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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXV, Issue 40, 14 February 1903, Page 4

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NEW PLYM.IUrH, BATUBDAY,F»BriUARS H RETAIL PRICES. Farm an<i Dairy Produce.—Milk, 3d p?r quart; butter, dairy, lOd; separator la per lb; cheese, 8d per lb; eggs, la 4d p?r doz; fowls, 3s per pur; dacks, per pair ; lard, 7d; bacon, KM toltcl; bams, Is per lb. Fruit.— Bananas, 3d per lb; cocoacut?, 2d to 4d each; lemons, I s per dozen; pine ! apples, 6d and 9d ; pears, 3d to 6d per lb ; tomatos, 3d to 61 per lb; apples, 2d to 3d per lb; plums, 3d to 4d per lb; peachee, 4i co 6d per lb; apricots, 6dper lb; cucumbers, 3d to 6d each. Firewood, from 8s to 12s per load. Oral.—Westport, Brookdale, 425; Mokau, 425. Bonedust, pure, L 7 10s psr ton. BUYING PRICED. Butter.—Best dairy, 8d to lOd ; sepirator, lOd per lb; cbeese 4d and 4Jd per lb ; eggs, Is 2d per dozen; fowls, 2s 6d 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 | AUdION REPORT. Mo NEWTON Kthg reports : Cattle.—At Ttko, on Monday, my annual ( she p fair passed off very satisfactorily. Theie was a good yarding, the sheep being uniformity of good quality. Buyers wer« well represented, and the majority of lines was fold e.ther at the hammer or piivitsly, at, in some cases, slightly reduced reserves. 1 wo-tooth ewea made 9s 2d to 9s 01,4-tooth do 9s 6d to IPs 3d, f.m do 6s 2d to 8s 6d, 2-tooth Winnersßs 6d to 9» 101, woolly Umbos to 7s 3d, coll do 2« 5s to 2s 7d, cull ewes 4-3 d. At Ktratford, on Tuesday, the yards were well filled, and there was a good attendance. Bidding was quiet, but a giod many lne« were quitted at sitisfactory p ices. Weane s made LI Is to LI 9s, yearlings L2 6s to 1-2 16s, 18 months steers L2 17s to L 3 3i 6cl, 2J to 3-year bullocks L 5 Bs, 18 to 20-months heife-s L2 19s to L 3 5», Jersey do L 4 4) Ed, springers L 5 4s to L 6 10s, stjre uowj L 3 to L 3 ! 5:/, fat do L 4 19s 6d U Lfi. VIOKERS & STEVEKS 1 AUCTION REPORT. Messrs Viokers and Stevens report that there was a large entry of cattle in 1 heir I Inglewbod yards on Wednesday l*Bt. Calves jmade from £1 Is 61 to 30s, yearli .gs 38s to 475, 15 to 18-rr.oarhs £2 14s to £3 ss, 18 to 20-months steers £3 16s fid, steers £4 2?, store cows £3 to £4 I4s, forward cows £5 2s to £6 2j 6d, bulls £2 5s to £3. DUNEDIN GRAIN MARKET. PER press association. Dunedin, February 12. Oats—Market quiet. Prime milling 2s 5d to 2s 6d, good to best feed 2s 31 to 2s 4d, medium 2j to 2s 2d, inferior Is 61 to Is lOd bushel, sacks tx'ra. Wheat—Market quiet; only prime lines of milling meet with inquiry. Prime millirg 5s to 5s 6 >, mediam 4a to 4s Ud, whole fowl wheat 4s to 4s Id, broken and damaged 3s 4d to 3s 9d bushel, sicks extra. Potatoes—Market over supplied. Good £4 10a to £4 15s, rcodiu.a ±3 10s to £3 15s per ton, sicks in. Chaff Pi ime oaten sheaf £4 5s to £4 15s, medium t'> good £3 K's to £4, inferi >r Jfc'2 5s ! to £3 5s per tan, bags extra BEWLEY AND GRIFFITH'S SHARE REPORT.

T sales, b buyers, s sellers,' v r. rem' um. WYLLIE, BTOTT & OO.'d REPORT. WyrLTB, Stott &Co. report:—We held our usual fortnightly s vie at Crenui on Monday, February 9th, when the fo losing prices i were realised :—lB-montht steers L2 12s 6d ! to L 3 Bi, 2i-year forward do L 6 -2s6'i, 2 year heifers L2~ 16s 6d to L 3 5j 6d, cows'and | calves L 5 7* 6d, fat cows La 4s to L 5 7s 6d At Waitara, on Tuesday, February 10th, ca'ves made LI 4s to L2 6s, 18-months heifers L 3 3d to L 3 335, store cows L 3 16s, [cows add calves L 5 to L 5 6s, sptinguig I heifers Ijs 12s 6.1 to L 6, fat cows L 5 16a 6d I to 1.6, shop lambs (fat) 9* 3d, 2-tooth mixed lis, yearling fiily L 7 12s 6d. N.Z. LOAN & MEROANTILE AGENCY'S BBPOBf. PER PRESS ASSOCIATION Auckland, February 13. The Loan iinl Meroanti'e /lg»ncy Company report as follow.*: — Horses A goo 1 many were brought forward and dispo'ccl of. ' eivy draughts sold from f2O ICs to C3t 15s, mediums £l9 10s to £2B, light h-rness £lO 10.s to £lB 12s 6d, hacks £5 10s to £2j. Cattle-1) iry and at re stock were in average numbers, bucf was in usual supply and sold at ulvanced prices, ox making from 233 to 2uV, an! co* IDs to 23i per lOOlbs. Fat ste- rs sold frcm £7 10s to £l2 si, cows £5 153 to £0 '7s (id, dairy cows £5 10s to £!>, drc cow< £3 2s to C 4 10*. ■ heep—Prices show A no improvement on last week's quotations, wethers sel'ing from 10s 3d to 16s 9d. ewes 7s 3d to 16s, lambs 7s C! to 14s? '. l'i^s—P" i-eis £1 IPs to £2 6s, weiners 7s tid u 15 ..

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