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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIII, Issue 145, 13 July 1901, Page 3

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New Plymouth, Saturday, 13th July. RETAIL. PRICES Butchers' meat.—Prices as lately advertised. Farm and Dairy Produce —Milk, 3d per quart; butter, dairy, 9d to lOd; separator, LOd to la Id per lb; cheese, 7d per lb; e?gs, Is 3d per doz; fowls, 3s per pair; ducks, per pair ; lard, Gd ; bacon, 5d to 6d ; hams, b'd to BJ'l per lb. Fruit! Bananas, 3d per lb; cocoanuts, 2d to Id each; lemons, Is and Is 6d per dozen; oranges, 1s to Is 6 J pur dozen; apples, 4d per lb. Vegetables.—Onions, 1 Jd, 2d pet lb; cabbages, 2d each ; potatoes, 7s 6d per sack. Breadstuffs.—Bread, Gd per 41b loat cash or weekly iat meets; 7d booked. /Firewood, from 8s to 12s per load Coal.—Westport (Brookdale), 42* ; JUokau, 28s

Bona-dvist, (pure), £7 10s per ton. P.ums, 4d to Gd p?r lb. BUYING PRICES j Butter.— dairy, 8d to 9d; separator, 9d to lid per lb; cheese 4JI and 5d per lb; eggs, Is per dozen; fowls, 2s Gd per pair: ducks, 3s per pair; bacon, 5d io 7jd per lb; hams, 5d per lb; lard, 4d to 5d ; fungus, 3d per J b. MR NKWi'ON KING'S WEEKLY AUCTION REPORT Mr. Nbwton Kino reports'—At the Haymarket on Saturday, only a few small pigs cama forward; the>e sold at from 2s Gd to Es 61. Ssveral horses were sold, prices ranging from LI to L 8 ss. At tbe Mart Fowis made lOd to Is 7-1 ; ducks 2s 3d; bacon 4£d; Onions Ijd to 2d. Furniture, fancy goods, sundaes nude rather low pi ices. Cattle,— At Waiwakaiho on Tuesday there Was a fair mustpr of stock, and good attendance. Not many young cattle came forward, and l.icldi: g for tbe e were brisk, but in some cases did not reach vendors reserves. Springing heifers we r e yarded in full numbers, and were in good riem&ml, nealy e>ery time selling at the La l .', m. r a very satisfactory prices. Calves made Li Is to LI 13s 6d ; 12 to 15-month ste rs L2 12 6d ; hei'ers in calf L4.,,4s to L 4 15s; Springers hei'ers L 1) to t 5 14s ; Co*s just, calved 1.5 2s fid to L 5 7s Gd ; springers L 5 ?s Gd to LG ; store cows J 3 10 to LH lfls.

VICKERS & SI EVENS' ADOTION iIEPOKT. Messrs Vickehs & Stevens report a moderate entry of cattle at the Ing'ewood yards. The competiti n was good. Calves made LI IBs. to L2 Is (id, yearlings L 3 (>s Gd. store oows LI 16s to L 3, springers L 3 10s to L 5.155, fat cows Li 10s. At th« clearing sales held on account*f Messrs Bond and J. Day a'l ndance wssgoo<%md cows averaged 1,5 Is bad L 5 9s )(>spectivey; horses, impiemen's ;ncl sundries fnlch-d gcod prices. They report the sa'e of John Williams' farm of 110 scies on the Lepp/r-roa-t to Mr Middlr-miss of Canterbury, Messrs D. Berry ar.d Co.'s business premise* and a \ sere section in Inglewojd to Mr. H J. Julian; a'so Mr, Lake's j acre section 2nd house in Irglewood to Mr. Welham, at satisfactory prices.

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Business in I vestment Strcks continues dull. National Hanks nre in 'air demand. New Ze-land Ac-idenls have considerably improve l en account of the large amount of business cause 1 l>y the coming into force of the Employers Li ibi'ity Act Meat shores are dull a- d difficult to place. Insurance shares are neglected oa account of the uncertainly of the projosMls for State Fire Insurance. In Auckland mining, «"aihi Extendeds have r-ec'i e q , the development of the reef or co lection of qunrlz stringer? that was strnck not having given much enc~urieement up to the present. That consistent little nine, the Four-in-Hand, has just declared ano'h' r 3d dividend. The dredging return- both in Otago and on the West' Coast show material improvement. The Pactolus obtiked i-s record return of 33Jozs., ar.d as at the present time it i; wo kine no less than 18ft fiin of t-ilings, its prospects, when clear of this accumulation in abut two months time, a e fxcel'ent Tle Buller Junction is expected to average 30ozs for some months to come, when better returns sti'l are anticipated. A suggestion has t.n- ii made to L'orm a central association in Dm.edin to protect investors from abuses in *' . and management oi dredgii 3 o .-mpanies. .Such r'i .vsooiation could i ively inflivnee legislation to safeguard their legitimate interests, a'id v/c \youli s-trongly commend the f.irmatior of a local branch to the considers,! ion investors. We ai'd buyers o ' t>a ,h an . Door Company* sharea AUCKLAND BUTTER PRICES. (PBR PBESS ASSOOIATION.) Auckland, July 12. Wholesale dairy produce quotations:— | Butier; Fresh >'airy, !)d per lb; second quality, 8d ; separato-, lOd; New Zealand Dairy Association, la id ; Anchor brand, Is Id; Acorn brand, Is Id; prims salt, 3d; second quality, salt, 7d. j 13UCKLAND AND SONS' WEEKLY AUCTION REPORT. j (PKLi IT.ESS ASSOCIATIONS J A(jCKT.W'j), July S. I Messes Bucki and an d Sons' Rupobt,— j Horse.*: Good competition for draughts, aged heavy LIS to 1,2-1, young up to L 37, light L2l to L2n, good hacks and h-rne s L 3 to Lli, .Cattle: Dairie® LI ICs to hi 10s, i s'oies at late values, P,eif: 2Cs to 22a for 'steers ;:n-i heifeis, jtis to ISs for cows, j Sheep rather lower, wettars 13s to 17s 9d, J ewe loi to las, hoggets 7s to 12s. Pigs sold i freely, porkers 20s to 30s.

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