Commercial.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7827, 20 May 1905, Page 4

Commercial.

l- HSW PLYMOUTH, SATUBBAY, |, MAY 20. y RETAIL PRICES. Jf Farm and Dairy Produce.—Hlk r H|* quart, butter, (dairy) lOd, jj~' featorj la per lb, cheese 7d per lb, E egg* 2* 3d per-dozen, fowls 3s per . £* pair, lard 8d per la, bacon 7d to 10d , I"., ttfrtt, kwna 9d per n», raahera lOd i C »•""*■ I 1 i 4rvH.—Bananas 3d per lb, cocoaauta 24 to 4d each, lemons Is to' & I*J4 pax jtox u appl«a.9ato.4a par ' ft At anatw J* t* la (Id per doz. Br Coal.—ffestport, Bjpokdale 425, |-y ' Hoku Me. !*— eduat, pure, £7 10» per ton. BUYING PRICES, ■utter (best dairy) 9d, separator M to 10d, factory rolls lbd to IOJd per lb, eggs, 2s per dozen, fewla.es per. pair, duoks fl's pes pair, feMoa 6*d per lt>, mams 7d per lb, I rtiw n Sd per lb, lard 6d per fa. fungus S{d per lb. KB NEWTON KING'S WEEKLY REPORT. At the Haymarket on Saturday •mall store pigs made 17s 6d to 19s, _ r - good weaners 5s to 7s 6d, horses K" made £• 5s to £7. i !At the mart some very fine poultry '■ came forward and good prices were , realised. Cockerels made Is to Is fid, j ' good pallets Is ©d to 3s 4d, hens Is to 2s 3d, roosters Is 8d to 2s fid, docks Is 6d to2sGd, turkeys 3s Cd to 4s 6d. A quantity of jewellery, cutlery and sundries was disposed of f at low prices. Cattle.—At Stratford on Tuesday the yards were full, and there was a , - good attendance. There was more life y£?} in the sale than- for somo lime S* 'past, the demand being be'ttif, alP L " 'though except for small sto>-s pries jfe did not show much improvj.-iCut. F 1 Weaners made 8s to 18s, calves to £* ' yearlings 24s 6d, 18 months steers »■ •■ £» 9* 6d, 2to 2J year do. £2 15s P''' 3 year heifers in calf £3 Bs. 3£r Store cows 24p to 455, fresh do £3 fg, -. Sb to'£3 -?s 6d, fat do £2 19s to ¥*■ '.** 16s. bulls £1 to £1 10s. pi I*nd.—l have to report the follow- i K - Ins; sales : Mr R. S. Allan's excellent fij* t dairy farm of 197 acres, at Manga- | i/ toki, to Mr Thos. Linn, of Duthie i K.*. Boed, and Mr W. D. Linn's fine j IK"' \ coastal farm of 248 acres, at Okato, ' H| " to Mr W.- -J. Gray, of Okato. , m~ BVCKLAND AND SON'S REPORT, ': (Special to News.) I Wtjk 1 * ~Hors».—There was a full yard. m£' : • Staugnts were in demand at £27 to Mi £47. good hacks and harness £ls to I P&-- £23, light £6 2s 6d to £l4, weeds: W-i ha ponies £1 to £4 17s 6d. j K'' At Remuera beef was in average' pfc supply. Steers made from £6 10s. §§£. to - £ll 2s 6d, or up to 23s per [ SS/ lOOtt), cows £5 to £7 12s 6d, or to g|&2lß per IOOTb. £|||tt' Sheep.—A fair muster. Better worth to 24s 6d, ewes to 21s 3d, to 17s 6d, m?dium wethers 16s B^^fePigs.—Better worth porkers to BsSpfpSs. baconers to 655. Wmgr JBKKINS, MATTHEWS, AND Wm ' ' PIGOTT'S REPORT. .At our rrenui yards on Monday wo |pr' iMJ*.«. J*ir entry of stock, and a do?Jf ■, cmed improvement was noticeable in |*£. PT'ees, particularly in calves and fat Cattle. We quote : Calves 17s 6d to flOs, 18 .to 20 months' heifers 555, Kb "2i aear-Steers 61s, - heifers in calf to 695, store come 44s to 48s 6d, ! VgT l&Vßrt cows 60s, fat cows 75s to p:, «pws £5 2s 6d, old cows 15s 6d. H?" our Waitara yards on Tuesday tJtere was .a poor muster, and prices - wtf similar to those ruling at Hreaui. Calves brought from 20s to 235, heifers in calf 535, 18 months steers 39s 6d, springing heifers 74 s, store to forward cows 44s to 60s, , fat cows 80s to 85s. , . ADDINGTON STOCK MARKET. :■* CHRISTCHURCH, May, 17. At Addington yards to-day there \ was a fairly large entry of all classes of. stock, and despite wet weather there was a good attendance. Store ""*««P sold at improved rates, thero **tog a better demand for owes and - hoggets. Fat lambs were very firm. There was a little recovery in the price of beef. Fat pigs solid fairly W " U ' JfP^ 0 I W ntrW *'g , >t baconers, but'there was a very poor demand for stores. Store sheep and lambi—A fair ' number for the advanced period of r we season was yarded. There was a good demand, and all classes improved ia price." Wethers brought £- from 83s 8d for culls to 19s 3d for \? U** 1 wethers from Marlborough. Ewes consisted of small lots. Lambs U: brought from 9s to 12s for backg ward and 13s to 15s for good for- " *»rd. * Fat lambs.—The entry was an unf usually large one for the time of the year, "and the bulk were of prime s. r quality. There was a good demand f for export, and prices were fully 6d K ?i pee head better than the previous S week. Freezing lambs up to 42Tb > ' sold at 16s 6d to 19s, tegs from |. 18s 6d to 21s. g. ' Fat sheep.—There was a good yardfi ing but- prices.were about equal to 2£. tiose ruling last week. Prime wcth- £- era 22s to 24s lOd, others 19s to g? 21s 6d ; good ewes 18s to 19s, meds ium,'l6s to 17s 6U, aged 14s to lGs &, Merino wethers medium 13s 9d to 15s % 3d. I' Fat cattle—Tlie entry totalled 166, % and was chiefly of good to prime j* quality. Thero was' more animation [7 in the competition than for some ~* , weeks past, and prices showed im '£. • improvement. A line of ten steers PI- from Thcs. Chapman (Mount Palin) ~ i made £8 15s to £lO ss. and six lieii- '. • ers £7 lOs to £8 *lss ; eight steers - from M. Bethcll (Pahua Pastures) r" sold at £7 15s to £lO 7s 6d ; other pL-Steers £6 12s 6d to £8 12s 6d. Heifers £5 5s to £6 12s (3d : cows f£s to £6 12s 6d, equal to 21s to 22s per 1001b for e-xtra prime, 18s to 2Cs for prime, and 15s to 17s tOd for cow and inferior. 1 A good yarding of veal calves sold at 7s Cd to £B. £• Pigs.—There was a fairly largi K- yarding. Baconers, especially light Hfc weights, sold well, while porkers were BH ' irregular. Heavy weight baconers BL. made 55s to 655, equal to 4d per 'ID ; lighter weights 38s to 50s, equal m& to. -4Jd to ljd per Tb : porkers 27s Bgfe'Bd'to 35a, equal to 4}d to 4Jd per A line of six lieavy-wclght Berkbaconers from Mr J. Djsart made 63s- to 655. There a very dull sale for all cln.vscs to dispose of at any price. wBSkSAXfa- stores sold at 18s to 255, Bpaj?3tia,6d. weaners 2s 6d to 6s. VICIOBRS k STEVENS' BBPORT. was only a' moderate entcy HflHK(aUle at our Inglewood yards on Bidding was a good deal ■BHrnr'tfoiD, »tJate sales, and allpeoj

with the exception of ono, sold lit i the following prices Calves l"is to £1 Is 6d, 15 to 18 months mixed, £1 19s to £2 4s 6d, store cows £1 J 15s to £2 103. spring calvers £2 Ss 1 6d to £2 12e. I