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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 258, 10 April 1915, Page 2

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RETAIL PRICES. NEW PLYMOUTH, APRIL 9, 1015. DAIRY PRODUCE, ETC. s, <l. Butter— Factory 1 (13 Best Separator 1 1 Seconds 1 0 I Eggs 2 0 I I-ird 0 10 Rushers 1 0 Milk (quart) 0 4 fruit: Oranges ] 8 to Is Gd doz. Bananas 3,1 and 4d lb. Peaches fid n>. Passion fruit | 4d doz, Grapes Ist to Is 6d lb! Tomatoes 4d and (id lb. ™\ ra 4d and Cd lb. Walnuts j a ]|j Apples '3d'' to fid lb! Apples, cooking ...' 2d lb. Lemons Is 6d and 2s doz. VEGETABLES. Cauliflowers 4d and Gd. Cabbage 3d and 4d. Carrots 2d per bunch Turnips 2d per bunch |, otet ? os Hd lb. Parsnips ~ 2d Rhubarb p er bunoli. Cucumbers 2d to 4d. Vegetable marrows fid Pumpkin Vjj m ; v buying prices. „ , s. .d. Factory butterBest separator regist'd dairies 0 11 Fanners' separator nil Rolled ] 2 T^ s 110' ■limgus 0 3 LONDON MARKETS. London, April 8. Wheat. -Dull, and offering at threepence to sixpence lower. No bidding for flour. ' Barley.—Dull; Australian Chevalier 37s 6d to 38s 64. Oats.—lnactive; New Zealand 35s to 375, Bahia Blanca April-May 295, Peas and Beans. —Quiet and unchanged. , AUSTRALIAN MARKETS. Melbourne, April 0. Wheat, 7s lOd. Flour, £l7 10b. Barley.—English Gs to 6s 2d, Capo 5s 6d. Oats, as 6d to 5s 7<l. Maize, 0s 4%d to 6s 54. Bran,' ,£lO. Pollard, £ll sa. Potatoes, £4 15a. to £5. Onions, £5 5s to £5 10a „ I J OHNSON VILLE. i Extra prime bullocks made £l4 12s (id to £ls, prime bullocks £l4 7s (id to £l4 10s, prime wethers 2ts lOd to 255, good wethers 22s lid to 2ss, light wethers l!)s (id to 20s fid, prime heavy ewes 21s Gd to 24s 8d and 22s (id to 23s (id, good ewes 20s to 20s fid, lighter ewes 18s 9d to IDs lijl, prime lambs 17s Gd to 18s, good lambs lGs Id to 16s (id, others lis Gd to 13s 7d.

ALDINGTON. With the exception of store sheep entries in all classes of stock at Addington market were rather smaller than at the previous week's sale. The market was dull and sales generally were in favor cf buyers. Store Sheep.—The yarding was of inferior quality. Forward lambs 10s to 13s 3d, inferior 5s 9d to 7s Od, culls 3s !'d to 5s 3d, forward 4 and G-tooth wethers 10s Gd, good s.m. ewes 12s Gd to lfis, fair s.m. ewes 10s to I2s, inferior 8s to Od, good 4, 0, and 8-tootli ewes 12s fid to lGs (id. failing-month ewes 7s fid to 8s Od, culls 2s Gd to ss. Fat Lambs.—The entry totalled 1243 as against 1575 last week. The quality of a large proportion of the offering was good, but the sale was dull. Prime lainbs 15s (id to 10s 7d, others 10s Gd to 15s. Fat Sheer). —The sale was poor. It. started with a drop in prices estimated at about 2s per" head, and it never recovered its tone. Fat Cattle.—The ontvv was small. 2(12 as compared with 312 last week. The quality was of ail average character, and the market irregular. Extra steers made to £lO 12s fid. ordinary £5 17s Gd to £0 10s, extra heifers to £ll. ordiwy £5 to t'S, extra cows to £ls 55,. ordinary £5 7s Gd to £B, price of beef per 1001b, 30s to 425. Fat calves were scarce, and ranged from 18s to £3 17s Gd. A fair number of dairy cows were yarded, and there was good competition for the bettor quality. Prices ranged from £3 10s to £l-1 15s. ■ Store. Cattle. —A very small market, and the quality was poor. Yearlings made 20s, 15 to 18-month cattle £3 10s to £2 15s, 2-year heifers £3 10s, 3-year steers £5 17s fid, 3-year heifers £4 4s, cows £2 10s to £(! 2s Gd. Pigs.—A fairly large entry of fats, but the projftirtion of unfinished was too large, and the sale was very dull. Choppers 48s to 02s, extra heavy baconevs 47s fid to 57s fid; price per lb s}d to old, heavy porkers 30s to 3fis, light 25s to 20s; price per lb 43d to 5Jd. Store pigs ■were almost unsaleable. Large made lGs to 245, small 8s to lis, slips 3s to os, weaners 2s to 4s.

BURNSIDE. Best bullocks £l3 10s to £ls 10s, extra to £IG 12s Gd, medium to good £ll to £l2 10s, others £9 to £lO, best cows and heifers £8 10s to £lO, extra' to £l3, others £7 to £B. Fat-sheep.—l97o penned. Owing to the Burnside freezing works being closed I ill the 10th i)t-i. freezing buyers were not operating, but the yarding was not )n excels of requirements, and competition was keen. first quality sheep sold well at a slight advance on last week's rates, and medium ami inferior sort:; were practically on a par with Into values. Best wethers 24s fid to 2fis fid, extra to lifts fid. medium 21s (o 235. others ISs to 1:1s ''ill. hi'M ewes 2*2* fid to 2ls fid. ex«r.i heavy (o lid-;, ~fliers 15s to 19s (Id. j Fat Lambs.—penned. Export burers were not in the market, and in. consequence bidding was confined to gradaed butcher-;. Prices showed a decline on last week's rr.fos. Best ISs in 19s: extra to 225, medium to good l.V< i to 17s. j

MATTHEWS, GAMLIN & OO.'S REPORT. Messrs Matthews, Gamlin and Co. report a gooil yarding of stock in their fnglewood yards on Wednesday last. Forward and fat stock sold freely, but poorer cows were dull and yearling heifers were 'practically unsaleable. We quote: Fat cows .£0 10s to £7 2s, forward do. £4 17s fid to £5 ss, store do. £3 3s to £3 Ills, weaner steers 30s to 37s fid, old ewes i)s Oil to 0s lid, lambs Us fid'. NEWTOX KINO'S REPORT. At Ealiotu on Tuesday fith inst.. for my first sale after tile holidays, I had a small entry for which I had keen demand, all being sold at the following prices:—flood weaner steers, £2 4s fid; small, £1 i)s to £1 l'2s; weaner heifers, £1 2s; - mixed weaners, small, £1 3s; store and forward cows, £4 2s to £5 I7s; small cows, £3; agc.il cows, £2 12s; fat heifers, £5 3s; small springing heifers, £4. At Urcnui on Wednesday, for an off day, T had a fair entry of both shcop and cattle. Small weaners made £1 10s; Holstein 2-year, in-calf heifers, £4 7s fid to £5: 15-month steers, £2 l7s to £3 10s; Jersey l. r >-montlv steers, £1 12s Gd to £2 2s; empty heifers, £1 17s fid to £3 8s; store cows, £3 to £4 3s; •forward cows, £4 14 s to £0 3s; fat cows, £8 •5s to £9 3s; fat bullocks, £ll 10s fid to £l2 12s (id; bulls, £5 to £7 17s od. At Kolmratahi on Wednesday, 7th inst., I had a good yarding of both Bheep and cattle. Sheep met with very keen competition, all lots being sold at prices very satisfactory to the vendors. Cattle were a little, quiet, prices being: (Hood weaner steers, £l 19s to £2 4s;' small ivcaners, £1 Is to £1 4s; rough 2 to '2%-year steers, £5 10s; good conditioned cows. £5 12s fid to £5" 17s; forward bullocks. £11; 2-tont.h wethers, 18s'fid to 18s 8(1; 2 and 4-tooth wethers, 19s; 4-tooth wethers, £1 Is fid; 4 anil 5-vear ewes, lfis (id and Kis 8d; frealv full-mouthed ewes, l"s 4d: mixed aged ewes, lfis 7d to 10s; lambs, 12s to 9s lid.

N.Z. LOAN AND MERCANTILE AGENCY CO., LID., WEEKLY REPORT. Auckland, April 8. At Westfield yards oil Thursday best dairy cows, close to profit, sold at from £7 to £8 las, others £4 to £G 10s, empty cows, £3 to £4 4s, calves 30s to £2 2a for the best, others 12s (id to 225, bulls £3 to £5. At l'apakura: Two to three-year-old steers £5 1/s fid to £7, yearling to 18-month steers, £3 10s to £5, good steer calves £2 2s to £ 2 12s fid, others 20s to 88s, mixed sexes, calves 10s to £l, empty cows £3 to £-1 15s, heifers £2 10s to £3 las, bulls £3 to £7 ss, dairy cows, best £8 to £ll, others £3 to £7 15s, beef sold' at fully Westfield rates. At Westfield yards on Wednesday fat cattle came forward in average nuiribew and prices were fully up to last week's quotations, prime oxen selling to £2 >s per iOOlb; others 30s to £2; cows and at £9 10s to £2?, cows and' heifers £t l?r f draft of 20 steCTS "fro™ Mr Robert Clark, Karaka, averaged £ls 7s, and other consignments of stoCrs av- £ l 4 a tlir< ' e a »< l a-half yeai old steor bred and fattened bv Mr R. Clark realised . £22. calves were penned m large supply, £„<! prices were firm at late rates. Extra heavy vealers sold at from £0 to £(i J ft, j, eaVT vealers £4 to £5 10s, lighter £2 to £3 18s, smaller 20s to 38s, small and fresh dioppcd 3s to 18s. Sheep were penned in scarce y average numbers, and again advanced in prices from Is to Is Gd per Gd 2Ts (id t0 30s . other, t". ™ to - ,s M. heavy ewes, 22s to 23s OS fla. Lambs, m short supply - ndvan--1 at from 153 M to. 18s Od, others 12s (id to 15s. Pi™ were fnllv i t" numbers, and sold at £3 to fi 7 1 fif'i ° nerS aoM nt from £3 to £4 7s fld, large porkers £2 to £" I J?*' > ,orkcrs £1 Ra to 30s Sd. slips 18s'to ! ~<> 3 > woaners 5s to 14s.