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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 8033, 20 January 1906, Page 3

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MI! XK\YT(>X KJXIi'.S WEKKLY AICTLOX KJiPOKT. At the Haymarkct on Saturday a large number of pigs were sold.; M eaners made Ills liil; slips lis (id tu Iss; small stores J7s to 27a lid hoi-si-s £3 12s (id lo £l3 13s. At the Man a fair number of fowls came in. Chicks made 7<\ to sd; cockerels Is fid to 2 s 2d; liens Is 2d to 2s 3d ■ ducks Is lit tii Is (id. l'l'iiit.—Fruit is now coining forward ill very hi.gc i|iiantities and selling at low prices. During the week I sold over 1300 boxes at prices as follows Plums Is (id to Is ; peaches 3s to 7s; apricots 8s; tomatoes 2s (id to os; grapes lUd to Is Id ; bananas, Ss to lis (j.l; apples Is (id to 3s. Cattle.—At Waiwakailio on Tuesday there was a little more enquiry for good 12 to 18 mos cattle, but prices did not show much improvement. Weauers were dillicult to quit, except, Lwo pens of good .Shorthorns, which made His to His (id respectively, but colored lots were quite unsaleable. Twelve to IN mos steers 3(is to £2 ; 2.J year do C2 12s (id ; store cows .£2 to £3 ; dairy cows iu milk and springing £2 7s (id to £5.

BEWLEY AM) GIUFFITIIS' itEJL'UIIT. t Ucwlpy ami Griffiths report:—A fair ' average quantity of poultry was pen- I lied, prices being slightly better. J tens | I'enlised Is 5d to Is Oil, cockerels Is Id , to Is llil, chieks (ia and yd, ducks Is 3d to Is 7d, ducklings 7d to lod. A spe- ' eial line of purebred White Leghorns was penucd, some of which sold at:— 1 Hens 'ls l)d, os, and Ids each, pullets ' Is to (is (id, cockerels 3s to IDs, prize cock lfe Fruit.—Hums 2s !ld to 3s Oil, peaches Is (id to 7s, apples 2s 3d to 3s lid, tomatoes Us, bananas Is (id to 10s case. Vegetables—lihubarb 3d, potatoes | 1 ill, cabbages 2d, carrots (lot) Oil, cauliflowers 3d, others Id, cucumbers 3d, peas lid peek, turnips (in iots) lid, bcaus is, lettuce Id. Furniture.—A large quantity of furniture and sundries sold m favor of buyers. YICKEIiS AMU STEVENS' HEI'ORT. Tickers and Stevens report there was only a moderate entry of cattle in their Jnglewood yards on Wednesday, but nearly everything was sold at the following rates: —Weaners 7s to 15s •id, yearlings to 15 months .fcl 2s to i'l 15.S lid, 2U months to 2-year steers i'2 10s (id, store cow s i'l 10s to t'3. M.Z.L. AMU M.A. Co.'s WEEKLY liKl'OliT. Auckland. January 17. Horses.—At the Durham yards on Friday we had a very large-yarding of horses, and for anything of a good stamp competition was good, llcavv draughts sold at fi'oui £2l Ills to c;m'», medium do. i'lß 10s to £33 Ills, hack and light harness £li IDs to 11 '.I 15s. A spring cart £l(t 10>, tax carl £l2 15i. At Pukekohe on \\ eduesday there was an average muster of stock of all descriptions, and with the exception id' grown steers and dairy cows, prices were lower. Dairy cows sold at from fcl 5s to I'M, empty do. I'l 12s Oil to £3 2s, calve* 15s to 255, grown steers Id 15s to C 5 12s Oil, two to three-year-old do. C2 Ills to i'l 12s (id ; beef at Mewmarket rates. Oil Tuesday, at the June!ton yards, we bad a usual yarding of dairy and store slock. Hairy rows sold at from C 3 5s to fcl! Ills. cmplvdo. CI 15s to 13 Ss, calves 17.. (id t.." LI 1:i.,. JJeef was vai'drd in i.-sual nimdnT-;. ami sold at lii 11• rales. nwii . 1111 lo 22* |ui' lilillb; nn\s. l7slo2n*; steel's Mtlil at friim t'i 5< lo I'll.' 2s (id; cows, £3 Ids to £7. Sheep were yarned at the -Newmarket yards on Tuesday in average numbers, ami sold at late rales. \\ ethers sold at from 15s lid to i'l, ewes 13s lo ISs :! ( i. Lambs, lirsl quality, sold at from 12s 'id to 10s 3d, other sorts os lild lo I".- 3d. l'igs, scarce, i'orkcrs sold at from l;s., (id lo £1 lis, weailul'S 5> 0d iu j-- -id, bacoucrs £*l 10s to £2 15s.