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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXIII, Issue 60, 30 March 1901, Page 3

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New Plymouth, Saturday, March 23. RETAIL PRICES 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, Yd per lb; eggs, Is 2d per dez; fowls,—per pair; ducks, per pair; lard, 6d; bacon, 5d to 8d; hams, 6d to 8d per lb. Fruit.—Bananas, 3d and 4d per lb; cocoajnuts, 2d to 4d each; lemons, Is and la 6d | per dozen; oranges, Is Gd and 2* per dozen; apples, 3d per 11>; tomatoes, 3d per lb; pears, 4d per lb; peaches, fid per lb Vegetables.—Onions, 3d per lb ; cabbages, 2d each; potatoes, 5s per sack. Breadstuffs.—Bread, Cd per 41b loaf cash or weekly payments; 7d booked. Firewood, from 8s to 12s per load, Ooal.—Westport(Brookdale), 425; Mokan, 28s. Bono-dust (pure), £7 10s per ton. Plums, 4d to fid p3r lb. BUYING PRICES Butter.—Bsst dairy, 7d to 8d; separator, 8d to lid per lb; cheese 6d per lb; eggs, Is per dozen; fowls, 2s 6d per pair; ducks, 3s per pair; bacon, 4d to 6Jd per lb; hams, Sd to 7d per lb; lard, 4d to Gd; fungus, 2§d to 3d per lb. MR HKWXON KING'S WBE&LY AUfIHON REPORT Mb. Newton Kis« reports!— At the baymarket on Saturday only a few pigs came forward. Sheep made 7s 6d to 8s Cd; small stores, 14s; horsossold at from LI to L 5 12s Gd, At the mart, fowls made Ad to Is 4d; ducks, Is 5d to Is lid; onions, ljd. A quantity of groceries and sundries was disposed of at bargain prices. Cattle.—At Stratford on Tuesday cattle were yarded in full numbers. Bidding was quiet forraostlines. although prices foryoung cattle showed an improvement on the previous sale. Steers and grown cattle met with little inquiry, and were mostly passed at the hammer ; but a good many lines were sold afturvrirds a'; fair prions. Weaners made 10s to 2?s; sprina; calves, 28s to 3!).4 6d; 15 to 18 months' sl-'ors, 51s (i i to 1,3 9s; 2-jear do, Lit IS.<; 15-months heifers, I/J lis toL2 ISs; springers, L 3 7s to L 5 Is; store cows, 1,3 7.:" to Lit 10s; I'at do, L 4 8s to At Rahotiii, on Thms'iay, the vails were; I Liil.-liiig v.'iiii fciiri;' oiisl: and uo-jriy nil] ; ;u\\wj cattle v/on: qiiil.ttd at. thu lvrmnur. Calves iriado 22s to S.'l.s; calves to yearlings, ! 42s to 46s f'.d; store cows, L 3 2s to L 3 !5s ; j fat shedp, lis 3d. VICKERS & STEVENS' AUOTION REPORT. Mbsshs. Viokbbs & Stbvbnb report, a moderate entry of stock in the Inglewood yards on Wednesday, which sold at following prices :—Small calves, IBs to 20s ; good calves, 30s to 37s (id ; yearlings, £2 6s to £2 10s ; 18-months heifers, L2 12s 6d ; store cows, L 3 to L 3 15s ; fnt cows, L 4 5s to L 4 10s ; bulls, 20a to 40s ; f.m. owes, 10s; woolly lambs, 7s 2d. WYLLIJJ, STOTT & CO.'S REPORT IMbssbs. Wvllie Btott & Co. report: the following prices at their Urenui yards on Monday, March 25th :—Springing heifers, £4 10s to£4 lYstid; caws do., £4l2s6d; ;' '"at cows, £t 12s to £4 16s ; store cows, £3 ] 7s to £3 lis; 2} year steers, £4 15s to £5 I S3. A number of unbroken Waibato ponies, t \ £ I js to £2 (is ; broken hacks. £3 10s to £<i; ■'(ewef, (:>•- ?d ; ram.«. £2 10s i | At tliKir Waitara yards on Tuesday, March . j 2<;th. the following pi iocs were realised:— !i;;;i-i!«. P\ i« *c £2 jSs: ycarlinrs, £1 l»s '.'-- -'•'- '■-■ -<*\ - \; i.l I '< - ; ' ■• '•'■•■' i il s', '..• j i i?i (."(;: :,li r.:

AUOKLAND BUTTER PRICES. PKB PBESS ASSOCIATION. Auckland, March 29. Wholesale dairy produce quotation?:— Butter.—Fresh dairy, 6d ; second qualiM', 3d; separator, lOd ; New Zealand Dairy Association, lOd ; Anchor brand, lOd; Arofn brand, lOd; prime salt, 8d ; second qtinlity, sd. BUCKLAND AND SONS' WEEKLY AUCTION REPORT. (Special to News.) Auckland, March 29, Musses Briokland and Sons' RnpOBT :-- Active draught horses up to £S4 ; farm horses up to £2B ; well-bred hacks, £lO to £l7 ; ordinary, £3 to £B. At Papakura, fair unbroken draughts, £39; light colts, £lO to £ll ; part worn bus horses; £4 to £l6. Cattle : Dairies and stores sold freely at late values. Beef was in good supply and maintained its price, 19s to 22a for steers. Sheep : Wethers up to 18s 3d ; ewes to llii ; !amb3 7s to 12s. At Remnera Sheep Fair, ewes and old sheep were at lower values, but store wethers and lambs sold well. Hides, skins, tallow, etc.—We had an averago catalogue in all was even and prices were firm with a substan t'al advance on last week's qm tatious. Wool. A few bales, dumps, and bags were sold at lato vrlues. Hay and gtiaw.—Very little coming forward by the load from the country. Meadow hay, Is 9d to 2s per cwt and 12s to 18s a load delivered; straw scarce and at high prices. Grain, etc.—Oati at late values, inferiorand damaged sailing at Is 8d and Is lid per bushel; short feed, 2s id to 2s 2d; maize unchanged; chaff dull of sale at L2 16s to LBBs pr ton, ex store; pressed hay, L2 10a to L 3 10h ; pressed straw, L2 10s; and clover and grass seed at list prices; inferior rye grass and cocksfoot for rough sowing at low prioes, At Rerauira, dairy cows were at late values, prices for those at profit were from LS to L 7 each. The store pens were well filled with cattle, but no grown steers were penned; late values were obtained. Two to three-year steers brought from L 4 to L 5; dry cows, L2 10s to L 4 10s; calves, LI to LI 15s; young bulls, L4to L 6 each. Fat and young calves, in mndor»t« number, sold freely ; fresh dropped, 4s to 8s; medium, 10s to IDs; heavy, up to L2 4s each. The sheep yards were fairly well filled, and those of good quality sold freely at late values. . Lambs in moderate numbers were required, and brought from 10s to 12i eaoa for well-fatted lighter weights, 7s to 9s. Pigs of all classes are required, porkers bringing from LI to LI 10s eaoh ; small, 6s to lUr. No heavy weights yarded, LONDON MARKETS. (By Electric Tblbsbaph— Combisbt.) [PKB PBBBB ASSOCIATION] (Received 29,10.2 a.m) London, March 28. A meeting of directois of Goldsberough, Mort, and Co. adopted a resolution reducing the capital by £887,000. The butchers have increased the price of meat Id per pound all round owing to the high price of stock. (Received 29, 0.29 a.m.) Londos, March 28. j The weol sales closed firm, the olosing rates being the highest of the series. Home and Continental buyers were operating free'y. Compared with the openiug sales, best morino and fine crossbreds were 10 per cent, h'gher, medium faulty morinos 5 per cent, higher, medium coa r se crosßbreds unchanged, lamhswool at par to 5 per cent, lower. The total number of bale 3 sold was : For Homo market, 101,000; Confcicent, 6390; America, 4000; while 57,000 were held over. The siles included Kaputone, 7fd; Balmderry, 6|d. Wheat: The American visible supply is estimated at 76,350,000 bushels.

A correspondent in the London Daily Mail writing en the subject of New Zealand butter says:—•'l am de ighted to fell Hew Zealander that the excellent butter he so justly advocates is well known and much appreciated in our household at least. It is such sound butter—the Devonshire butter straight from the dairy—l have often thougnt that, the flrst butter-makors of Mew Zealand must have l;«en Devonshire people. lUrv it travels so far and so well, even in ice, U a roavvcl. In winter time the butter sold at most London dairies are mawkish, and they never keep, an<i this excellent New Zo lan't butter is both much nicer and much choapw. Kis s-Md a* New Z-ialnnd hntler at the Army and Naval Auxiliary Stores, and at Hnrrod's Stores (and 1 />nppo«« at vsiioun other plaees) at H 3d per p»ni'd. Normandy and Brittany butters are dearer and not so nice in winter

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