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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXV, Issue 8992, 3 March 1888, Page 4

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Chrtstcuukch, March Retail prices : Fresh butter, 6dto Sd ; eggs, lOd to Is ; cheese, 4d to Til ; milk, 3d ; beef, 3d to Sd ; mutton, 2d to E>d ; pork, 5d to Td : hams, 6d to lOd ; bacon, 6*l to 9d. Wholesale produce prices : Wheat prime milling (new), 2s 6d to is 7d : medium (new), 2s 5d ; oats, milling, (new), Is Sd ; bright short feed, ls6d to Is Td ; 'barley, prime malting, -Is Id to is 4d : barley, prime medium, Ss Cd to Ss 9d ; peas, blue Prussian, Ss to 3s 3d ; potatoes, kidneys, £2 to £2 6s ; onions, £3 10s ; butter; prime, 4d to 6d ; second quality, 2d to 3d : cheese, small loaves, SJd, other sizes '-id to 3d per lb ; hams and bacon, in cloth. s}d to fid ; flour, first, £S to £S 10s. Live stock : Sheep, fat, per lb, crossbreds, best, lid to IJd ; medium, lid ; merino, ljd ; fat lambs, nest, Ts to Ss ; medium, 5s to 6s ; store sheep, young, wethers, to (is Sd ; ewes, to 6s Id ; cattle, fat, per lOC'ib, 15s to 17s ; store cattle. 3-year-olds, steers, nearly fat, £5 ; 2-year-olds. £2 10s ; heifers, in good condition, £2 17s 6d ; dairy cow s, £3 to £6 ; pigs, stores, 9s to lis ; strong stores, 15s to 24s ; porkers, 26s to 335, THE MAILS! CHIEF POST OFFICE, AUCKLAND Mails will close as under : This Day. For Waiwera, Te Kapa, and Warkwortli, per Rose Casey, at 10 a.m. For Katikati, Aoncatete. Tauranga. and Opotiki, via Thames, per Rotomahana, at 4 p.m. For Thames, per Rotomahana, at 4.30 p.m. Monday. For Vavan, Samoa, and Nine, per Daisy, at 11 am. For Putiki and Coromandel, per Coromandel, at 11.30 a.m. For New Plymouth and Southern Ports, per Gairloch. at 11 a.m. For Whitiangi. Gum Town, Upper Mill, Tairua, Tauranea, and Opotiki, per lona, at 4 p.m. For Russell, Kawnkawa, Rawene, whang'aroa, and Mangonui, per Clansman, at 5 p.m. Tuesday. For New Plymouth and Southern Ports, per Penguin. at 1 p.m. For United Kingdom and Continent of Europe, 4c., via Rio de Janeiro and Plymouth (per Aorangi, from Wellington March 8), per Penguin, at 1 p.m. For money orders, registered letters, and newspapers, at noon. This mail will be due at Plymouth, April 19. Per Mararoa, as follows For China. Japan, Mediterranean Ports, and Continent of Europe, at 3 p.m. • For Russell, Kawakawa, Australian Colonies, and United Kingdom, via Brindisi or Naples, for letters, Ac., specially so prepaid and aadressed, at 4 p.m For money orders, registered letters, and newspapers, at 3 p.m. Late letters for Sydney and Melbourne only, at 4.20 p. in Mail will be due in London on April 24. S. B. Diss, Chief Postmaster. DAILY- MEMORANDA. —March 3. SALES: Messrs. S Cochrane and Son—Books, 11 a.m. HJMr. Alfred Buckland— Stock, &c., Mangcre, noon. ECCLESIASTICAL: Y.M.C.A.—Prayer Meeting, 7.30 p.m. AMUSEMENTS, &c.: Abbott's Opera House— Uncle Tom's Cabin," 8 p.m. Temperance -Entertainment, 7.45 p.m.