MR. NEWTON KING'S WEEKLY REPORT.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume IX, Issue 1520, 8 January 1887, Page 2

MR. NEWTON KING'S WEEKLY REPORT.

New Plymouth. January 7. At the mart on Saturday fowls made lid to Is 4d ; ducks, Is 4d ; potatoes, Ad to Id ; sugar, 2£d to 3d; soap, 5s 6d; rice (damaged), 1-Jd ; tea, 14s 6d. A lot of furniture t .and sundries sold at fair rates. " ' Haymarket Yards. — Pigs. — Only a few pigs came forward on Saturday. Slips made from 6s.6dto 9s 6d; small stores, 12s 6d. — Horses. — Three hacks sold at from £1 17s 6d to JB3 15s. Fruit. — I held a sale of Nelson fruit c . on. Monday morning, but, owing to most of it being over-ripe and in bad order, low prices were realised. Cherries, 5s to 7s Gd ; plums, 10s sd ; currants, 6s to 9s 6d ; pear?, 5s 6d to 6s ; dessert apples, 6s 6d per half ' case. , Cattle. — At Inglewood on Tuesday there was a -good muster of stock and a fair attendance. Calves made 19s to 255; yearlings, 31s to 355 ; 18-month s steers, 30sto 40s ; 24-year steers, J63 to £3 2s 6d ; heifers, £2 5s to £2 15s. ' At Waitara on Thursday a fair number of cattle were yarded, but the attendance was small, with little competition. Nearly everything, however, was sold either at the hammer or afterwards, only a small pen of cows being driven home. Calves made 255 ; yearlings, 28s to 31s 6d ; 2-year steers, £2 7s6dtoJE2 15s. On Wednesday I held a clearing out sale , of household furniture for Mr.|Tyer,|when fair prices were realised.