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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXV, Issue 69, 21 March 1903, Page 4

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BETAIL PRICES. Farm an! Dairr Produce.—Milk, 3d p>r quart; battel, dairy, lOd; separator. Is per lb; cheese, 8d per lb; eggs, la 6d p-r do«; fo »ls, 3s per piir; ducks, per pair ; lard, 7d; bacon, 101 to 1 Id; ham*, 1 s per lb. Fruit. -Bananis, 3d per lb; cocoa ni', 2 < to 4d each; lemons, is per d> zan ; pvars, 3d; tomatos, 31 par lb; app'ei, 2d to 3d per lb ; plum*. 3d t-j 4J per lb; peaches, 4 i to 6d per lb; cucumbers, 2d each. .Firewood, from 8s to 12s per load. OoaL—Westpert, Brookdale, 425; Mokau, 42a. BoMdust, pare, L 7 10s par ton.

BTJXIBG PEIOE3. Batter.—Best dairy, 8d to lOd; aep-.rator, lOd per lb; cbeese 4d and 4Jd per lb; eggs, li 4d per dozen; fowl", 2s 6d per p »ir; ducks, •f per pair;bacoD, 9d per lb; hams, lOd per lb; toil 4d to 5d par lb; fungas, 2ld per lb.

UH NEWTON KING'S WEEKLY AtJOTION REPORT. Mb Nbwton Ktfia reports : Cattle—Cwing to Tuesday being St. Patrick's Day, and the counter attractions of Stratford races and Okato »ports, I held ■7 usual Waiwakaiho sUe on Wednesday. Poa'poned tales are eeHom a success, and Wednesday's aUe was no exc; prion to the wle, there being a small muster of stock and few buyers Calve* made LI 4s to LI 12s 61 yearlings LI 19a to L2 7s 6d, 15-montba Molstein ■h?ifera 1.2 15s, fat cows- L 5, cows in e If L 4 to L 5, 2 to 3-year ste:rs L 4 lis to 1 Lsl4a. At fctratford, on Thursday, I held a clearing sa'e on account of Mrs Hi. h 1 is. There Wat a good attendance, tnl the cows being a goot lot were ell well competed for. Oow's ii milk made L 9 to LlO, the whole h"rd averaging L 7 15s 3d, a very satisfactory figure considering the fixe of the year. Springers L 9 sa, 1 bul L2, spring trap more and foal L 35 10s, heifer calves Ll 18*, steer do. Ll 13s 6d, sows in farrow L 4 5?, 2 to 2J-jear heifers L 5 2s 6d to L 6. Land.-On Thursday I held a sale of Ihi unsold portion of the Wbiteley township Moat of the sections fronting the South-road and one of the larga sites at tho corner of Devon and Calvert-roads met with Mr competition, prices in reveral cases being considerably in excess of the upsets. Most of the back sections, towever ( a gco I many of which were mote or 1-ss broken), were not •0 much sought after, and several of th-se were passed in, but tveotually were nearly ail disposed of •. t upset prices. At 1 lis close of the sale only two »ection9 were ursold, and it is ex,eefed that these will be disposed of almost immedi» civ. ihe following were the purrhisers of the various lots- ° Seetton 115, T. P. Ij 8 er , 18; section 116, 1/ H. Bui t<d, L 5 ss; sectiors 117, 133,134 and 13), J. T. White, 1.3 each; sections 118, ™i« ; , W> Veal> LS and L 3 : fe 3'ion 119, K. Hadfield, L 5; Bfc'bn 137, R W. Neal, L 3 ; ?'o H T, Geurge ' Bccli n 12 '' L 5 5s - se-tion 138, L 3, section 121, L 5. saccioa 139, L2 ; f;« rI ldßoD ' lecti n 122 - >-' 3 153 - action 140, Ll 10 ; C. H Bolstad sec ioi 123, I 6. section 141, L2. sectioi 131. L 3, section 130, L 3, action 149, L2. section 148, 12; W. Barnard, section 142, L2, sec'ion 143, L2, aectwns 155, 156, 157 and 108, L 7 eirh ; £:.,,. art ' s , ction 13 2, L 4, section 150, L2; fnillip A file, section 15 >, Ll2 I have also torep-rt hnvi-.g neg;><iitei the .ale of Mr W. D. fine farm o ! ii% acres, at "-ariki. to Mr David Gibson.

VICKERB & MTKVENS' AUCTION REP--RT. HbSSBS VICKESS AND STBVKNS eport that there w«s only * moderate <■■ try of cattle in th'ir Inglewood vards on Wednesday last. Calve* madi fom 16s to LI 16 , yearlings L2 ti L2 9s st>re cows L2 103 to L 3 10i. 18 moothi to 2 Tear heifers L2 iaa to L 3 17s 61, fit cows'L4 10i to L 5 10s, f.m. ewes 7a. HOMEBUSH SALE 3 . Sydney, Murcb 19. At the ffomebushsales best watheis ua'e 16* 6d, nira 16* 91, good lis 61 to 13,-,' medium 12-*, best ewes 16-). extra 17s, goo 1 14s ta I4s 6d, medium lis Fd. I Brst bullook* Ll2 17s 6d, extra Ll4 7e 6d,| 2001 L 9, •■ ediam 1 6 ss, best cows LB. extra L 8 7s, good Ifi, meiium L 4 10s, best bef i 33* per lOOlbi.