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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7851, 17 June 1905, Page 4

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; ' KEW PLYMOUTH, SATURDAY, r " JUNE 17. RETAIL PRICES. * lfarm and, Dairy Produce.—Milk liVSift per quart, butter,, (dairy) 10d, [,< 'fgotory is per lb, cheese 7d ppr It), fr gggg Ss 3d per dozen, fowls 3s per p*ir, lard fsd per lb, bacon 7dtolUd ?v lb, "hnma 9d pec tb» rashers, lOd per lb. , ft Bananas 8d per lb, eocoa--2d to 4d each, lemons 'ls to q Xb 6d per doz., apples 3d to 43 per i.jht oranges Is to ls6d per doz. JpSjOodJ .-Mffestport/ : Bcookdale 425,. ■y: Mokau 428. tonodust, pure, £7 1-Qs per too. f SKYING PRICES. i rj< Mt er . (best dairy) 9dr, separator, £»9d to 10d, factory rolls lOd t« Wttffd per lb, eggs, 2s j»er dozen, * 'towis, 3s per pair, ducks '6s per pair; IpifiltCov. 6;d per IS, hams 7d, per lb, *. 3d per. lb, lard -6d per Sfib, (unguA 2{d per IbV m&'" , JOtJtEWTON KtNG'S WEEKLY # '"'is. * AUCTION REPPST.

s»'«;.At,the Hay;uarket on Saturday a 3}., number of pigs were sold; silps 'made dt to 5s 6d. Goof weaners Bs> to- lis. Horses up to £6. A »&}<giantity of shelter trees arid ornan (ticntal shrubs made low pricesf i!-* At the mart there was only a small f • supplj of poultry, but fair prices - were realised. Ducks made le 3d to T « 'JCLi 6a,.hens Is la\to Is 6d, roosters, , * Is to Is Cd. Furniture and sundries) ' mental shrubs made prices. ■* Fniit.—There has not beent much f weeks' as supplies keep coming f- in, prices have fallen a trifle. The j» market is completely overloaded f with Isiand fruit, a large tyiantity of Jr. which is of inferior quality. At sales

lows :—Oranges. • larg* 3s tct : '_& 6d, bananas Is Oil to 6s 6d per case, mandarines 6s to Vis, lemons' s 6», dessert applm 5s to' 8s fld, ;I ; «aw*criistl itt "s.ihfprior oopjsers 3s( i 46.. 4s 6d,' peanuts 2jd per lb. . Cattle.—l am pleased to report a decided -Improvement in the cattle . market, especially for young stock ■ : Tatcs* There is a good demand (or forward bullcc'is bul ordinary stores; ; have so far not participated in the," .improved prices to the same extent as the classes mentioned. Springing, heifers are meeting with more inquiry and really good well'grown and Inrwnnl lln.c irr> molnnW foj,. „,■,..„ "At Stratford on Tuesday tterc > n. Rood muster of stock and a large atcendance. Young, cattle were in. good demand and nearly all sold at • "the hammer at pricjs in most cases beyond vendors reserves. Weaners anode 14s 6d to 23s 6d, good calves ; : Q7s to 325, 18-nionths steers 44s to 51s (3d, 2 to 2H'ear do. £2 13s to r '£3 3s, 15-monlh heifers 425, springV ere £3 12s 6d to £4 15s. .Store cows 30s to £2 15s, fat do. £4 ta m 159, '

MESSES VICKBRS & STEVENS'- • REPORT, Owing to tho wet weather there was only a moderate entry of cattle in ous Inglewood yards on Wednesday. Calves made Itis to - £1- 2s 6d, a nice line of Jersey heifer calves made £<l, store cows £2 8s to £3 lis.. 2i year old steers £3 10s, springers £4 Ob to £6 5a At Tarata on Monday th-r- wns a iair yardinir, 13 to 18 months made from £2 2s 6d to £2 12s 6d. springers £4 Jfcs, ewes in lamb &%. MESSRS JENKINS, MAOTTHEWS, & PIGOTT'S REPORT.

• Messrs Jen Kins, Matthews and Pigott report having sold Mr Frank ,I}. • farm of 772 acres at Mahocnui to a Southern buyer at a satisfactory price. Also section 5, block 102, Waitajra West. , At our Urenui yards on Monday .*o had a small entry, owing no fooubt, to an anticipated advance in prices. Those sold showed decided ait. We (quote :—Store Iga 12s) to 168, ealvesi 22«, ,18, tonths heifers 17s 6d~, 18 months flteers 40s to 495, 2 J year steers •7)55, springing cows £5 Is, springing! heifers 71s to £ 118s. At our Waitara yards on Tuesday calves brought up to- 2tss, ompty heifers 47s to r>2s, store cows 475, ;,fat Cows £4, 3 year stoofs £4 3s 6d!

. .MESSRS DALGETY AND CO.'S M , REPORT, f •• Messrs Dainty and Co., Ltd., hiivo received the • following caJbjJcgranis , from their London oflic?, dated ldth inst. : Tallow:—THe market is* .dull and tone generally easier. • "piiyers arc V« no public sales of tallow n<>\b ': .veek.

at last quotations. - • Since our last tclcgi,i .prime winter Neif y&liiA skins are lower by 2d to 3d. Market is dull and soles difficult to effect. .Ot&cr qualities ar 0 hfgher try Jd. -■ BUCKIiAXD AND SO.V'S REPORT. * (Special to 'News.) ."•" AtTUKLAND. Juno Hi. .", Ho""«».-iYoung gnd active draughts /*V*B7 10s to £33. good haefcs and Tiarnt-bs homes £l.Vlo.s to S.-IX,- orj :tfUhary JES to'JEl-f l.'is. '?* At Rehnisra; bceftrus in snmlf tnus-i---ssf stec rs'moOe fro» *7 lOp to

1, up to 24s 1 per 1001b, cows from 3to £7 2s 6d, up to 21s per' Sheep.—A good yarding soW well. Wethert IBs SW to 275, cwos lo 255. Pigs.—Scarco and required/ ADDIXGTON STOCK MARKET.

CHIUSTCHITtCI-T, .l;;cc 1-1. j At Addlßgton yards tlu«r.! was-a. good attendance. t I The entries of pigs were the lar- I aest so tar this Bsaaon, and include* i 1 a shipment of 400 fats and sloivs | from the Chatham Inlands. Good en- | tries were secured for fat sheep and cattle, but there was only a moderate supplv of store she;p and lambs. Fat cattle—There was a large entry mostly of good cattle, but tho sale dragged throughout, and prices were easier. Steers fetched from *.« "- 6d to £9 16s ed - hei JelS £5 17s i .„ v.n 7& 6d, cows £4 5s tq£7

17s 6d. Best bed" made from lbs to 21s and secondary and cow beef IBs to 18s per 1001b. Sone of tfc Irmcipal sales wcre:-On account D. Rutherford (Leslie Hills;., 8 steers, i 8 lis to £9 15s; J. W.Hull (Motunau), 14 steers, £6 15s to £9 ; Macintoch (Southbrook), 7 steers, £8 15s ; Chatham Island cow s, fcb to £7 17s 6a- There was a fair entry of Calvis, fetching 7s 6d to £3. Store Cattle.-The entry was a small one in odd lot*, an* ver> : lilt'ebus.ness was done. Of dairy cows tbee was a small yarding with fair competition. Best cows sold from, i to £9 ss, aged and inferior £2 to £i. „ Fat lambs. There was a small dmg, mostly freezing .quality, a ■ being extra prime. 1 here was a good demand, previous week's' ( rates being well maintained, Tegs made 19si to 21s 3d, extra heavy 24s -Id, freezing lambs 17s 6d to l*» 'd. lighter weights liis 6d to 17s. Tho besi price was realised by R. Oakley small line. . Store sheep.—There was a fair entry, (mostly welhsi-3), and nil classes met with a dragging sale- Two and four-tooth haU-brcd wethers made

...J and four-tooth crested wether* 16s, four-toeth crossforod wethers 18b 9d, lambs 10s 6d. two-tooth crossbred wethers 17s 9d. two-tooth 14s 4d to las, two-tooth crossbred ewes in lamb 235, sound-raoßthed 16s 6d, aged 15s 4d, shorn lamb's 13s 6d to 12SV i Fat sheep.—The entry was the best of the season, every pen toing filled-. There was agootl proportion ofwethers, and competition, was keen„a ! slight on last week's rates j being obtained. Best heavy wethers i fetched 24s to Ms 1 , •freezers 21s to, 23s 9d, others 19s 6d to 20s. Ewes were well competed for -despite a very keavy entry, and prices fully mainlaiiiied previous sale's rates.- A good proportion was taken for freezing purposes. , Pigs.—The entries wore the largest for a. considerable time. They were mostly unfinished sorts and the sale dragged. Prime tyactmers fetched 42s to 51s, unfinished 32s to 38s (about 3*}d'to 4d per lt>), porkers 25s to 325.(4 d per lb). For storo pigs there was by far the dullest sale experienced this season, there being hardly any demand at all. Large stores fetched from 15s to 235, medium 10s to loSi .small 5s to- 10s.