MARKET REPORTS

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXVI, Issue 80, 16 March 1936, Page 4

MARKET REPORTS

Harvey, Fulton & Hill Messrs Harvey, Fulton and Hill report having held their usual weekly market sale in their mart, Russell street, Hastings, last Saturday, when they had very large entries in all sections. The attendance of the public was again large and bidding for all lots that came under the hammer was very keen with the result that the whole entry was turned out sold. Prices obtained were:— Poultry.—W.L. pullets, 4/- to 5/-, 8.0. pullets 4/6 to 5/6 for just on lay, 2/6 to 3/6 for later birds, 8.0. cockerels 2/- to 3/3, W.L. cockerels 1/9 to 2/3, 8.0. hens 2/- to 2/7, W.L. hens 1/2 to 1/8, Budgies 7/6 pair, ducks 3/- to 3/6 pair. Sundries. —Spade 3/6, milk can 7/-, strainer 3/-, hay knife 2/-, set harrows £3 7/6, Studebaker truck £l2 10/- barrel 3/-, stakes 4/6 and 3/6, scythe 6/-, churn 5/6, barley 8/- sack, scales 17/6, empty cases lOd each, tine ].(>d each, wireless mast 10/-, separator £4, shafting 4/6, cart saddle and Breechan £2 5/-, cart saddle £1 1/-, stove £l. timber 15/-, gas stove £lO. Fruit and vegetables.—Tomatoes 1/6 to 2/-, potatoes 3/-, lockmelons 3d, apples 1/6, lemons 6d dozen, cucumbers |d, onions 2/- to 3/6 sugar bag, water melons 6d to I/-, carrots 1/- tin, peas 4d to 6d lb., walnuts 3d lb. Gordon Walker, Ltd. —.14 le An excellent clearance in the poultry, pigs and dairy stock sections ami a most successful sale of timber and

iron was recorded, by Messrs. Gordon Walker, Ltd., at their weekly market sale held on Saturday last before u fine attendance of the public. Prices realised were as follows: — Poultry.—Table birds 1/4 to 7/-, W.L. hens 1/4 to 2/2 and 1/1 to 1/5, W.L. cockerels 1/6 to 2/6, W.L. pullets 3/- to 4/9, young 2/- to 3/9, 8.0. hens 1/11 to 2/10 and 1/6 to 2/1, 8.0-cockerels cockerels 1/3 to 2/10, 8.0. pullets 3/3 to 5/3, young 2/3 to 3/6, others (hens) 1/6 to 2/-, cockerels 1/10 to 3/10, pullets 2/7 to 4/-, chick cockerels 6d to lOd, bantams 2d to Bd, turkeys 5/6, geese 6/- to 7/- per pair, ducks 3/- to 4/4. Pigs.—Weaners 10/- to 17/6 and 7/to 11/-, slips 17/- to £1 1/-, stores 19/to £1 6/6, light porkers £1 2/- to £1 10/-, porkers £1 8/- to £1 18/6, heavy porkers £l 16/- to £2 12/6, baconers £2 2/- to £3 6/-, choppers £3 to £3 15/-, sows £2 and £2 10/-; 3 lambs £1 2/and £1 3/-. Sundries included milk vat £3, D.B. shotgun £2, counter shafting £1 10/-, blacksmith's forge £1 15/-, wheelbarrow 14/-, crosscut saw 11/-, copper and frame 14/-, cream ean 15/-, slashers 1/6 to 3/6, planes 2/- to 4/-, trowels 2/-, hoes 1/6, garden forks 2/- to 4/6, saws 2/- to 5/-, chisels 1/6, seed sower 3/-, pig potatoes 2/- to 3/-, second-hand timber 20 heaps at 5/- to 18/6 per 100, new timber, 15 at 7/6 to £1 1/-, wirenetting 2/- to 5/- per roll, 90 battens 11/-, 300 sheets iron at 2/6 to 3/3 per shec*.