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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 241, 20 March 1915, Page 2

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RETAIL PRICES. NEW PLYMOUTH MARCH 10, 1015. DAIRY PRODUCE, ETC. 9. (1. Butter —• Factory ] 3 Best Separator 1 0 Seconds () 11 Dairy 0 10 Eggs 1 g Lard 0 10 Hams 0 11 Rashers 1 o Milk (quart) 0 'I FRUIT. Oranges 2s don. Bananas 3d and 4d lb Peaches 4d and (id lb Passion fruit (id doz. Grapes Is to Is Cd lb Tomatoes 4d and 6tl lb I>l ' ars 4d and (id !b Walnuts Is lb A l>P lra 3d to (id lb Lemons Is fid and 2s doz. VEGETABLES. Carrots 2d per bunch' Turnips 2d per buncll Potatoes lAd lb Parsnips 2(1 Rhubarb 4d per bunch Cucumbers 2d to 4d Vegetable marrows gd BUYING PRICES. _ , s. d. l'actory bufferBest separator regist'd dairies 0 10| Farmers' separator 0 10 Rolled „ 1 ] Dairy 0 9 1 0 Fungus 0 3 AUSTRALIAN MARKETS. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright. Sydney, March 18. The wool sales closed with unabated competition. Yesterday's high ( levels for all the better classes were maintained. ; Oats.— I Tasmanians os 2d to 5s 3d, New Zealand A Cartons 5s Id to 5s 2d, B ss. Barley.—Cape feeding os Cd, English 6s. ° Maize.—Yellow 5s 3d, white 4s lOd. Potatoes.—Tasnianian £7 10s to £O. Onions £7. Butter.—.Selected 116s, secondary 110s. Cheese 7d to 7'/ 2 d. Bacon Ss to 9d. Adelaide, March 18. Wheat Ss l%d. Flour €lB to *£lß ss. The price of bread has been increased by a halfpenny a loaf, making 5d at the shop and s>/ 3 d if delivered. Bran 2s to 2s Id. Pollard 2s 5d to 2s Oil. Oats, feeding 4s !)d to ss. Melbourne, March IS. Hides—Moderate simply: prices are farthing to three-eighths lower. Wheat Ss. ' Flour £lB ss. ■ Oats 5s to 5s 3%d. Barley.—English 5s lid to 6s 2d, Cape 5s to 5s 2d. • Maize (is. Bran £!). Pollard £ll to £ll ss. Potatoes £o 10s to £O. Onions £5 5s to £5 15s. LONDON REPORT. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited, have, received the following cablegram from their London house, under date March 19.—Sheep skins, combing peimy, halfwool halfpenny dearer; short, halfpenny lower. MATTHEWS, GAMLIN AND CO.'S REPORT. Matthews, Gamlin and Co. report a' good yarding of slice]) and cattle at their supplementary fair. The fact that Jilie stock inspector found nearly all tlfe sheep yarded had not complied with the dipping regulations made the sale of sheep rather difficult, but we quitted the majority of sheep and cattle at the following prices:—Fat and forward cows £6 Os to £0 lGs, good stores £4 17s Gil to £5 15s, small stores £2 Ids to £3 3s ) 20 months steers £3 8s Gd, hulls £5 5s to £7 2s Gd, springing heifers £3 5s to £6 ss, weaner steers 32s fid to £2 2s, mijeed wcanors 20s to 2Gg Gd, full-mouth ewes 7s 9d, Ss 7d, 10s Kill, 15s 3d, 15s Sd, 15ft lid, 2-tooth wethers ISs, lambs 7s 3d, Ss Gd, 9s lOd, 10s 3d, lis (ill (very good line), 12s 7d, cull ewes 4s 3d to 8s 6d, cull lambs 5s Gd to Os Sd, rams 15s to 27s Gd, purebred Romncys £2 2s to 2%gs.

THE MEAT MARKET. The New Zealand Loan and' Mercantile Agency Company. Limited, have received the following cablegram from their London house, under date March 17.—Tallow: We quote present spot values for the following descriptions—Prime mutton 41s 3d per cwt, good beef 40s 3d per cwt, mixed 37s Gd per cwt. The market is dull, with downward tendency. WESTFIELD. At Westfteld yards on Wednesday fat j cattle came forward in full numbers, and prices were a shade lower than I last week, owing to the freezing buyers not being able to operate. Best oxen sold to 39s Gd per 1001b, otberg 37s to 38s; cows and heifers 30s to 355. Steers sold at from £!) to £l7 ss, cows and heifers £4 to £lO 10s. Calves were penned in good numbers and sold at late rates. Heavy vcalers £4 to £4 15s, medium £3 to £3 ISs, lighter 30s to £2 17s, smaller 15s to 28s. small and fresh-dropped 3s to l'2s Gd. Sheep ware penned in average numbers, and increased in price from Is to 2s per head on last week. Best wethers 23s 3d to 20s Sd, others 20s to 235. A small pen of wethers realised £1 12s Gd. Heavy ewes 18s 6d to £l, others lGs 9d to 18s 3d, lambs (best) 36s 0d to 10s, others 13s to 15s Gd, shorn lambs Ss !)d to 14s. Pigs were yarded in full sup- ' ply, and showed no improvement in price. liaconers sold to £3 10s, large porkers £2 5s to £2 13s, porkers 2Ss to £2 2s, slips 18s to 255, weaners 3s to 13s 6d

,T OIIN SONYILLE. Messrs Abraham and Williams, Ltd, report on their Johnsonville sale us follows: —A good entry of bullocks and sheep came forward, and sold at late rates. Light bullocks. £l2 to £l2 12s lid. and £l2 lGs; medium wethers, 21s: light wethers, 20s; extra heavy ewes, 25s 3d; heavv ewes, 225; prime ewes, ins 3d to 10s' s>d; light, 17s Gd to ISs; prime lamb 15s to 15s Gd; shorn lamb 10s Gd to 12s Od.