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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7833, 27 May 1905, Page 4

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NEW PLYMOUTH^SATURDAY, MAY 27. ' RETAIL PRICES. Farm and Dairy . Produce.—Milk 4d per quart, butter, Odaiiy) 10d, factory Is per lb, cheese 7'd per lb, eggs 2s 3d per dozen, fowls 3s per pair, lard 8d per lb, bacon 7d to lOd per lb, hams 9d per lb, rashers lOd per ft. , Emit.—Bananas 3d per lb, cocoanuts 2d t® 4d each, lemons Is to la 6d p«r doz., apples 3d to 4d per lb, oranges Is to Is 6d per doz. Coal.—VTestport, Buoohdale 425, Uokau 42a. *®cedust, pure, £7 10s per-ton. BUYING PRICES. Butter (best dairy) 9d, soparatot 9d to 10d, factory rolls lOd to IOJd per lb, eggs, ■2s per dozen, (owls 8a per pair, duoks fi's per pair, bacon 6}d per IS, hams 7d per lb, ch»st> 5d _per lb, lard 6d per lb, fungus 2Jd per lb. MESSRS VICKERS & STEVENS' REPORT. -There was a good yarding of cattle in our Inglowood Yards on Wednesday. lMdding was fairly brisk, and nearly all cattle yarded were disposed of at the following rates : Calve 9 12s to £1 2s, yearlings, £1 8s Gd to £1 13s, 18 to 20 months' £2 15s to £4 ss, spring calvers. £2 15s to £4 ss, springers £3 15s to £4 12s (kl, store cows £1 10s to £3 10s. NEWTON ICING'S WEEKLY AUCTION REPORT,

At the Haymarket on Saturday store pigs made 255, weaners 3s to 6s 6d.

At the Mart there was a fair entry of poultry, and prices were fairly well maintained. Hens made Is to Is 6d, pullets up to 2s. Minorca rooster 6s 6d, roosters l<y 9d to 3s, bacon sd. Sundries made low prices. Cattle.—On Monday I held a clearing sale at the Carrington Road on account of Mr Jos. Crockett, when there was a large attendance. The cows were a fine lot, but there were no early calvers, and consequently no extreme prices. Considering the state of the cattle market and the prevailing scarcity of feed, very satisfactory prices were realised for both dairy and farm stock. Implements and sundries sold well. Dairy cows made £3 10s to £6- ss. heifers in calf £3 10s, 15 months halfbred Jersey heifers £3, weaners 19s, harness! horses £l2 to £2O, store pigs 7s to 235, breeding sows 17s t 0 17» 6d, sow and litter of 4, £2 17s. At Waiwakaiho on Tuesday and Stony River on Wednesday there were small yardings. Cattle, however, in both places were in better demand and prices on the whole showed an improvement on late rates. | At Waiwakaiho weaners made 10s to 18s <sd, 2 year heifers in calf £H 3s, springing heifers £4 Bs, store cows 30s to 355, spring calvers £2 5s to £3 3s.

At Stony River weaners made J2s 6d, good calves 18s (id to 235, 2

year heifers in calf £3 Bs, 15 months steers 33s (3d, store cows 23s to 475. 3 year bullocks £l. At uiy second Stony River horse lair on Friday. May 19, there was a large attendance, and a fair number of horses were yarded. There were several buyers Irom Haw era way, and about a dozen horses went down there. Heavy draughts were poorly represented, but there was a good number of light draughts and harness sorts. Unbroken 3 yeai old draughts made up to £l(i, light draughts £2O to £29 Ills, buggy pair £3l 15s, gig horses and light harness £lO 10s to £li> 10s, hacks and ponies £4 15s to £lO JOs, buggies £l9 to £2ii 15s, harness £2 15s to £S 10s.

Owinff to the favourable reception • this horse fair is jiu'cting with, it is ;my intention to continue it, as well as the one at Waiwakaiho. 'MESSRS fiUCKIi.VSI) AM> SONS' REPORT. (Special to News.) AUCKLAND, May 26. Horses. —There was a full yard. Young medium draughts £32 to £36 10s. Young draughts hard to sell. Oood hacks and harness horses made £l7 to £23, ordinary £(i to £16. : At Renmera there was the average supply of beef. and a slight improvement in jjrices. Steers ranged from £5 lOs to £ll' 2s 6ri,.cows. £4 10s to £8 10s. Sheep were in moderate supply. Best wethers made to 27s| 3:1. ewes' to 22s <>d, lambs to l.lsi (id. Pigs were in short supply. Porkers inude to 355, baconers to -Vis. ALDINGTON STOCK MARKET. CH'RISTCIILRCH, May 21. At Addington to-(iay there were large entries of all classes of fat stock in the yards', and a fair atI tendance.' 15ecf showed some recovery in value, and fat lamb*? were very firm.; Prime fat sheep sold up to last week's rates, but secondary sorts were easier. There was a poor sa'e of store cattle and dairy cows were not in iqluite such good demand. Store sheep.—'There were only a few small lots ollered, and they sold well at late rates. The bulk of the entry consisted of two-lo () th wethers, and iKesc s«ld as follows :—7(> at 18s 4d, 181 at 17s (id, 10-1 a t 17s 4d, 208 at Ids lid, 14."*) at 16s .1(1, 130 lGs 3d, .">3 at l(is 3d, 58 hoggots made 13s Bd, 91 sold at 12s lOd. A few small lots of aged merino owes at 3s lOd to 7s 7d. Fat ln.ulbP.—'There was a very large yarding,. made up principally of good sized lines of prime iqtiitlit.v. Hid- ; dinjr (Jroughout the sale was very tlto robee. ui jnit.y _fur

prime lambs and tegs was. 17s Edi to 21s, and: lighter l-ls 9d to 17s. Fat sheep.— I The,re was a fairly large yarding, including some prime lines of wether and ewes. "Hi ll market opened at the previous week's rates, and prime sons maintained their values throughout. Unfinished wethers were easier, and when the but- ! chers had jilled their ro piiivments, ,ewes also declined, but the exporters came, into the market, and took a considerable number of good j jiialitv, handy weigh'*, ewes at prices ranging from 14s S)d to 17s (id. Aged and inferior sorts were neglected and brought lower prices than of late. The range of prices was Wethers, prime, 22s to 24s 'ld, medium 20s :Us (id, unfinished 17s'to 3ils;ewss, extra prime 21s to 23s (id, prime 18s to 20s (id, medium Ids to 17s (id, aged l<ls 9d to 15s 6d. Fat cattle. —The entry totalled 284, made up cheifly of good and primo jC(iialit.v steers. The sale opened vciy dull, the first line being, passed, tout it afterwards improved, though values did not reach last week's level. For (J. 0. Holmes 12 steers sold at £9 to £lO 12s (id and other steers made £6 to £lO ; heifers £5 5s to £8 10s, and cows £4 13s to £(i I.ls e tual to 20s to 21s for prime and l(is to 19s per IOUIh for inferior to medium quality. A good yarding of veal calves sold at 8s to £2 4s. Store and dairy cattle.—Only a few pens came forward, and the only quotable line was of 10 3-year-old steers, which passed at £5 12s 6d. About thirty head of dairy cows were yarded. Good milkers were not quite so brisk of sale, making £7 to £lO ss, others £5 to £6 10s, aged £4 to £5. I'igs.—There was a large yarding, and all classes met with dull sale, especially fats, and prices all round were lower. Heavy weight baconers' made 50s to 635, medium 40s to 48s equal to 4d to 4id per It) ; porkers, 23s to 335, equal to 4-Jd to 4fd per lb : large stores 20s .to 22s'; medium 12s to 18s, weaners 6s to 10s.