MR. NEWTON KING'S WEEKLY REPORT.
At the Haymarket on Saturday, pigs were in full supply, and prices were lower than for some time past. Rough pigs made from 28 6d to 3s; good do, 3s 6d to 8s; porkers, 11s 6d to 20s. Horses were dull of sale ; inferior hacks made from 25s to 30s.
At the Mart, fowls made 9d to Is ; ducks, Is 4d ; geese, Is 9d ; turkeys, Is lid to 2s 3d; potatoes, 2s to 3s ; onions, $d to Id. Cattle. — At Stratford on Tuesday there was only a small muster of stock, but bidding was brisk, every lot being sold at the hammer at prices which showed a marked improvement on late rates. At Stoney river on Thursday there was a fair number of cattle yarded, but bidding was dull, and two or three pens of young Btock -went home. Calves made 9s ; 12 to 18-months, mixed, 15s ; springing heifers, £2 6s to JB2 12s ; empty cows, 25s to 31s. Produce. — There is more enquiry for salt butter.
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Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume X, Issue 1916, 28 April 1888, Page 2
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172MR. NEWTON KING'S WEEKLY REPORT. Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume X, Issue 1916, 28 April 1888, Page 2
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