SATURDAY'S CHRISTCHURCH MARKETS.
There \y..is an entry of 49 horses in the yards "on 'Saturday, and though there- was nothing in of really good quality, there was! a satisfactory sale. Medium draughts made £17 5s to i? 23 10s, harness horses £9 to £13 hacks £5 to £1110s. At the produce mawets there was a fair, entry of pigs put the supply was not equal to the demand and prices showed a decided advance. baconers made rip.. to 30s, porkers 18s 9d to 225, stores 103 9d to 14s, and weaners 5s 6d t<> 9s 9d. There was a medium entry of poultry, which also realised exceptionally good prices as the demand exceeded the supply. Hens sold at 2s to .is 6d. pnllets 2s 3d to 4s, roosters 2s 9d to 4s, ducks 4s 6d to 5s 31, geese 5s to 5s 6*l. turkey hens 6s 6d to 8s 6d, •turkey cosks 12s to 15s 6d : all at per pairi
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Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume XXIV, Issue 2081, 25 August 1896, Page 2
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160SATURDAY'S CHRISTCHURCH MARKETS. Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume XXIV, Issue 2081, 25 August 1896, Page 2
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