Commercial.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7891, 5 August 1905, Page 4

Commercial.

NIW fLYMOOTH, SATW»A¥, , AtCSSf i RWAH. HUCB6. j Farm art Bairy Fteduce.—Milk 4d per quart, butter (dairy) led, ( factoi v Is per ft, cheese 7* per ft, ears is 2d per dezen, towto 3s per piii. lard M per ft, bac««.7dtolW per ft, hants 9d per ft, rashers led per ft. Fruit.-Banaaas 3d per ft, eeeaa■uU M to id each, leawas Is to te 64 pet dexea., apples 3* to 44 per *, onm Is to is M pet ««z. Coal-Wwtpttt, feeawale 435, Ifekau tie,. Bonedußt, pnie, » 11k per ton. ■UYIK» PMOBS. ■utter (heal Mr;) M, separator, M to IN, tVatoty rolls 1M to Mfcd par ft, ess Is per taw. towls Is per pair, duds »s per pair two* He per », ha»sM per ft, tints* H per fc, tart «d pet ft, fmgitt 2f* pec ft. . MR NHWTON KINO'S WBBKLY AUCTION RHBOOT, At tb« Haymarket oa Saturday onty a few pigs came ia, and these sold at from Ts te Us, set harrows £1 15s. Fruit and shelter trees made low prices. At the Matt seme splendid poultry were penned, and realised satisfactory prices. Pullets made Is 4d to 2s fd, hen* Is to 2s, cobrrris Td to & M, ducks Is Ti to 8s W. Fur*tture, •H-coets mi sundries Made lew ; prices. On Monday I keM a sal* «f perebrtd pgnltry » the Drill Hall, Then there was a goad attendance of thr - pablic. Bidding was brisk in 'he early stages of *e sale, but prices were somewhat in faTour ef bHVBis later ea. I ottered altogether 230 bhus oi all classes, of which 160 Tere sold at the hammer, and about S* morr privately following morelij. The Orpington breed was decr*?4ly is eri-d«-.->cn so far as lumbers were concerned, but Silver Wyaad-ittes were most in request and sold well. Tbe highest priced bird soW Was a White ■Wyandotte cockerel of Mr R. J. Clarke's, a first prize winner at the previous week's show, and a vtry ■ice bird indeed. Asother good lo»k----ing cockerel, of the same breed, the property of Mr E. Griffiths, alse scld well. Black .Orpmgtoas, ef which there were si me good trios, also nada fair prices. Next te these came the Legkoris, whilst ducks were iectdedry aa bba cheap sitis. Altofather, tta sale was utdoubtedly an improTamaat, (■ every way, an tiie ooe b«M last year. On Saiarday, 39th ult., at Hltham, I beW a olearins sale »f Mr T. R. Death's farm stock awl effects. There was a good attendance, aid satisfactory puses were realised tor 11 lines; Hoggets made 14s Id, nixed steep Its id to 19s M, store eenu £2 Bs, Warners £1 Is, bolls £1 2s to £l 17s. Furniture aid suidries Bade fair rates.

On Monday at Warea, Mi H. J. Valentine's clearing sale was well attended. Tta c»ws were a tarj niee lot and ii exedtart eoaditioi, and realised fair prices ill ranad. Barly calrers mad* £«,!• £*, lata d*. £3 10s to £4 ss, lijmt iraneht torse £29 •», harass poaj £ll 12s M, fa £ls. Furniture aad sundries uM at prices h faToar o( purchasers.

j On TuMdmr at Waiwakath* there was a email attewiaaca •( huyers, bidding kcJug Tery aoiet aid safes . #fli«lt to effect. Weavers mUt W», rid calves 33s U 83s. A small liae hogget* Baa> lis Hi.

T)it same day at T*k* I heM a clearing sale oa accauat «I Messrs Carpenter Bros. Tter« was a o*4 attendance, aad satisfactory prices ruled throughout the sale. Barij ealvera madr £9 lfci t« £7 S», backward da. £.l W £iss, weaaers I*6 M to Sis M, draught horse £2i lte, trap mare £2l lte, huggy mar« £5 2 year filly £i« 10s, yearling feat £5 17s M, breeding sews £4 Ss tt £•, store ptgg lis. On Wednesday at Hurlord Road there was a very small attendance at the sale of dairy stoek oa accoutt ol A, Standish, Bsq. The cows were mostly in backward conditio*, and did not appear to advaatage. There being little or to competition «e majority of the herd wag passe* ia uatil later in the season. Cows in milk made £J 2s M t* £4.

0« Wednesday and Thursday, in conjunction with Messrs No!a», Tonks and Co. I heM a nnst gnccesslul clearing sale oa account of Mr Jenkins. There was a large attendance, and satisfactory prices were realised throughout the sale. MESSRS VICKEHB 4 STEVENSREPORT. Thera was a fair entry of cattle fa our Inglcwoori eards on Wcdar<day. Calves t» yearlines. made from £1 Is Sd to £1 Us. 15 to IS months £1 If* to £1 19s M, store cows.- £1 7« 6d to £3, good heifers in ca|* £3 15s, springers £3 JBs to £1 7« 6d, MESSRS BEWU-:y AND GRIFFITHS' WEKKLY REPORT. A rery larpe entry of poultry w.is penned, and there was excellent demand for £ood table birds. Hens Is 3d to 2k Gd, pullets Is lid tt> 3s Id. duekens Is to is 7d, ducks Is «d to Is Id. At the special pure bird sale a fair number «f entries came forward, hut buyers far pure bred siotV wi-ie'

limited, brace Viddiig ii many cases AH att reach the reserves.

A Urge quaslity of funiture and sulfites (f»ui4 Hit usual rates of valuation.

A caasigsHrat ef assortrd groceries fouml a very ready sal*. Fruit.—Baaasas aid apples are lire naly fruit at present oa the market. Apples 7s M per ease, bananas ss. A clearing sale was krfd at Mr Geo. Potts residencef Pitzror, during the week. Altnwi&h a wet day there ■was a large attendance of buyers, jeverything being disposed of veiy. satisfactorily. The hcrid ef Angora K»ais did not Ibid the reserve. We else keg to report the sale of Mr J. 3. Gilbert farm *f 300 acres Pukearuhe, te a local buyer; also Mr H- Wells fam of MO acres, Omata, to Mr J. J. Gitbert. Also 'hec ether Urns, particulars of which will appear later. •ffCKLANI) AND SOXS' RBTOHT. (Special to News.) ArCKJjAXI), Ai«. 4 Horses.—Aged draughts £lB to £2B ."is. (foofl waggon «n8 express iiorses toj£37. harness and hack hnrs«i £<> to £l3 10s. At rtcmiieTa, berf was in average mpply at improved prices, steers wllimr from S." l.V ( to £l2 12s\ up </; Ifa per 100 IK. cows from £5 10s *.» £» 10?. up to 23s per 100 th. Sheep were in moderate numbers flest tt-ethers to :Hs Gd, ewes to 25s :»:ri;*ta te Its. FSiefl.—Short supply. Porters up ta 5d per lb-

ADPIXfITOJf STOCI MARKJJT. CHRISTCHURCH, August 2. At Addimtoa yards- to-day th c r e were moderate entries of stock. There was a fair attendance. Fat cattle ;old at about, last week's rates. The • tew store sheep ottering sold well, md there was no chanpe in the values of (at lamjK. Prime fat sheep >old well, but unfinished sorts were rattier easier. Pigs of all classes .tvre dull of sale. Store sbeep.-A large line o£ hog;«ls and a few odd lots formed the i •utry, ami they met with ready sale. A line of 120 two tooth weth?rs made 19s 6d, and 664 hoggets .hanged haads at 15s to 15s 4d. Fat lambs— A small yarding of tipht-weigjtts brought about last week's rates-lss »d to 19s 7d. Fat sheep.—There was a moderate yarding, ami included in the entry irere some *ery prims lines of wethas. A considerable proportion of tkf ewes were uniimsheil sorts. For ill prime lots there was keea competitioi at fir* rates, but backward ewes were easier. Prime wethers 24s t« 30s, medium 22s to 22s Sd, l*s 3d to 21s 6d ; prime 3W«s SJs t« 23s 4d, medium 1,7s 6d t» 19s Sd, ag«d and inferior 14s to 17s. Fat rattle.—The yartiig totalled 173 head, among them fcelng several goei lues of stews. The market opened well, but fell away towards U» rinse. A liie ef foutern steers from Mr B. Hayes, (Halketn sold at £9 5s t» £l2 5s ; eigbtee* steers from Mr J. T. Knight (Laverlck's Bay) £7 to £S 10s , and eight heifers from Mr T. J. Bipdling (Lansdowne), £7 t« £». OHter strrrs brought £* 5s W £8 I7s Sd ; heifers £5 5s to £« 5s ; cows £4 15s to £l7 15s (intra to £8 15s-)—equal to 21s t« 22s S* for prime, 17s to 20s Sd for medium, art 17s to 18s U for ceW aod iiferior per l»01b. A goorl eitry »f Teal calTes made 7s 6d to £3. Slora aid dairy cattle—Only some tweaty store cattle oflered, and a few peas af dairy cows, mostly medina sorts. tin fcsrt »f whiek sold up t« £7 ss. Pigs.— A medium yarding met with a dull sate, especiallr baconers and stores. Baronets made 36te to 45s(equal to 3d t« 3Jd per tb), and a few to 3}d per lb), porkers 26s to 33s (equal to XT to 4Jd per ft), large stores 18s to 225, medium 12s Sd to 17s fid, small 9s to 12s