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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIV, Issue 64, 8 March 1902, Page 3

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# —» New Plymouth, &atubday, March 8. I RETAIL PRICES Butchers' meat.—Prices as lately advertised. ! Farm and Dairy Produces —Milk, 3d per quart; butter, dairy, Is; separator, I la per lb; cheese, 7d per lb; egg 3, Is 6dj per doz ; fowls, 3s per pair; ducks—per pair; lard, 7J; bacon, 8d to 9d; hams, Bsd per lb. I Fruit. Bananas, 3d per lb; cocoanuts, 2d to 4d each; lemons, 1 s per dozen; oranges, 2s per dozen; gooseberries, 4d per quart; pine apples, 6d and 9d; cherries, Is per lb; pears 4d per lb; tomatos 4d per lb; peaches 4d per lb; plums 3d per lb; apples 2d per lb; apricots 4d to 6d per lb. Vegetables.—New p-.tatoes, Id pel lb Breadstuff's.—Bread, Sd per 41b loaf cash or weekly payments; 7d booked. Firewood, from 8s to 12s per load Coal.— Westport(Brookdalo), 42s ; Mokau, 28s Bone-dust (pare), £7 10s per ton. Plums, 4d to 6d psr lb. BUYING PRIDES Bntter.— dairy, 8d to 9d; separator, 10' per lb; cheese 4d aud 4|d per lb; eggs, Is 4d per dozen; fowls, 2s 6d per pair; ducks, 3s per pair; bacon, 5d to 7|d per lb: hams, 6d per lb; lard, 4d to sd; fungus, 3d per !b. MR NKWXON KING'S WKEKLY AUCriON REPORT Me. Nkwton Kjno reports :—- At Waiwakaibo on Tuesday fewsi cattle tlian psual came forwaid, t>ut nearly every- , ihing was sold, either at the hßmmer or privately. Wean»rs made 16s to LI, good calves 26s to 30s, 12 to J5-months r. ixed 13. \ lis 6d, store cows 3ls 6d to L 3, heifers in calf L 3 13s 6rS, springers L 4 lis 6d, cows I and calves L 4 ss. At i oko on Tuesday I held my supplementary sheep fair. There was a fair attecdince of buyers and free bidding, nearly ! everything selling at the hammer Four- . tooth to full-mouthed ewes made 6s 8d *o , 8s 3d. 4-tooth ewts 10s 6d, 2-tooh to fullmouthed ewes 6s 4d, woolly lambs 4s lid ' to 5s 83, wethers S< Bd, r*ms 17s 6d to LI Is. ' VIOKERS & S WENS' AUCTION KBPORT. Messrs Viokebs & Stevens report a fair muster of stock in the Inglewood yards on Wednesday. Krice3 at last sale were maintained ; inferior calves, 10s to 17s 6d : good calves, 20s to 34<; 18-month steers, 1.2 10s to L'i 18a; 18-month L3 4s ; store cows, LI 10s to L 3 10s ; springe's, Li 10s to L 5 10s. BEWLEY & GRIFFITH'S SHARE REPORT.

T sales, B buyers, s sellers. Bank shares are in demand, both the National and New Zealand Banks being enquired for at increased rates Insurance shares are also in demand. Woolens do not show any improvement. There have been some small sales of Bash and Door at £5 10s and we have further enquiry at the same figure. Further rains in both Otago acd the West Coast have kept dredging matters quiet, the Molyneux being at the same level as a week or two ago, and on the West Coast the flood was heavy enough to bring down considerable quantities of silt—reducing the returns all round. The wet weather is, however, in favour of Sluicing Companies and several of those

I which have been started as one result of the dredging boom, have commenced well, notably the Takaka, a Wellington Company, with several local shareholders, the second return for 12 days being 590ns. LO*N AND MERCANTILE AGENOY COMPANY, LIMITKE. PEE PRESS ASSOCIATION. Auckland, Maroh 7. Loan snd Mercantile Agency Company market report: Horses.—A large number were brought forward, good useful ports being eagerly competed for at late rates. Heavy draughts from L2li 10s to j134 12s 6d; medium'Ll9 17s Gd; to L 25 lfls ; light harness horses. L 7 5s to Ll3 2s Bd; hacks, L 4 15s to Ll3 10s. Dairy and store stocir are selling at late rates. Ox beef, lite to 21s pev lOOlbs; cow do, 16s to 19s; fat steers, L 6 IBs to L 9 17s fid; fat cows, hi Ss to L 7 2s (id; dairy do, L 3 15s to L 7 10s; empty do, L2 15s to L 3 10s. At Pakapur*, dairy cows sold freely from L 4 15s to LS 10s ; heifers, U 16s to L2 18s ; calvea, LI 6s to LI 18s ; yeariings, LI 17s 6d to L2 Bs. At Newmarket on Tuesday sheep showed no improvement in value; fat wethers from 8* 6d to 14s 7d ; ewes, 5a 6d to 13s j lambs, 6s 6i to 12s 9d Figs.—i arger entry than usual; porkers ssld from 15s 6<3 to 26s 6d ; heavy do, LI 7s to L2 13s; weaners, 5s 6i to 10s. BUCKLAND AND SONS' WBEKLY AUCTION REPORT. (Special to News,) Auckland, March 7. Messrs Buckland and Sons report:— Horse«.—Draughts scarce, sold from L 23 to 1.33; fi 'st-class hacks and harness horses np to L2O 10i; ordinary, L 4 10s to Ll2 5s ; weeds, L 3, downwards. Oattle: Dairy cows in demand, L 5 to LlO 10s; stores un- ' changed. Beef firm at 19s to 21s for steers , and heiffrs, 15s to 17s for cows. Sheep: ' wethers, 9s to 13s 6d ; ewes, 6stto lis 6d; fat lambs, 7s 61 to 12s 9d ; stores, 2s 6d to- '' ss. Pigs: Porkers, 20s to 355; no heavy Pigs. ___

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