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Waikato Argus, Volume VII, Issue 456, 4 July 1899, Page 2

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Tee Waikato Argus Ofjioe, Monday. SALE OF COACHING PLAM 1 . Messrs McNicol and Co 's Report. At the sale of Mr L. Sutton's 'bus and coach plant, held at Hamilton, on Thursday last, although the wet day, we had a good attendance of the public, and for good serviceable horses, there was a ready sale, buggies and coaches, however, were dull of sale : —Sulky, £8 17s 6d ; single buggies, £9, £l3 15s, £l6 16s and £ls ; old double buggies, £6 15s to £lO ; useful buggy horses. £6 10s to £l2 ; medium draught colt, £ls 15s ; strong coaching stamps, £8 to £l3 ; pair grey, buggy horses advertised, made £35 ; upstanding brown gelding, £ls ; small hacks and buggy ponies, 30s to 70s ; altogether, 45 horseß were sold. AUCKLAND MARKETS. Messrs Richard Arthur and Co.'s Weekly Report.—Business during the past week has been good. Southern table potatoes, £2 5s to £2 10s ; pumpkins, £2 to £3 ; kumaras, 4s to 6s ; onions, 4s to 7s ; citrons, 4s to 6s ; maize, 2s 5d ; oats, Is 8d to Is lOd ; chaff, £2 5s to £2 10s ; bran, 4s ; sharps, 4s 3d to 4s 6d. Fruit: Apples (large cases, dessert) 6s to 9s, small cases 3s to 4s 6d ; lemons, 3d to 5d dozen ; tree tomatoes, Id to 2d lb ; Cape gooseberries, 3sd to 4d lb. Fresh butter, 7d to 9d, keg do. s£d to 6d ; eggs, lOd to lid dozen ; Canterbury bacou, 7d to 7|d ; do. hams, 7Jd ; honey, 3d to 3§d ; table roosters, Is lOd to 2s 3d ; fowls, Is 3d to Is 8d ; prizs strains, 2s 6d to 4s 7d ; ducks, Is lOd to 2s ; turkey gobblers, 5s to 6<» ; do. hens, 23 6d to 3s ; young pigs, 6s to 7s 6d. Mr J. Jones' Weeklt Report.— Butter 7d to Bjd, seconds s£d to 6Jd, kegs 4Jd to 6d; e*gs, 9d to 10}d ; cheese, 3id to 4jlb ; hams, 6d to 7£d ; bacon ssa to 6d lb, rolls 5d to sjd; lard, 4d lb ; honey, 2sd to 3d lb ; potatoes £2 5s to £2 12s 6d, local £2 to £2 ss, inferior £1 12s 6d to £1 15s ; onions, market glutted, almost unsaleable, £2 10s to £3 5s ; kumaras, 4s to 5s Gd ; carrots, Is to la 3d ; Southern kidneys, 3s to 3s 6d ; pumpkins, 2s to 2s 6d. Poultry : Hens Is 3d to Is 9d, rooters 1b 6d to 2s 2d, turkey gobblers as to 8<», do. hens 2s 81 to 3s lOd, ducks Is 6d to 2s ; pig*, 6s 9d to 153 4d each ; oats, Dun Is 8d to Is lOd, feed 2s, Tartar 2s to 2s 6d ; make, 2s 6d ; wheat, 2s 2d to 2« 4d ; bran, £4 ; sharps, £4 10s ; chaff, £2 5a to £3. Fruit, apples 8s to 9s 6d, oranges 2s 6d to 3s, lemons 3d to 5d ; rabbits. 6d to 8d each ; hares, Is i3d to 2s ; dressed pork, 3d to 3|;d. Having large asd commodious rooms, I am open to receive consignments of all kinds of produce, pigs or poultry for auction or private sale.

MEB3BB Donald and Edenbobough's Weekly Report.—Potatoes: Market overstocked, 7000 sacks arrived lust week. We quote Prime Oamarus, £2 7s Gd to £2 12s 6d ; Timarus, £2 ss; C'anterburys, £2 5s to £2 10s ; local, £1 10s to £2 2s 6d ; seed kidney's, £2 7s 6d to £3 5s per ton ; pumpkins, ls6d to s!s 3d ; onions, supplies in excesß of demand, prime Southern, 4s to 4s 9J : prime local, 3s 3d to 4s ; other lots, Is 9d to 2s 9d ; kumaras, 4s 6d to 6s; eggs, easier, lOd to Is ; cheese, large Bize 4£d to 4^; loaf, 5d ; butter, separator rolls, 9d ; bulk, 7Jd to 8d ; keg, 6d to 7d ; pastry, 4d to 5Jd ; baoon, local, 6d tosfd ; hams, local, 6Jd to 7d ; fruit, i.pp!es, choice dessert, 8s to 9s ; medium, 5s to 7s 6d ; cookers, prime, 8s 6d to 8s 8d ; medium, 5s to 6s 6d ; second-class fruit, 4s to 5s ; oranges, Tahiti. 6d to 7d per doz ; repacked, 6s per case ; Poor Man's, 7s to 9s per case ; pines, 4a 9d to 9a ; lemons, firmer, 5s to 6s ; mandarines, 4s to 7s Gd ; passion fruit, 5s to 7s 3d ; pears, 9s 3d to 10s 6d ; peanuts, 2d to 3f ; walnuts, 5d to 6d. Mlssbs Akthitk Tooman and Co.'s Refobt.—Despite dull times, we have been kept busy. The grain markets show no change, except maize which is higher in consequence of a temporary scarcity. Potatoes are remarkably dull —in fact, we cannot recommend consignments, nor do we see any "probability of improvement. Eggs, butter, bacon aid cheese all find quick sale. Poultry and good class of young pigs are each commanding keen competition and supplies are under requirements. Fruit is in remarkably heavy supply considering the lateness of the season, yet prices have ruled high in every case, dessert oranges excepted. We quote ruling yalues:—Potatoes, Southern table £2 5s to £2 15s, do selected kidney seed £3 10a, coastwise 40s, locals 30s to 40s, outside values; onions, nominal, 30s to 70s, supplies consist chiefly of inferior stuff; kumaras, 5s to 6s 6d; pumpkins, 2s 6d to 3s 3d; wheat, 2s 6d to 2s 7d ;

pie melons, 2s 6d to 3s; butter, really prime dairy Bfd to 9d, poor 6Jd to 7£d, farmers' keg, good 5d to 6d, poor 4d to 4Jd, milled 6d, separator Bd, factory lOd to 10£d ; cheese, prime farmer^ 1 4d, prime factory 4£d to 4£d; baoon, prime farmers' 6Jd, factory 7d; hams, 6d to 7£d ; eggs, sales lOd to Is, present value lOJd; fowls, ordinary Is 6d to Is lOd, good Is lOd to 2s, fat roosters In to 2s Bd, fair Is 6d to Is lOd ; ducks, 2s to 2s

4d ; geese,-Is 9d to 2s 6d; turkeys, ; gobblers 5s to 8s 3d, hens 3s 6d to ss; good youDg pigs, 10a to 18s 6d; pork, 3d to3-Jd ; rabbits, Is Gd pair ; hares, Is 6d each ; apples, superior local 9s to 10s, jjood 6s to Bs, fair 4s to ss, Canterbury 5j to 6d, Nelson 4s to Gi ; lemons, 3s to 4s ; guavas, 2d ; oranges, Island 3i to 3s 6d, local dessert 2s to 2s 6d, marmalade 7s to 10s ; Nelson walnuts, 5-J-d ; almonds, 4Jd ; peanuts, 2d ; bananas, Is 6:1 to 2s. Messes Alhx. Aitken (Limited) Report.—Despite the wet weather, our market sale was extremely well attended to-day, and consignments were above requirements. Potatoes and onions are very weak. Pumpkins, melons and vegetables are much firmer. Butter and eggs in full supply. Factory cheese ie scarce and firming. Apples and lemons took a good rise, Nelson and Waikato lines topping the market. Rabbits and hares wanted. Our poultry sale proved a great success, and prices realised were fair all round. Pigs are in short supply and the demand is good. Our next sale will be held in our new premises, Queenstreet, opposite Smcetoa s old mill. The following are the prices: Potatoes, locals, 30s to 40s ton ; Oamaru Dcrwents, 45s to 50s ton; seed potatoes, Lapstones and Flukes, 3s 6s to 4s; Shepherds, 4s 6d ; kumaras, 3s to 3s 6d per cwt; onions, silverskim, 2s 6d to 4s, weak; picklers, 3s to 4s 9d ; garlick, l.Jd to 2sd lb; pumpkins, 2s to 2s 6d cwt; citron melons, 3s 6d to 03 ; carrots, 20s to 30s ton ; cabbages, 4s 3d doz; cauliflowers, 3s 6d to 6s doz ; celery, 6s to 96 doz ; oats, ex store, Is 9d to Is lOd, firm ; maize, 2s 6d to 2s 9d ; barley, 2s 8d to 3s 3d ; bran, £4 ; sharps, £4 15s; chaff, new, £2 5s to £2 10s, firm. Butter : Prime dairy, 7Jd to 9d ; milled, 5d to 6d; factory rolls, 9d to lOd, choice ; bulk, 8d to 9d ; medium dairy, Gd to Gd ; kegs, Gd to 7d, prime ; eggs, 9Jd to la, scarce ; bacon, 6yd, scarce ; hams Sd, farmers' Gd to 7d, even numbers farmers' 3Jd to 4Jd ; honey, bulk 3d, sections 3s, wanted ; lemons, 4d to 6d per dozen. 4s to 5s per case ; bananas, Is Gd inniul). 2s to 3s case ; pineapples, 7s Gd to Si Gd case ; oruDges (Island), 3s to 5- Gd case ; apples, choice dessert 7s 6d to 9*. others 5s 6d to 6b 6d ; tree

tomatoes, l|d to 2d lb ; pa e 3'on fruit, 6j to 8s ; tomatoes, 2d to 3d lb ; Cape gooseberries, 3d to 4d lb ; guavas, Hd to 2Jd lb ; walnuts, 5d to 6Jd lb ; mushrooms, 41 to 5(1 lb ; peanuts, 2d lb ; charcoal, 2i 6d to 3s, weak ; hares, Is 6d to 2s each ; rabbits, Is 3d to Is 9d pair. Poultry : Good demand. Rooster*, Is 4d to 2s 5d ; cockerels, Is 3d to 2s each ; hens, Is 4d to 2s ; ducks, Is 8d to 2s 6d, rising ; turkey roosters, 3s 6d to sx, hens Is (id to 3s ; geese, 2s 6d to 3s ; pigs, good sorts, 8s to 17s ; pork, 3jd. HAWERA MARKETS. The Eomont Farmers' Union (Limi ted) report under date, Hawera, 28th June.—At Manaia on the 28th iust. only small muster of stock was yarded. In m st instances the vendors reservts were higher than would be purphasers were prepare! to go: We quote. Fat cows. £3 to £3 5s ; 2 to 2i year old steers, £2 19* to £3 12 6s ; 18 month steers, £2 to £2 5h j yearlings mixed, £1 6s to £1 10s; springers, £3 to £3 15s ; f»t ewes, lis.