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Taranaki Daily News, 13 July 1917, Page 2

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HIGH PRICE OF SILVER: i London, July 11, Silver.—The price is 3s 4 5-16 d per oz. This is the highest since April, 1892. The rise is chiefly due to short supply, also to the persistent Continental demand. I AMERICAN WHEAT. ' \ London. July 11. Chicago, July option opened at 205 cents and closci at 202% cents, while September options opened at lfll 3 /,, and cleared at If)!. The visible supplies amount to <3,330,000 bushels. HIGH COMMISSIONER'S REPORT. The (Department of Agriculture, Industries and Commerce has received the following cablegram, dated London, July 7, 1917, from the Hiyh Commissioner for New Zealand. (Note: Quotations, unless otherwise specified, are average market prices on spot): Meat.—Lower prices are being accepted for Home-killed mutton and beef (mutilated word her*;. New Zealand .'ami), Australian lamb, released by order of the Government for the consumption of the qeneral public New Zealand mutton, per lib. B%d; owe mutton. B'/,d; Argentine mutton, small supplied, lOd; New Zealand lamb, Hid; Argentine lamb, lid, Argentine beef (mutilated word here'); hinds. 123 d; fores, 9%d. Butter and cheese—Maximum butter prices remain unchanged. Cheese, no maximum prices fixed with the exception of English cheddar 132s per cwt, Hutter market continues firm, Danish, per cwt, 20Ss to '2l2s; New Zealand, salted 1983 to 200s; ansalted 198s to 201)9; Australian, salted lft2s to l!!4o, ununited lD2b to lMs; Irish icreamery, salted. iflCs: Argentine no quotations, no supplies available. Cheese, no official quotations.

NEW PLYMOUTH MARKETS. DAIRY PRODUCE, ETC. RETAIL PRICES. s. d. Butter Creamery (pats) 1 7 Registered dairy 1 4 Separator 1 3 Eggs 2 ,0 Honey '8 !.ard 1 0 Ham? 11 Rashers bacon 1 1 Rashers ham 1 - Milk (quart) 5 FRUIT. Oranges 2s, 2s Cd to 3s doz. Bananas 3d to 4d lb Pears Cd lb Apples 4d to (id lb | Lemons Is (id and 2s doz. Cocoanuts 4d, (Id. Tomatoes ..,. Is lb. Mandarins Is to 2s doz. VEGETABLES. Carrots 2d per bunch Vegetable marrows 4d and Cd each Pumpkins ljd per lb Leeks 3d bundle Parsnips 2d Celery" 3d and 4d FLOUR. 200 33 (i 100 17 0 no s n 2j 4 (! BUYING PRICES. ButterCreamery (pats) , 1 ."> Registered dairy 1 2 Separator 1 1 Eggs' 1 10 l f ungus 4