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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 270, 24 April 1915, Page 2

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RETAIL PRICES. ' • NEW PLYMOUTH MARCH 10, 1015. DAIRY PRODUCE, ETC. s. d. Butter— Factory 1 4 Best separator 1 2 Seconds 1 1 Eggs 2 3 Hams 0 9 Bacon 0 11 Bashers Hani 1 2 Milk (quart) .■ 0 4 FRUIT. Oranges Is to Is fid doz. Bananas 4, lb. Passion fruit 4d doz. Grapes Is to Is fid lb Tomatoes 4d and fid lb Pears ■ 4d and fid !b Walnuts ; ] a lb Apples 1 3d to Cd lb Apples, cooking 51b for Is. Lemons is Cd and 2s doz. • VEGETABLES. Carrots 2d per bunch Cauliflowers 4d and Gd. Cabbage 3d and 4d. Turnips 2d per bunch Potatoes Id lb. Parsnips 2d Rhubarb, 4d per bunch Cucumbers 2d to 4d Vegetable marrows fid Pumpkins l%d lb. ' BUYING PRICES. ■ s. (1. Factory butter— Best separator regist'd dairies t 1 Farmers' separator J. 0 Rolled , ; i 2 Eggs 7, 2 1 Fungus 0 3 LONDON MARKETS. ■London, April 22. Share quotations.—Waihi, 43s 9d and 4Gs 3d. ' /AUSTRALIAN MARKETS. • Sydney, April 22. Oats.—Tasmaniaii, 5s ■sd to 5s 6d; New' Zealand A l .' Cartons, 5s fid. Barley.—English; 6s; Cape feed, 5s 61 'Maize, 5s 9d to Cs. Potatoes.—TasinaniD.il, £8 to £9; Victorian, £7. Onions.—Victorian, £B. Cheese, nominal. Bacon, 8d to 8»/ 8 d. Adelaide, April 22. Wheat, Ss iy»d to Ss 2d. Flour, £lB ss. Bran, £lO 10s. Pollard, £l2 7s fid. Melbourne, April 22. Hides.—Good conditioned firm ;at late rates; sloppy and inferior irregular. Melbourne, April 22. Wheat, Bs. Flour, £l7. ' Oats.—Algerian feeding, 5s 4d to 5s 8d; seeding. 0s to (is fid. : "Barley.—English, 5s Gd to 5s fld; Cape, 5s 4d to. 5s 9d. ■Maize, os fid to 6s. Bran, £lO ss. Pollard, £ll 12s. Potatoes, £4 to £4 10a. Onions, £5 :10s. ,

BANKING PROFITS. London, April 22. The London Bank,of Australia profits were £108,050. A preference dividend of 7 per cent, and an ordinary dividend' of 7 per cent, were declared; £30,000 were carried to reserve, £2OOO to the officers' provident fund, and £2B, 317 carried forward. A LOAN. London, April 22. Victoria has underwritten at two million and a quarter 4% per cent, loan at par. The Victorian prospectus was issued on Friday. The bonds are redeemable in 11)20-25, and the final instalment of 45 per cent, is payable on July 26 with the option to convert into inscribed stock till August 3. The Westminster Gazette points out that this is the highest price for a, similar loan since .the war bega'n. JOIINSONVILLE, Prime bullocks, £l4 15s to £l4 17s fid, lighter £l3 7s Cd to £l3 17s fid, light £l2 12s Gd, prime cows £8 15s, prime heavy wethers 28s 2d, medium wethers 22s Cd to 235, light wethers 21s Bd, prime owes 245, good ewes 22s fid to 235, fair ewes 20s to 20s Od, prime, lambs 17s, light shorn lambs 10s fid to 12s Cd. ADDING TON. Store sheen —Inferior merino lambs 3s 3d to 4s, good two-tooth ewes lGs 3d to 17s, good six-tooth ewes to Iss 4d, fair two, four and six-tooth ewes 10s 4d to ,12s Bd, two to four and six-tooth ewes to Cs 2d, fair sound-mouth ewes Cs, inferior ewes 3s Od to ss, good forward 'four and six-tooth wethers 15s 3d to 18s, fairly good wethers Us Cd to 13s Od. inferior ewes 3s fid to 4s, fairly good lambs fis to 9s. Fat lambs—Extra prime show lambs to 235, prime lambs 14s Cd to 18s, others Ss to 14s. Fat sheep-—Prime wethers 18s Cd to 22 s od, others 13s Od to 17s, merino wethers 7s 3d to 9s 3d, prime ewes 15s to 22s Od, medium ewes ]os fid to 14s fid, others 5s 8d to 10s. Fat cattle—Extra steers to £ls ss, ordinary steers £7 5s to £9 17s fid, extra prime heifers to £ll, ordinary heifers £5 15s to £8 ss, extra prime cows to £ll 10s, ordinary cows £4 18s to £7 15s. Price of beef, per 10Mb, 23s to 255. Store cattle—There was a small and poor entry, and a dull sale. Fifteen to 18-months sorts made 455. 2-year stores £3 10s, 2-year beifers £3 - ss, 3-year steers £7 10s, dry cows 255, dairy cows £3 10s to £l3. Pigs—Choppers (practically unsaleable) 40s to 70s, extra heavy baconers to 69s (id, heavy baconers 57s fid to 05s, ordinary baconers 48s to 555. Price, per lb, 5d to 5 1 / 3 (1. Extra prime porkers to 40s, heavy porkers 32s to -3fls, light porkers 27s to 30s. Price per lb 4%d to 5%d. Store pigs—Large stores 25s to 31s 3d, medium 17s to 245, smaller 8s to 17s, weaners Is Cd to 5s Cd. BURNSIDE.

Fat cattle—Prices showed a drop of 10s to 15s per head, as compared with last -«opk. Pest bullocks. £l3 to £l4; extra, prime to £ls 7s Gd; medium to good, .£!) to £ll ]f)s: best cows and heifers, £8 to £!): extra prime, to £lO- - £5 to £fl 10s. Fat sheep—Prime wethers, 22s to 245, medium to good 10s fid to 21s, others 10s to 17s Gd. best ewes 15s to Ifis fid, extra heavy 22s to 2fis. A small pen of exceptionally heavy ewes realised 31s others 7s to 10s. Lambs—soo were nonned. Pest Tfis to ISs, extra to 10s fid. medium and unfinished, 10s to 14s. Fat pigs—There was ft medium-sized yarding of fat pigs, which were easier in price than last week Very few stores came forward, and this accounted for a slight improvement in the demand.