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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIII, Issue 194, 31 August 1901, Page 3

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New Plymouth, Satubday, 31sr August, RETAIL PRICKS 1 Batchers' meat. —Prices as lately advertised. Farm unr> Dairy Produce—Milk, 3d per quart; butter, dairy, 9d to lOd; separator, Is 3i per lb; cheese, 7d per lb; eggs, 8d per doz; fowls, 3s per pair; ducks, per pair; lard, 6d; bacon, 5d to 6d; hams, 16d 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 pei lb; cabbages, 2d each ; potatoes, 7s 6d per sack. Breadatuffs.—Bread, 6d per 41b loat cash or weekly payments; 7d booked. Firewood, from 8s to 12s per load 1 Goal.—Westport (Brookdale), 435 ; Mofeau, 28; Bone-dust (pure), £7 10s per ton. Plums, 4d to 6d lb. BUYING PRIOEB Batter.—Bsst dairy, 8d to 9d; separator, Is per lb; cheese 4Ji and 5d per lb; eggs, 71 per dozen; fowls, 2s 6d per pair; ducks, 3s per pair; bacon, 5d to fid per lb; hams, od per lb; lard, 4d to 5d ; fungus, 3d per lb. MB MSWXON KING'S WEEKLY AUCriON REPORT Mb. Nbwton Kino reports:—At the Haymarket on Saturday only a few pigs came forward. Slips made 5s to 7s; small stores 10s 6d to '4s; one horse L 5 2s 6d, A large quantity of fruit trees was disposed of at low rates. At the ma't poultry sold well, fowls making Is 9d to 2s; ducks 2s 2d to 23 3d; potatoes 3s to 5s 6d; cheese 4d. SundriesFurniture mide low prices. The special clearing sale of furniture at Fulford-street on Wednesday was well attended, and satisfactory prices were realised. Cattle. —At Stratford, on Tuesday, competition was good for all classes except big steers, of which there w<re two pens yarded Neady all yoang cattle soli at late rates and otber lines showed litt.e alteration except sprincing heifer) which were mostly small and consequently malelqwer values. Calves made H 10s to LI 15s 6d; yearlings, L2 3s It-) L2 10s; 12 to 18-months steers. L 3 5s 6d; | 18-months heifers, L 3 6s Gd to L 3 9s; I heifers, in calf, L 3 14s; springers, L 4 10s to L 5, -j-y ar steers, L 4 lis; store cows, L'i to L 3 1-2j 6d. At Stony River, on Wednesday, the yirds were full and att-ndance large Bidding for all classes of stock was keen and almost I every line sold at the hammer. Dairy stock | for anything near diving sold well. Springing heifers were mostly on the small side and these were harder to qui*. Calves made 15s to LI 19s; yearlings, Li 0s 6d to L2 12* 6d; 12 to 15-rnonths steers, L2 17s 6d; 15months heifers, L2 19s 6d to 1.3 7s; heifers, in cal", L43sto L 4 8s 6d; springers, L 4 12s 6d to L 6 10s; store cows, L2 15s to L 3 10s ; I fat cows, L 4 10s to L 5 13s. WYLLIF, STOTT & CO.'S REPORT. MBbSES. Wtllib, Stott & Co , report: At Urenui, on Monday last, yearlings made LI 17s to L2 14s; heifers, L 3 lis to L 4 7s Sd; cows L 4 10s to L 5 ; store cows, L 3 9s 6d; 2-year steers, L 4 3s 6d; woolly hoggets 8s 5s ; one back Ll7, At Waitara, on Tuesday, August 27th, yearling heifers made L 3 3s; do steers L 3 4s ; springing heifers 1.3 17s 6d lo Lsßs; do c .ws, L3los to L 4 17s 6d; store cows, L 3 lis to L 3 14s; fat cows, L 5; stags, L 3; 2year steers, L 4 to L 6.

BUCKLAND AND SONS' REPORT. (Special to News.) Auckland, August 30. Messrs Buckla d and Sons report:— No h»avy draught horses came forward. Medium sold at from L22t0L30; good tacks i and harne».«, LU to Ll6 ; lighter ODes, L 6 to Lit. Dairy cjws made from L6toL 97s 6d. Beef was a shade lower, sellirg at from Id Is to LI 3s per lOOlbs; cows IGs to 18s. Sheep were lower by Is 'id a head. Wethers made from 12s 6d to 18s; ewes, 10s 6d to 14s, hoggets. 7s to 12s 6d. Pigs so d freely, porkers maiding LI ic LI 10s ; baccmers, LI 18s to L2 4s,