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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIII, Issue 289, 7 December 1901, Page 3

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I _____ «hw Pltmouth.Saturday, December 7RETAIL PRICES [ Butchers' meat.—Prices as lately advertised. I Farm and Dairy Produce—Milk, 3d per quart; butter, dairy, Is; separator, Is per lb; cheese, 7d per lb; eggs, Is 1 p sr doz ; fqwls, 3s per pair; ducks—per I piir; lard, 7d; bacon, 8d to 9d; hams, lOd per lb. j Fruit. Bananas, 3d per lb; cocoa- ! nuts, 2d to 4d each; lemons, Is and la 6d per dozen; oranges, Is to Is 6d per dozen; g>cseberries, 4d per quart; line apples, 6d and 9d; cherries, Is per lb Vegetables.—New potatoes, 2d pel lb; old potatoes, 7s per r w t. Breadstuffs.—Bread, 6d per 41b loaf cash or weekly payments; 7d booked. Firewood, from 8s to 12s per load Goal.—Westport(Brookdale), 425; Mokau, 28s Bone-dost (pure), £7 10s per ton. Plums, 4d to 6d per lb. BUYING PRICES Butter.—Bsst dairy, 8d to 9d; separator, 101 per lb;] cheese 4Jd and 5d per lb ; eggs, 10i 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 BJKWTON KING'S WEEKLY AUCHON REPORT

Ma. Nmwtok Kino reports:— At tho Haymarket on Saturday a good number of pigs were sold. Slips made 12s 6d tojlsj ; weaners, lis; calves, Is 6d to 9s; A large number of horses were offered and a fair number sold, hacks making from LI 6s to L 5 ss; harness horses up to L 7 10s. At the Mart fowls came in very freely and prices ranged from Is Id to 2s; ducks, Is Id to 2s Id; turkeys, 4s to 4s fid ; geese, 2s 9d to 3s 6d; chickens, 7d to lOd.

The clearing sale of drapery on account of Mr A. Davidson was well attended and passed off tatisfactorily, although poor prices were obtained for a number of articles.

C —I held a clearing sale for Messrs Huthnance Bros., Omata, on Monday. There w»s a fair attendance, and cattle and other stock sold satis'actorily. Dairy cows made L 4 to L 7 17s 6*l; heifers, L 3 12s 6d; owes and lambs, 14s Id; yearlings, LI lis to L2 6d; filly, 1,24.

The yards were well filled on Tuosdsy at Stratford. Heifers and store cowg pretty well sustained late rates, but steers from yearlings up showed a marked decline, and indeed were very difficult to quit even a f . reduced rates. Yearlings made LI 17s to L2 7s ; 15 to 18-mo ths heifers, L2 12s 6d; 12months to 2 years, L 3 17s 6d ; store cows, L 3 fi< to 1.3 12s; forward, L 3 13s 6d to L42s ; fat cows, L 5 ss; 2J-yenr steers, 1.4 2s ; 18raonths to 2-vear, L 3 12s Gi; bulls, L 3 12s 6d to L 4 17s (Id.

At Vtahotu. on Wednesday, I had full] y<ir<?s Bidding for steer classes was quiet., I and most of these went home. Heifers and j 6" p*y coire were more saleable, and most of them were cleared at satisfactory prices. Yearling* made L2to L2 7s 6d; 12 to 15months mixed, L2 I<>s 6d ; 2-year steers, 1-3 15s 61 ; IS months empty heifers, L 3 ss; store cows. L 3 to i 3 14<; fat eows, L 4 10» to L 5; springing heifers, L 4 to L 4 17s 6d Piior to the cattle sale, I held a cleiring silo of farm implements and household furniture en scount of Mr A. F. Chapman There was a small attendance, but prices on the whole were satis actory. TICKERS & STEVENS' AUCTION JtEPOKT. Messrs Vickkbs & Stevens report a large entry of cattle on Wednesday. Some pens failed to reach owner's reserves, but the bulk of the entry was sold as under : Inferior calves, 7s 6d to 12s ; good weanerc, 25s to 30s; yearlings, L2 6s to L2 12s ; empty heifers, L2.15s to L37s ; 2-year-old steers, L 3 18s; store cows, Jj2 10s to L 3 10s; forwxrd cows, L 4 17s 6d to L 5; springers, Li 15s to L 5 10s; bulls, L2 10s toL4; inferior backs, L 3 working bollocks, L 55. BUCKLAND AND SONS' WEEKLY AUCTION KEPOKT. (Special to News.) Auckland, December 6. Messrs Buckland and Sons report:— Horses were at late values. Heavy draughts up to L4l. unbroken up to L4O, good harness LI4 to L2O, light hacks L 6 to LlO. Cattle.- Dairy L 5 to LB, store cattle being lower on account of dry weather. Eeef, firm, at last week's quotation. Sheep in full supply lower by Is 6d each, wethers, heavy ,12s to 16s 6d, ligh 3s to lis, ewes 7s to 12s 6d, lambs, fat, 9s to 13s, stores 2s 6d to 7s 6d. Pigs in good demand, porkers LI to LI 10s, bacon LI 15s to L2 Bs.

Wellikgton, Decembnr 6. Mr Cameron, inspector of -New Zealand proauce at Home, in his report dated Ist ber states he dots not think there is ir of Russian or Siberian butter comith arrivals of new season's colonial butter, There has been, and still is,

good inquiry for choicest colonial. Mr Cameron also reports that while under examination by a committee appointed by the : British Agricultural Depa'tment he was I »ske4 whether the New Zealand Oovern- ; raws would uphold the department in any 1 decision they might come to in fixing the i legal stanHavd for the amount of moisture in butter, and whether our Government desired i a standard of 21 per cent, or 12 per cent, fixed. He replied that while he had no I instructions from his Government as to what I its desire was he believed it would | approve of a standard being fixed nearer to j 12 than 24, and that be thought the Government would uphold tha Home Department / in any decision which would tend to honest ] trading, and Mr. Cameron says that the dis-1 missal of the case against en English firm for selling butter with excess of moisture, while legally conect, will enable anyone who purchases fine dry New Zealand butter to add water to it and work it up. This will enable him to sell at a low retail price, thereby bringing competition of cheap butter sga'nst the pure article at a high price, and also postibly hurting its reputation.