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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 8120, 26 May 1906, Page 4

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NEWTON KING'S REPORT. | At tlie Hayniarket on Saturday piss sold at fairly good prices, wcaners making 5s to Bs, small stores 12s to 13s lid, gig liorse and harness i'lo. At tlie mart a fair quantity of poultry came forward and good prices were realised. Cockerels made Is 44 to Is 7d, pullets Is 2d to 2s 6d, liens Is 2d to Is 9d. A quantity of inferior p >t-i----toes were cleared at 3s to Si 64 pr cwt. A large quantity of groceries and sundries found buyers at bargain prices.

Offing no doubt to the cold weather very little business is being done with fruit. Apples are very plentiful .md dull of sale. I quote: cooking apples Is 6d to 2s 6d per box, 4s to 5s per case; dessert 4s to lis per case, oranges 3s 04 to (is, lemons 4s to os, jam melons 6s to 9s per cwt., pumpkins 6s to 8s per cwt. . Cattle; At Waiwakaibo on Tucs. ; Ui •, ..viug to the rough weather, there tv.i.i a small yarding and attendance. Calves made 10s to lis, 12s to 18 months heifers 21s to 275, 18 to 20 months steers 29s to 345, springing heifers £3 8s 6d, store cows 16s 6d to 30s, cows in calf 25s to 70s, ewes in Luib I Is 3d, old do. ss.

At Stony River on Wednesday there was a smaller muster than usual, no cal ves coming forward. Two auda-half to 3-year steers made £2 12s 64, store cows 12s to 30s, forward do. £2 9s to £3 14s, fat do. £3 9s, springing heifers £3 5s to £4.

At Stratford on Tuesday I held my ii.'st H.oui, hide, and tallow sale, and in view of the fact that notice of the sale was very short, under three weeks, and that this sale was the first of its kind held in Taranaki, the catalogue of 350 skins, 350 1 i 'cs, 12 casks tallow,and a few bags tn.l bales of wool may be considere4 very satisfactory. The whole catalogue me l ; with keen competition, an 4 all consignments offered were sold. The success of this sale, co.ii.ncncrd as it \v s under somewhat adverse ciri.' nstaiKes, is sufficient evidence tl'at -an institution of the kind is required in Ta;' laki, and I shall henccfurdi hclJ regular sales every four weeks. TL-o convenience of clients, both wnlors and purchasers, is best studied by holding the sales at Stratford, because of its central position. I trust that ere long Taranaki will have a sale established which will be large enough to attract buyers from all parts of the colony. Ti.e pri.-es obtained on Tuesday were .very satisfactory. 1 quote: Well matted fleece 9d, black fleece 7Jd, dead B£d, crutcbinffs 7Jd Ito Bd, locks s.|d. Skins '• Butchers'

sorted crossbreds 4s 64 to 6s 2d, butchers' dry crossbreds 7d to 9d, butchers' half dry and green 3s 84 to 6s 54, dry damaged od to 6.1; pelts, salted Is lOd, 4ry s|d; bides, ox LI 4s to LI 5s 6d, butchers' cows 14s to LI 2s, butchers' ra'ves, sound 3s to 6s, calvef, damaged Is 6d to 4s, cows, damaged and salty 10s to 13s 9d, yearlings 5s to 9s; tallow in casks 19s 6d to 21s; cow tails Is <Jd dozen; horsehair Is 7d to 4s yd.

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PEE PHESS A3SOCI ITIOX'. Busk ix, !\Jay 23. Wheat: Millers :irt* noil stocked, aud not anxious to buy on a large scale. Prime tusean, however, commands a ready sale. Medium milling quality lias only a limited inquiry, but fowl wheat is readily quitted at late rates. Quotations: Prime milling tnscin, 3s sdto 3s 6d; prime milling wlvct ami red chaff, 3s 3d to 3s 5d ; medium milling, 3s lid to 3s 21d ; best I'ovvl « heal, 3s to 3s Id; broken and diiiiiaged, 2> 9d to 2s lid per bushel; sacks extra. Oats : A fair quantity has changed hands during the week. There is practieally no change in values, algood bright oats are it aujihing firmei, Quotations : Prime milling, 2s 3id to 2s 4id; good to best feed, 2s lid to 2s 2Jd; inferior and medium, 2s "to 2s Id per bushel; sacks extra. BUENSILE MARKET IIJiPuBT. PES PBESS ASSOCIATION. Dunedin, May 22. Fat cattle : 164 yarded, quality being rather poor, only an odd pen being prime. Beef prices opened about 10s per head in advance of last week, but eased off to about last week's rates. Extra prime £lO 10s, good £8 to £9 10s, medium £6 10s to £7 15s, light, £llos to £6, cows and heifers £5 10s to £6 7s fid, medium £4 10s to £5 15s, j light and inferior L2 10s to £l.

Fat sheep: 2686 pcuned, the bulk being wethers of medium quality. Some pens were really prime, and some magnificent lines from Mole Hill estate, fattened on tussock, realised from 26s to 3os 6d. Prices for prime wethers were abo*t the same as last weei, but medium wetlicrs and ewes were from Is to Is 6d easier. Best wethers made up to 3os (id, good 20s to 22s Od, medium 17s 6d to IDs, light ancl inferior 15s. Jat lambs : 800 pe ned, t'.c majority being only fair quality. Mr-Jium and unfinished were hard to q. t. Best made up to 17s, good 13s Od to 15s, medium 12s to 13s 3d, light and unfinished 7s to 10s 6d. Pigs: There was a fair yarding, and prices were n.ush the samo as last week.