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Mr Alex. Aitken reports. — Three extraordinary auctions held this week. All new fruits brought big prices. Values: Kidneys, &a 6s to £7 10s ; new onions, fd to :.d lb ; butter. s_d to 61 d ; eggs, 9d to lOd; tomatoes, __d to 7d lb; gooseberries, 2}d to 3d ; red currants, Id to 6d; black currants, 5d to 6d ; cherry plums. 3d toGljd; peaches, dessert, Is 3d to 2s doz; stewing, 6d to 9d doz ; apricots, od to 6d lb; black plums, 3_d lb; apples. Id to 3d lb ; pears, small, lAd to 3d"lb ; cherries, £d lb ; grapes. Is 3d to 2s lb; lemons, 6d to 8d doz; limes. 3s case; oranges, Sd to Is doz. Poultry: 1,000 penned roosters, Is 6d to 3s 3d each ; hens, Is 3d to 2s ; turkey roosters, 5s 6d to 12s Gd ; hens, 33 to as; geese, 2s 9d to 4s 6d; ducks, Is lOd to 2s Gd. Pigs, 5s 6d to 22s each. At my final auction today all fruits sold cheaper, other lines without alterations, , .
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Auckland Star, Volume XXVIII, Issue 299, 24 December 1897, Page 5
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