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Taranaki Herald, Volume LIX, Issue 143473, 21 April 1911, Page 8

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AUSTRALIAN MARKETS. By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright. SYDNEY, April 20. "Wheat.—Market inactive. Buyers are offering 3s 2)d, but sellers are asking 3s 3Jd. Flour.—Quiet, £8 ss. Bran and pollard, £4-15s. Oats.—Tasmanian sparrowbills, 2s lOd ; giants, 2s lid ; Algerian, milling 2s GcL feeding 2s 3d. Barley.—Victorian Cape, 2s 6d to 2s 8d; English, 2s 3d to 2s Cd. Onions, £2 to £2 10s Potatoes.—Tasmanian redskins, £7; whites, £5 15s to £6 ss. Bacon, 7d. Butter, 86s. Cheese, 51(1 to 53d. MELBOURNE, April 20. Wheat, 3s od to 3s 51 d. Flour, £B. ' Oats.—Algerian milling, 2s Id; feeding, Is Old. Barley.—English malting, 4s 9d to ss; Cape, 2s to 3s; feeding: Is 9d. Maize, 2s 4d to 2s s ld. Bran and pollard, £4 los. Onions, £1 17s Gd. Potatoes, £5 to £6. ■ ADELAIDE, April 20. Wheat, 3s 3d to 3s 4Jd. Flour, £8 to £8 ss. Bran, 13d. Pollard, 13Jd, Barley.—English 3s. Potatoes, £3.105. Onions, £3. ABRAHAM AND WILLIAMS. (Special to Herald.) . PALMERSTON N., April 20. Messrs. Abraham and "Williams, Ltd., report:—On Thursday, the 20th inst., we offered a fair yarding of sheep, consisting principally of inferior ewes, which were bought for boiling-down purposes at prices ranging from 3s 6d to 4s sd. Other lines of mixed ago owes in lamb made from 5s Gd to 8s 6d, forward lambs 6s 4d to 6s Cd, 6-tooth to f.m. ewes-in lamb 9s 9d, forward cows £4 to £4 ss, fat cows £5 to £5 10s, store cows £2 to £3 Is, cows and calves £4 5s 6d, woaner steers 22s 6d, mixed wcaners 17s. WEBSTER BROS. .Messrs. Webster Bros, report: The supply of fruit is now casing off somewhat, though fair supplies arc reaching us weekly from Nelson.- Closing prices last week: Apples, first cookers Ss Gd, seconds 4s 9d, desserts (coloured) firsts 7s to 8s Gd, seconds Gs to 6s 6d, poor 4s to 5s 3d; 'poars, dessert Colo and Nellis 5s Cd to 6s 3d half-case, cookers 7s to 8s 6d case; tomatoes 4s 6d to os 3d (in short supply),- Cape gooseberries 5s to os 6(1, quinces 4s lid to 5s case, oranges repacked 9s 6<l to 10s Cd, bananas (ripe) IJd to 2d. WOOL, SKINS, AND HIDES. Following is Messrs. \ r oung, Hobbs, and Co.’s report:— On Tuesday, 11th inst., wo held our four-weekly sale of above produce, before the usual attedanco of buyers. The catalogue comprised 8 hales 19 bags wool, 205 hides, 477 sheepskins, 143 calfskins, 12 tins tallow, and 12 sacks bones. Wo quote:— Wool.—ln bales: Fleece, GJd, 6Jd, 63d; lambs, 63d, 7cl, Fleece, Gld, 6Jd ; iambs, 51 d, 71 d : black fleece, 6(1; dead, 5d ; dead and crutch, Sfd; dead and pieces, 4 jd; lambs’ crutch. Id; mixed pieces, sd; crutch, 3jd. ■ Sheepskins.—Butchers: Dry long wools, 7s sd; half-wools, 3s, 3s 7d ; pelts, Is Od, Is 7d, 2s 7d, 2s 9d; do. damaged, 9d. lOd, Is Cd; woolly and shorn lamb,-Is 8d; lamb pelts, lid; woolly hoggets, 3s sd; salted medium wools, 3s 9u, ss; half-wools, 3s 3d, 3s Gd; pelts, 2s 3d, 3s; dn. cut, 2.s Sd ; wool, lamb, 3s; lamb pelts, lOd, Is, Is Gd; woolly hoggets, 3s 4d. Settlers: Medium wools, 4s -Id; half-wools, 3s; woolly hoggets, damaged, 2s Gd ; pelts, Is. Is 8d ; damaged, Is 3d; mixed pelts, 4d ; dead and damaged, Is 7d. Hides.-—Butchers: Cow, sJcl, s|d, 6d, CJd, to 6jd; yearling, 6Jd, GJd. Settlers; Cow, old, s|d; snippy, 2d; ox, dry, 3jd; yearling, , 6Jd ; horses, cut, 4s !)d. Calfskins.—Largo dirty, 7d ; small, 63d; small dirty, CJd; part dry, ogd; cut and slippy, 2d. Bones.—Small quantity, £4 per ton. Tallok.—Tins, 23s 9d per cwt. RETAIL PRICES. NEW PLYMOUTH, APRIL 21. Butchers’ Meat. —Beef: Sirloin, Cd ; prime ribs, sd, rump steak, •8d ; beef, 6d per lb; corned beef, from 4d and 5d lb. Mutton: Legs Gd, chops Gd, loin sd, shoulders sd, necks 1 3d lb. Pork; Fresh, Gd lb. Veal, 3d to od lb. Sausages; Beef od, pork Bd. Fowls, 6s per pair. Lamb; Hindquarters 5s 6d, forequarters 4s 6d. Dripping, Gd. These prices are for cash only; -)d per lb for booking for one week. Groceries,, Grain, etc.—Following arc tho" cash prices ■ charged- by ■ Now ‘ Plymouth grocers;—Flour, 1 l(X)’s, IDs' fid, 50’s, 5s Gd, 25’s, 2s lid. Sugars: No. 1A; 9s 9d; No. 2,9 s Od. Kerosene, 9s 9d case. Rolled oats and oatina, lOd per bag; oatmeal, 3s Gd 251 b bag; sharps, 15s Od 2001 b bag; fowls’ wheat, 4s 6d bushel; maize, 4s 6d. Dairy Produce, etc. —Butter; Factory, Is 2d; dairy, lOd; best separator, Is; cheese, Bd-; eggs, Is 9d per doz.; lard, 9d lb; bacon, 7jd.lb; hams, 9Jd lb; rashers, lOd; milk, 4d quart. Fruit.—Bananas, 3d per lb; lemons, 1b and Is 6d doz.; apples, 4(1 per 11); oranges, Is Od doz.; walnuts, 9d per lb; dried figs, Gd per box; pears, 4d arid Gd per lb. - Vegetables.—Cabbages, 2d and 3d, carrots, 2d per, bunch; turnips, 2d lb; kumorns, 51b for Is; onions, Id per lb; marrows and pumpkins, 3d and Gd each. BUYING PRICES. Factory butter, rolled, Is OJd per ]b; best separator. lOd ; seconds, 9d ; dairy, 8d; eggs, Is Gd doz.; bacon, GJd per lb; hams, B|d per lb; lard, 7Jd; fungus, 3jd per lb.