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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIV, Issue 68, 5 April 1902, Page 3

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bsw Plymouth, satubday, Apbil 6. RETAIL PRICES Farm and Dairy Produce—Milk, 3d per quart; butter, dairy, Is; separator, Is per lb; cheese, 7d per lb; eggs, Is fid per doz; fowls, 3s per pair; ducks—per pair; lard, 7d; bacon, 8.1 to 9d; hams, BJd per lb. Fruit. Bananas, 3d per lb; cocoanuts, 2d to Id each; lemons, Is per dozen; oranges, 2s per dozen; pine appleß, 6d and 9d; pears id per lb; tomatos 4d per lb; peaches id per lb; apples 2d per lb. Vegetables.—New potatoes, Id pei lb, Breadstuffs.—Bread, 6d per 41b loaf cash or weekly paimouts; 7d booked. Firewood, from 8s to 12s per load Ooal.—Westport (Brookdale), 425; Mokau, 28s Bone-dust (pure), £7 10s per tor. Piums, 4d to Cd p!:r lb. BUYING PRICES Batter.—B?st dairy, 8d to 9d; separator, 10". per lb; cheese 4d and 4§d per lb; eggs, Is 3d per dozen; fowls, 2s 8d per pair; ducks, 3s per pair; bacon, 5d to 7|d per Jb: hams, 6d per lb; lard, 4d to 6d; fungus, 3(1 per lb. MK WEW'I'ON KING'S WEEKLY AUCXION REPORT

Mb. Newton King reportsl At the Haymarket on Saturday a good i number of pigs were sold. Weaoero made i 3s to 7s 6<l, goad blips 8s to 10s, small stores ] LI. Several horses sold at from LB2s6d to 1 L 7 10ponies LI 5s to 13 15s. 1 At the Mart fowls ma;ie 6d to Is 3d, ducks i Is co Is 6d Fnrniture, crockery and fancy 1 goods sold at low prices, t At Waiwakaiho on Tuesday bidding was ] quiet., and prices showed little or no altar- i ation on tbe previous fortnight. Weanera I made 21a to 24' 6d, good calves 31s, 2-year i steers L 3 14s 6d, store cows L2 2s to L 3 10s, ] springing heifers L 4 7s (id to L 4 15s. . At Kent-road on Thursday I held a clear- i ing sale on account of Messrs Matthews I Bros The oowa were a good lot, and all sold 1 at satisfactory prices. Early calvers made I L 5 10s to L 7 12s 6d, late do., IA 10s to L 6, I old cows L2 10s to L 3 6s, half Jersey heifera in calf L 4 19s, calves 28s to 31s. Impli- ] ments and sundries made fine prices. VICKERS & STEVENS' AUCTION ! POKT. ! Mbsshs VIOKBBS & Sthybns report a 'moderate entry of cattle in the Inglewood yards Oalves sold at: for inferior calvts, 108 to 17s: good calves, 22s to 85s; 18month to 2-year-oid steers, L2 14s to L 3 1* 6d; store cows, L3to L 3 15s; fat cows, L 5. BUOKLAND AN!) SONS' WEEKLY AUCTION REPORT. (Special to News,) Auckland, April 4. Messrs Buckiand and Sons report:— There was no torso sale on account of the holidays. Cattle: f airy cows at profit made ISto L 9 12s 6<l; backward springers, L 4 to L 5 10s; lb-months to 2-year steers, Li to L 4 10a; dry cows, L2 to L 4. Beef were in average numbers, making 2ls to 24s per lOOlbs for steers and heifers and IBs to 19s for cows. | There was a moderate muster of sheep. Wethers made 9s to 15s, ewes 8s 6d to lis fld mixed stores 5s (id to 9s, iat lambs 6s 9d to 14s 9d. Heavy pigs up to LI 17s, porkers LI to LI 10s. ;

LONDON MARKETS. Br EliEctbig Tblko baph—Copy right. London, April 2, The total quantity of wheat and flour afloat for the United Kingdom is 4,2!0,000 quarters, and for the Continent 1,585,000, Shares are unchanged. Tin, spot £llß ss, three months, £ll6 7s 6<i. Copper.—Spot, £52 15s, three months' £52 12s 6d. Supplies are 29,145 tons, deliveries for the past month 26,044, stocks 28,124, advised afloat 285 C tons. Lead.—£ll 8s !)d. Tallow.—Stocks 9913 casks, imports foi the month 5181, deliveries 3360.