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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXV, Issue 46, 21 February 1903, Page 4

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NEW PLYMOUTH, SATURDAY,FEBHUARY 21 RETAIL PRICES. Farm and Dairy Produce.—Milk, 3d par quart; bnttei, dairy, lOd; separator, 1b per lb; cheese, 8d per lb; eggs, la 4d per doz; fowls, 3s per pair; ducks, per pair ; lard, 7d; bacon, lOd to Hd; hams, Is per lb. Fruit.—Bananas, 3d per lb; cocoanuts, 2d 1 to 4d eacb; lemons. Is per dozen; pine apples, 6d and 9d; pears, 3d to 6d per lb ; , toraatos, 3d to 6d per lb; apples, 2d to 3d . per lb; plums, 3d to 4d per lb; peaches, 4d to 6d per lb; apricots, 6d per lb; cucumbers, 1 j 3d to (id each. i' Firewood, from 8s to 12s per load, i Goal.—Weatport, Brookdale, 425; Mokau, i -12s. , I Bonedust, pure, L 7 IPs per ton. I BUYING PRICE 3. ! Butter.—Best dairy, 8d to lOd; separator, ' i lid per lb; cheese 4d and 4§d per lb; jcggs, i Is 2d per dozen; fowls, 2s Gd per pair; aucks, 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 AUCTION REPORT. Ma Newton Kino reports : At the Haymarket on Saturday horses sold at from £3 15a to 49. At the Mart fowls made 91 to Is 4d, ducks Is 5d to Is lOd, turkeys 3s 6d. A number of pictures sold at low prices. | Fruit is in large supply. Apples 2* to 4', plums 3< to 6a, apricots 3s 6d to 6a 6d, i peaches 5s to Bs, pears 3s to 6s Gd, tomatoes !2s6dto 4a 6), g'apes 9d to lOd, bananas Id to l jd. Cattle—At Waiwakaiho on Tuesday there was a moderate yarding of stoo'-r, bidding for mo fc lines was fairly brisk and nearly everything sold at ruling lates. Werners maae 20s to 265, good calves 325, yearling steers 40s to 53a, heifers 495, 2 to 2j-year steers £3 5s to £3 17a, 3-year bullocks £5 6 s , store cows £3 15a to £4, fat do £5 5s to £6 7s, bulls £2 10s to £3, VIOKESS & HTEVENS' AUCTION REPORT. Messrs Vickbrs ano Stevess report that there was a large entry of cattle in their lnglewoodYards on VV ed -es iay last. IMws made f-om £1 fa's t > £1 14s 6d, half-bred Jersey htifer calves £1 19s, 15 t> 18-m'inths steers £2 Iss to P3 7s, ii calf heifers i.3 !os, sto e cows £2 10s to £3 12s, fat cows £5 10s to £5 IPs. DUNEDW GRAIN MARKET. PBH PRK3S ASSOCIATION. Dusedin, February 20. Oats—Shippers are getting better quotations at Canterbury parts than here, consequently the lo3al market is extremely qHiet and sties difficult to make even at a reduction. Quotations—Prime milling 2s 3§d to 2s 4§d, good to best feed 2s Id to 2s 3d, and medium to go d Is to 2s. sacks extra. Wheat—The only inquiry is for fowl wheat. Millers eppearcontent to work with present stock. Prime milling 5s to 5s 6d, mediun to good 4i 3d to 4s 9i, whole f .wl wheat 4s to 4s Id, broken and inferior 'is to 33 9d, sacks extra. BURNSIDE STOCK HAKKET. ™ PEK PBBSS ASSOCIATION. Dunkdin, February 20. Fat Cattla—ls9 yarded, including a fair proportion of good q lality bullocks. The demand was not keen, and prices were barely maintained Best bullocks £9 10s to £lO 12s 6d, medium £8 to £9 7s 6 1 , others £6 5s to £7 7s 6d. b;st cows £7 2s 6d to £9, medium £5 5s to £7, others £3 101 to £5 2a 6d. Fat Sheep—23Bo ware pa ned and met with a poor nurket, p ices showing k decline of fully Is 6d. A few best wethers 15s to 15s 6i, a few extra heivy to 18s, medium wethera 13s 9d to '4s 9d, others 12i 9d to 13s 6d, to 17s 9d, m-dium Us 61 to 13s 9d, others 9s to lis 31. Lambs—l 429 were yaided and sold under good competili n at a decided advance. Best 12s to 13s 61, one pen extra prime 15s 31, medium 9s to lis 9d, others 7s 9d to 8s 9d. Pigs Sai'kers 10s to 15s 6d, slipa 18s to 265, porkers 32» to 425, baconera 44s to 525, chopp .rs 55s to 755. DAIRY PKODUOE. The Colonial Consignment and Distributing Company report, under date 16th fanaary:— BUTTER The tjaaiish feeling indicated in our last continues, and a=emg to prevail all over the country, with the result that prices have easel down considerably on all choicest gra-ie», notwithstanding certaiu stiteme its to the contrary and attempts by one or two firms to m lintain the price of Colonial at 110s to 114s; this, however, has been absolutely imp- suble in face of the good supply of Uanifh, and the fact that very considerable quautiti-s are still earried in cold store by large firms all over the country who provided for ihe predicted shortage about this time '! he sh irtag*, however, has proved to bj a myth, and had Australia come forward with her u ua! quantity there is no •ayiog how low prices mijlij have gone. Australia. Arrivals are so small that prices can only be given approximately, say, 108s, 110s, for strictly choicest; aad lo2s to 106s for good t > finest. New Z alaGd, ilirkft opened on the former thipment with a determiued effort to get 112s, but prices d:c!inedin sympathy with Danish and other choicest descriptions j to 106s, 108s at w uch the market now rules for th'? Tongniro arrival, which is only moving out very slowly, with decidedly more inclination on the part of importers to keep the goods moving. Danish.—The northern markets espe ially, this week were very slow, and we believe quite a large quanti • y hat eg un been carried over. Prices areabout 108s, 110s for choicest, with finest at 104 i to 106 j. The Copenhagen quotstion for next week's delivery is three kroner lower. Canadian ia in excredingly poor demand at 10;)s, 102s for cho : cest, withj finest at 96s to 98s. There it btill a disposition amongst holders to meet buyers wherever possible. Rusrian.—The small quantities now arriving of eho'esi meet a fairly good demand at 96j to 100s; secondary, which may bs quoted at 88s t> 925, is in poor request.

CHEEBB. Cicadian has again advanced owing to [ fairly good demand and reportei very light stocks iu Canada, hpot quotations are 63s to 64s for choicest, and 62s for ordinary finest. Quotations over the cable are very r irregular ; some quote 62s 6i, others 655, 9 New Zealand.—The small shipment by the ' B.s. Karamea met a good demand at 61s to • 625. Quite a few, however, were sold, to ■ arrive, at 58s to 60s. s market quotations. j BUITER. j Jan. 16, Corresponding , 1903, period 1902. ' Australian— Choicest loßs to 110s 101' to 106s , Finest... 102 ato 106 a 98a to 102s ' Now ZealandChoicest 106s to 108s 104s to 106s Finest... 102s to 104s 100s to 102s Canadian - Choicest 100s to 102 a 100 a to 10"s Finest... 96s te 98s 94s to 96s CIIEESB, I New Zealand—i C.ioicest 61s to 62s 49a to 50s Finest... - 47s to 48s Canadian— Choicest 63s to 64s 30s to 51s Finest... 62s 42s to 46s DAIRY PRODUCE AND FROZEN I MEAT REPORT. i The following report has been received by the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited, dated London, i 15th January, 1903 1 BUTTER. After several weeks of extreme quietness and inaction in all our markets, we have now to report a firmer tone, and prices, we | anticipate, will advance in the near future. ■fte are still experiencing large supplies from the Continent, and, with the drawing out of heav- quantities of all descriptions from the cold stores, our markets are still heavily loaded with buttsrs Buyers are thus able to obtain a wide selection of butters at very reasonable terms, and are therefore not prepared to pay an/ outside figure for Colonial, with the result thit the prices for this article have dropped owing to tho lack of demand. It ia inte estiu* to note th 3 increased supply of butter from Finland, and, with 'lie g'ester faci'ilies offered to shippers in tint country by means of direct steamship communication to Hull and Newcastle, it is anticipa f ed that a very larg : tnde will be developed. Canadian butters are held in I»rge quantity iu all the co?d'stores of the United Kingdom, and specially low prices are now being quoted in order to effect a c'earauce. Murh of this butter shows loss 'of bliom through long storage, and sailers are anxious to cle%r on this account. Colonial butters are being freely offered now in all our markets, but on account of their high colours buyprs prefer to continue on choice Cauadian, which is very much paler in colour, and can be had-at lower pricesThe Copenhagen official quotation was unaltered last we k, and is cabled thb we k aa three kroner down. The weather has become intensely cold, and hard frosts prevad all nver the country This week's prices.—Choicest Danish, 108s to UOs; choicest Colonial, 108s to Uoa; choicest Dutch, 107s to 108s, choicest Finnish, 106s to 107s; choicest Canadian, lu6s to 108s ; Siberian, 96s ' o 98s. ~ CHEESK. A Btrong market is experienced, with prices going higher. Stocks in all hands are light, and sellers are not disposed to let go, except on their own terms. From all aocounts it appears that the arrivals, both front Canada and Now Zealand will be considerably short, when compared with last season. Those New Zealand Factories which consign their cheese this season will undoubtedly reap most satisfactory prices. The first shipments are now to band, and are bein? held for 64s to 65a per cwt. This week's prices.—Finest Home Ohe ]- dars, 66s to 68a; Finest Home Dunlops, 64a to 665; finest Cmadian, 62s to 631; finest New Zealand, 63s to 645. CANNED 51 EATS. A steady demand continues, and there is no chaage to record in values. For finest brands, which are in limited supply, full prices a-e being paid, but anything sec ndary is extremely difficult to place. We quote compressed corn mutton, of best brands, in 6lb round tins at 32s to 335; beet in 61b tapered tins 28s to 30s. Other brands 28s to 29s for mutton, and 26a to 27s for beef. I'BOZEN MEATS. The market both for beef and mutton has been rather brisker since our last report, although mution has been making one-eighth in London more than in 111 a provinces. Inquiry for iambs has been but slow, yet owing to the smallne s of supplies and fira- , ness on the part of holders viluea have been fully maintained and the market shows, if anj thing, an upward tendency. The trade for b ef has been altogether better within the past few days, and on account of American chilled beef having gone up from 3jl to 4| i per lb. We anticipate a better demand in I he rear future. The following are this week's prices : Scotch mutton to BJ, Knglish do 7d to 7|d, New Z, aland Prime do 5| 1 to s|d, secondary do 4£d to sd, inferior and ewes 4|d ; River Plate 4|d ; New Zealand lamb, , prime. Efd to sjjd, secondary sjfd to 5Jd; , Aus'rdlim lamb, prime, tos|l, Fe-oad-ary 5d to '. New Zealand beef, prime, . bint's 4^', fores 3fd; Queensland beef, prime, hinds 41 to f ires | hinds 4d, fores 3Jd ; River Plate beef, hinds 4|d, fores 3Jd; American chilled beef, hinds , 6d, forea 4fd.