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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVI, Issue 51, 4 March 1904, Page 4

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IirUNSIIiK STOCK SALE. (I'er Press Association.) IHWF.HIS, March 3. At the litni.side market 133 fat cattle wen- yarded. There were < i,ly a few hcav.\ weights, Inn sever-il of nice ciualily. prime, sold at about last weeks rates. Medium and in- j ferior were lower. Ilest bullocks £id ] Ills to £ll 12s tld, medium £8 lUs to €lO. light £0 15s to £7 1.7s (id. best cows and heifers £S to £8 17s Gd, medium U«> ."is to £~ 15s. Fat sheep. —HUH wen; penned, all crossbreds. mostly ewes. The majoritv were of medium <pwlil.\. Wether's met with brisk sale, hut ewes were rather lowet than last week. Best wethers l'.ls lid to 21k (id. medium 17s tu IKs lid. light Los lil to 16s (id. best ewes ISs (id to 21s lid. medium 15s lid to 17s. light Ids to 13s lid.. Fal lambs.-717 were penned. Prime wen in good demand, and best sold at 1.",s to Us (id. medium lis (id to 12s lid. light Os (id to lbs (id. Pigs.-l to were yarded and met with brisk demand. Suckers and slip* sold lower. Inn iris was owing to poor quality. The price of 'lar.mers slackened towards the close. Suckers Ss to Its. slips His to 225, stores 21s to 28s, porkers 35s to 475, baconers 'IDs to ,">Ss, choppersill, to bis

OTAOO CHAIN MAHKKT. lICXEIIIN, March 3. Wheat—A few lines newly threshed southern haw met with a good reception. .Medium lines old wheal are also more in favour. Prime milling ISs lid to .".s fid. medium 2s lUd to Ms, Pest fowl wheat 2s (id to 2s '.ld. broken 2s to 2s ."id, sacks extra. Oats—Xew season's are arriving sparingly and deliveries have mel with really sale, prime milling having most inquiry. Prime milling Is (id to Is 7d. good to best feed Is Tut to Is lid, medium Is 2d to Is Id. inferior lid to Is :id, sucks extra. Barley—Market quiet, quotations nominal.

ArSTKAiJAN I'UODUCE. SYIIXRY. March 2. Wheat.—Chick 2s 9d to 2s lid, milling 3s 2d to lis :id. Flour.—Cß ."is to £8 Ids. Oats.—Feeding, New Zealand 2s <ld. local Algerian Is Oil to Is IO.Jd. Barley.—Cap.", 2s -1d to 2s ."id. Maize.—2s 2d to 2s Id. Peas.—Prussian lllue Is (id. Bran.—7d to 7|d. Pollard.—Bd to B[d. Potatoes.—Circulars £2 10s to £3 Onions.—£3 to £3 .">s. Butter—Besl. 7;d to Bd. Bacon 7Jd to Hod. The aljim- c|iiotaiions are those ruling between merchant undretailcr. and do not represent slightly lower values obtained by recognised mi okers. MELUOLUXE, March 2. Wheat—Ms 2d to :(s 2Jd. Flour.—£B. Oats— AlTgeiian feeding Is Id to Is 3Jd, milling Is 1d to Is r.d. Maize—2s 4d. Bran.-7Jd. Pollard.-Bd. Potatoes.—£ I 15s to £2. Onions.—£l 15s to £2. ADELAIDE, March 2. Wheat.—3s 1 id to lis 2d. . Flour.—£B 10s til £8 15s. Bran.-7.',d. Pollard.—SJd.

HOME YIAUKETS. LONDON", March 1. To date for the next series of London and colonial wool sales 272.000 bales have arrived, and 1 10,000 have been forwarded direct to the manufacturers, leaving 108,000 uvail.ujle for sale. Copper.—Spot, £SO 7s (id ; three months, £55 7s (id. Lead.-£ll 17s fid. Silver.—2s 2 9-liid. Wheat.—ls,ooo quarters of Aus'ralian March shii it and 14,000 of New South Wales February shipment sold at 32s lid. The total wheal and flour afloat for the United Kingdom is 323,000 quarters, and for the Continent 121, 500. Atlantic shipments 52,000 quarters. Shares unchanged.