COMMERCIAL NEWS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXII, Issue 196, 15 September 1900, Page 3

COMMERCIAL NEWS.

, New Plymouth, Satubdat, SfiPTßitiEß 15J RETAIL PRICKS Butchers' meat.—Prices as lately advertised. Farm and Dairy Produce.—Milk, 3d per quart; butter, dairy, 8d to lOd; separator, ' lOdto Is Id per lb; cheese, 7d per lb; eggs, 81 per doz; fowls, per pair; ducks, per pair; lard, 6d; bacon, 5d to 8d; hams, 6d to 8d per lb. Fruit.—Bananas, 3d per lb ; cocoanuts, 21 to 4d each; lemons, la and Is fld per dozen ; oranges, Is 6d and per dozen; apples, 3d and 4d per lb. Vegetables.—Onions, 2d pel lb ; cabbages, 2d eaeh; potatoes, 5s per sack. Brcadstuffs.— Bread, 5d per 41b loaf cash or weekly payments ; (id booked. Firewood, from 8s to 12s per load, Ooal.—Westport(Brookdale), 425; Mokau, 283. Bone-dust (pure), £7 10s per ton. BUYING PRICES, Butter.— dairy, 7d to 8d; separator, 8d to lid per lb; cheese 5d per lb; eggs, GI per dozen; fowls, 2s 6d per pair; ducks, '6s per pair; bacon, 4d to 5Jd per lb; hams, 5d to OJd per lb; lard, 4d to sd; fungus, 2£d to 3d per lb. MB NEWXON KING'S WKMSLY AUOI'ION REPORT Ma. Newton Kino reports—At the Ihymarket, on Saturday, only one lot of pigs came forward, and these realised 8?. Severn horses vcre &old nt prices ranging from Lc 15a to LS ss. At the mart, fowls m°.de Is 6d to 2s potatoes, 2» fid to U ; hams, Gd. A lorg< quantity of furcifcore, pictures, and sundriei Wds disposed of at low prices. [ Cattle.—At Stratford, on Tuesday, thi ; yards were full, it being the largest musto: for some time. Bidding was very brisk fo all young cattle, dairy stock and store cows and prices for these ruled very high. Two o three pens of 2 to 2i-year steers came for but motwitk. little enauiry and wen

passed in. Calves to yearlings made LI lis to 1 L210s; empty heifers, L2lßs 6d to L 3 4s; 3to 4-year bullocks, L 4 6s to L 5 12s 6d; store ■ cows, L 3 2s Gd to L 3 14s; fat cows, L 4 10s to L 5 18s Gd; springing heifers, L 3 15s to ' L 5 4s; dairy cows, L4ssto LG 10s. At Rahotu, on Thursday, there was a very fair muster of stock, and attendance was good considering the unsettled state of the weather. Calves made LI Is to LI 16s; weaners, 17s 6d; yearling steers, L2 3s to L2 .12s; 3Jto 4-yeaf bullocks (low condition), L 5 4s; working bullocks, Ll2 to Lls 10s per pair; store cows, L2 15s to L 3 7s Gd; fat and forward cows, L 4 4s Gd to L 5; springing heifers, L 4 15s to L 5 ss; empty heifers, L 3 6s Gd to L 3 12s; yearling Holstoin bull, L2 10s. Land.—l have to report having sold Mr. C. W. Schrieber's farm of 134 acres on tbo corner of Rimutauteka and Bristol Roads to Mr. R. Mumby, of Toko, at a satisfactory figure, [PEB PBBSS ASSOCIATION.] (Received 14, 9.40 a.m.) London, Saptember 13. The total American visible supply of wheat is estimated at 69,000,000 bushels. AUCKLAND BUTTER PRIOEB. Auckland, September. 14, Wholesale dairy produce quotations:— Batter.—Fresh Dairy, 7d; second quality, 6d; third quality,—; New Zealand Dairy Association, lOd; Anchor brand, lOd; \ Taranaki brand, lOd; Acorn brand, lOd; ■ butter, separator, 9d; farmers' best, 7d; farmers' second, Gd; prime salt, 9d; second ' quality salt, 7|d. ' BUOKLAND AND SONS' WEEKLY AUCTION REPORT. Auckland, September 14. ' Messrs. BccKLiND and Sons' Rbpobt : j Horses.—At the Haymarket, on Friday, ' entries, both in number and quality, were considerably above the average, there being a good attendance, and bidding was brisk, i and, with a few exceptions, all changed hands at satisfactory prices. Heavy draughts ranged from L 23 to L3O each; spring cart , horses up to L 25; hacks and buggy horses, L7toLB2. Young Elgin was knocked down j at Ll6 10s. j Hay and Straw.—For meadow hay prices ruled the same as of late. Straw is still at . high values. Hides, Skins, Tallow, &c—A larger quantity than usual was submitted, with a slightly higher tendency. Ox hides, 4Jd to 5d per lb; cow, 3|dto 3Jd; stag, 2|d; calf, 4d to sd; kip, 3d to 4d; skins, extra heavy, 3s 9d to 4s 3d each; medium, 2s 9d to 3s 3d. Tallow, good, 17s sdto LI 2s 3d perewt, fair to medium, lis to 16s; fat, rough, ljd per lb.; tails, 2s a dozen; bones, 5s per cwt.; hair, Is 2Jd; wool, pieces, 3|d to 4|d per lb. | Cattle.—At Remuera, on Thursday, about the usual number of dairy cows were penned, \ which were at late values. Prices for those j at profit ringed from L 4 to L 7 5s each. Store cattle of all classes sold freely, grown , steers in fresh condition bringing from L 5 to L 6 each; diy cows, L 3to L 4. Fat and young calves were short of requirements, and were better worth—fresh dropped, 3s to 8s each; medium, 10s to 15s; heavy, up to L2 10s. Fat cattle were yarded in average , numbers, and nearly all of first-class quality, were at late values, bringing from LI to LI 3s per 1001b. for steers and heifers; agod cows, 16s to 19a—240 sold. Prices for steers were from L 6 10s to LlO 12s fid each; cows, . L 4 5s to L 7 15s. Fat sheep were in leßs ; than usual numbers, and were in demand, ' wethers bringing from 18s to LI Is 3d each for heavy weights; lighter sorts, 15s to 17s; \ ewes, 13s to 16s; hoggets, 93 6d to 12s Gd. ; Bpring lambs were short of supply, and sold ' freely from 14s 9d to 16s 9d each. Pigs were in full supply, but mostly small. Well fatted pigs kept their values, but smaller sorts dropped in price. Good porkers were from LI to LI 8s each; heavy, uptoL2; weaners, 5s to 10s 6d. i