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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXV, Issue 2, 3 January 1903, Page 3

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New Plymouth, Saturday, Jinuary 3. RETAIL PRIOES. Farm and Dairr Produce.—Milk, 31 p°r juart; bHttei, dairy, 10d; separator, Is per lb; chee-e, 8d per lb; eggs, Is 21 per doz; fowls, 3s per p«r; duck?, per pair ; la r d, 7d ; bacon, 10d to lid; ham s, Is per lb. Fruit. Bailings. 3d per lb ; coconcuts, 2d to 4d each; lemons, is per dozen; oranges 2s per dozen ; pine apples, 6d and Ud ; pears, 4d per lb ; tomatos, Id par lb: apples, 2d per lb. Firewood, from 8s to 12s per load. tkal.—Westport, Brookdale, 425: Mokan, 42s Bonedust, pure, L 7 10s par ton. - BUYING PRIOES. Butter.—Be t dairy, 8d to lOd; sepirator, lid per lb; cheese 4d and 4§d per lb; eggs, Is per dozen; fowl?, 2s 6a per piir; ducks. 9 s per pair; bacon, 9d per lb; hams, lOd per lb; lard, 4d to 5d p:rlb; fungus, 2fd per lb. DUNEDIN GRAIN MABKET. PEE TRESS ASSOCIATION. Dune din, D.cemb?r 31. ' Wheat: The millers are bi\ingreadily all grain suitable for requirements, and they include in this categov l<wer graces than would have b-en Icokei at a short while ago. Prime mil ing 5d 3d to 9.1, g->od 4s 9d to ss, whole fwl whet 3s 4d to 4s 6d, broke i 4s to 4s 2d, sacks • xtra. Oats: Inferior and di roWed are not linqu'rud for. There is a sttong market for shipping lines an i c grades, s oeks of which are low. Pri ne milling 2s 8d to 2s 9d, best 'eed 2s 7d to 2s 8 inferior to medium 2» to 2b 51, packs extra. Ba loy : ] here is a good dinned for feed and malting, but p-actically none effeii ig. N.Z. LOAN & MERCANTILE AGENCY'S REPORr. PER PRESS ASSOCIATION, [Auckland, January 1, The Loan «nd Mercantile Agency Company report as follows: Oatt e : At Newmarket yards on Tuesday da'ry and store stock were (.enned in usual numbers and sold at improved rat?s. Ox beef sold from 25s to 31s and oow 19s to 243 par lOOlbs. F.t steers made frim L 7 10s to Ll3 ss, fat cows L 5 5s to LI) 17s 6d, dairy 1 cows L 5 5s to L 8 Is 01, dry cows L 3 17s to ■ L 4 18s, calves LI 5s to L2 3s. Sheep were yarded in usual numbers, and fat wethiis sold fro-n Us to 15s, fat ewes 8s 61 to 13b 9d, fat lambs 7s 6d to 13s 9d, ■ oth».r sorts 5s 61 to 10s 3J. Pigs: Parkers made from 17s to 43«, iveane's 8j 63 to 15s. LONDON BUTTER PRIOSS. PER PRESS ASSOCIATION London, December 30. The butter mariet is weak and prices htve ! lost al'ghtly. | BEWLEY AND GRIFFITH'S SHARE ' REPORT.

T sales, D buyers, s sellers. BTONBIDE STOCK MARKET. Dtjnkdin, Daeeraber 30. At the Burnside market for fat cattle 66 head were yarded and the trade being supp'ied it was difficult to sell at late quotation?, despite the small ent y. Best bullocks made £ll to £l2 12s 61; medium €9 , 15a to £lO 17s Gd; others £8 10d to £9 12i 6d; best caws £7los to £8 12< 6d; medium £6 5s to £7 7s 6d, others £5 to £6 2s 6). Fa 1 , sheep, 243 were penned, mostly shorn wethers and a few pens of ewes in wool. Tr cnnsquence of the short supply prices advanced about 2s 6d per head "or best quality wethirn (ahorn) brought 20s to 22s 6d, medium 18i6d to 19s 9d, others 16s 9d i to 18s 6d, shorn ewes (luavy) 235, good 20s • to 21s 6d, medium 17s to 18s 3d, others 15s to 1 6s 6d. Lambs: 428 were penned, and prices were Is higher. Rest 12s to 14s 9d, medium lis 6d to 12s Rd, ethers 8s 3d to lis 3d. Pigs: Only 46 were penned, and suckers brought 12s to 18s, slip? 20s to 22->, stores 26» to 30s, porkers 25s to to 425, baeoners up to 51s.

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