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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 141, 23 September 1910, Page 3

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WEBSTER BROS.' REPORT. Poultry, etc. —At the mart on Saturday we had a good entry of poultry of all classes. Ducklings were in keen, demand, as high as 2s 2d being paid for a pen of 10-day-old ducklings. Fowls (old) Is 5d to Is 'Bd; good young do. 2s to 2s lim, p.b. laying white Leghorns 3s 4d to 4-. cockerels 2s to 2s LOd, ducks 2s sd_to 2s Lid, ducklings (10 days old) 2s 2d each, C'uinea hen 3s 3d, turkey gobblers (poor) 59 fid to 6s 9d. No geese were ; htured. Trees and sundries sold at usual rates.

Fruit.—During the week apples have come forward in small quantities and oranges have hardened considerably. Apples, prime Sturmers, 10s 3d, seconds 9s to 9s '.id, Rokewoods 10s 6d to Us, oranges (re-packed) 16s 6d; bananas, 3d per lb. New .shipment of oranges and bananas is due on Monday ex T alone, and prices are expected to rule high.

NEW PLYMOUTH RETAIL PRICES. Butchers' Meat. Beef: Sirloin fid, prime ribs sd, rump steak Bd, beef from 3d to 4d, corned beef from 3d to 5a per lb. Muttor: Legs fid, chops 6d, loin 6d, shoulders sd, necks' 4d per lb. Pork: Fresh, 6d per lb. Veal, 3d to 5d per lb. Sausages, beef 4d, pork fid. Lamb, 4s to 5s a quarter. Fowls, 5s per pair, ducks '6s per pair. These prices are for cash" only •' y 3 d per lb for booking over one week.

General Groceries.—Following are the cash prices charged by New Plymouth grocers:—Sugar, No. la 10s 3d, No .2 10s. Kerosene 9s 9d per ease. Rolled oats and oatina, lOd .per bag; oatmeal, 3s 3d per 251b bag; flour, roller, 1001b 12s 501b 6s 3d, 251b 3s 4d.

Cereals, etc.—Oats, white 2s 9d per bushels, duns 3s per bushel, crushed oats, 3s; barley, 3s 6d; maize, 4s; wheat, 4s; beans, ss; crushed beans, 5s 6d; pollard 6s 9d, per 1001b 13s 200 lbs; bran, 5s par 1001b. Dairy Produce, etc.—Butter factory Is 2d, dairy lOd, best separator Is per lb; cheese, 9d per lb; eggs, lid per dozen; lard. 9d per lb; bacon, lOd per lb; hams, 9V»rl per lb, rashers lOd; milk, 4d per quart. Fruit Bananas 4d per lb, lemons Is 6d per down, apples 3d to Sd per lb, dried figs 4d pud 6d per box, oranges Is Od to 2- 'v>r dozen, walnuts 8d orange Is to Is 6d par dozen, walnuts 8d per I>.

Is per dozen, apples 3d and 4d per lb, dried figs 4d and 6d per box, Vegetables—Cabbages 3d and 4d, carrots 2d per bunch, turnips 2d per lb, parsnips 2d per bunch, potatoes 7s per cwt., kumeras 51bs for Is, onions lOOlbs bags ss, cauliflowers 5d to Bd.

Buying Prkes.—Dealers offer for farm produce: Butter factory (in rolls) Is 0y 2 d, dairy (in rolls) Bd, separator LOd, eggs 9d per dozen.