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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7748, 25 February 1905, Page 4

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MEpawr PLYMOUTH, SATURDAY! HpT FEBRUARY 25. H§£ RETAIL PRICES. j Bpßftgib and -Dairy Produce.—Milk H|Hs'P<-'r quait, butler (dairy) lOd, Hfitt-Qry Is per lb, cheese Td per R>, Hn -Is 2d per dozen, fowls 3s per Td per lt>, bacon Td to lOil |Hufnk> bams Od per lb, rashers lOd —Bananas 3d per lb, cocoato 4d each, lemons Is to per doz., apples 3d lo -Id per HSjßpMUiges Is to Is 6d per doz. I^HnptLMii.—tVcslport, Brookdale 425, ' pure, £7 10s per ton. H|g/ BUYING PRICES. (best dairy) 7d to Bd, sepKpator 8d to dd, factory rolls 9jd Hpfo lOd. per lb, eggs Is per dozen, Hiifowla 3a per pair, duoks 6s per pair, Kpvou Td per lb, hams 7jd per lb, Hnheeae 4Jd to Sd per lb, lard 6d per glib, fungus 2{d per lb. E HEWTON KING'S WEEKLY AUC- I gi-i TION REPORT, j K* Cattle.—At Stratford on Tuesday' fethe yards were very full, the mus|2|ter, which was the largest for a Hgjery long while, including- some 600 of unreserved stock on account jjgjf Messrs Mills and Bayly. Bidding ggP** very quiet, and prices showed no gOmprovemcnt. Weaners made 12s (id jj|,ta Ms 6d, 15 to 18 months steers i |k4<Ss to 495, yearling steers 35s to |g£pt. 2to 2\ year steers £3 5s to §£jpß7 > 6d, 3 to 3} y<jar forward fcul- I Pgjkicks £4 15s, 15 months heifers 375, ligjH months to 2 year heifers in calf jg§*2 19s 6d. store Cows £2 to £2 JO* fSfelat cows £3 17s 6d to £4 .Ills. |p",At Rahotu on Thursday there was iljK very small yarding, and rHteiul.-mve. EoTeancis made 12s 6d to 15s, 18 ggSnonths to 2 year steers £2 Us fid. Eg. At Okato on Wednesday I held a Xg&elearing sale of hoVses, etc.. on acfejfcotnrt of Mr Jas. McCullum. There BSJJ* 8 a fair number of buyers present. jepßorscs made *from £6 5s to £22. and sundries made fair pri■E~ Sheep.—At Stratford on Saturday held my annual sheep fair. There BKuws a good attendance, and with the SgCXCeption of one line (of old ewes ra|«vcrything was sold at satisfactory gfoprices. Shearing lambs made t's .VI H§£to 9s lid, woolly lambs 9s lOd to HklOs Id, fat lambs lis, 2 to 4 tooth n|pwes 15s Td, 2 tooth ewes end \veEgithers mixed 10s 4d to 12s 1.1. 0 B&tooth to f.in. ewes 15s .'J.I, fm. ■gewes 13s Id to 13s Bd, fat ewes HJTand wethers 15s <sd, rams 10s Gel to Eg MESSRS VICKERS & STEVENS' CjPfe- REPORT. Bgv; There was a good entry of cattle Hgat their Inglewood Yards on Wed. and bidding was a good deal HgSetter than last sale. Wcaners from 15s 6d to £1 6s, yearHjgpings to 15-months £1 19s to £2 3s RPatore cows £1 to £1 15s, good for■pjwrd stores £2 10s to £4 3s 6d, ■gppringers £3 5s to £4 10s. MpHEW ZEALAND LOAN AND MERHijg' CANTILE AGENCY Co. Ltd. Bp£*EEKLY MARKET REPORT. «;> AUCKLAND, Feb. 22. ■|L Horses have been in steady deM||fiiaiid, those of good stamp being inBißgufficieirt for requirements. Fully an nuiuber was entered for dis- «§&*"*' by auction at the Durham ggjyards --on Friday. Bidding fluctuKpted, -but on the whole values were ■lpslightly fa favour of the vendor. We l||quote:—Heavy draughts at from Eps 26 to £35 10s. medium do £l9 10s HgpiU> a pair of p'ough horses Bpinade £32, light harness horses £9 EgWs to £2O, hacks £6 10s to £l9. B|£ Cattle.—At the Newmarket Yanis KgonTuesday dairy and store stock Hggwere yarded in average numbers. 9w|pKf was yarded in full numbers. Hg|Ainongst them a lot of cows were Bgpicnned. Ox beef sold up to last EE|week's quotations ; cow, 15s to 19s BkP**. 1001b. Steers sold at from £6 HpKte to £lO 12s 6d, cows £4 5s to He£7 i" 8 Gd, dairy cows £4 10s to £7 wß&tl* 6d, empty do. £1 14s to £3 6s, KgMlvtg £1 6s to £1 18s. ggfefJheep.—The Newmarket Yards were EgjttreU filled on Tuesday and sold at K|]afc rates. Wethers sold at from Bffjjj*'W to £1 2s 3d, ewes f3s 6d to m§3B* 9*. Lambs, in full supply, sold HL*t from 8s 3d to 16s 9d for welljjg&jattened, other sorts 6s 6d to Bs, ewes 8s 6d to 13s 9d. ■K." Pigs.—Young pigs 6s 6d to lis 9d, Wjatfore do. 10s (id to 15s, porkers £1 mSfisto £2 lis-. Brag-,. We held our first sheep fair of the K|«eason at the Otahuhu Yards on HgH{l)ursday, when we had a record EBagrding of 14,360 odd sheep and Prices in some cases were up to sellers' expectations, g|jffitaongh they were much higher jHjijiWUi last year. Breeding ewes sold ■pat from 8s 6d to 19s 3d, Lincoln do Hg&Ss 6d to £1 5s Gd, wethers 13s 3d rej|to-18s 9d, lambs 5s 6d to 13s 4d. Bfi|?Ramß: Lincolns from £2 2s to £7 Iff*? B (which was realised for one of Mr HfeJ. R- McEhvain's), Romneys 3 guintßgeas to 4J guineas, English Leicestcrs Sfedlguineas to 4 guineas, Shropshires Kj?' guineas to 3} guineas. HK£'\We submitted an extra large cataof hides, skins, etc., on Tueswfeday, all lines being sold under keen H^BjtoipetiUon. Wfc-s Hides.—Market firm. We quote : Ejyprfme ox 7|d to T|d, extra stout do to 61d, stout do s}d to 6Jd, do 4Jd to s{d, light do 4jd B&t©. 4{il. Cow, picked, 4Jd, good gjj£linee 44d. Stags, 3d to 3|d, kips fe\4id to 4td. Calfskins, 5Jd to sfd, m-tat HA to 4}d. Sheepskins.—Market firm. Large, p* lutt-woolled, 4s 9d to os 6d, • pelts 2s m to 2« m, lambs 2s to 2t 9d. W& Tallow.—Market firm. Best mixed K'!l9s to 20s, best good ITs 6d to 18s SpTM, best seconds 15s to 16s 3d, if: rough fat Id to l}d. m-l Bones, £5. ' Cowtails, Is 6d dozen. Ev Horsehair, Is Oid to Is 3d. SgV Dor ttirS jfool sale of the season gg'Was held on Tuesday, the 21st inst., we offered a catalogue of 516 glptales. Buyers were not in attendHjance in usual numbers. The wool fe : waa scarcely equal in quality to that jg. offered at our second sale in Janu|jf\ary, being mostly late-shorn sorts, gk„and much of it logstained and seedy. fgtlJn sympathy with the London marfe? tat coarse wools dropped from Id iT'to lid per lb in value, fine wools jd JR"to id, and lambs' wool Jd to Id. range of prices were as follows— crossbred to 9Jd, nrcdium cross-' 7Jd to Sid, Lincoln 6Jd to 7W gjjcoarse crossbred GJd to Bd. lamlis' p 'wool 7d to BJd, pieces and bellies fr-MA to Sid, locks 3d to 4"d. K, Maize.—Supplies were very heavy. S||4U|d values fell 2d per bushel. Good sold at 2s lOd on wharf, Oafs.—Stocks light; B grade npjirorth 2s 3d ex store[^ijjolgjoes.—Market glutted with j i poor arid* damaged samples. Prime t- u kidneys are selling at £7 r other I tl sorts neg-lected. Chaff. Prime Southern was clear- .* ed on wharf at £5 ss. Local is £4 10s, but the higher-valued particle is preferred. j" Butter is coming to hand in a very condition, and whea not proper- , ly made has depreciated consider- *, ably. Good to best separator, Td 5 to 7id ; milling lines, 6Jd to 6Jd. t' Cheese.—Factor}- is slow of sale at y -4Jd for medium ; farmers', 3Jd to 4d

r. HIDES AXD TALLOW. fl (Per Press Association.) "* , MELBOURNE, Feb. 23. |f Hides. —Competition weaker, stouts SrOJti to 7d, average and medium 4Jd ; to 3d. |j' Tallow.—Demand moderate ; good pfaixeA £lB 10s to £l9 10s, prime ffjmxed £l9 10s to £2O. f- CHRISTCmKCH WOOL SAT.F.S. jjfe ' CHHTSTCnt'RCII, Feb. 2?,. Br The concluding wool sales of (he K1904-5 season were held this morngpgbg, The seven catalogues compprieed !M33 bales, and, as -is lisiral F*t the end of the season, the quality ?ol the wool was, for the most part, Sffrtm. indifferent to inferior. The atjkjsnd«Dcc of buyers was much smaller j|gjtait nt the previous sales of the fepeeson. although some who hnd not Eptffendcd the earlier sales were preGrowers and the public were Sijidrsely represented. Competition n&M not animated, but Merino and ffiJWe Jnilfbml wools attracted fair atpinUan, and, taking condition into jMjPtidera tion, realised about Januvalues. Three-quarter bred pioarse crossbred wools, with inferior jyjMfbrcds, were Id to 1 J-d per lb IopJWBT than in .January. All prices gyfere considerably lower, the largest at previous sales being sir.fent"\on this occasion. A considerable entry of scoured wools, iniliidpilg some particularly well got up ■j&tatiOnrßCOured merinos, were well HSmi|fiity offved was smaller than at H&rvV&U'tfer auctions, but still the ■■&&:' KM brought, to a sa t'isfuo -

Tory close. Prices were asi follows : Merino, medium to good, 9d to 9Jd; inferior, 8d to Bfd ; pieces, to 9Jd ; locks, to s|d ; halfbred, medium to good, 9jd to 10-',d ; inferior, 8d to 9d : pieces, 8d ; three-quarter bred superior, 9;d to 2Jd ; medium to good, BJd to 9d ; inferior, 7.U1 to Sd ; crossbred coarse, medium to good, 8d to 9.Ui ; inferior, Td to TJd ; lambs, to Sid. ADDINGTOX S'TOCK MARKET. CIIRISTCIH-'UC'll, IVb 22 Tiler!' was « ,r 011( | entry ~( slock ei. the Addington saksyards jesteixlay, and a large attendance of buyers. Bidding generally was brisk ami ).ii ices as a whole linn. 1 Fat Cattle.—The yarding totalled 204 head, comprising steers and heifers of fair quality. For these there 'was a good demand at H-ices eci»iiv;ilent to from 15s to 20s per 1001b, extra quality realising 225. A line of 10 steers forwarded by Mr W. F. M. Buckley brought from £8 7s (id/ to £8 15s. Other steers realised from £7 15s to £9 15s, heifers £5 7s 6d to £8 ss, cows £5 2s 6d to £6 10s. | Fat Calves.—A fair entry of calves I sold at. prices ranging from 7s (kl to !355, according to size and quality. I Store Cattle.—The entry was,a small one and the bidding lacked animation. Yearlings brought from 14s to 15s, 15 to 18 months old £1 16s 6d to £2 lis, two-year-old steers £4 10s, three-year-old heifers £5. Twenty-three four-year-old steers were passed in at prices ranging from £6 12s to £7 7s Cd. I Dairy Cows. —Dairy cattle realised from £4 15s to £8 15s. Fat Sheep.—There was a capital entry and a brisk demand for all prime quality, prices being a shade higher than those ruling a week pre-. vious. The range of prices was : Prime wethers 21s to 21s Td, others 19s to 20s Gd, prime ewes 19s Gd to 22s 7d, medium ITs to 19s, others 16s to 18s 6d, merino wethers 15s j6d to 16s 9d. I Store Sheep.—There was a very large entry, including several large lines, and practically the whole of the yarding was disposed of, buyers being particularly keen to obtain ewes and wethers. For these values 'showed an increase on previously ruling rates. Prices were : Ewes 22s 6d to 14s 3d, wethers 19s 6d to 10s lOd, lambs ITs fid to lis lOd. , Fat Junius.—The entry of fiU lambs was scarcely so large as last week, and, exporters bidding freely, prices were decidedly firm. Host lambs Ids to 19s Od, lighter 14s 9d to 15s Gd. I Pitts.—Th\> yarding of pigs was not so large as usual and prices were a . shade higher for fats, but for store ' lines there was not much competition. Baconers brought from 35s to 48s (equal to from 3£d to 3'Jd per Üb), porkers 25s to 3(Ss (equal to >om 4|d to 5d per lb), stores, large jlSs to 265, medium 14s to 18s, weaners 7s to 12s. BUCKLAND & SON'S REPORT. ■ (Spodal to News.) AUCKLAND, Feb. 24. Horses were in good demand, also pontes- of useful sorts. Prices ran : —Medium draughts £33 to £36. aged £l6 10s to £29, hacks and light harness £6 to £ls, weeds and ! ponies £1 upwards. -I At Remuera beef was in less than |uvcrage supply, and prices wpvh firm at late quotations. Steers varied from £6 10s to £lO 12s < ; d, cow-. |£4 10s to £7 15s. Sheep : The usual supply sold well; wethers up ,t.o 21s' 3di. ewes to 38s 3d. lambs to 15s. Pigs were plentiful. Small brought 5s lo Bs, porkers to 30s baconers to 435.

JENKINS, MATTHEWS, AND FIGOTT'S REPORT, w/c have to report at our I'runui Bale held on Monday last that \\c had a good entry of sheep and cattle. Sheep sold very briskly, but caftle were quiet. The following prices were obtained :—2, 4, and (i tooth ewes 14s, f.m. ewes 7s to 13s, i Woolly lambs 9s 3d. shorn lambs 8s 6d. I Cattle.—Yearlings 3Ks. 18 months |mixed £2 2s Od, 2 year steers £3 Ts ,6d. fat cows £3 16s. I At Waitara on Tuesday calves sold from 22s 6d to 26s fid. yearlings 2'J.s 6d to 46s Od, 15 to 18 months steers £2 lis, IS months heifers £2 Bs, store cows £2 5s Gd to £2 lis 6d, fat cows £4 Os.