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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7839, 3 June 1905, Page 4

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'NEW PLYMOUTH, SATURDAY, JUNE 3. X RETAIL PRICES. ;* Farm and Dairy Produce.—Milk 4d per quart, butter/ (dairy) lOd, factory Is per lb, cheese 7d per lb, if eggs 2s 3d per dozen, fowls 3s per j pair, lard 8d per Ik, bacon 7d to lOd j£' per lb, hams 9d per lb, rasters lOd per lb. ii, » Fruitj—Bananas 3d. per lb, cocoaS nuts 2d to 4d each, lemons la to Is 6d per doz., apples 3d to 4~d p«r lb, oranges Is to Is 6d per doz. _ Coal.—Westport, Brook-dale 435, p . Mokao 425. ttoneduat. pure, £7 10» per ton. BUYING PRICES. Butter (best dairy) 9d, separator. 9d to lOd, factory rolls lOd to IUJd per lb, eggs, 2s per dozfti, ■ 1 fowls 3s per pair, ducks 6s per pair, bacjn 6|d per 18, hams 7d per lb, s ; chee- e od per lb, lard 6d per « lb, fungus 2}d per lb.

s MESSRS VICKERS t STEVENS' REPORT. §;' There was a good entrj- of cattle in J our Inglewood yards on Wednesday, _yL"ard most lots changed-hands at the following prices Small calves ills to 14s, good do los 6d to 245, 12£o t, 18 months £1 7s 6d to £2 4s, heifers in calf £2 14s to £3 4s, spring } - cal\ ers £2 10s to £4, springers £4 j; MESSRS JENKINS, MATTI'iIEWS, w & PlGO'lT'a REPOim ' At ■ our' Krenui: yards on jfonday fk" cipal'y to (h: inclemenC weather pre- <>£■ vailing. Young cattle still Continue - i to improve in price. We quote : Calves 19s 9d to 20s 6d, fot cows 80s, 3 to Sf year steers 9 (! s. Springing cows 7-7s 6d, -hacks C"" 81* to PI 7s. Lot 2, in the Firbank est.it,- realised £I3S. i- At our Waitara yards on Tuesday thcrj was a fair muster of all kinds 1 , of stock, and although competition ivas not very keen at auction, nost. '" lines changed hands subsequently. , Y'oung made ss, calves from:lßs to 24p, yearlings 30S, 18 month hei,fors 4is to 4?s 6d, fat cows 87s 6d, » 2 year mixed 40s to 48s. springing htMfers 80s, springing cows up to ! • 130s, ewes in lamb 15n. lambs 12s 7d.

BUCKLAND AND SON'S REPORT. (Special to News.) Horses.—A full yard.- Bidding (was '..active. Voung, medium and light draughts £33 to £39 10s, aged £ls £5 to £32, ggod hacks and harness £lB to £29, light and ordinary £5 ; - is to £l2. At Remuera there was an average: , supply of beef. Steers from £6 15s to £ll 2s 6d, up to 23s per l#olb, ; * cows £4 lis to £8 ss, up to 20a per iy lOOltj. She?p were in short supply. Adrf. jyanced wethers 18s to 2Bs 6d, ewes ! -16s to 225, lambs 14s toi lßs, stores' , 8s to 12s 6d. Pigs were scarce, and sold freely. Porkers were in strong demand. - 1 ' ADDING TON STOCK MARKET* CHRISTCHURCH, May 31. k At Addiagtpn yards, there was', a fairly largo entry of almost all classj ts of stock, and there was a good attendance. Beef showed a sharp decline iu values. Fat lambs were I ■' somewhat irregular, but fat sheep < were, if anything, firmer. Store, Bht-pp met with a good demand. Pigs of all clcsses wcro very dull of sale. > " There was a good enquiry for the - best sorts of dairy tows. Store slie?p. The yarding was not large, and was composed, almost • entirely of wethers and hoggets.. There was a good demand, and prices wero ? still firmer. Two and four tooth . ewes brought from 17s 9d to* 18s fidi, six and eight tooth e*ves in lamli 22s 3d, aged lis, hoggets 13s 9d to 15s Bd. Fat lambs.— Jiuro was a fairly \ large yarding, a good proportion busing pi prime quality. The competi- • tion of export buyers was not so keen as of late, and the sale was somewhat irrcgulan. though values showed littl" or no "change. Tegs . made It's to 21s 6d, lamb weights , 16s to 18s 6d, unfinished sorts 13s lOd to 15s 6d. Fat she^p.—The yarding was good hoth as to number and quality, and all prime lots were well competed for. An export buyer was operating - in ewes, and generally thero was a Cr.n-1- tone throughout the sale. ■ Range of prices w*ts ;—Prime wethers (id to 255, others 19s 9d to 225;, ewes, extra heavy Downs to 24js 7d, prime heavy 19» to 23s>, medium to good I lis to 18s 6d, freezing ewes 16s Oil to 18s, aged 12s 9d to 15s 6d, mei ioo ewes Us 9d t» 13s 9d. Fat cattle. was an over supply, 259 head being penned. A very dull sale resulted, prices showing a ilecidcH declinu. Tile reduction i.n the ~ .retail price of beef may also fiave : ' affected the market. The bulk of 'thorj • yarding consisted of good prime V steers, and only the best; quality was

really saleable. Cows and roughl sorts of steers were difficult to dispose of at any figure. Prime beef made 19s to 20s, and n few choice steers jtio'2ls* uiediuni|l7s t 0 |lßsi; and cow and inferior 14s to 16s per 1001b. A line of tjvelve hcilers (W. O. Rutherford, of Montroas) made £7 2s 6d to £8 7s. Steers sold at £6 js to £5) 7s (id, heifers £4 l'Ts Cd to £7, cows £4 5s to £7 2s tkl, veal calves 8s 6d to £3. A line of vealers (E. Richards, Waihao Downs, averaged" £2 7s 3d. Stove and dairy cattle. There were a few good lines amongst thes-- ottered, bui there appeared to be mo buyers/ and* most of the lots wero passed in. Really good dairy cows were wanted, but other sorts were not so brisk of sale. Yearlings made 15s to 20s, fifteen to eighteen months 42s to 48s, two-year-old steers £3 9s, three-year-old steers £4 4s to £4 17e ea, three-j ear-old heifers £4 3s 6d, dry <wws 3Cs to £4, best dairy cows £8 to£lo 10s, others £4 to £7 10s. Figs.—There was a fairly large yaidinj, but the bulk of baconere and porkers were not well finished. Baconers made 38s to 48s, and heavy weights up to s?s, equal to 3d to 4d per lb ; porkers 23s to 325, equal to 4d to 4Jd per lb ; largo stores, 16s to 235, medium 10s to 15s, weaners 6s to 95.. , . MB NEWTON KING'S WEEKLY AUCTION REPORT. At the Haymarket on Saturday a fnis ntraifcier ofpigs were soild, stores making 6s 6d to 15s 6d, weaners 5s to 6s. At the Mart an exceptionally fine lot qf poultry came forward, and sold at prices in advance of last week's sale. Purebred fowls made 3s to 4s 6d, good pullets Is 4d to 2s, hens is to Is 1 lid, roosters Is 6d to 3s Bd, ducks Is 6d to Is 9; turkeys 5s 3d, onions l}d, cheese sd. A quantity of furniture, books, and sundries were disposed of at prices in favour of buyers. Fruit.—The market has of late been fairly glutted with oranges and green -bananas, consequently prices have been low. I quote as' follows :—Oranges, largo cases, 3s to 6s ; ditto.; small cases, 2s to 3s 6d ) bananas, inferior, 2s 6d to ss; apples, dessert, Cs 6d to 9s ; apples., cookers, 5s to 7s 6d ; persimmons, 2s 6d to 4s. Oottle.—At Stratford "on Tuesday there was a big muster of stock, and a very large attendance. Bidding for roost classes was fairly brisk throughout the sale, And prices showed a slight improvement all round, weaners especially making fetter values. Calves made 120 to 24s <sd, 15 to 18 months steers 37s to 13s, 1-8 to 20 months do. £2 5s 6d to £2 lis, 2 to 2i year do. £3 5a f sd, 18 months heifers £2 10s, 2 vear do. in calf £3 to £3 ]2s '6d -tore cows 30s to 52s Cd, fat land forward do. £3 13s 6d to £4 7n 6d. At Rahotu on Thursday there \yas improved demand and the majority. *)f fines were sold at fair prices. Caiv-' •s made 22s to 27s 6d, heifers in calf £3 restore cows £2 Is to &2 5s sfcre pigs 6s to 245.