture ma'le low prices. Cattle.—At fctratford on Tuesday there was, considering tne time of the ye-r, a fair muster of siocr. The attendance was large and' bidding for all lines was bisk, prices showing a marked i i"provement upon late rates. Calves made LI it 6d to LI 16s, 18months steers, L 3 5s 61- to L 3 14s; 2£ to 3year bullocks, L 4 15s ; 12 to 15-months heife s, L2 4s to L2 14s ; 18-months to two rear do in calf, L2 19s 'o L 3 15s ; springers, L4toL sls ; store cows, L3Csto 1 3 ss; fat do, L 4 5s to 15 4s 6d.

At Stony River on Wednesday the yards wire full, a large propsrtion of the stock b?ing dairy cattle, and nearly everything of this class sold at the hammer. Young cattle •vcre well competed for, and sold at improved pices. Small caves made 19s to 245; yearlings, LI 10s«to LI IDs Ks; springing heifers, L 4 !2s to L 5 5.; store cows hi to L 3 10s. Vr.K.J. Bl k'j'a dairy cows were a lo*, but the absence of caking dates militatd against h'gh prices being realised Spring calvers made L4lo L 7. On Wednesday, I he'd a clemng sale at Toko o'i account of Mr. B. Looney. There was a large attenda r ce and spirited l<iddiDg; the cows were in exceptionally good line, mostly youni, AngustandSeptembercalvers, and realised from L 5 to Li) ss. the herd "a er 'ging L 7 7s; bul's, L2 J3s to L 4 12s 6d; calves, LI 14 . K or?es sold well; trap mare, Ll3 10s; 3-vear-o'd filly, L2O 15s; mate, L 27 ss. Sundries made ordinary prices. On Thursday, at Toko I held a clearing sale on account, of Mr. Thos. leader. The weather very co'd, most of the country being ur.der snow and this no doubt curtailed the attendance. The c wa were all young, but were rather backward and prices on the whole did not mle as high as would have been ihe cis-i if sol' later on in the season. Spring oalvers made. L 5 10s tc L 7 ss; la'e d>, LI to L 5 ss; in. milk, L 5 to L 5 ss; empty cows, L3to L 3 15s; calves, LI 15s. Sundries made fair rates.

Dur'ng tlic past week insurance and j woollen shares have been in fair demand, j while meat shares bave exp.-rbneed a de- ■ cline. Waihi slnres are now quoted v at LG 10a on acsount of tbe new irsae of £1 share?, which tho holders of the old shares are entitled to ! tike up at tde rate of om for ever/ two of [ the old share? held. | As we anticipated last week, the returns ! from the West Coast, which have since b-jen j published, are of an endamaging natur-", \ and, given a continuanceof good weather, -we ■predict a smart rise in many West Coast ■ stocks, several hiving advanced during the j p'St few clays. The Otago market is simi j larly dependent on the weather, but indica--1 tions now are that the winter has set in in earnest, in which case the rivers will fall rapidly and returns will again exceed 2000' ozs a week instead of 700 as at present. AUCKLAND BUTTER PRICES. (PBB PRESS ASSOCIATION.) Auckland, July 5. Wholesale dairy produce quotations:— ' But'or; Fresh dairy, 9d per lb; second quality, 8d; separator, 10d; New Zealand

i Dairy Association, la id; Anchor brand, Is Id; Acorn brand, la Id; prims »alt, 9d; second quality, Bait, 7d. BUCKLANO AND SONS' WEEKLY AUCTION REPORT. Auckland, July 6. Messes Bucki-and and Son 3' kepobt,— Atßeuieuia on Tiursday dairy cows were penned in usual number- 1 , and sold freely. Prices for those at profit ranged from L 5 tn L 7 7s Gd each. A few store cattle were yarded, and these io d at late values. Fat and young calves, in hort supply, were bettsr worth. Fresh ,Jr ppci biought from 4'to 8s; medium, 10s to 15s; heavy up to L2 (fifty sold). Beef pen< were wel' filled with a choice lot of catile. Prices were scaicely up to l>st week'* quotations, but were steady at from 20' to 22s Ihe 1001b forstcer-i; cows, 18s to 19s (240 sold). Steerj ranged iu p ice from L 7 to L 9 15s each; cows, L 4 to L 7 7s 6d, There waH a fair muster of sheep, but p'ices wer' lowe), cons quent on the further fall in thj price of wool, .eavy wethers brought from 15s to 18s each ; others, 12s to 14s; ewes, 10;', to 14s 3d; hoggetts, 7s to 14s (1400 yarded) The aiverti ed ewes in lamb brought 13s 6d each. Pigs were in average numbers. Those of good quality sold freely, and rough bred at lower value*. Porker 3 brought^Ll to LI 13s; well-bred weiners. 10s 6d each ; rongh-brid sto-es, 4s to 13s (70 ol ).

BEWLEY & GRIFFITHS' SHARE i REPORT. 8 1 = 1 * 4a -P c < s o a £ s. d. o/„ ° <3 •' 1 £ K. -•23° '. ' 1 <J. £ s. d. Nation'l Bant 3 16 Ob 3 5 18 6 3 0 0 Bank' of N.Z. 2 10 Ob National Insurance Co. 19 ' '9b 121 8 5 0 0 16 9 N.Z.Tnsur'nce Co. ... .. 3 7 Ob 10 5 12 6 3 I 0 1 N.Z. Accident I 18 Obi" 3 16 0.1 3 6 South British 4 "0 0ii2u 5 9 0 2 14 0 Auckl;"- '. (jat 13 15 On 15 5 9 013 5 0 N.P!,m'thdo. 7 0 0 8 5 6 8 8 0 0 Wanganui do. 13 12 6u 8 6 3" Oil 15 0 Wellir.gt'n do 18 6 0b 10 5 12 017 0 0 N.Z. Shipping OS 4 5 16 Co G 15 4 5 0 0 Union S.«. Co in 15 Ob 6 5 14 310 10 0 N.Z. & River Plate 1 0 0 6 6 6 4 12 0 Natnl. Mortjje 1 19 f'? 6J 6 17 0 16 0 (iear Meat... 1 5 OislO Kahpoi W In 6 12 On 7 5 fl 0 6 5 0 Mosgiel do.... 4 2 Os 7 5 9 Oj 4 2 0 Taranaki Freezing Co.... 6 5 1 0 OHIO 6 11 0 4 5 0 N.P. Coop.... Os 8 7 16 1 E-ssh & Dooi Co., paid... \ 5 0 f . 8 7 12 6 To., - .. 3 0 Or N'thn Steam. 0 7 8u 7 7 8 i) ; —