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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIV, Issue 5, 18 January 1902, Page 3

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Nbw Plymouth, Saturday, January 18. RETAIL PRICES Batchers' meat.—Prices as lately advertised. Farm and Ualry Produce—Milk, 3d per .quart; butter, dairy, Is; separator, Is per lb; cheese, 7<l per lb; eggs, lid per doz ; fowls, 3s per pair; ducks—per pair; lard, 7d ; bacon, 8d to 9d; hams, lOd per lb. Fruit. Bananas, 3d per lb; cocoaauts, 2d to 4d each; lemons, Is per dozen; oranges, 2s per dozen; gooseberries, 4d per quart; pine apples, 6d and9d; cberri-s, Is per lb; peirs4ii per lb; bananas 3d per lo; tomatoa 4d per lb; peaches 4d per lb; plums 3d per lb; apples 2d per lb; apricots id to 6d per lb. Vegetables.—New potatoes, 2d pel lb; old potatoes, 7s per cwt. Breadstulls.—Bread, 6d per 41b loat cash or weekly pavments; 7d booked. Firewood, from 8s to 12s per load Oo»l.—Westport(Brookdale), 425; Mokau, 28s Bone-dust (pare), £7 10a per ton. Plums, 4d to 6d par lb. , BUYING PRICES Cutter.— dairy, 8d to !ldseparator, 10i per lb; cheese 4£d and Sd per lb; eggs, 9J per dozen; fowls, 2s 6d per pair: ducks, 3s per pair; bacon, Sd to 7£d per lb; hams, 5d per lb; lard, 4d to 5d ; fungus, 3d per lb. MR NBV CON KING'S WEEKLY AbCHON REPORT Mr. Newton Kino reports t At the hayimiket on Saturday, pigs made 9s to 12s 61 ; ha'neaa horses, L 8 10s to Lll; hack ,LS to 1.4 10s. * ( At the Mart, fow s made lid to Is 8d ; ducks. Is to Is 7d; chicks, 7't to 9d A quantity of sundries were s"ld at low prices. | Fruit.—l held t >ree sa'es du ing th- past I w ek and disposed of over 1000 boxes nf ifruit, prices ranging as follows: —Apples, I dessert, U 9d to 2i (id per box ; do io cases, 3s to 4s 6d; cookers, Is 6d to 2s box; do. in c s"S, 28 31 to 3s 6 ; Japanese plums, 241b boxes. 3< to 4s; do. 181b to 20lb, 2s 3d to 3-t 61; English plums, 3s to 4s; tomatoes, 5s 9d to 4s 6d;peache<. choice, 6s 6d to 8s 61 ; peaches, inferior and overripe, 3s 6d to 5s j apricots, 5i to 9a, according to qutdity: cucumbers, 4s to 4s 9d; grapes, 9d to Is 2d ; rasjjber.iej, 4d; lemons, 4s to ss. At Stratford on Tuesday owing probably to the farmers b ing busy with haymaking, eic„ fewer cattle than usual were warded There was fair inquiry for most lines, big steers sli. wing a decided improvement in values. There were not many weaners Tvded,but mostly all were so'd at the hammer, most lines of small steers were pasted in, but were nearly oil placed afterwards. Good weaners made H 7s, 15 to 18-month steers L2 14s to T,2 17», to 3 years do. ■ L 3 l'2s 6d to L 4 Bs, heifer* in calf 1.8 10s , to L 3 lis 6d, store cows Li to L 3 10s, fresh [ do. L 3 17s I At Stony River on Wednesday, the yards were fairly filled with mostly weaners, bid--1 ding for th.'se was not p rticularly brisk, > though nearly all weie sold either at tbe ' hammer or afterwards. No big steers or heifers came forward. Weani rs made 17s to LI 6s, eood calves LI 6s to < 112s 6d, store cows L 3 to L 3 15s, fat do L 4 5s to L 5 ss. springing heifers L 3 12s 6d to L 4 7s. , LO4N AND MERCANTILE AGENCY t COMPANY, LIMITED. i FEB PRESS ASSOCIATION . Auckland, January 16. ' Loan Bnd Mercantile Agency Company r market report: Horees: On Friday, at Durham yards. 3 horsei were yarded in extra large numbers, ' with exception of extra heavy dra ghts. * Bidding vai good and a great number ' changed hands under the hammer , Heavy ' d'aughtg made from L 26 12f 6d to 139 17s 3 Oil, medium dn. Llßlss to I 32, light harness ' hoi >esL 82s 6d to Ll7 2s 6d, hauks 13 10s i f to 1.15 l?s 6d. Cattle: Ati Newmarket yards, on Tues- • day, dairy and store cittle wera penned os ' usual Dai-y cows sold at from 15 2a lid to 8 L 7 12s 6d, store do L2 10s to L 3 15s, calves scarcely average numbers, and competition ' was not up to the previous week. Ox beef a sold at from 19s to 2?sper ICOlbs, cow 16s to 1 lHs. Fat steers made from L6ssto L 9 17s ' fat c 'ws L 4 fis to L 7 2s 6d. I 4 Sheep were penned in usual quantities at 8 Newmarket yards an Tuesday. Fat wethers sold at from 10s 6d to 17s 9d, «wm 6s 9d to

, 14s 3d, one pen of especially well fattsd ewes made 15s 9d, lambs well fatted sold from 7s i 6d to 13s 9d, other sorts 4s 9.1 to 7s. is i Pigs: There was a good .raiding, and all r sold well. Porkers b'oapht from lis to LI 19s, weaners 5s 6d tc lis 3d. WYLLIK, STOTT & CO.'S REPORT. Messbs. Wyllie, Btott & Co report There was the usual muster at Ureaui on Monday, 13th inat. Calves sold well at 22s to vßs 3d, yearling heifers L2 15s, 18-month beifero L 3 12s 6d. Springing cowa and heifers were dull of snle. , At Waitara on (Tuesday, 14th inst., there was a good muster. Young cattle sold at ruling rates, but springers showed a decline on late prices. Calves male 22s to 265, •vearlingi_L2 8s 6d to L2 10s. 18-month to 2-year heife s L 3 109, store cows LS 6s to L 3 10s, bulls 13 Is to L 4, cows and calves L 4 Bs, forward store cows LA 6s to L 4 7s 6d, springing cows H 5s to L 4 12s 6d, do heife.« L 4 0s tid to L 5 ss, 2£ to 3-year steers up to L 5 2s 6d. VIGKKKS & STEVENS' AUCTION REPORT. Messrs Viokkbs & Stevens report a moderate entry of entile in their Inglewood yards, prices all round being a shade better und most lin»s changed hands:—Calves LI 10 Ll tfs, yearlings L2 2s to L2 10s, empty heifers L 3 to L 3 10s, store cows L2 to L 3 l7s 6J,fat cows L 4 10-i to L 5. They also report the sale of Mr. Keasts' farm, section 137, Mo 1, containing 90 acres, to Mr. F. standing at a satisfactory figure. BUCKLAND AND SONS' WEEKLY 1 , AUCTION REPORT. j (Spbcial to News,) Auckland, January 17. J Messrs Uuokland and Sons report:— * Horses.—A large number were yarded, ' Heavy unbroken colts sold up to £39, aged ' and medium draughts 1,20 to L3l Ills, farm I horses Ll4 to LIS, useful hacks and hiurn-ss ' up 11 Lls, 'ightrr L 5 to L 7. c Cattle: At Remuera thera were full num- t b-r.'. Dairy cows made LstoL 72s tid, j «rown stores LS to 1.7 2a 6d, dry cows L2 t 10i t, •L 4 I Of. Beef is firm at 19s to <. 22s f.-r steer-, and 16s to 18s for cows, . bhe"P ai« a shada lower. Wethers made 8s (i.i O 15s :w, ewes 7s to lis 6d,fat lambs 1 1 0 1 2s lid. sort sss tid to 7s 6d. J Pigs were siioit supply, porkers making 1.1 6s to LI 15s. g

LONLION MARKETS. Br Klectsio Telegraph—Copyright. PER PRESS ASSOCIATION. Keceived 17, 11.41 a.m. London, January 16. Wheat, a New South Wal« cargo sold at 30s. The American visible supply is estimated at 93.673,000 bushels. Copper—Spot, £45 17s tid. Lead, £lO 7s 6d.