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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIV, Issue 60, 22 February 1902, Page 3

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New Plymouth, Satuboay, February 22 RETAIL PRICKS Batchers' meat.—Prices as lately adver. tised. Farm ud Dairy Produ-e.—Milk, 3d per quart; butter, dairv. Is; separator. lg per lb: cheese. 7d:per !'■■; estga, Is 2d per doz ; fr.wls, 3s per pair; ducks—per pair; lard, 7d ; Bacon. 81 to 9d; hams, 8H per lb. Fruit Bananas, 3d per lb; cocoanuts, 2d to 4d each; lemons, I s p»r dozen; orantres, 2s per dozen; giossberriee, 4d pe>- quart; pine apples, 6d and 9d; cherri-s, l s per lb; pears 4d per lb; tomato? 4d per lb; peaches 4d per lb; plnms 3d tit lb ; ap;)les 2d per lb; apricots 4d to 6d per lb. Vegetables.—New potatoes, Id pet lb Breadstuffs— Bread. 6d per 4lb loaf cash or weekly ra»ments ; 7d bnr,Ved. Firewood, from 8s to \2i per load. Coal.—Westport (Brookdale), 42s ; Mokaa, 28* Bone-dust (pure"), £7 10s per ton. Plums, 4d to 6d pT lb. BCYTNG PRICES Batter.—B;st dairy, 8d to 9d; separator, lOd per lb; cheese 4d and 4jd per lb; eggs, I s per dozen; fowls, 2a 6d per pair; ducks, "s ner pair: bacon, nd to 7|d per lb: hams, .fid ppr lb; hrd, 4d to 5d fangna. 31 per lb.

j JIR Kh;w ins KIND'S WEEKLY AUCrtON REPORT (Mr. V':wT(iy Kix<i r-rnrt?- ! Cat'!--.—<U k;ii!u. «n Tuesday ther» wa- .: f ai yanVn - of -'oc--. nearly t-hr> j wliol? if which w re calves, the babies being sto'e r-.ows ana dairy cattle. Kxceub for extra pood quality there w re practically no buyers frr calv. s, biddinr being vety dnll, <>nH most o c this class went homo. Store cows a-id'ther c,l so* sold i>t ruMnsi I rates. Wean -> made l:'s '« 2Kextra t nod calves 2fis to IV2' Hd, 12 |„ !fl-mnn hs heifers L2 12» mixed yr .-'ines L2 2> Gd, spri-gine | heifers LI Ids *o L\ s ■ r ■ "o»'« ' a fid to ' 3 : Us lid. cot'- i>nd ralv"« '.:-». Hi to 1.4 Is. f.ati and forward cow< 1.4-2' 'M to 14 10a. VICKERS & STEVENS' AUCTION RKPORT. Messrs Viokrrs & Stkpbss report a ! fair mps-cr of cattle in their Ing'ewood yards ; on W dnev ; ay 1 -isi., llidding was not so I brisk as at |->te sales, and a few li- es wont | hoino. not, reachin-r todcs' reserves. The following pric- s were obtained : -W eaners ] lfis Hd to LI 4s 6d. cood calves LI 7s (id to ' LI las, 15-months steers L? !osto L2 IPs 6d, I IS to 20.months s'eers L 3 to L 3 ss, 2 year- j old steeds 1.3 12s 6d to L 3 !.ts, 3i-yea'r old ' steers 1.4 Ss 61. spn> frars L 4 to L 5, sto-e cows 1-2 17s 6d to T. 4, fat cowa L 4 5s to ' i 10s j LCMN AND MERCANTILE AGENOY COMPANY, LIMITED. PER PRESS ASSOCIATION. Anc'KIiAKD, Ei-h-uary 21. Loan nid Mercantile Agency Company market report : Horses.—Heavv draught-" sold from £7 2> 61 to £'<7 ; medium do, £2l 12s fid to £29 17* 6d; licht harness horses, £'2 7s Gd to £lB IOs; hacks, £4 5' to £l6 15s. Catt'e.— Pteer beef sold from 20s to 2'a per lODlbs, cows, lis to I3s; fat oxen, £6 Ss to £9 17s 6d; fat cows, £l2s 6d to £7 ITs 6d; dairy

cows. £4 5s to £8 10s ; empty cows, £2 lOs Jto £8 )ss; calves, £1 2s to £1 19s. Sheep Prices ad van cod fully la per head. Wethers I sold from 10* ticl to 15s 6d; ewei, 6s 6d to ■ lis !)d ; lambs, 7s 6d to 12s 9d ; store do, 4s ;6dto 6s 6d. Pigs.—Porkers, 17s 6d to £1 1 17s; weaners, 5s 6d to lis. • BUCKLAND AND SONS' WEEKLY AUCTION HKPORT. (Special to News) Auckland, February 11. Messrs Euckland and Sons report:— Horses: We hod large entries, but of poor quality. Medium draughts made L 25 to jL32 IKs, good harness Ll2 to LIT, [hacks j L 5 to LlO, weeds LI to L 4. Cattle : Dairy cows sold freely up to L« iss, stores at late values. Beef was easier at 19s to 21s for steers, and 14s to 16s lor cows. ( Sheep advanced Is 6d each. Wethers 9s I to 14s 6d, ewes 7s to 1 Is 6d, fat lambs 8s to lis sd,stores 2s to 6s 6d. Pigs are required. Porkers made LI 5s to LI 15s, heavy up to l.t 10s.

5 CHHSTCHURCH WOOL SALES. l ) PER PRESS ASSOCIATION. , CmusTciiUßCii, February 20. For the fourth wool sale of the season, 7247 bales were offtrel, of which 6608 were I sold, 'i her j was a fair attendance of home ■ aid local buyers, and though bidding was , s'aek in the early part 0 f t he s*la it improved af ervvards. Prices all round w«re a shade easier is comoircd with the previous Bale, except fur merino pieces and locks, for [which there was a goi>{ demand Merino II sold up to 7fd, half-br-d to 7d, crossbred to | sd, merino pieces to CM, a:d merino loc'fs ,! to 4d. ! BEWLEY k GRIFFITH'S SHARE I REPORT.

j T sale 3, B buyers, s sellers. I There are no material changes to report ' jin investment stock Bank of New Zealand I have h n derted slightly, buvers offering L2 1 (is 6d, sellers holding for L2 10s New Zea- . Hand Accident have also advanced. There I have been very few transactions in other shares. Auckland mining is practically without ( [ change. . Dredging returns are improving in Otago, j as the river is now steadily falling. | On the West Coast tt'e C-ature of the week ■ j has been the record return of 112 ozs. from j the Pactolub claim, the shares iu which have j shown a rise of Gp. The average returns ' I from the Coast now exceed those of Otago ■ I by several ounces.

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