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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7742, 18 February 1905, Page 4

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■R-MIBW PLYMOUTH. SATURDAY. FEBRUARY 18. HP RETAIL I'KICES. Iffigyana. and Dairy Produce.—Milk Kjc? p..r quart, butter (dairy) lOd, BpMoO' J ls per lb, chee.se 7d per lb, HUMp is 2d per dozen, fowls 3s per BSjStr, lard 7<i per lb, bacon Td to I (Hi BBSer lb. hams 9d per lb, rashers lOd ■KBvuit.—llananas 3d per lb, cocoa■Bpita 9d to 4d each, lemons is to jfUjfe (id per dor.., apples 3d to 4d per j BKfe, granges Is to Is (id per do/. ggrCoal.-Wcstpoi', Brookdale 435, B||:-.Wopeduat, pure, £7 10s per ton. Bp* BUYING PRICES. KV Butter ibeat dairy) 7d to Sd, sep-Ey-Vator 3d to 9d, factory rolls 9Jd R. to lOd per lb, eggs Is per dozen, Br fowls 8a per pair, ducks 6s per pair, &* bacoo 7d per lb, hams 7Jd per lb, §. .Cheese 4}d to 5d per lb, lard 6d per fuogus 2|d per lb. E MR NEWTON KING'S WEEKLY K AUCTION 7 REPORT. jp* At the lr-dynmrket on Saturday a Mr number of pigs were sold, good | stores making 265, small do. 12s 6d g 14s, weaners 5s 6d to 10s, horse and harness £l3, horses £2 10s Sfe- to £3 17s 6d.

S}\ At the Mart fowls made 8d to Is ducts Is 2d to Is 7d. A quan[v- Jity of furniture and sundries made * Jow prices. r; en Wednesday! I held a clearing Ik**** °f furniture on account of Mr fa ■' Parker, when there was a u,good attendance, and satisfactory wore realised. Cattle.—At Waiwakuiho on Tues--5? y ~,dd. i n lT was very quiet, and %, majority of lines wero passed in p Weaners marie 14s to 19s (id, vear- ? hH K « S fr? *° £2 2s - store cows" 32s k, Bdto £3 2s 6d, old-do. 14s to 19s. t MESSRS VICKERS & STEVENS' t REPORT. F «t T th»fr W r S a , KOOd yardin K of stock f J. n K' ewood Yards on Wedi ° g was exceptionally n V ? y fcw ca ttle changed t* e °™ l w eaners made from ro ' ei "Pty heifers £2 I°, 10s - 18-months steers £2 *T to fO Va £2 1 , 3s ' store cows £ 1 5s I hL» V Tarata on Mondav te. mere was a good entry, and nearly |,-«l lines were sold as follows : 15 to I fr r f 12s 6d - heifers . l 3s to £3 Is, store cows i U Xl, .? 1 K s3 i W ° OUy lalllbS 12S ri2B 6d S 3d ' Ulixcd e « es

fr- GRAIN REPORT. i" ~ .^r £' P °T lal1 ' ot the New Zealand rt Si C A anterbu r y Formers' C«-opera-t ttTB Associations. Wellington, ret «?» w 3 follows ' ■" quotations bcgJßia, unless specified. p WELLINGTON, Feb. 15. Oats.—Transactions are unimporh- ol <| Krai" unloading in patches, v, "•ling values prohibiting outt,enquiries, English returns show£"W 'ower realisations. Cutting is P threshing of new crops - '.»ortn, at' high price of chaff, southharvest being still behindhand, j. B grade Danish rule at Is 9d, Roseif berrjs and Waverleys Is lCd Gar- . tons ami S-BiHs la 10jd, Dun's and ?■ Canadians Is Hd. { J Wheat. Tfoe world's crops arc S. n, f. u J ctl as P ro,ifi c everywhere. and JOjglish market is fully stocked from L-. ' "<?*"»«• Ruling freights are not % u,duc, nB local shipments, and farui- - will ha vie to share costs to quit : Tuscan is held for 3s Bd. Velvet and 5", Hunters 3s 7d, fowl feed sells quickJv ly at 3s 4d, seconds 2s lid. * Potatoes.—Supplies from clean disl t™ rt 3 are heavy, whites returning 8s reds 5s 6d s.i. . I' Maizo has steady sale at 2s lOd

[i Barley.—Feed meets small turnover malt,n K 3s 6d, Cape (slack) 2s 6d, meal 5s s.i., pearl 13s >■ Beans.—Old crushers are working . off slowly at 3s 2d. *- t , Peos -~ Partridge (nominal) 4s. ■ ?» U S. 5t M ' have enquiry ;■ b | Stratagem 6s 6d, split 14s _.®r®° „ has dropped to £3 5s s.i., with full stores. Pollard is practically unobtainable cost standing at £5 15s s.i. Oatmeal, Langdown and others still quote £9 10* s.i. for 25\s. with - «™cning expected. Rolled oats £l2 c.i.f., s.i. Chaff.—New oat sheaf is abundant, . bright realising 75s s.i. south, and r™, sl -, nor t fl . sfaw chaff 55s s.i .Value should strengthen with first off thv market. *<• . H o2'-~ 1 - rcSSed stra,v sells readily d<s 6d, rye clover hay (dull) 62s w Od, all clover 82s 6d. s ecd.—M.D. rye is worth 4s f -to 4s ftd, cocksfoot 4d to 4Jd, w. paver 90s, alsyku 75s cowgrass 70s. ADDINQTON STOCK MARKET. u' CUItISTCHURCH, Feb. 15. j," TOero was a small attendance at £ Addington to-day, farmers being ? ras y harvesting. The entries, ex- >. oept of stora sheep, wer© moderate. Fat Cattle.—Although the entry was small, consisting of only 152 gvfcead and mostly steers of prime .quality, 'there was an extremely dull and prices showed a further de-p-dino. Steers sold at up to 20s per «tloolb, while cows went as low as i/ 158. Per head steers sold at £<j ?! * 3s -is £9 l"s Gd, heifers £5 7s 6d t; to £7 2s 6d, cows £5 5s to £6 7s ■£:6 d. V F at Calves.—A fair entry realised t recent values, selling at 7s 6d to : 40s a head.

jgrrr-»voro Cattle.—A small yarding spinet a very indifferent demand, and St'values were barely maintained. Sales fe were effected at the following prices : r : Tearlinga 22s to 26s 15 to 18 mths (jp4Bs to 52s 6d, two-year-old steers £3 10s to £3 17s 6d, two-year-old £ heifers £2 17s 6d, three-year-old T Steers passed at £4 2s 6d, dry cows ! . £1 10s to £2 19s. , Dairy Cows.—A few good milkers i wre well competed for, and the high figuro for recent times of £9 5s was :i. make ■ old and inferior cows could scarcely be given away. S Sheep.—There was a small en- ,■ try, and a very firm market for all = descriptions. Prices were as follows :.j —Hethers 20s to 23s 4d, ewes prime 19s to 225, others 15s to 18s 6d. fat Lambs.—The entry as a whole k was of good quality, and both but- . chers and exporters competed freely, i previous rates being fully inaintained. Freezers sold at 16s 3d to 18s , .Sd, butchers' lots at 15s to 20s 4d. Of the entry of about 3000 about 2600 were taken for export. ' Store Sheep ■ and Lambs.—There was ° very large entry. and all classes met a spirited demand at full present rates. Prices ranged—Ewes 22s 4d 'to Its lid, for two to oightr tooth 10s Gd to 12s Bd, for full- , mouth and aged wethers 18s 4d to ~ Xss, lambs 15s 7d to 12s, merino wethers 13s. Pigs.—The entry was not large, but it -was more than equal to the demand, and prices all round were lower. Bacon pigs were sold at 36s i to 48s (equal to 3jd to 3Jd per lb tor approved weight and 3d for heir avy). porkers 26s to 35s (or 4d to t' per lb), large stores 20s to 33s medium 12s 6d to 18s, small 6s to ¥ 10s 6d. A line of Taimvorth crossr.» ** 'rom Chatham Islands made 18s y to 39a fld.