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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXIII, Issue 32, 9 February 1901, Page 3

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New Plymouth, Saturday, January 19 RETAIL PRICKS Batchers* meat. —Prices an lately advertised. Farm and TJairy Produce—Milk, 3d per •piart; butter, dairy, 8d to lOd ; separator, lOlto Is 1 ! ;wr lb; cheese, 7d peril); lli per doz; fowls, —per pair; ducks, — per pair; lard, 6d; bacon, 5d to 8d; hams, (id to B'l per lh. Fruit.—Ruaanas, 3d and 4d per lb; cocoannf.s. 2-1 to 4d ir:i<-.H : Unions, Is and Is Od tier ; oranges. l« (M and 2.per dozan ; *pp!<-„, 3 ! per lb; tomatoes, <ki per lb. Ve^tal.ka.—Onions, 3d y.ei ll> ; caboaaeß, 2ii each; potatoes, "is sa'.k. r.readstulfs.—Bread, tJd per 41b loaf- cash .ir weekly pavni'mts; 7d booked. Firewood, from 8s to 12s per load Coal.—' Westport(Brookdale), 42s ; Tilokau, 23*.

Bone-dust (pure). £7 10a per ton Plums, -id to Gd pr lb.

BUYING PRICES Ratter.—B?stdairy, 7d to 8d ; separator, 8d to lid per lb ; cheese 5d per lb; eggs, 9f per dozen; fowls, 2s (id per pair ,• ducks, 3s per pair; b;icon, 4d to sid per lb ; hams, 5d to 7d per lb; lard, 4d to sd; fungus, 2gd to 3d per lb.

MR MBWXON KINO'S WEEKLY AUOriOX RKPORT

Mb. Newton Kixo rerorfaAt the Haymarket, on Kridav last, pigs made ss; horses, LI 7b 6d to L 4 17s Gd.

At tbe Mart fowls made 3d to Is Id; ducks, ,0d to Is 6d.

Fruit.—Fruit is now coming forward very freely: during the pist week I disposed of over 1000 boxes. On Monday grapes made a 7d to 9d; bananas. 2d; plums, 3<to 4s small 8 boxes; tomato -s, 3s to -Is ; cucumbers. Is 6d. On Wednesday, kelson plums made 3s G1 to G.i Gd ; gages, 4s to 5< Gd ; peaches, Gi to 8s ; damson-*, 3s 6d to 4s Gd; pears, 4i Gd to 8s; app'es la Gd to 5s ; Cape gooseberries, 5s 6d. On Friday, cucumbers ma 'e Is 3d to Is Gd; S

damsons, 2s 6d ; tomatoes, 2s 6d to 3s; plums, 6--'; pears, 7s; lemons, fis; peaches, Bs. •My second Awakino Cattl-i Bale and I Sheep Fair, held on Thursday, 3'st ult., was a great success. Tbera was a large attendance, of buyers and about 1,200 head of cattle and 3000 sheep came forward. The cattle were an excellent lot, being mostly well bred Shorthorn and Herefonls, and their superior quality

was the subject of much favourable comment Mr. John Elliot's 3-year bullocks and 2 to 2A-year lienors attracting especial notice : and keen competition. Bidding was brisk ' from start t'> fini-li, and with the exception t of three or four pens were all sold at very sa'-isactory prices. Owing to the rough! we-'.ther delaying shearing, all sheep adver-1 ti ed did not come foriva-d; bidding was I

active from the start, and with tbe exception of a small line of shorn lambs, everything sold at the hammer a prices satisfnetory to tbe vendors. Yearlings made L2 9s (id to L2 lis; 15 tc lx-montbs steers, L 3 Gs to L 3 14s; 2J to 3-year bullocks, L 5 12s ; lu-months heifers, 12 12-: 2 to 24-year d«, L 3 18s; store cons, L3ss to 1.3 fls Gd. Shoep sold as follows:—Shorn lambs, 6s lOd : wooly, do7s to 8s 4d; f.m. ewes, 6s Gd to lis Id; 2 to 4-tooth wethers, 12s Gd to 18s Od; fit sheep lls9d. On Wtdnesday, at Huirangi, I held a

Blearing when everything sol l at satisfactory prices T'airy cows made, L 5 as to L 7 5s ; draught horses, LIO to 27 10s; backs. L 3 to L 5 ss. Farm implements snd sundries also sold we'l' A' Rahotu, on Thursday, there was a fair muster of stock, consisting mostly of la'.ves and stoie cows. Bidding was brisk, and all young cattle fold weil. Weaners made •>ss to 275; good calves, 30s to %{U fid ; 2year beifets in calf, L 3 ]s Gd to L 3 15s : ttore c->ws, L2 lGs to L 3 8s; fat sheep, 15s. VICKERS & STEVENS' AUCTION RE-

PORT. MF'FUS Vtcki'.l;;'. HriiVirrK jrjjojta li

entry of in shi-ir iitrkwMi '• jiirslf. »u the llfu-iill.-r. Ss.i.Ti ra|v>'.., 1./ ; : 4s: good oalv.'s I.! 7.- !i'l io t - I heifeis, 1..' 17s; 1 i.s to -'-id jiieifers, L.'i to 1.3 2s(id; 2-year-old .steers, hi 2a; store cows, 1.3 to L'i 12s; spriflgers, L 4 to hi 17s 6d; bulls, LI to L2 10s,

v KvUONT FAKMIeII.y UNtuN, j.iij. I Kawkiu, February 5. f At our m litiity H«rs.; Kair held on tin i 26! h ultimo weolVcrcd a fair entry of horses j Al! u-eful soils were conineted for, mokl • j Draughts, LIO to L 22; un j hrori'.'n d '•» f-I*»; ■i"-cks, L 5 to LIS 10s; horse Im», aud ''.".mess, £26. At. llawora, on the Slstult., we had a gooc y ; ' ol" stock, mostly t-vo to threo-yeai sci.i rs. There was a large attendance and bidi-'ing brisk, witli the result, that every pen <n .stock, excepting one line of steers aud four fat cows, clwugod hands before leaving tho yards. Fat cows, L 4 5s to L 6; two to tbr-e-year steers, L 5 t,o L 5 10s; 18aioHhs to 2-ycar ateers, L 3 15s to L 4 12s 6<l: 11! to 18-months steers, L 3 Is to L 3 13s Gd ; stor.: cows, L 3 5s 1.0 L 3 lis Gd; cows and calves, LI 5s to L 4 15s; dairy cows, L-i to Li 10s; 18-months ta 2-year heifew, L2 17s 8d Id L.3 8s; weaneis, 12s Gd to24s. Sheep: Woolly hoggets, ta fid to !)s 3d. AUCKLAND BUTTER PRICES. PER FIiESR ASSOCIATION-. Auckland, February 8. Wholesale dairy produce quotations I'utter.—Fresh dairy, 3d ; second quality ■ld; separator, (id; New Zealand Dairy Association, lOd ; Anchor brand, 10d; Acorn brand, 101 ; prime salt, 81; second quality, (id.

BUCKLANTI AND SONS' WEEKLY AUCTION HKPORT.

I I»EK PRESS ASSOCIATION. I Auckland. February 8. ! Messrs. Buckled and Soxs' Report Morses.—Short supply and good prices. Light draughts, LI Ito L2O; unbroken colts, .suitable for bus or tram, LIG to Ll9; hacks and buggy horses, L 8 to LIG. j Cattle.—Dairies, better worth, Lsssto L 7 10. [Stores s.ild freely. Beef is firm at LI to LI 3s for steers and heifers; IGs to 18s for aged cows. Sheep sold readily. Wetheis made 13-itiUs Gd; ewes, 12s to 15s 6d; lambs, 7s 'Jd to 10s Gd.

Meadow hay, 8s to 14s per head; straw! soarce and at high values, sailing readily at j LI to LI 15s per load. i Grain, etc.—Full supply of maize from the coast, with a strong demand for Sydney, at If) Gd per bu>bel, though, unfortunately, wet weather prevented a considerable portion being shipped. Feed oats, are firm at 2s I'.d and 2s 4d ;ex store, barley, at 2s. Chaff is scarce, and wanted at L 3 per ton, ex rail. Hides, skins, tallow, etc. A shorter catalogue than usual, prices firm and competition keen for all good lines, and all cleared at a slight advance over late quotations. Ox hides, 3§i to s§d per lb; cow, 3d to 4d ; calf, 3Jd to sd; tails, lis 9d pe> dozan; horse hair. 9jd to la par lb, tallow, l«a 8d to LI Is per cwt. for fair to medium, and LI 2s to 1.1 ss; for best fat, ljdto por lb ; bones, 5s cwt; ehaep skins, 2s 6d to 3s Gd for best woolled ; lighter, la 6d to 2s 2.1; pelts, lOd to Is 6d; iambs, Is to Is lOd, Wool, in small parcels, 4d to 4Jd per lb forcrossbred; 3Jd to 4{d for long wool; pieces, 2d to 3d.