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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 80, 30 April 1909, Page 4

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LONDON MARKETS. London, April 2S. At the tallow sales 1402 casks were ottered and 723 sold. Mutton—Fine 335, medium 3s 3d. 0 Beef—Fine 31s 3d, medium 20s lid. Copper—On spot £57 s8 Od, three months £SB 3s, 'Jd. Tin—On spot £132 2s Cd, three months £133 15s. Lead, £l3 7s 6d. LONDON WOOL SALES. Dalgely and Co., Ltd., report having received the following cable message from their London house, under date or 2b'th inst.:K"The list of arrivals is closed aud all your wools have arrived i c time. The new arrivals amount to 378,000 bales, and of this quantity 213,000 "bales have been forwarded direct to manufacturers at Home anil abroad, leaving, with the 13,000 bales left over from -March series;, 178,000 bales available for the May sales." WEBSTER BROS.' REPORT. Mart.—On Saturday we had a good entry of poultry, and prices showed an increase. Forward chicks brought lid to Is, hens (old) Is 2d to Is 3d, young do. Is 8d to Is lid, pullets (fair) 2s to 2s 3d, cockerels Is l)d to 2s 2d, old roosters Is to Is 3d. Following, mart lines sold nt usual rates. Fruit.—W c have had a fair supply of local fruit come forward, -whilst Island fruit has come to hand ill large quantities and in good order. Apples, cookers 3s to 4s Od case, Is Od to 2s 3d box; desserts, Russets 6s Od case, Northern Spy 8s to 9s, Romanites (i« to Os (Id No. 1, 4s Od No. 2, Rome Beauty (is case; quinces, Id lb good, '/ a d lb poor; walnuts, small, 4'/ 2 d lb; oranges (fe (id, repacKv3 7s fid to 8s Od; bananas, best Fiji 8s to Us, seconds 7s Od; pears, prime dessert, lis Od to 13s Od case. L. A. NOLAN AND CO.'S REPORT. Poultry.—We had a large entry, nearly 250 birds being penned. There is a good demand for pullets and fat cockerels. Prices throughout were satisfactory. We quote: Hens, ordinary, Is 7d to 2s 2d; pullets Is lOd to 3s Id, cockerels .Is 3d to" 2s 7d, according to weight; roosters Is 2d to Is !)d, ducks U 3d to 2s, turkey hens 3s to 3s 3d, gobblers 5s Od to 7s. Mart.—Furniture, crockery, and sundries made satisfactory prices. Fruit. Fiji consignments Came .to hand this week. W c quote: Apples, halfcases, Northern Spys 3s 9d to 4s (Id, Hawke's Bay cases 5s Od to Os Od; bananas (green) 7s 3d to Bs, grapes Od and lOd lb, outdoor 5d anil s'/ 2 d. tomatoes 2 3 Gd to 3s (id, passion fruit 3s 3d to 3s Od (small cases, quinces (small cases) 2s to 2s Od, pears (small cases) 3s to 4s Oil. large 4s (id to 8s Od, lemons Rs and 8s (id case, oranges Gs to 7s Od case, pie melons 5s cw t, pumpkins 4s 3d cwt, Anions 7s cwt. There is a good demand for first-class apples. LOCAL MARKETS. Each. 8. V 8. D. • Pullets ... 1 10 to 8 1 Hens ... 1 2 to 22 Ducks ... 1 3 to 2 0 Cockerels ... 1 3tc 2 7 Chicks ... 9 to I 0 Turkeys ... 3 0 7 U Bi riNo Pbices. Dealers offer for farm produce:— D, Butter, factory, in rolls 1 0£ „ dairy „ 9 „ separator 10 Cnesse, factory 7j „ dairy 6£ Bacon 7J to 8 Hams " 8J Eggs, per doz 1 9 Cash Retail Selling Prices. 6. o. Butter, factory, per lb. 1 1 „ separator 1 0 " dairy „ ... 10 ." Cheese, factory, per lb 8 dairy " ... 8 Egg's, per doz. ... 2 0 Bacon, per lb, ... 10 Hams ~, ... 10 Flour, roller, 1001b ... U 0 Flour, 5l)lr, ... 7 3 Flour, 251b ... 4 0 Oatmeal, 251b bsg ... 3 0 Oats, white, per bushel 2 3 j " Duns 2 3 i Oats, crushed „ ... 2 6 ! Parley „ ... 3 (', Maize, ... 5 0 Wheat ... ... 5 0 Beans ... ... 5 0 Beans, crushed ... 5 (i Folla-d (sark) ... 15 0 Bran (sack) 9 0