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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIII, Issue 74, 10 August 1901, Page 3

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Nbw Plymouth, Satubday, 10th August. RETAIL PRICES Butchers' meat—Prices as lately advertised. Farm »nd Dairy Produce —Milk, 3d per quart j batter, dairy, 9d to lOd; separator, Is 3d per lb; cheese, 7d per lb; eggs, Is 4d per doz; fowls, 3s per pair; ducks, per pair; lard, 6d; bacon, 5d to 6d; hams, 1 6d to 8d per lb. . Fruit. Bananas, 3d per lb; cocoanuts, 2d to 4d each; lemons, Is and Is 6d per dozen; oranges, Is to Is 6d per dozen; apples, 4d per lb. Vegetables.—Onions, Id, 2d pel lb; cabbages, 2d each ; potatoes, 7s 6d per sack. Breadetoffs. —Bread, 6d per 41b loaf cash or weekly 7d booked. Firewood, from 8s to 12s per load Coal.—Westport(Brookdale), 435; Mokau, 28s Bone-dust (pure), £7 10s per ton. Plums, 4d to 6d per lb. BUYING PRICES Batter.—Bwt dairy, 8d to 3d; separator, la per lb; oheese 4Jd and Bd per lb; eggs. Is2l per dozen; fowls, 2s 6d per pair: ducks, 3s per pair; bacon, 5d to 7Jd per lb; hams, 5d per lb; lard, 4d to sd; fungus, 3d per lb. MR NKWTON KING'S WEEKLY AUCriON REPORT Mb. Nbwton Kino reports:— OaHle.—At Toko, on Friday, the 2nd inst. T held a clearing sale on account of Messrs. Jackson Bros, and Pet rs. There was a large al tendance an"! the cows, which were a very nice lot, sr.ld at excellent prices, 96 cows averpging T,7 7s 6d Springers made L 7 10s ro L 9; early cal vers. 1.6 toLB 10«; backward do, L4s* to 1.6; store cows, L2 15s to T 3 10s; light harness horses, L2B 10s to L 29 10s. At Waiwakiiho, en Tuesday, the 6th irst, | cittle cami forward in advertised numbers ; and there wa» a fair attendance. AU y -ung j cattle were keenly competed for and fold ' well. Dairy stocV wern in good demand >nd i realised satisfactory prices. Calves to yearlings n-a'e LI lis to L2 6s; va H- c steers, L2 IDs; 15 to 18 months emptv hei'ers, 1.2 16s6dto L 3 9s; heifers, in calf, 1.3 12s to L 4 4s; spring-ra. L 4 16s to L 5 2s; springing cows, L 4 10s to L 6 lfs; stora cows, L 3 10s. The fame dav at Ngaire I held a clearing | sale of Mr. H. P. Webber's dairy cows. There was a eood attendance and good pries were realised throughout. Springer: made L6to L 8 10s; early calvers, LS to L7l6s; late do and aged cows L 3 to L 5 ss. At Tataraimika on Wedne.«dav I held my largest and most successful sale of this season—2so dairy cows, in addition toother stock being sold at the hammer. Favoured by a beantffnl daT thenttendtneewas very large and the cows, which were a remarkably fine lot, especially for so la'ee a diiry, sold exceptionally well. Sparging heifere. store and wording bullocks were well competed tor and horses also made good prices. Sparging cows made L 6 10s to L 9 10s; early ra : vers, L 6 to T8 15s; Holsteins. L7ss to T.io 10 ;; late covers, L 4 10s to L 5 15s; sprinsimr heifers, L 4 Ss to Lfi; ltjmonths heifers in calf, L 3 Ps ; mixed yearclings, LI 19s ; heifer do. LZ 14s 6d; calves, LI lis ; store cows, L 3 5s to L 3 12s 6d; fat do, L 5 19s; working bullocks, Ll6 to L2l 10s; draught hordes, L 34 to L' 9; (one draught mr-rc was passed in at L4B). Ha - ness >o'se», LlO 10s t.n L 22; hacks. L 8 ; 1 l ; ght •>!£•. L 7 10s; 1 express, L2O 10s; wagonette, LIS. YICKERS & STEVENS' AUOTION REPORT. Messes Vkvkers & Stevens report a good muster of stock in their Tiplewood yards on Wednesday most of whic*i changed hands at following raVs: calves £ 1 10 to £1 17s Hd ; yarlings, £2 5s «o £2 15 ; 18month he'fers, £3 4s ; 2-vear old heifprs. £3 12; springo-s. £4 to Pslss; stor«cows. P3 to £3 10=;' fat cows £4 10 to £5 ss. At Mr Tj. J. Mnrgir's clea-ing sale, owing to the wet wea'lier. the attendance was not large, but coi,s ! st;d mostly of buyers. The 100 rowsnveraged £5 139 d ; h--i'fers *l ss. At Mr L. Williams sale on the Kginont rod pii Tuesday, the cows arranged £4 10s

BUCKLANn AND SOYS' WEEKLY AUCTION RUPORT. I (PBB PRESS ASSOCIATION.^ AucKljAvn, Auernsfc 9. { MESSRS BIICKr.ANn AND SONS' REPORT,— Horses : T'nere was a small entry, bat a poo'l demand. Youn-» wo'kinp; hordes and medium draughts sold at L2O to 1,3(5; light harness, T,<) to LI!; hacks, LS to LlO. Cattle : Dairy oows, La to L 7 10s; stores (yoarlincs) L2 10s to L 3 10s ; 2-yav-old up to LT> 5s ; thrown steers to L 7 5< (id; Beef: Advanced 2s-pur lOOlus, steers sol'inp; at 1.1 Is to LI 4s ; rows. 18s to 22h; lifflit, Lis fidiolCs. Slie p: Kwes made 10s fid to Is- (id; "Otrgets. S< to 14s fid. Pigs: Porkers made 20a to 30s. : By Electetc TELEcrAPH— Copyright. PER PBESS ASSOCIATION. Received 9, 9.30 a.m. London, August, 8. The American visible supply o£ wheat is stimatjcl at 40,924,000 bushels.

AUCKLAND BUTTBK l'KjUttS. I (PEB PfeBSS ASSOCIATION.) . AUCKLAND, August S: Wholesale dairy produce quotations:—But<er: Fresh ''airy, 9d per lb; second quality, 8d ; separator, lOd; New Zealand Dairy Association, In 2d; Anchor brand, la 2d ; Acorn brand, Is 2d; prinw salt, 9d; second quality, salt, 7d. j BEWLEY & GRIFFITHS' SHARE KEPORT. » S «a o o a . * v tit £ s ?. __ sr s £ S. d. «/. £ s. d. £ s. d. Nation! Bank 3 1G On 8 5 18 6 3 0 0 Bank of N.Z. 2' 5 0s National Insurance Co. 17 6b 12£ 6 5 0016 9 N.Z. Insurance Co. is 2 6b 10 5 12 6 3 1 0 N.Z. Accident 1 18 0b r 3 16 0 1 3 6i South British 3 13 6b ao 5 9 0 2 14 0 Auckland l*as HO Ob 15 5 9 013 5 0 N.Plym'thdo. 700 8568800 Wanganuido. 13 12 6B 8 6 3 01115 0 Wellicgt'n do 17 15 0b 10 5 12 017 0 0 N.Z. Shipping Co ! 6 15 OS 4 5 16 4 5 0 0 Union fc-.-:. Co 10 15 0b 6 5 14 310 10 0 N.Z. & River Plate ... 19 6b 6 6 6 4 1 2 0 Natnl. Mortge 1 19 Us 6j 6 17 0 1 6 0 '•car Meat... 1 8 0810 Kainpoi Win 6 12 0b 7 5 9 f 6 5 0 Mosgieldo.... 42 0s 7590420 N.P. Co-0p.... 1 0 OS 6 7 10 1 Sash & Pool Co., paid... 6 0 fs I2J 712 6 N'thn Steam, 0 8 Ob 7 7 8 0 ... I sales, b buyers, s sellers. There is no aniumtionin the share market and prices show little alteration. B nk of New Zealand have a eorslderable downward but there are few transactions, as there is too wide a gap between buyers and sellers. Insurance shares do not show any tendency to imp' ove Meat company shires have recovered somewhat from late values. In quartz mininr there is no material 1 alteration. Waihi buyers offer L 5 17s 6d, but sellers ar <lim at _L6 5». An offer has been received for the Waihi Extended property, which will shortly lie submitted to shaohol '■' rs. Thf sharps I ave not hardened material.;, however. Monowai are in fair demand at 2s 7d to 2s 9d, but sellers are hot inclined to qui* at these prices. In dredging the position is much mors hopeful, the returns f r the past week amounting to 23C0ozs, being the'largest ever obtained. On the West Coast, ton, a number of dredges are on pava v, lo Rold, but thn efleoiis of the. over *\iu il i>n of twelve months apo prevent any rise in value, as the pood and saleable stocks have to • <• sacrificed to ray calls on other incomplete ventures. The value of the gold obtained last j week amounts to over £IO,OOO, and ihere is i every reason t» anticipate that this amount will be materially increased, the distribution of so large a mm and the weeding out o f undesirable ventures should place the smnd companies in a strong position. Locally the Sash and V oor Company anticipate an excellent half-year, and the shares are good buying at the p-esent quotations. We have seviral small parcels offering. In another week the Taranki Freeztng Works Company will have been taken over by lh« new Cooperative Company after an exceptionally prosperous career, notwithstanding the prognostications of failure that were made at its birth.