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Taranaki Daily News, 8 August 1919, Page 8

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! THE HOME MARKETS. , By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright. I Received August 7, 9.30 p.m. | London, August S. | The P. and 0. shares are quoted at £540. i Tallow stock are 4529. The imports were 3951 and deliveries 3788. Tho rise in silver is attributed to the inadequacy of the American supplies, Instability i of the Anglo-American embargo, and heavy | Chinese purchases. i DAIRY PRODUCE, ETC. RETAIL PRICES, NEW PLYMOUTH. s. 1 i Butter ! Creamery (pats) 1 7 Registered dairy 1 & Separator 1 5 Eggs 2 0 Honey JO Lanl 1 .1 Haius 1 3 i Sides Bacon 1 2% : Hashers bacon 1 7 I Hashers ham 1 5) Milk (Quart) 5 FRUIT. Apples 4d to S<!. Lemons 3s to 4>; per do&. ! Bananas I -Id and fid. Cooking apples 4<l. Tears i Ocl and 8d D Cocoanuts market rate:;. FLOUR. 200 33 ft m 17 (I 50 !) o 25 4 i) BUYING PRICES. Butter — « Registered dairy 1 4 Creamery (pats) 1 0 Separator 1 ;j Eggs 1 i> Fungus 4 j LOAN AND MERCANTILE AGENCY'S REPORT The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company. Ltd, Stratford branch, report as follows:—On Friday Ist. lust we'held | our usual monthly saie in our Tanita yards. S The advertised cattle and sheep came forward land we managed to quit the yarding at satis[factory prices. For. ewes in lamb 27s Id, (2-th empty ewes 2Ss 3d, hoggets 15s, mixed! ;Ugc wethers 355, 2-year steers £6 7s, 2-year I 1 empty heifers £({ 4s to £*) 12s, store cows £G I 114s to £S Is, dairy cows £lO to £ls for good ' cows, yearlings, mixed, 43s to (Us (Jd. I | In our Stratford yards on the sth. Inst, we I tafe* ug«aJ feSMWv 4 A 1

| larse yarding of young cattle which sold readilv at flood prices Dairy slock values were weii lip to the mark, hut buyers were not so keen as formerly. Trices were .13 follows: Store cows £5 I.ls to £7 10s. forward empty heifers I£ 7 13s, 20-months empty helfera £G to £0 7a. ycavlini! heifers £3 7s (Id, to £6 Is, for nice ! finality Jersey cattle, yearling steers £ll Hs Cd to £4 Is lid, mixed yearlings £1! IDs Gd to £3 ■l3s (id, springing heifers £ll IDs to £l2, dairy cows backward fill to £tr, Ills, close to profit £lB IDs to £2(l, iull-moullicd ewes in lamb 27s (id, hogcets -'is !id. Hearing Kale--On Thursday, July 31, we held a clearing sale 011 account of' Mr. William Bellamy, of Makahu. The cojvs were a fail- lot in good condition and sold well. Best cotvs ma.lc from £lO 10s to £22, backward sorts £ll to £l4 Ills. 2-year springing heifers £N ITis to £:i ir.s, mixed wethers £:i:i los, empty ewes :if.s Sil, hotels 22s Sii to 23s ltd, 20-niontlis steers t'fi. Implements, etc., sold at full rates. Private Sales.—Buring the week we have had a fairly brisk demand for yearlings and hoggets. Prices arc as follows: 2-tooth and 4tooth wethers 29s to :11s (id, hoggets 21s to 27a, forward ewes 28s to 325, yearling steers £4 to £4 7s (id, dairy cows £l!> 15s to £l9 10s, springing heifers £ll to £l3 ss.