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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVI, Issue 43, 20 February 1904, Page 4

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• KEW PLYMOUTH, SATURDAY, t .'" FEBRUARY 20. ~ RETAIL PRICES. 3 1 Faixi afld »aiT Produce. - Milk t w~r quart, butter (■dairy) lOd, c .Srtrator is per lb, cheese 8d per fl -iTflgM lid per doz, fowls Is per 2 " Sir, l*wd W per lb, bacon lOd to j *lld per lb, tarns Is per lb. t Frutt.-Banaiias 3d per ft, coacoa- I ( nuts 2d to 4d each, lemons Is to ( •l»6d per doz, apples 3d to 4d per s -lb, orwiges la to .Is 6d per doz ( • • Coal.— Weatport, Brookdale 425, , - Kokau 425. ' Boncdust, pure, £7 10s per ton. , BUYING PRICES : Butter (best dairy) 8d to lCd, so- ; parator lOd per lb, cheese 4d and 4|d per lb, eggs Is per doz, (owls , 2s 6d per pair, ducks 6s per pair, i , bacon 9d per lb, hania lOd per ffl, ; lard 4d to sri per lb, fungus 2Jd i per lb. MR NEWTON KINGS WEEKLY REPORT. At the Haymarket on Saturday, . pigs sold at from 6s to lis. At the Mart fowls made lid to Is 4d, ducks 0s Id to Is sd, chickens " 7d to lid, ducklings Od, cheese 3Jd to 4id. Sundries and furniture made low prices. At Waiwakaiho on Tuesday there Was a small mustcv of stock and bidding was quiet. Weaneis made 14s Gd to 26s Cd, yearlings 40s to 44s 6d, 18 months heifers £3 9s, springing do. £5 to £3 10s, store tows £2 5s to £3 10s, fat do. £4 . 15s to £5 12s. MESSRS VICKERS' & STEVENS' REPORT. Messrs Vickers and Stevens had a full muster of stock at their Ingle- "" wood yards on Wednesday, 17th Inst. the majority of which changed hands • at the following prices : calves 15s to £l, good do. £1 7s to £1 153 6d, 15 to IS months steers £3 48 6d, heifers and calves £l, atove cows £3 to £3 16s, forward do: £4 2s to £4 10s, fat do. £4 16s 6d to £5 ss, 2 year oM steers £4 7s, woolly lambs 3s, shorn do. 6s 6d to 7s. - - - BDCKLAND AND SON'S REPORT. (Special to News). AUCKLAND, Feb. 19. Horses.—There was an average entry ami a good sale. Heavy draught colts and fillies made £29 5s to £47, aged and worn £7 to £2B 10s, medium axil express horses £2l to £BB, 10s, good hacks and harness •" £l7 10s to £3O, light and ordinary £6 10s to £ls. At Remuera beef was in full supply, but prices a bit easici-, steer selling at 22s per lOOllis, cow up to 20s. Stnep in moderate supply made lower prices. Wethers 12s to 18s 6d, ewes 9s to 14s 3d, lambs 6s 6d, to I2s, store ewes 6s to 9s 3d, lambs 5s 2d. Pig?— Stores and porkers sold freely at 7s to 30s. WJRNSIDE STOCK MARKET. DUNEDIN, Feb. 18. At the, Bunuide market 128 head 01 fat cattle were, yarded, about two thirds being unfinished steers. The market opened at about last week's rates, but as the sale progressed prices improved to the extent of 10s to 12s per head. Best bullocks made £lO to £ll 12s Gd, medium £7 10s to £9 10s, light weight steers £5 10s to £6 15a, heifers £5 10s to £6 10s. Fat Sheep.—l63s were penned, consisting of good wethers and heavy ewes. Bidding was lively throughout at an advance of 2s per head on late rates. Best wethers made 18s 6d to 21s 6d, Hgftter weights 16s to ■l7s 9d, best ewes up to 2Cs 3d, medium 15s 6d to 17s 6d, Fat Lambs.—B62 were penned —somewhat in excess of requirements, and but for exporters coming to the rescue, lower values would have had to be accepted. Best totality 13s 6d to 14s 9d, and a small line of extra good 15s 3d, medium 10s to lis 6d.

-Pigs.—ls2 Rere yarded. The market was somewhat easier, especially for heavy baconere. Quotations : Baconers 47s to 525, porkers 33s to 48a, choppers up to 60s, good stores 23s to 30s, slips 17s to 225, suckers 12s to 255. ABMNGTON STOCK MARKET. There was a large entry at .Aiddrngton, and a good attendance of buyers. Fat Cattle—The yarding of fat cattle totalled 149. No lines of special quality were entered, and lighter sorts were more plentiful than usual Tliere was good demand for butchers, and the market was Arm at piices equal to from 21s to 25s per 10011/s. Steers realised from £6 10s to £lO 10s, heifers £5 15s to £8 12s 6d, cows £5 to £9 15s. Fat Lambs.—The yarding totalled 3638, and was composed of mixed Quality. Freezing buyers operated only sparingly, and the market was in conaxnience weaker, prices being ls a head' below rates ruling the previous week. Tegs made from 15s to 15s 4d, freezers 12s 6d to 14s 9d, unfinished lots 10s> 6d to 12s. Store Sheep.—The entry of store sheep numbered 9844, and intruded sheep from the North Island. C'hattiams, Kaikoura and other districts. There was a brisk demand and ready aale for all good sorts. Prices ranged as follows :—Lambs from lis 6d to 8s lid, wethers from 15b 6d to 13s 3d, Marino 6s 4d, ewes 16s 8d to 9s Od. Store Cattle.—A fairly large mixed yarding. There was rather better demand.

Fat Sheep.—Tire entry was only moderate, both ;n numbers and HKialrty. It included a few small lines of first-class wethers. The market opened well, hut dragged towards the finish. On the whole recert prices were well maintained. I%e range was:—Best wethers 19s 4d to 225, others 15s 6d to 18s 9d, best ewes 16s 6d to 19s, others 13s to 16s.

Pig?.—The entry of fat pigs was en average one, ami prices were on a par with those ruling the previous week. Baconers brought from 45s to 565, equal to 4Jd per lb, porkers -33s to 42p, «iual to s}d per lb\ Stores were well represented and met with a good market, farmers buying several lots to feed on stubb'c. A line of fifty Chatham Islanders brought from 33s to 38s, other lots sold at from 280 to 345, for large, and 20a to 25s for medium, weaners from lis to 17s. NEW ZEALAND LOAN AND JIEUCAETILE AGENCY CO., Ltd. WEEKLY MARKET REPORT. AUCKLAND, Feb. 17. Horses.—There was a good muster of horses at the Durham Yards on Friday, heavy draughts celling from £26 10s to £34 15s, medium do. £2l 15s to £35 17s ftd, light harness horses £lO 10s to £lB, backs £6 15s to £2O. A sulky made £l(i, ■buggy £l2 10s, taxcart £B. Cattle.—At the Newmarket Yards on Tuesday dairy and store stock were yarded in average numbers. Dairy cows sold from £-1 10s to £8 ss. empty do. £2 8s to £3 7s 6d, calves £1 14s to £2 16s. There .was also an average supply of beef, competition being keen. We quote : Ox beef to 235, amd cow 17m to 20s per lOOfts. Fat steers £7 .'is to _ £lO ss, fat cows £1 10s to £7 12s »d. Sheep:—Yarded in average iiunifcers, with an upward tendency in prices. Fat wethers lis 6tl to JHs Brf, fet ewes 9s W to 14s !>d. Lambs, j« Mi supply, made 7s Gd to Kgß.—Porkers 19s to £3 4s, weaners lis 6d to £1 14s. At Pukekohe on Wodnewday there ,was a very large entry of stock, especially of calves, of which 510 were . yarded. Ws quote tfairv cows Li ■lss to £7 12s 6d, empty do. £2 5s to £3 14s, 2 to 3-year-okl steers $3 ro £5 19s, grown steers £6 10s. cows soW from £4 15s U> £6 i»- ,-§&•• V" stee " *5 15s to £8 10s,

when tnere was a large attendance of buyers from all parts oi ti,,"district. Slteep advanced 20 \er cent. to 30 per c?nt. im lust ye r's vallues, and elmosl without c .caption everything changed hands., in owes, Mr G. 11. McElwain realised the top price for a pen of 2-tooth Lini coins, which brougiit 17s 6d each, and there was also a special line of 2-tooth Leicester ewes- from Mr Thos I D. Ren:!, Waiuku, which sold at 1JIto 11 guineas each. In rams, Mr IG. R. McEhvuin's, at 3}gns, realised tlv highest prices for Lincolns. and Merinos from Ota-go sold to 5 gns each. In Shropshire* 3gns was secured for rams- bred by Mr Thos. Coatis, and .Mr C. F. field, t'apamoa Estate. Opotiki. We also sold Leice. ters at t'gns ,: Mr (i-ervasc Tibbits English Leicester:--, lijgns : Mr A. Hill's Tunis- rams at 2gns. We oriole :—Ewes .".s Cd to 17s Cd, wethers 8s {id to Ms (id. lambs its to 8s 6d. Rams: Lincolns 11 to iifens Merinos IJ to sgii.:. Slinipshires 1 to 3gns, Romm-ys 1 to Igns, Holder Leicestcis ilgns, English Leicesters 1J to Jl'gns, Tunis rams 2g>iis.

We imVied an average catalogue of hides, skins, itc. on Tuesda.i. all lines bung sold under keen competition. Hides-.—We ipioie : Prime ox »<l to Bjd, extra fflimt do. 7>l to 7;d, stout li'd, to li-d, iiiediiiin s;d to (id light do. l;d to ."ild. Cow, best lines. 4\A. ao.-d -lid to lid, slags 3d to Mid. * Sheepskins —Market lirmer. We quote best butchers' yells Is 3d to 2s (id. oidii.ary do. Is to Is (id, lambskins Is Sd to 2s (JIM. Tallow.—Pest lines 225. good 20s 3d to 21s : rough fat 1 I'd per lb. Rones.—£4 12s per ton. Horsehair.—ls Id to Is 2d per lb. Wool.—ln bags : Croswlbrcd 5Jd to G|d, lambs .lid to (id, piecee 3.;<1 to ■lj'd, locks 2d to 3Jd. Maize.—Market si ill barely supplied. About 20(1 sacks came to hand last w-ek, and indis.il 2s Od on wharf. Oats.—Firm, good fl-grade being worth Is Old, c.i.f. Fowl Wheat.—There is a slight advance, and it is now worth 2s Id, c.i.f. Chad.—ln somewhat short supply. Gct-i Ileal is ttcith £3 17s 6d to £2, ai J Sou J- in £4 liispcr ton, sacks in. Butte.—Supplies show a slight falli.ig off. Prices ore well maintained, with a g-ood einpriry, separn- ' tor (gocd) being wortili 7id to Bd. Cheese.—D.'ll of sale. GRAIN REPORT. 5 WELLINGTON, Feb. 17. ' Mr V. Pownall, of the N.Z. and Canterbury Farmers' Co-op. Associations, Wellington, rei)orts as fol- '. lows, all flotations being f.0.b., ' port of s/lipmeu't. sacks exii'a, unless specified. Oats.—An unexpected Australian ' demand has livened business, a tem- ' porary in Melliourne caus- ' ing heavy withdrawals from spot stocks South, Recent firming will continue until March thresiijiigs are available. 11 grade Danish toeing: held at Is 4Jd, Huns Is (>d, Garlons, RosJierrys and S-bills Is (j-Jd. Can--1 adians Os Tdi rejects Is 2d. ) Wheat.—Harvestings have been fave oured with good weather, and new s crops will give excellent results, i Home exports, a t shipjiers' risk, conf tinue brisk. Colonial value of Hs to s 3s 2d not coinciding with sellers' e::!i timaU'K. (i.W.F. wlinit lias hardent cd to 2s 7d, throgh limited supply, 3 seconds 2s 2d. Potatoes.—Blue llcrwenits are ofi'eri- ing at £3 s.i., white varieties not y being over-held ae.'is (i'li to 4s b-i. ,- Grass Seed— Dressed, rye is active n at 3s Od to Is (id, cocksfoot Id to s od, cowgrass (;2s (vd. Alsyke 77s (id, o white clover 87s Od. OTAGO GRAIN MARKET. d HUXEUIN, Feb. 17. *" Wheat.—Millers are bare, and when L " threshing is more general good tie's nianrj may be expected. Prime •t milling is quoted at 2s lid to vis a Hd, medium (nominal) 2s 8d to 2s 5- 10d, best fowl wheat 2s 7d. inferior 2s 2d to 2s od : sacks extra. r- Oats. Prime quality is, scarce at y Is od, good to Ix-st fved Is Id to : Is 4ld. siqK'iior to iiieidium Is to o Is lid ; sacks extra. i- JIELROIiKNE JfARKETS. MKU'.OIdINIO, Ffb. 18. The hide market is brisk, and prices umAairgwl. The demand it for tallow is confine,; to prime as:c sortments. (iood colour, niixod. is worth 22s led, nnitU/n 2.",5. it jf SYDNEY WOOL MARKETS. <• SYMNKY, Feb. 17. J ' 'file wool maiket is quiet, prices °~ being maintained. " HOMF.npSII MARKETS. SYDNEY, Feb, 18. .g At the Ileniebiisli sales sheep sold at improved values, while cattle rejj uiained linn ami uaichaivgiil. Rest , d wethers l'Js to 21s ivl." good 17s „j 64 to 18s, best ewes 18.s Cd, good ls 17s to 17s Od, best bullocks £ll to £l2 2;. d, georl tl(), iH'st cows £8 * os to £9 (is. gaud £7 ss, best beef is 25s Cd per lbs. Is „. WOOL SALES. re To-day was the last of the wool ;d subs till March 15. Excepting for t- Irnerjnjiiulities, which were linn, jirics- es weie a little easier than earlier id in the week. s. is BEWLEY & GRIFFITHS' SHARE I" REPORT, il, I u , d _ k ?r . s 1I •- *S e q "z iZ ~ Ci t» id U £ s. d p.-. £ s d. £ s. d. iition'l Bant 4 10 Os|M 5 11 11 s(i « of N.Z 1 4 tiu 5 1 C 7 3 10 0 le National In L fVTM.ceO 1 1 ?s 5 7 2lf 1 16 *s K.Z.ldsui'lc i. Co 1 6 CD 15 n 15 7 4 3 0 Is N.Z. Aeciuen' 3 u o, lu i 17 n 1 10 0 ■outhßitiih li ?, (s2 r j 110 15 5 0 is *ucklanitti- 1 B On 15 1 3 f'l4 17 0 , n N.'lvin'thde 6>7 til 83 14 3710 0 0- N.l'.Uaa, ncv m issue "■! 5 0: I, U'cdingt'n ti. 9 5 Oli 1(15 5 2 810 0 ;d Keildirg ee 1 0 Ci- 5 ', 0 ( 1 0 0 N.Z thi piu. ' Co 0 15 Oli 5 ) IB i 6 17 6 1 m NZ. & iiivei i s " I'lal.e ... i 1 Ssi 7:, 9 p 1 6(1 s . at l.Mor'.p 2 5 Ci:| >l 72:- 24 t s . u\ar Meat. .. I 14 11 Bil 11 .' 1 is S 11- Wei-, gt'n A. 7 7 rtl H j 7 : 7 5 C Kaiapoi W'l 6 4 OliJ 7 5 !1 i G 3i Mogieido... 4 0 (S! 7 • 19 1 3 18 t n Wc lingt'u r!< 348 ; 8 14 55 1 *■- N.P. Cc-0p... I 0 ot| S-sh IIDO 0 ! t:o., 1 aid.. 0 0 Call- I'llO ( 5 5 C Sa-1. & UiO' i Co., new i ;r :«'Be ... I 8 0 j in N'lhn Steam 0 7 6n| 7 (i 5 2 7 t 111 1 rl j ,s T soles, II buyers, S sellers, premium |j? The majority of the .-.rtandard in- „ vestment stocks rernuin nliKoliilely A dead, the few buyers declining lo , pav sellers' prices. I-'or liank of a ' New Zealand, howowr, there lias ? been a goi.d demand, mid there are ;'; buyers at D.ls, and Xi-w. Zealand [' Insurance are ei/qlriri d for at £1 8s bd. ( ° The mining mnrki I i.: i(uiet. Tliere ' s are ciuijiiiries for Waiilis, without response from sellers. I 1" In ih.'dg-iiig there has been more '" transactions than usual. Electrics s being most M*iniri-d fidr.