COMMERCIAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 273, 24 December 1909, Page 6

COMMERCIAL.

LIVE STOCK MARK.Iit 1 . NEWTON KING'S REPORT. At the Haymarket on Saturday weaner pigs made 6s to lis, stores 14s to 10s, horses £3 10s to £O, horse Rohepotae 29 guineas'. At Urcnui on Monday yearling steers made £2 lis, yearling heifers £1 19s (id to £2 2s, empty heifers £3 to £3 lis, forward cows £3 10s, 2% to 3-year steers £3 19s fid, 3 to 4-year bullocks £5 9s. fat ewes and wethers lis ad, bulls £3 2s Gd to £4 10s'. At Stratford on Tuesday yearling heifers made £2, 2-ycar empty heifers up to £3 Bs, store cows £2 5s to £2 18s, forward do. £3 12s Gd to £3 IBs Gd, fat do. £4 0s to £o Bs, 3-year bullocks £4 10s, 3 to 4-year bullocks £a 3s, springing heifers £4 2s 6d, springing cows £5, bulls £1 10s to £6. At Rahotu on the same day yearling steers made 32s Gd to 4Gs, yearling heifers 28s 6d to 425, empty heifers £2 14s Gd to .£3, store cows £2 to £2 'lßs Gd, forward do. £3 to £3 10s, 2year steers £3 Bs, springing heifers £4 12s Gd to £o, bulls £1 17s Gd to £3 15s. At Stony River on Wednesday weaners made 18s, yearling steers £2 7s Gd, yearling heifers 345, la-months' do. £2 lis to £3 Is, 15 to 18-montlis steers '£2 9s Gd to £3, 2-ycar steers £.l as, store cows £3 10s, forward do. £8 Gs to £3 las, fat do. £4 ss, empty heifers, Jersey strain, £3 17s.

SEW PLYMOUTH RETAIL PRICES Butchers' Stoat.—liee.f: Sirloin 0(1, prime ribs fid, rump steak Sd, beei from 3d to 4d, corncil beef from 3d to 5d per lb. Mutton: Legs Gd, chops 01, loin Od, shoulders sd, necks 4d per lb. Pork: Fresh Gd per lb. Veal, 3d to 5d per lb. Sausages, beef 4d, pork 0(1. Lamb, 4s and as a quarter. Fowls, 5s peiv-pair, dueks' Gs per pair. These prices are £or cash only. tlcncral Groceries. —Following are the cash prices charged by New Plymouth grocers:—Sugars: No. 1A lis 3d, No. 28s 9d, Kerosene, 9s Od per case. Rolled oats and oatina, lOd per bag; oatmeal, 3s per 2511) bag: Hour, roller, 100 lb 13s fid > ;jolb 7s, 251b 3s 0(1. Cereals, etc.—Oats, white 2s Od 1 per bushel, c|m>s 2s Oil per bushel, crushed oflts 2s Pd; tyirley, 3s Od; maize, ss; wheat ss; beans, ss; crushed beans, 5s Od; pollard, 5s 0d per 1001b; bran, gs Od per 1001b. Dairy Produce, etc.—llutter, factory i Is Id, dairy Jod, best separator Is per lbj cheese, 0d per lb; eggs, Is 2d per doz.; lard, 9d per lb.; bacon, 10d pellb; barns', B'/ 2 d per lb; rashers, lOd; milk, 3d per quart. Fruit. —Bananas 3d per lb, lemons Is to Is Od per dozen, apples 8d per lb, oranges Is Od to 2s (Id per dozen, mandarins 4d to Gd per dozen, pines Od to Od, coeoanuts 2d to 4d, walnuts 10(1 per lb, dried figs Od per box, tomatoes Is 3d per lb, strawberries Is 0(1 per box, cucumbers Od to Is, gooseberries 3d per lb. Vegetables.—Cabbages 3d to 4d, earrots li&d, turnips 1 Vad, rhubarb 0d per bundle, new potatoes 2(1 per lb. | Buying prices.—Dealers offer for farm [■produce: Butter, factory (in rolls) ll'VL'll- ;Jftiry (in rolls) Od, separator lOd. Dairy cliepae dairy bacon i 7Vi'l, liams T'/srfi eggs' }a |«r (losen,