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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 236, 10 February 1911, Page 7

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LONDON MARKETS. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright. London, February 8. Copper.—Spot £55 3s !)<!, three months £55 10s 3d; electrolytic, £57 15s. Tin.—Spot £lB6, three months £lB5 10s. Lead, £l3 2s Cd. Wheat.—Six thousand tons of South Australian sold at 355. Tallow. —At the sales 910 casks were offered and 575 sold. The prices were unchanged. The American visible supply of wheat is 74,323,000 bushels. WEBSTER BROS.' REPORT. jfoultry.—On Saturday last our pens were filled with poultry, including some very choice lines of pullets, The demand throughout was gtfod. The top price for the year was realised by a pen of six pure White Leghorn pullets. Prices were as follows:—Pullets (White Leghorns) 4s, Brown Leghorns, 3s fid, 3s 7d; Black Orpingtons, 3s 4d, 3s Cd; others, small, Is lid to 2s 7d; hens, good, is 8d to 2s Id; old, is 4d to la (id; cockerels, small, Is 2d to Is 7d; good, Is lOd to 2s lOd; chicks, 4 1 / 2 d to sd; ducklings, lid to Is Cd; ducks, good, to 2s 3d; Pekin drakes, 3s, 3s Id; old ducks, Is lOd to 2s; goslings, 2s !)d. A line of over-carried second grade wheat sold rtell.

Fruit. —Supplies during the week havo eased off somewhat, especially plums, the bulk of which are practically done. Tomatoes are in heavy supply from all parts. The Jirst shipment of Island oranges and the first shipment of Karatongan bananas this year are due at the end of the week. We report prices as follows:—Fiji bananas, 12s fid to 13s; Nelson tomatoes, 3s 9d to ss; wet and small, Is Cd to 2s 9d; Nelson grapes, 9d to lid; Blue Diamond plums, 3s Cd to 4s; Satsutnas, Is fid; Ogons, Is 3d to Is 9d; Ponds' seedlings, Is 6d to 3s; yellow gages, Is 3d; green gages, 5s 3d; pears, ss; damsons, 2s; cucumbers, la fid to 4s 3d; peaches, choice, Cs 9d t,o 7s Cd; good, 0s Cd to Cs 3d; seconds, 4s to 4s Cd; nectarines, 2s Cd to 7s (according to quality); apricots, poor, C 3 to 7s; Burbank plums, 2s jßd; green peas, 8d; Cape gooseberries, 4'/ s d; ripe bananas, 2d to 2'/ s d; Auckland tomatoes, Is Cd to 2s; over ripe, Is; Auckland grapes, 8d to lOd; cooking apples, Is Cd to 2s 6d; passion fruit, poor, 2s 9d; repacked bananas, 8s Cd to 10s.

L. A. NOLAN AND CO.'S REPORT. Poultry—On Saturday last we had a large entry, all pens being well filled. Prices were slightly easier. We quote: Hens, Is to Is lOd; cockerels, Is to Is 9d; pullets, small, Is 8d; roosters, Is to Is 7d; ducks and ducklings, Is 4d to Is Sd. In the mart a large quantity of furniture and vegetables sold well. Fruit. —The market shows an improvement on all lines, peaches and pears selling particularly well. The glut in plums is over, prices showing a considerable increase owing to short supply. Peaches, Royal George, No. 1, 6s, Cs 3d; No. 2, as; No. 3, 4s Od; Paragons, No. 1, 5s 3d; No. 2, as; No. 3, 4s (id; pears, William Bon Cretiens, (is to 7s 3d; tomatoes, half-cases, best, 4s Cd; others, 3s to 4s; nectarines, 5s to 5s 9d; plums, black, 3s to 3s 6d; others, Is to 2s Cd; apples, dessert, 4s fid; cookers, 3s to 3s 3d; grapes, black Hamburgs, Is per lb; marrows, Is 9d per dozen; cucumbers, Is Cd small cases.

WELLINGTON WOOL SALES.

Wellington, February 7.

Messrs. Dalgety and Co.. Ltd., report having hold* tlieir fourth wool sale of the season in the Town Hall to-day, when they offered a catalogue of 4748 bales out of a total of 12,672. As is usually the case at this time of the year, there was a large number of very dingy, heavy and seedy parcels, only a small percentage of the offering being clean wool. There was a full attendance of buyers, and competition was keen throughout the sale, but we regret having to report a drop of quite y 4 d to %d below prices realised at our January sale. The following will give an indication of prices ruling as compared with last sale (the January prices being in parentheses):— Super merino, (10y 4 d to 10% d); merino, (o'/ 2 d to lOd), Qd to 9'/ 2 d; super halfbred to lly 2 d), 10'/ 4 d; medium halfbred (Oyjd to 10d), 9d to 9y 2 d; super crossbred (9%d to lid), lOd to lid; medium crossbred (8d to B%d), 7%d to B'/id; inferior and coarse crossbred (7d to 7%d), (SVid to 7d; Shropshire (!)d to il'/Ul); pieces (Od to 7Vid), 5d to 7d; bellies (5%d to ti'/ t d), 5%d to Cy 2 d; stained pieces and locks (3%d to 4d), 3Vad to 3%d; crutchings (4%d to s'/,d), 3%d to o'/jd; neck pieces (7y 2 d); first lambs, B'/ 2 d to second lambs, 7d to 8d; lambs, inferior, 4%d to C^d.

The last sale of the season will be held on Friday, 3rd March, and we are now receiving wool for this sale, catalogues for which close on 25th February. NEW PLYMOUTH RETAIL PRICES.

Butchers' Meat. Reef: Sirloin, fid; prime' ribs, "id; rump steak, (id; beef, from 3d to 4d; corned beef, from 4d to od per lb. .Mutton: Legs, (Id; chops, Cd; loin, (id; shoulder.*, (id; neeks. 3d per lb. Pork: Fresh, (id per 111. Veal, 3d to 5d per lb. Sausages: Reef 4(1. pork Bd. Lamb; Legs, (is; fore-quarters, ss. Fowls, os to (is per pair; ducks, (is per pair. These prices arc for cash only; Vid per lb. for booking over one week. Ocneral (Iroccric.s. —Following arc the cash prices charged by New Plymouth grocers:—Sugar, No. la !)s,!)d: No. - 2 Os 0:1; kerosene, Its !)d per case; rolled'oafs and oatina. llld per bag;-oatmeal, 3s 3:1 per 251b bag; Hour, roller, 1(1011), lis 3d, 5011) 5s !ld, 251bs 3s Id; Cereals, etc. —Oats, (larton*, 3s per bushel, Duns 3s. crushed oats 3s lid; barley, 3s (id; maize, -Is 3d: wheat, 4s fid; beans, ss; crushed beans, 5s (id; pollard, 7s !)d per 1001b, 15s per 2001b; bran-, 5s per 1001b. Dairy Produce, etc.—flutter: Factory, Is 2d, dairy 10d, best separator Is per lb; cheese, !) I per lb; eggs, Is 2d per doz.; lard, Oil per lb; bacon, 10d per lb; hams, !)'/ ; d per lb, rashers lOu; milk, 3d per quart. * Fruit —Rananas, 3d and 4d lb; lemons, Is and Is (id per dozen; apples, cookers 2d, dessert 4d; ligs, 4d and (id per box; oranges, Is '/id to 2s per doz.; walnuts, fld per lb; passion fruit, fid dozen; pineapples, 4d to fld; tomatoes, 3d to 4d lb; plums, 2d to 3d; "rapes, Is 3d to Is fid lb; peaces. 4d to fid lb; apricots, fid per lb; nectarines, fid lb. Vegetabels.—Cabbages. 3d and -id; earrots, 2d per bunch; turnips. 2d per 1m; parnsips. 2d per bunch; kumeras, 51b for Is; onions, Id per lb; cauliflowers, 3d to fid; new potatoes, Id per lb; rhubarb, fid per bunch; green peas, Is to Is fid per peck; cucumbers, 2d to 4d each. Buying prices—Dealers offer for farm produce: Butter, factory (in rolls), Is Eargs, Is per dozen; hams, S'/ud per lb; 0y 2 d, dairy (in rolls) Sd, separator lOd. lard, 7'/ 2 d per lb.