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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 352, 1 April 1910, Page 7

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LONDON MARKETS. By Cabl*.—Pimm A»*o«i*tio«.—Copyright London, March 30. Copper—'Spot £SB las, three months £59 7s Od, electrolytic £6l os. Tin—Spot £149, three months £lsl. The opinion of the market regarding the Marathon's shipment of chilled beef is that it lacks brightness, probably due to the long voyage. Hind-quarters realised 4%d.

NEW PLYMOUTH 'RETAIL PRICES. Butchers' Meat. Beef: Sirloin <Jd, prime ribs sd, rump steak Bd, beef from 3d to 4d, corned beef from 3d to 5a per lb. .Mutton: Legs 6d, chops 6d, loin 6d, shoulders sd, necks 4d per lb. Pork: Fresh, 6d per lb. Veal, 3d to 5d psr lb. Sausages, beef 4d, pork 64. Lamb, 4s to 5s a quarter. Fowls, 5s per pair, ducks 6s per pair. These prices are for caSh only; %d per lb for booking oyer one month.

General Groceries—Following are the cash prices charged by New Plymouth grooers:— Sugars, No. la 10s 3d, No. 2 10s, Kerosene 9s 6d per case. Rollsd oats and oatina, lOd per bag; oatmeal, 3s per 251b bag; flour, roller, 1001b ISs, 501b 6s 9d, 251b 3s Bd.

| Cereals, etc.—Oats, white 2s 9d per , bushel, duns 2s 6d per bushel, crushed oats, 3s; barley, 3s 6d; maize,. ss. <sd ; wheat, ss; beans, ss; crushed beans, 5s 6d; pollard, 5s 6d per 1001b; bran, 5s ,6d per 1001b. Dairy Produce, etc.—Butter factory Is Id, dairy lOd, best separator Is per! lb; cheese, 9d per lb: eggs, Is 6d per dozen; lard. 9d per lb; bacon, lOd per lb; hams, BV;d per lb, rashers lOd; milk, I 3d per quart. I

Fruit.—Bananas 51b for Is, lemon* 1s to Is 6d per dozen, apples 31 and 4d lb, pines 6d to 9d, cocoanuts 2d to 4d, walnuts 8d per lb, dried fifrs 4d and Gd p?r box, tomatoes 3d and 4d per lb, cucumbers 2d to 4d, plums 3d and 4d per 'n. grapes, Is per lb, peaches 4d and (id per lb. Pears, 4d to 6d per lb. Vegetables.—Cabbages 3d to 4d, carrots 2d, turnips 2d, parsnips 2d per bunch, rhubarb 4d per bundle, potatoes 6s 6d per cwt., kumeraa 51bs for Ib, onions 10)b for Is.

Buying Prices. —Dealers offer for farm produce: Butter, factory (it rolls) 11-i/jd. dairy (in rolls) 9d, separator lOd. Factory cheese 7V 2 d, dairy fiVijd. bacon 7y a d, hams 7y 2 d, eggs Is 4d per flozen.