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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXV, Issue 20, 24 January 1903, Page 3

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New Plymouth, Saturday, January 24.

RETAIL PRICES. Faim an! Dairy Produce.—Milk, 3d p™r quart; butter, dairy, lOd; separator, Is per lb ; cheese, Stl per lb; eggs, Is 3il p-r aoz ;fo vis, 3s per piir; ducks, pet pair ; laid, 7d; bacen, 10i to lid; hams, Is per lb. Fruit. Bananas. 3d per lb; cocoanuts, 2<\ to 4d each ; lemons, 's per dozen; oranges, 2a per dozen ; pine apples, 6d and 9d ; pears, 4d per lb ; tomatos, 4d per lb; apples, 2d per lb. Firewood, from 8s to 12s per load. Ocal.—Westport, Brookdale, 425; Mokan, 42a Bonedust, pare, L 7 10s ton.

BUYING PRIOE3. Butter.—Be*t dairy, 8d to lOd; separator, lOd per lb ; cheese 4d and 4fd per lb ; eggs, 1s Id per dozen; fowl?, 2s 6a per pair; ducks, 6s per pair; bacon, 9d per lb; hams, lOd per lb; lard, 4d to 5d per lb; fungus, 2fd per lb.

MR NEWTON KING'S WEEKLY j AUCTION REPORT. Mb Newton Kikg reports , At the Haymarket, on Saturday, piga sold at from 8s to 18s, horses L2 to MO. [ At the Mart fowls made 6d to Is Gd, ducks la to 2s Id, potatoes Jd per lb. A quuitity rf s ndiiej made low rates. Fruit is now sellsng at reasonable price l. I Plums realising 3s to 5s 61, peaches 5s to 7s (jti, apricots 8s to 8s 6d, clients 4a 6d, apoUs 2a to 4s, tomatoes Bs, cuoumbets 7s, pears 3a (id, g ape) Is to Is 3d. [ Cattle —At Waiwakaiho, on Tuesday, the yards » era well filled. Biddiog w s quiet, but most of th-; cattle was sold either uc the sale or p ivately. Calves made LI 5? to Li )4s 6d, yearling! 12 to L2 18s 6d, 18-montli tc 2-year, h it'ea, empty, L 3 Us 6d to L 3 19s, i;§ year heifers L 4 la 6d to L 5 lOj, 15 month to 18-monch steers LH 3a 6d to L 3 B<, springing cowa Li 12s 6d to L 7, 2 to 3-year bullocks L 5.

BURNSIDW STOCK. MARKET. Dunedin, January 22. At the Burnside market there was a moderate yarding ;u cheep and cattle, lambs being in lull supply, but pi.s were short. For fat cattle lower rates had to bsaccented, teat bul'oeks making L 9 It's to Lll, good L 8 to L 9 ss, bfst eowj and heifers L 8 to L 9, good L 6 to L 7 18s. Btef averaged 30a per 1001b. In fat »heep prices were somewhat lower, best wethers making 17a 6i to 19s, gool 15s 6a to 17a ; beat ewea 16s 'o 18s 6d, u few up to 20s, giud 13s 6d to 15s 6d ; lamba, best, lis 6d to 13a 3 l, good Sis 61 to lis, others 7s 6d. For pigs the bidding was very keen at high prices, snckors making 16s te 21, atorea up to 30s, porkers 36a to 425, baconers 50s to 665, heavy pigs up to 80s,

YIOKKRS & STEVENS' AUCTION REPORT. Messes Vickbbs and Stevens report that there was a good entry of c*ttle in the loglewood yards on Wednesday last. Calves mad a from t.l 6a to Lb 17s, yearlings 1 2 to L2 Us 64, 15 to 18-month L2 14a 6d to L 3 9s 6d, 2 to 2J year stee a L 4 10s, store cows L 3 feu L 5, fat cows L 7 to L 7 ss, springers L 4 10s to L 9, bulls L 3 to L 4 ss, ewe hoggetts 13a.

BEWLEY AND GRIFFITH'S SHARE RKPORT.

The share market his bren a little more active, and Hunk of NewZsa'and, Insurance shares, and New Zealand ani River Hate have all aivauceJ. Bank of New Zealand are inquired for at 61s wilhout sellers. The money n arket is «as : er, and, with lower m rtgage rate<, there will be increased I inquire for share and other investments. The maiked rise in wool, larg dy increased gold ontput, a d the indieitions of a record harvest m tha South, all promise well for the future,

The dredgi.-g marked is very firm, both in Ofcago and on the West Coast, and, with good weather, a prosperous ye&r is looked for.

We have sdl»rs of New Plymouth Gas. Sash and Poor, and Co operative shires at Glutens rates.

DUNEDIN GRAIN MARKET. Dunedin, January 22. fV hea 1 , —The demand is slack, and sales difficult to make, mil 'ers requirements being small; prime m l'iog, velvet, 5s 3d to 5s fid Tuscan 5s to 5j 3d, best fowls feel 4a 2d to 4s 4<i, broken and other sorts 3s 6i to 4s sacks extra. Oats, —Th*re is a fair demand for shipping lines, but. sdes of low grades are slow p ime ...illiug 2i 8d to 2s !)d, best feed 2s 7d to 2i Bd, medium 2? 3d to 2s 4d, sacks ex'ra | Buley. There is some inquuy for good i malting and feed sorts, prime malting nuking 3s 81 to 3s 103, medium 3s 63, fee 1 line ; 3s Id to 33 3d. L.Z. LOAN & MERCANTILE AGENCY'S , KEPORf. 1 ' PER TRESS ASSOCIATION. ; Auckland, January 22. The Loan and Mercantile Agency Company report as follows : Horses were brought forward in very larg" numbers, bidding for useful sorts being good, but draughts showed a slight decline < n lite high prices HVavy sorts irade: rom 1.21 10s to L3B, medium L2l 15s to i.30 12a 6d, light harness L 9 10s to L2O 12s 6d, h .cks L 5 lOi 'o Ll7 ss.

Catt'e: At the Newmarke 1 yards, diiry and store cult e were penned in smaller numbers than usual 'Hi re was an average yarding of fat cattle, the quality throughout bci'ig good. Ox beef sold from 25s to 30a, aDd eow 18s to 23s par 1001b- ; fat steers L 7 Ins to LIS 10s, fat, cows 15 5s to 1.10 2s 6d, dairy cow- L 5 5s to LlO Bs, empty cows L 3 la to L 4 15a, caives LI 2s to L2 3a. Sheep : There was a less yarding than usual and prices advanced from Is s<> 2a per head o:i last week's pri es. Fit wethers made fr in 9s 6J to 16s 9d>, fat ewes 8s 9d to 14s 7d, lambs, well fatted, 8s £d to 14s 3 ), o'.her sor's 8s to 9s 93.

Kigs so'd well, porkers realigns; from 19s to L2 Bs, weaners 9s 6d to 13s 6d.

LONDON MARKETS. London, J ir.uiiy 21. The wool sales-were postp ned owing to a fog. At t'ie Uliow sales 1225 casks were offered and 825 sold. Mutt m, fine, 3fis 3d, medium 32a Gd ; beef, fine. 35s 9J, m rlium 31s tid. Wheat: 'lhe American visible supply is estimated at 81,054,000 bushels

Copper: Spot 53 1-8, three months 53 3-8; 1 ad U ; silver 1 9J. The total amount of wh at nnd flour afloat for th« Un'ted Kingdam is 2,160 000 quarters, ard fo? the Continent 805,000 Sha^s: ' ustralian and New Zealand Mortgag > 88|.

LONDON MEAT MARKET. Napier, January 22. 1 lie Colonial ConsigTnent and Distributing Conapmv, Limited, London, cable today's frov.en me it market quotation as fal'ow:—Cauterbnry mutton BJd, North Island 4|d, lainb, first quality, Gjd, second qual fcy, tid.

HOMEBUSH SALES. Sydney, January 22. At the Himebush sales priors were firm. Oros3bred wethers, best, invie.lGa, extra li'a 6d, good 14s to 15?, madium lis ; ewea, best, 153, extra, 17s 31, IDs 6d.

i/attl:: The e was an improved supply, and p itii'j were fictr ; inferior being cheap-r. B'sst bullocks made LIS 15s, cxtrxLlS, g>od LII lO.i. medium 1.8; best cows LlO, extri Lll, gjod 1.7 15s, meiium L 6 10s; best beef 37» 6d per 1001b.

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