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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 151, 22 December 1911, Page 2

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LONDON MAftKJMB. By Cable— i ■■ w Association—Copyright. London, December 20. Tallow.—Eight hundred and fwty-aix casks offered, 460 sold. Mutton, fine 375, medium 33s 6d; beef, fine 3*3 Od, medium 32s 6d. AMERICAN WHEAT. j London, December 20. The American visible wheat supply is 114,102y000 bushels; LOCAL MARKETS. Butchers' Meat. Beef; Sirloin, 6d; prime ribs, 6d; rump steak, 8d; beef from 3d to 6d; corned beef, 4d ana Sd. Mutton: Legs 6d; chops, fid; loin, sd; shoulders, 5d per lb; necks, 3d. Veal, 3d to 5d per lb. Sausages: Beef, sd, pork Bd. Lamb: Legs, fid; forequarters, 4s 6d; hindquarters, 5s 6d. Pork: Fresh, 6d per lb. Fowls, 5s to 6s per pair; ducks, 6s per pair. Dripping, 6d per lb. These prices are for cash only; y 2 d per lb. for booking over cash prices charged by New Plymouth one week. General Groceries.—Rolled oata and oatina, lOd bag; oatmeal, 4s 3d per 25Hi bag; flour, roller, 1001b, lis 3d, 50lb 6s, 251b 3s 3d. Cereals, etc.—Oats, Gartons, 3s 9d per bushel, Duns 3s 9d, crußhed oats 4s; barley, 3s 9d; crushed beans, 5s 6d; pollard 7s 3d per TOOIh, 14s per 2001bs; bran, 6s per 1001b; fowl wheat, 4s 6d per bushel; maize, 4s 6d to 5s per bushel. Dairy Produce, etc.—Butter: Factory Is 3d, dairy Bd, best separator Is Id per lb; cheese, 8d per lb; eggs, lid per doz.; lard, 9d per lb: bacon, raehera, lOd per lb; bams, 9y>d per lb; milk, 4d per quart. Fruit.—Bananas, 3d and 4d lb; lemons. Is per doz.; apples 8d lb figs, 4d and 6d box; oranges, 2s per doz.; mandarins, Is doz; pineapples, Od and Dd each; grapes, 2s per lb; tomatoes, Is per lb; strawberries, Is to Is 6d' per box; cherries, Is 3d per lb; gooseberries, 3d per lb. Vegetables—Cabbages, 3d and 4d; carrots, 2d per bunch ; turnips, 2d per lb; new potatoes, 'Jibs for is; parnsnips, 2d per hunch; onions, 2d per Hh; marrows and pumpkins, Id per lb; cauliflowers. 4d, Gd and 8d; cucumbers, 6d and Is. Buying prices: Dealers offer for produce: Butter, factory (in rolls), Is iy 2 d; dairy (in rolls) !)d, separator, lid. Eggs, lid per doz. Hams, Si/.d per lb. Lard, Sd per lb. Fungus, 3d per lb.