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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7951, 14 October 1905, Page 4

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NEW PLYMOUTH, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 14. RETAIL PRICES. Farm and Bairy Produce :-Milk id per quart, buitcr (dairy) lld ' factory Is Id per 16, cheese 8d per ft eggs lOd per dozen, fowls fe per pair, l>rdßdper lb, bacon Sjd to 3d per lb, turns KJd lo M per ft, rashers 1M per lk. fruit—Uanaaas 3d per lb, cecoa•uts 2d to 4d each, lemons Is lo Is M per dozen ; apples. Id per lb, oranges Is to Is fid per doz. Cml.—Westport, lirookdali 425, ftlokau 425. Sdnedusl, pure, £7 JUs par ton. BUYING PRICKS. Butter (best dairy) 9d, separator, 3d, factory rolls 10s to lid per lb, eggs, 8d per dozen, fowls 3s per pair, ducks ts per pair, bacon 6|d per lb, ham 7d per lb, ctMese 6d per lb, lard fid ... pjft| lk, : fungus 2jd per ft'* * : -'j MR NEKTON MStt'SWEEKLY ; AUCTION RKITJRT. At. the Hayniarkct on Saturday] there was a pood demand tor pigs, I welncrs made 10s to Hs, small stores 15s Kd to 31s. Horses nude llom £2 to £>' i 12s 6d. At the mart there was a large entry of poultry amt good pricey were realised. (.DycUißgs- iuidiu'ai, hem* and chicks Is 6<l to 7s, liras is 9d to Is, roosters 2s to :j.-i ad. ducks Is lid lo 2s 2d. Cheese sd. A Jargc quantity of furniture teas disposed of at prices in favour of purchasers. Cattle.—At Waiwakaiho on Tuesday there was a biggrr yarding than usual, and a very attendance'The ' afternoon was vcky rough and Wet,~ and did not tend to tempi buyers to operate. Kidding was quiet for nearly all lines, the majority oi .which, were passed in. Calves lo yearljngs made tts 6d to JOs. 2 year : steers',£2l2s 6d, 2J to 3 year do; £3 7s (}l,"18 months heilers £2 (is 6d, springing heifers £3 10s to £5 Is, springing cows £4 7s I'd to £6, cows at full profit £l2s6d to £3 10s. At Stony River t>n Wednesdar I tad full yards and a dull sale. iYouug eattli; met with little inquiry, and most lines were passed in. Forward empty cows w e re the only clabb I for which there'was amy competition, all of this class selliog at improved prices. Calves, tu year togs, made fs M to 27k 6d,- 18: liowtfis ■ ~{o! year Bteers hi low condition 335, 2 year •leers 4fs, springing heifers £ I ins to £4 15s, store cows 35s to 37s Sd forward do. £3 7* fid to £.T 18s, fat do. £4 to £5 (>s. A small Ijne of hoggets made lis 6U.- r , ■ ; MESSRS GRIFFITHS' WEEKLY REPORT. Poultry.—Being the laying season, only about 60 .head of poultry were penned, retUsfnfc fciee*.. line,, from Is 4d to Is 9d, Toosters Is 3d , to Is 6d, chicks and 3d. ducklings 9d to U 2d : no turkeys camo forward. Furniture slightly * c nl in favour of buyers. Vegetables were i n good demand. There is always a sale /or such stuffs on a Saturday. MESSRS VICKKRR & STEVENS' WEEKLY REPORT. On Wednesday last at our liH>'- i .Wood yards there w.s only a small yarding! ot young stork, but there Was a big musu-ir-uf- springers Anvtbing in good ord,r and ilnse up, .Were well computed for Kidiietn months to 2 vear steers made £' I 15s, enipty .hfjfer:, .£!• t„ £j ; >s r I store cows £l ."s to £2 ward springers £2 in s t<>' t-T' f.ls forward do., £1 to £:, 7 S ■,,] Ksws £4 10s. At Tarata on Monday thete was j fair yarding. Yearling, £1 !i s to £| •13s, springers £i 7s fid.

MESSRS BUCKLAND AND SON'S REPORT. (Special to News.) -AUCKLAND, Oct. 13. Horses.—There was a ' u " Jatil, anil keen competition- Young useful sons of active''draughts made to £l3, good backs anil harness £hi 15s to <£-U, ordinary £0 10s to £U-

A i Remuera there was an average supply of lccf, which sold n.-~uluilj at slightly lower values. Steels made from -7 to £l'- 2s (ill, "and up to 25s I'i't, tl io,.W 2$ W, 4»il, up 'to'ilif j>« lefts'. Sheep were lower, lust Wetl.crs to 325, shorn to it's »d, ewes to 2Ns. Lambs were low. liest to 17s (id. : l'ijjs wile in lull supply ami keen demand ; porkers to 3Ks, Iwei iU'is in ills. : AI)1)IN<;TO\ ; ;W'K MAUKI-T. CHRISTCIIUKC'II, Oct. 11. K\eepl in ful catOe the yarding of .sjock at Addition io-ilay were tuosily small. There was a »o<»I at--I,'jnlaiue iiv'i was a shade etisicr. Fat lambs anil store 'Ucfp sold Well, fl'inie (at slieeP Welv v t i y lii'Ui. Fat lilgs Were in demand , stoics were qull oi sale. Store and dairy Cattle tjiet With rather better inquiry. • Store sheep.—The principal entries ih the store sheep pen- WW some 3ood lines •>! wcllieis, and ill. se with ijther classes s<>l<i fully n|l to laic rates. The principal sales were—l7s wettiers at tits- lid, '"it at -Us Mil, 2'i'i al 2'is Id, culls liis 3d ; 7J hoggcls 15s, S'-t at lis lid, small line shorittlfc. su»U line* at. J2* >l. - KatlimbswAftmt fttWieasoa's lambs Were penned, im-sily in small lots and o! good quail... There w a s good competition and prices were firm, good to prime mating from 2i)s to' 2lis, a few lighter ffom 15s. Fat sheep.—There was a?;aiii a moderate yarding of tat sheep, mostly wethers, and a number of lines were unfinished ami Were bought by graze iijcs. Prime sheep s.,M ;cull> up to late lates. A few pens of shorn. Wethers, 11,e first to It,- offered this season, failed lo find buyers al owners* reserves. It.]!.-> oi pricts— Prime wethers 25.s lo 2ss 3d, medium 225. lid t0.24s 6d, unfintshid 2is to 22s ; eye-, 18s to 255.W to prime merino wethers 17s 10d to 2Js medium ltis 7s to 17s M. Kai cat lie. There well; 251 i head of Ul cattle pcnmtl, mostly prime steers. The market opened at last .week 1 * rates - ,, but,-*ras a later on, though', consiifenni;' llie larxe yarding, pricts were exceptionally Rood. I'rineipal sales were 1 bullocks. £JI 2s Bd to £JS ss, (I steers £lir lis (d to £lf 15s, 2 COWS £8 JJi fiii <mri t3 7s C«j 2 W-lfirs 17 " 15s' and £7 17s fid, I, steels £n 12s fd to tin ; a line ot prime im-tltan) •Weight steers averaging tin 7s ; 25 steels tli) 02s (id lo £H, oilier steels £7 15s to £ll 5s ; heifers tli l„ £S 15s ; cows £.l -to £% % (id—e<|Ual to 2is fc,| j<> 26s H for piiiue- at!J 21s to 23s for medium per iiMHb. Veal calves s o hl at «st.d to :>=s. tfc ( . -entry beins mostly small.sorts. Siore and dairy cattle— H to IS inonilis-ohl cattle formed the chief part of tlH> entry, ami the sale was "Yearlinjs made tii iT S ' to fls to Ms. pairy cow, , JIP , wilh bel! demand. and saks w,,e made up to was ■ "-".all vanliiis. I an J. WH„ wn demand. pric,s showen a M -i lt -ral improvement tor fats, "ere dull „i sale Ihc--nm s M , ;jßs ~, t(( to (Is ,"r I . ' P " rk, ' ,S 2«S L.r«V i»s .r-' 1 - ! "", r - ,b