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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIV, Issue XXIV, 15 February 1902, Page 3

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New Plymouth, [satdbday, February J5 RETAIL PRICES Butchers' meat. —Prices as lately advertised. Farm and Dairy Produce—Milk, 3d per quart; butter, dairy, Is; separator, la per lb; cheese, 7d per lb; eggs, Is Id per doz ; fowls, 3s per pair; ducks —per pair ; lard, 7d ; bacon, 81 to 9.1; hams, BJd per lb. Fruit. Bananas, 3d per lb; cocoanuts, 2d to 4d each; lemous, Is per dozen; oranges, 2s jier dozen; gooseberries, 4d per quart; tine apples, 6 J and 9d; cherries, Is per lb; po-ra 4.1 per lb; tomatos 4d per lb; peaches 4J per lb; plums 3d per lb; apples 2d per lb; apricots 4d to 6d per lb.

| Vegetables.— New potatoes, Id pei lb Breadstuffs.—Bread, (id per 4ll> leal cash or weekly payments; 7d booked. Firewood, from 8s to 12s per load (Joal.—Westport(Brookdalt;), 42»; Mokau, 28s Bone-dust (pare), £7 10s per tor Plums, 4d to 6d per lb. BUTING PRICKS I Batter.—Bast dairy, 8d to 3d; separator, lOd per lb; cheese 4d and 4Jd per lb; eggs, lid per dozen; fowls, 2s 6d per pair.; ducks, 3s per pair; bacon, Sd to 7£d per lb; bains, 6d per lb; lard, 4d to Gd; fungus, 3d per lb.

MB NKWXO.N K.IN(JN WEEKLY AUG HON KhPORT Mb. Newton Kino reports;— at ihe Hay market, on Saturday, only a few pigs came forward These realised iQ* tid to 12s 6d; express horse LU 10s; hack, £5 J os. At the Mart fowls made lOd to Is 7d; ducks, Is to lt< sd. Mr a. Davidson's drapery was cleared nnt at low prices. Fruit.—The glut is now Dearly over, and prices have an upward tendency, and have been ranging as follows:—Plums, 181b boxen, Is 9a to 3s; 241b boxes, 2s to 4s. Peacbes, small 3s to 4s 6d; good, 5s to 7s ; (jape gosseberries 4s to sa; nectarines, 3s to 6§; tomatoes, 3s to 3s 9a; apples, Is 6d to 2s par box; do. ia cases, 3s to 4.1; pears 3s to 4s ; damsens, 2s to 2s 9d ; cucum-1 bers, 2s to 3s; grapes, 8d to lOd. i Cattle —At Stratford, on Tuesday, cattle catnn forward far in ex :< ss of advertised nu nbers, the yards being crowded. A few pens cf 3,t0 3j-year bullocks came forward aud were sola either at the hammer or privately. VVeaners mustered in large numbers, and except for well grown and strong litK-s were difficult to quit Bidding for all classes was not equal to tae previous fortnight'# sale. Ordiuary woaners male IBs to 23s 6d; extra good do LI 6i to LI Us (id; IS to 18-month steers, L2 17s 6d to L 3 ss; to 3-year bullocks, L 4 10s to L 5; empty heifers, L2l7s 6d ; heifers in calf, L 3 5s to L3l3*; store cows, L3ss to 13 10s; fresh do., L 4; fat do., L4los to L 5 2s 6d,

LO4N AND MERCANTILE AGENOY OOMPANY, LIMITED. FEB PRESS ASSOCIATION. Auckland, Eebruary 14. Loan and Mercantile Ageucy Company market report: Dorses are in steady demand. Heavy draughts made from LiW 10a to L 37 2s 6d. Medium i 19 2s 6d to £25 7s 6d, lwht harness horses 1,4 15s to LI 7 2s 6d, hacks LI 12s 64 to L's H s.

Oattle.—At Newmarket yirds fat stock met with a ready sale at improved rates. Ox beef sold at 21s to 24a per lOOlbs, cows lls to 19s; fat steers mide from L 6 2s tid to LlO, fat cows L 3 15s to L 7 10s. uairy cows advanced in p ice, falling at L 4 is to L 7 17s 6d, empty do LI 17s fid te L 3 si. Shesp in aveiagenumberswereyacriad. Fat wethers sold from 8s 6d to 14» 9d ; fat ewes, 6s fid to 13s; store ewes, 2s 8d to 6s Hd; lambs, heavy 7s 6d to 13s 9d ; lighter sorts, 3s fit to 7s. Pigs were in full supply; pork#ra brought from 17s 6a to 28s; weaners, is 6d to 10s 3d.

At a special sale of horses at Alexandra Park on Monday there was a vary large j attendance, buyers being present from Whangaiei, Op j tiki, Tarxnaki, and all the surrounding di»trict9. Bidding was brisk and almost without exception 200 odd horsts were »old under the hammer at very satisfactory prices, Worn tram and 'bus horses |soM from £3 10s to £l2 os, better sorts up i tn £2O 12s 6d.

WELLINGTON WOOT, SALE. Wellington, Jinuiry 13. The fourth wool s*ie of the sea°en was held to-day. There was a good attenJai.ce and fair competition, Prices for fine qualities ranged from p<r to a farthing lower, for other qualities prf.es were unchanged. Values were well up to the London market. BUCKLAND AND SONS' WEEKLY AUCTION REPORT.

(Special to News) Auckland, February 14. Messrs Auckland and Sons report: — Horses.- G 'od sorts said freely. Me lium draughts, £3O to £3B; aged, £l2 to £24, buggy and good hacks, £l2 to £2O J ordinary, £5 to £9. Cattle: Dairy cows, £4 10s to £8 lOi; stores at late values. Beef, 20s to 22s per lOOlbs for steers and heifers, l*s to 18s for cows. Sheep are firmer, withers 9s to 13s 9d ; ewes, 7s to lis tii I; lambs, fii to 10? 3d. Pigs: Baconers made up to 40s; porkers, 25s to 30s, BEWLEY & GRIFFITH'S SHARE BEPORT.

T sales, B buyers, S sellers. I Prices generally continue 'inn in investment stocks with an upvrard tendency in the case of Bask of Mew Zealand, \he statement

of the president at the half-yearly meeting, just held, having tended to reassure holders. ' The New Zealand Aeciaent are now quoted at 26» since the new allotment. Waihi shares have hardened again after a ts'ight drop. Wredging matters in Otago are chiefly influenced by the height of the Molyaeux river, and as it ia now slowly falling and the probability of further floods decreasing, the i market is slowly improving. The bulk of the transactions of the week have been in West Coast stocks, which ard consistently improving. The improvement is due solely to the fact that nearly all the claims in ope 1 at ion are pioving themselves regular and payable produeers. i We are offering a small parcel of Sash 'and Door at an attractive price. We have buyers of Mow Plymouth Gas, Now Zealand Insurance, and Bank of New Zealand. Town proporties show improved demand. We have large inquiry for leasehold dairy farms to leasa or on share?. VIOKKRS k STEVENS' AUCTION REPORT. Mksshs Viokers k Stevens report a fair muster of cattle in their Inglewood yards on W-dnes'laj last. Nearly everything was soH at the following prices Calves 19s 6d to LI 10s 6d, good calves LI 14s 6d, yearlings LI 18s to L 1 lis, 15 to 18-months L 3 to L 3 4s 6d, 18 to ViO-months L 3 10s, store cows L 3 to L 3 17s 6d, fat cows L 4 5a to L 4 18s, spru<g*rs L 4 to LB 15s,

WYLLTF, STOTT & CO.'S REPORT. Mi&SBS. Wyllie, Stott & CO. report We beg to report tlie following prices realised at our yards at Urenui on Monday, 10th February: -Oalves 2Gs, cow* and calve» L 4 15s, forward store cows L 3 )9s 6d Li 7a Cd, 2-year steers L 3 13s 6d to h 3 18s 6d. At our Waitara yards, Tuesday, 1 ith February. -C ilvei 15s to 265, ya%rlings 42s to 495, springing heifers L 4 U to L 5. 2-year steers L 3 2s fid to L 3 16s, store bullocks L 4 51 to L 4 12s, store cows L 3 14< 6d to L 3 1 its. fat do L 4 15s, springers L 4 1 Is to L 5. cows aud calves L 4 4s to LI 9s 6d, balls L 3 Us to L 5 7s 6d.

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