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Waikato Argus, Volume I, Issue 63, 1 December 1896, Page 2

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<► Tick Waikato AucrsOFiici:. Mouthy. mk knows i;i;rour, Ma Jons Knox IlKi-disTs.— There was » large attendance on Saturday at the Auction Mart, bidding spiiitcd, every lot being disposed of Tho following prices were realised :—Kitchen dresser, •Jls ; mangle, :>o> : chairs, 5i each ; siti'do iron bedsteads, from 17s (id to •.Ms : English saddle, 7<>s ; Colonial couch, liiss 0.1; withstands, !-">s each; rot and mattress, 25s : grind stone, 12« : bliudries fetched fair price;. A L T CK LAND M A R K F TS. Ml-.ssus KSAM AND AUTIH'u'- WkKKI.V Ki:reiKT.--Produce : Tiie volume of business has been satisfactory on the whole. The demand for Shepherd potatoes has bctn much greater than for kidneys ; local values arc not in proportion to Southern returns, niul we hesitate to pronounce an opinion as to what future prospects are likely to be, the continued dry weather being au important factor. Cereals arc in fair demand at recent rates. Fresh butter maintained fully previous quotations. There will be a fair demand for salt for export next week. Hams and bacon are not coming in freely. Eggs commanded attention at good prices. Onions arc practically unquotable, as there are none in the market. Fruit is coming in more plentifully. Poultry continues in g'od demand. "We quo'o values as follows : Kidneys, £7 to .til ; Sheplnrds. £~t ; American rose, t'7 : new oniony, fjd to •2d; imgnuins. £7 to £S Ids; oats, 2s lid : tnaixo, Ms. Fresh butter, s|d to fifd ; salt butter, -Id to (bid : new cheese, ,-id to 4d ; old, 2d to 3d feggs, Sd to_!).l ; bacon, 51 to (i I ; hams, fid to 7'.d ; honey, 21 to 2M. Fruit : (Gooseberries, Farmers' Olory, 2jjd to 2.y.l ; small sorts, 2d to 2', 1 ; lorpnts, 3d to S : , ! d ; Cape goo?eberric?, -I.'.d ; lemons, 7d to 101 ; small, -Id to ."id ; tomatoes, (id ; small, 2jM to -11 ; cherries, Is lil : local oranges, 7s to 7s (i 1 : Sydney oranges, 5s tod/ml ; plums, 4s (i 1 to <i- : . Fowte, Is 3d to Is Sd ; roosters and table fowls. 2s to22U!d ; ducks, Is 4d to Is 101. Mksses Aktiictr Too.max and Co. report a very large business done during the week. At the sale of properties held on Monday, there was a good attendance, and competition keen. Small house off Howc-sticct brought. £2OO s two allotments, Douglas-street, t'lo2 the lot; house and allotment, Home-street, £SO; '••'■ acres Orewa, £l7. .£7O per acre was" bid and refused for three acre; at Mangerc. Tl.c produce market wis well supplied. New potatoes were well competed for and cleared. Prime kidneys sold at I'S 15s to £ll and up lo !h lid" retail lo's, prime round, t'7 to £S 5s ; old potatoes, Southern, .!.'."> ; local, C2 to £3 ; cow and small sorts, at per sack. New onions, IJd ; grevn peas, lid to Is 31 : beans, -Id to 01- Chad, C 3 to £3 10s. Oats, feed, 2s S.I; intli/.c 2s lid; bran and sharps, £4 ss. Khubarl), 2s (i 1 to -Is. Butter : Fresh prime, s|d to Od ; extra, 7d ; pastry, Id ; keg, oil to Od. Cheese: Dairy, 3d to .'i.'.d. Eggs plentiful, (id to Sd. I'.acon, very plentiful ; superior local, lid ; ordinary, 3d lo ."id ; hams, prime, 7d ; Canterburv bacon, (id; hams, 7'.d. Honey: iiulk, 2d; section, 3d to 3.\d. roultry in heavy supply. Eat fowls, is 7d to 2s 3d ; extra roosters, "2s 2d to 2s Si; cockerels, Is 3d to Is Gd : chicks, !ld to Is 3d ; ducklings, Od to Is Od : ducks, 1,. (id to 2s: geese, 2s lid to 3* ; poor turkeys, liens, 2s 0.1 to 3s (id, extra to ,V, ; gobblers, poor 3s lo -is 3d, good to Ss (id. ' Tigs, lower and plentiful . i'.e>od Voting, Ss to 10s ; fair to pour, Is lo 7s !id : large pood, Ids (id to I is. Fruit handled in quantity, with good demand. 2IKM) bunches bananas per Opolu sold in quantities at 3s lo 3s 01 : pines, ICO cases, 5s 3d to 7s 01; Queen lines, 0s ; Sydney plums, 5s to lis (i 1; orangi s, local dessert (is to os, Island "Is, Sydney (is to 7s lid ; lemons, Ss to 12s , kxjuuts, large 3d to 4d, small ~'d to I Ad ; currants, 01 : cherries, \<, 0.1 ; gooseberries, selected large 2d to 3jd, ordinary lj'il to 21, poor l'.d : tomato s, inferior 3.\d to sd, good fid to (>Ad ; walnuts, 7d ; peanuts, 2',d ; eocoauuts, Ssfil. Mn Anex. Aitkkx's Ri'.t'oiiT —During the past week 1 have held two salts of poultry, fruit, and produce, etc., the attendance being good at both sales, with keen competition for all lines. New potatoes are a little easier at reduced prices-. Kidneys are worth jfel to l.]d ; Shepherds ami other varieties arc row selling at Ad to : ,M. 1 anticipate, if t'ae weather keeps dry, potatoes will become scarce, and consequently wid advance in priee. Green peas are still at a failprice, lit fiom Sd to lid per peck. Southern potatoes are at a dead-lock, new otus taking their place ; their present price is about i's per ton. Onions, local, 2d to 2 :i 'd : e=irots, l'l to £1 lUi ton ; baled hay. £3 10s ; local chafi',£3 to <il.'i !0s ; Southern ditto. L'l ; bran, Is ; sharps, 4s (id ; maize, 3s ; oats, 2s 5 1 to 2i9d. liuttcr: Fro.di dairy, o.'.d to (i.'.d lb ; pastry, 3d to 4.1 : kg. (id to 7d. Eggs, 7d to BJ<l ; .luck eggs, Od ; Bacon, Southern sides, fid to 7d ; hams,7'.d lo Sd ; Chee.-c, Taranaki factory, loaf, -I.'.d lo 5d ; large sixes, .'l'.d to 4.1 lb; honey, section, 2s (id to 3s 3d ; bulk, 2d to 3d lb ; fruit consignment ex Taviuni,realised fair prices ; pines, 2s (id to 3s dozen ; bananas, large lines 2s Od : 10 lo 20 bunch lots, 3-: lemon-, local, Sd to lid dozen; gooseberries. I.VI to 2A<l ; red currants, Sd Hi; tomatoes, 5d to li'.d : Cape gooseberries, -Id to 5.1 ; loquats, lUdtolAl. Poultry, about 3000 head in all entered, consequently prices for hens and ducks were n.ucli lower ; roosters, large, 2s lid to 3s ; small and cockerels, Is 3d to 2i 3d ; hen:;, Is .'id to 2s ; geese, 2s 1 Id to ,'!; 3.1 ; turkey lien?, 3s to-Is 3d; gobblers. 5s lid to (J 3 lid; ducks, old, Is 3d to Is !ld ; young, Is 11.1 to 2-, OtI; ducklings, 2 Ad to Is (id; chickens, 5,1 to Is ; pigeons, (il to Oil ; hen- and broods, 2s lid to Is ; canaries, 2.; (id to Ss (j.l. Pigs entered in large numbers, in ice; were very low owing to scarcity of milk, mostly small ones entered: medium, Ss to 12s ; small, 2s 0.1 lo lis (Jd. II.WVI'.KA MARKETS. Tub Ifi:?toST F.wimkus' Union (Lsiu- f Tl.ii), report under dale, lb.v. era, November 20th, ISDIi: We had a fair I entry of cattle at Stratford, on Friday, the 20lh hist., and bidding was much n ore spirited than lies been the ease for the last few works, but all o'n-tes of citt'e were much lower in price than ! . they have been for years. We quote; Forward heifers, 1."2 2- lil lo I'd 5j ; dairy cows and heifers, .'.'.'! to L'l ; two-year-old heifer.-*, '."l 15s to L'2 His : Uvo lo two an 1 a hall year old steers, 1.'2 15s Lo L'3 5s ; eighteen to I wriity-lI.OHI lis steers, ■.- to £2 15.3 ; mixed jcatliiigs, ,M Is to L'l 13s. At our llawcru sale, held on Wednesday, the 25th inst., there -.. as a vety huge entry of cattle, but tearing a dull sale I r beef, we arranged to have a good portion of tho bullocks in i the paddocks where they could havi- '• been inspected had buyers been present, by.l as we antL'ipati-1 few buyers waie there, and as the prices they offered, did not suit vendors, every line of fat ' bullojks returned, home unsold. All the | fat cows with the exception id one lino wile quitted, but at drop of Is Od per RMilb. The sin ep wetc all bold, but at prices at !ci t 25 per cent, under IjM. . year's valutb. \Vv. quote : Eat tows, lo I .

7s lo L'3 17s : forward steers, £3 10s to i-3 10, ; two-year-old steers, £2 10i to £3 ; fifteen to twenty-months steers, £- to £2 7s : weancrs (m-xed sexes) t'l (is to fl I.'!; ; dairy cows and heifers, £4 to £5 lus ; cows with calf at foot and store cow-, L'2 to £3 ; two-year-old heifers, £1 12s (id to £2 2s (> 1. 'Siice.p : Kwea lamb at foot, in wool, 10s 01 ; hoggets in wool, Ss Id ; fat ewes, shorn, (i< Oil. ABSTRACT OF SALES IJY AUCTION. Tins Day. Mr. W. .1.11 XTHtt, atOhaupo Yards, at 1 o'clock-Cattle, etc. To-Monuow. Mkssks M'Xu'u. ami C >., at Te Mala Yards -I'.Utle, etc. MEETINGS, AMUSEMENTS, ETC. This Day. Political Adiuihs-; —Mr Lang at Waingaio. at S o'clock. Mkhtin.; —Waikato Erui I growers' A'sociition, atOhaupo, at 10.80 o'clock. To Mouuow. I'm iri'.'AL Adiiuims—Mr Lang at Raglan, at S o'clock. Mkkti.m: -Re committee to secure return ( ,f Mr Merries lor Ihy of I'ltnfy, at Farmer's Club-room, Cambridge, at 7.30 o'clock. MrrtiiHj* Load JioiUrs, vrnc rtt'lniff .Dn: 5. Waiicato Uu.-rrrAi, Boaud—Toinr.rrow. Kiuiiukikoa Koao lij.vuD—To-morrow, Jllmjislfttlr'x Coiiri isiltinffn/or Ijcanibcr. HuNTLY—jronday, 7th, 2 p.m. HamilTon—Wodnesday, oth, 10 30 a.m. Oamuiudob—Friday, lttli, 11 a.m. Te Awamutu—Wednesday, 23rd, 10 a.in Raglan—Monday, 21st, 10 a.m.