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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIV, Issue 59, 1 March 1902, Page 3

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New Plymouth, Satcbday, March 1. RETAIL PRICES Butchers' meat.—Prices as lately adver-! tiaed. Farm and Dairy Produce —Milk. 3d per quart; butter, dairy, Is; separator, Is per lb; cheese, 7d per lb ; eggs, Is 2d per doz ; fowls, 3s per pair; ducks—per pair; lard, 7d ; bacon, 8d to 9d; hams, per lb. Fruit. Bananas, 3d per lb; cocoanuts, 2d to 4d each; lemons, Is per iW.en; oranges, 2s per dozen; g i selcrrie.s, 4d per quart; pine apples, 6d arid '.ld ; cheni'S, Is per lb; pears 4d per lb; tomato* 4d per lb; peaches 4d per lb; plums 3d per lb; apples 2d per lb; apricots 4d to 6d per lb. Vegetables.—New potatoes, Id pel lb Breadstuffs.—Bread, Od per 41b loaf cash or weekly payments; 7d booked. Firewood, from 8s to 12s per load Coal.—Westport(Brockdale), 43s ; Mokau, 28s Bone-dust (pure), £7 10a per ton. Plums, Id to 6d psr lb. j BUYING PRICES Butter.—B?st dairy, 8d to Od ; separator, 110! per lb; cheese 4d and 4jd per lb; ' eggs, Is per dozen; fowls, 2s 6d per pair; ducks, 3s per pair; bacon, 5d to 7£d per lb • hams, Gd per lb; lard. 4d to 5d fungus, 3d per lb.

j heavily culled. The cows were young and .prime in condition, and nearly all in milk, and considering the time of year mnde splendid prices, the average of the whole herd of over fifty cows being L 7 12s 6d per head, tbe highest price being LI 1 5s for a very nice ij-bred Jersey. Horses, pigs, implements and sundries all sold well. Heavy H»' nes horses L2olos to L 26 10s, good hack Ll6, store pigs LI ss, breeding sows L2 Is to L 3 Is. W7LLIF, STOTT & CO.'S REPORT. JUbsjSBS. Wyllie, Ptott & Co. report:— We quote the following prices realised at our yards at Wai'ara on Tuesday, February, 25th:—Calves, LI 8s dd to LI 9s 6d j yearlines, LI 13s Bd to LI 17s 6d; 15 month heifers, L2 19s to L 3 ss; springers, Li Is to to LI 7s; cows and calves, LI 10s; bull, L2 9s; empty cows, L3l3s; lambs, 6s 3d. Urenui.—At our Urenui yards on the 25th February, heifeis aid calves made Li 16s; yearling steers, LI 12s; fat cows, \A Is 6d to 14 10s; springers, L 5; 18 month steers, L 3 2s ; empty heifers, L 3 Is 6d ; to L 3 9s ; yearlings, LI 13s 61; 2J- year bullocks, Li 12s, » VICKERS & Si'EVENS' AUCTION REFORT. JjMesshs Viokkbs & Stevens report a good muster of cattle in their yards on Wedj ncsday last. Young stock and steers were a good bit lower than last sales. The following prices were obtained:—Calves LI Is to LI 10s Gd; yearlings L2 to L2 8s; 15 to 18ffiontbs L2 JOs to L2 14s 63; heifers, in calf, L 3 to L 4 3s ; store cows L 3 to L2 17s 6d ; fat cows Li 5s to L 4 10s, 2 to 4-tooth ews, mixed sbeep, 8s Bd; half-bred 1 mo rami 7s; ewes 7s 9d< At Mr. B: Fischer's aa'e on the Noifolkroad on Tuesday, cows, in milk, made L 4 2s 6d to L 5 17s 6d, spring calvers IA 10s to L 7 10s. Sundries sold at fair rat -s.

BEWLKY & GRIFFITH'S SHARE REPORT.

T sales, B buyers, S sellers. There has been a faif smount of business in the share market this week. Bmk of New Zealand are inquired for at 47s Bd, but .sellers do not respond. National Banks are also in demand. For Insurance and Gas shares also there has been a mode'ate demand. In local siocks there is an inquiry for Gas shares, but p-ices offered are far below sellers' quotations. Sash and Door have been done at L 5 10s, and are offered at the same figure. The d edging markgt has slightly inu pwved, as the Molyneux river continues to fall, and it now approaching a favourable condition. West Ora»t leturns continue very satisfactory, with prcipoct of further improvement.

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