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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIII, Issue 296, 14 December 1901, Page 3

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New Plymouth,Satdbdat, December 14. RETAIL PRICKS . Butchers' meat.—Prices as lately adver- ! tised. Farm and. Dairy Produce—Milk, 3d per quart; butter, dairy, Is; separator. Is per lb; cheese, 7d per lb; engs, Is per doz; fowls, 3s per pair; du;-ks— per pair; lanl, 7d; bacon, B<l to 9d; ham*, 10(1 per lb. Fruit. Bananas, 3d per lb; cocoanuts, 2d to 4d each; lemons, la and 1b 6d per dozen; oranges, Is to 1b 6d per dozen; gooseberries, 4d per quart; pine apples, 6d and 9d; cherries, Is per lb, Vegetables.—New potatoes, 2d pel lb; old potatoes, 7s per cvtt. Breadstuifs.—Bread, 6d per 41b loaf cash or weekly payments; 7d booked. Firewood, from 8s to 12s per load Ooal.—Westport(Brookdale), 425; Mokau, 28s Bone-dust (pore), £7 10s per ton. Plums, 4d to 6d per lb. BUYING PRTOEB Butter. —B?st dairy, (id to 3d; separator, lOel per lb;| cheese 4£d and Sd per lb; eggs, 103 per dozen; fowls, 2s 6d per pair; docks, 3s per pair; bacon, Sd to 7£d per lb; hams, fid per lb; lard, 4d to fid; fungus, 3d per lb. MR NEWXOfI KING'S WEEKLY AUCTION REPORT Mb. Newton Kino reports:— At the Hay market on Saturday, small store pigs made 12s 6d to 16s, slips 7s 6d to 10s; calves 7s to lis. Several horses Bold, hacks making £2 to £6 ss, harness horses up to £Blos. At the mart fowls made Is 5d to 2s 4d, chicks 6d to lOd, ducks Is 3d to Is lid, turkeys 3s 9d, geese 2s 8d Tbe special sale of crockery was well attended, but prices were on the low side. At Waiwakaiho on Tuesday I had full yards, bidding wai quiet for most lines, although a fair number changed hands. A good many pens went home. Prices for young cattle were without alteration, wea- 1 ners were in fair demand, but all steers from yearlings upwards were difficult to quit. Springing heifers were yarded in excess of 1 buyers' requirements, and a good many pens . were sent hame. Weanersmaie £1 3sto£l : lis, calves £ll6s to £1 19s, yearlings £2 to ; £2 6s, 2 to 2i-year steers £3 15 to £4 ss. , springing heifers £3 10s to £4 8s 6d, store cows £3 to £3 15s, old do. £1 ss.

At Awakino, on Thursday, there was a very large muster of stock, the quality of the cattle as usuil, b-ing very superior. Bidding, however, in sympathy with other markets, was very quiet, especially f«r steer classes, most of which were pissed is. Heifers were more saleable, atid most of tbese were told at satisfactory prices; 18month to 2-yeir heifers mad-i L 3 to L3los; 4-year bullocks I sto L 6 7s; 18-month to 2-year steers (.3: 12 to 15-month steers, L2los; hoggets, 7s lOd ; ewes and lambs, 9s.

YICKERB & STEVENS' AUCTION REPOUT. Messrs Vickers & Stevens report a good entry of stock in their Ingl«wood yards on Wednesday last. Dairv stock sold well, bat calves and joung stock were easy. Calves: Weaners, 10s to 255; yearlings. £2 to £210« ; empty heifers, L 3 to 1.3 10s; store cows, L 3 to L 8 14s; fat cows, L 4 17s 6d to L 5 ; dairy cows, hi to L 7 12s 6d ; bulls, L2 to L 4. We report the sale of the shop with a frontage of 16 feet, now occupied by Messrs Krewin and Evans, to Mr A. O. Nicholls at a, satisfactory figure.

CARTHEW, BRITTAIN, AND OO.'S REPORT. Messrs. Oartbew, Brittain, and fo. reporta steady demand for property, also the following sales last month Six-room house and J-acre in Hine-street. to a Fitzroy resident, 8-room house and -J-acre land on Bolt Road to F. A. Dumbleton, Mr. J. Col man's |-acre and 5-roora house in Lemon-street to Mr. E. B. Bates, Mr. W. T. Morpoth's j-acre section on Devon Line to local investors, Mr. G. j5. Frost's j-acre and 5-room villa on Belt Road to Mr. Shirley, i-acre Lemon-street to Mr. E. Hunt, and Mr. J. Jones J-acre corner section at Te Henui to Mr. Alfred Kaull, all at good prices. WOOL fcALES. per tress association. • Napier, December 12. Messrs, Nelson Bros., Limited, hive received the following cable from the Colonial Consignment and Distributing Company, Limited, London, to-day: —Stocks of frozen meat of all kinds are very heavy. The demand is stagnant and there is a further fait in the values of mutton. To-day's quotations are : best Canterbury mutton 3§d per lb, best Napier, Wellington, and A orth Island mutton 7fd per lb; lamb, Ist quality 4|d per lb, second quality 4Jd per lb. LONDON MARKETS. By Electric Telegraph—Copyright, per press association. London, December 12, At the wool sales piices were unchanged ; good sorts very firm; Avondown's clip sold at 7jy, Takapui 4£d, Takaputone fijd. Copper.—Spot and three months', LSB 2s 6d. Lead, LlO 13s 9d. Last month's lead imports were 21,751 tons, incluaing 3808 of Australian; exports 4032 tons. The American visible supply of wheat is estimated at 91,023,000 bushels. The Dunblane's cargo of New Zealand sold at 295. Exceptionally large catalogues are being brought forward at the Sydney and Melbourne wool sales. Competition is animated, and prioes are well maintained. BUCKLAND AND SONS' WEEKLY AUCTION REPORT. (Special to News,) Auckland, December 13. Messrs Buckland and Sons report:— Horses.—Large entries and a good demand Heavy draughts told up to £4O, medium and light Ll9 to L 25, good harness Ll4 to L 25, light backs L 5 to i>lo. Cattle.—Dairy cows are required, making L 4 to L 9 2s 6J, dry L2 2s 6d to L 4 3s. 18-mooths to 2J-year steers L 3 to L 4 15s, yearlings 50s. Beef sold irregularly, steers making 18s to 21s, and cows 16s id to 17s per 1001b. Sheep show no improvement. Wethers Bade 7s to 15b sd, ewes 5s to 12s, lambs 3s to 13a. Pigs sold at full rates.

The small dmlge of the Cential Mataura I has recenty been sunk at its moorings dur- ; iug ths temporary absence of the dredgems' ter, who left the dredge in perfect order. Foul play is suggested. 'I lie dredge was about to commence work, and with the two dredges at work the company Mould soon have further improved its position.

BEWLEY & GRIFFITH'S SHARE REPORT. ■d 1 .0 13 V g q £ S .£ S d M 0, c aj P. a a & P< ■ N £ s. d. 0/0 £ t. d. £ s. d. Nation! Bank 3 14 0b 10 6 5 0 3 8 0 Bank of N.Z. 2 9 6t 10 National Insurance Co. 18 10B 7 3 0 0 18 3 N.Z. Insur'nce Co is 10 t •si 7 14 0 3 6 0 N.Z. Accident 2 17 0b 10 2 5 6 1 3 6 South British 3 18 0t nu 5 0 0 3 4 0 Auckland Iras 13 10 0b 15 5 14 0 13 5 0 N.Plym'thdo. 7 10 Ot 8 5 6 8 . 7 10 0 Wanganui do. 13 12 6b 8 6 12 1 12 5 0 Wellingt'n do 18 0 Ob 10 5 12 6 17 16 0 N.Z. Shipping 8 Co 6 15 Ot 4 18 6 5 7 6 Union 8.8. Co 11 10 Ob 6 7 8 9 U 0 0 N.Z. & River Plate 19 6b 6 g 3 0 0 19 0 Natnl. Mortge 1 15 6S 8 0 0 1 17 6 Hear Meat... 1 8 Ot 10 i 5 9 1 17 6 Kaiapoi Win 6 7 6b 7 5 9 9 6 7 6 Mosgiel do.... 4 2 Os 6 5 18 9 4 4 0 N.P. Co-op.... 1 0Os 6 6 0 0 Sash & Dooi Co., paid... 6 0 Os 12* 10 8 6 N'thn Steam. 0 8 3t 7 7 8 S