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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXIII, Issue 68, 6 April 1901, Page 2

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New Plymouth, Saturday, April 6th. BETAIL PRICES Butchers' meat.—Prices as lately adver- ! tised. Farm and Dairy Produce—Milk, 3d per quart; butter, dairy, 8d to lOd; separator, lOdto Is Id per lb; cheese, 7d per lb; eggs, 1 a 6d per doz ; 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; cocoa[nuts, 2d to 4d eacb; lemons, Is and Is 8d ! per dozen ; oranges, Is 6d and 2* per dozen; apples, 3d per lb; tomatoes, 3d per lb; pears, j 4d per lb; peaches, Gd per lb j Vegetables. —Onions, 3d pei lb ; cabj bages, 2d each; potatoes, 5s por sank. Breadstuffs.—Bread, Gd per 41b loat cash or weekly payments; 7d booked. Firewood, from 8s to 12s per load, Coal.—Westport(Brookdale), 425; Mokau, 28s. Bone-dust (pure), £7 10s por tori. Plums, 4d to Gd per lb. BUYING PRICES Butter.—Bsst dairy, 7d to 8d j separator, 8d to lid per lb; cheese 5d per lb; eggs, Is 3d per d°zen; fowls, 2s 6d per pair; ducks, Us per pair; baoSB, *d to 5Jd per lb j hams, 5d to 7d per lb; lard, 4d t? sd; fungus, 2£d $p 3d per \b. j VICKERS & STEVW AUOTJOM KE- ! PORT. Messrs Viokbbs & Stbvbns report a small entry of cattle in their lnglewood yards:—Small calves, IBs to 20s; good jcalvts, LI 10s to LI lils ; springing heifers, Lt to L 4 10a; store cows, L 3 Gs to L 3 12s Uid ; fat coivs, L 4 10s to L 4 15s. They held I a clearing sale of Mr C. A. Jones dairy cows i : last Friday, the average for JO3 cows being L 5 Is 9d. Pigs, etc., sold at fair prices. j EGMONT FARMERS, UNION, Ltd. Hawera, March 29. i At Stratford, on the 22ud inst., about the advertised number oE stock came forward, ; Although the attendance was bib«U, there I was a fair amount of business transacted. ' I Fat cows, 1.4 Is to L 4 10s ; store cowg, L 3 | to L 3 9s ; heifers and calve?, L 3 10s to L 3 i 19s 6d; 18 to 20 month heifers in calf, L2 >' 4s to L 3 2s Gd; weaners to yearlings, LI Is i to LI 14s Gd; 2 to steers, L 8 10s to , L 316» ; bulls; LI 10s to L 3 ss. We. held our usual fortnightly sale at the

Glover road yard, Hawera, on the 28th inst., , when we submitted a fall yarding of both , cattle and sheep. Bidding at the hammer] I was dull, but a fair amouDt of business was | clone after, slightly under vendors' reserves. I Fresh forward bullocks, L 5 10s to LS lK<6d; i 2 to %\ year steers, L 3 18s to L 4 Mo; fat [: cows, L44s to LI 15s; stare cows, J. 3 list-> L 3 14s; cows and calves, L 4 to \A 8i; ' weaners, ISs to LI 9a. Sheep: Two-tooth ewes, 13s; ewes, mixed ages, 14s ; fat e*es, 13s 2d. Pigs: 13s to LI 17s. AUCKLAND BUTTER PRICES. PEB PBKBS ASSOCIATION. Auckland, April 4. Wholesale dairy produce quotation?,:— Batter.—Fre«h dairy, fid; second qaality, 5d ; separator, lOd; New Zealand Dairy Association, 103 ; Anchor brand, lOd; Acorn brand, lOd ; prime salt, 8d ; second quality, sd. __ (By IClectrio Telegraph.—Copyright.] (PBB PBESS ASSOCIATION.) London, April 2. Silver is quoted at 2s par oz. Tallow: Stock, 18,670 casks.; imports, 4478 casks; de iverie- 1 , 5714 casks Copper: Supplies, 16 53»! to's; deliveries, 17,458 tons ; stocks, 28,231 tons; quantity advised, 2675 ton-. Tin: Stocks, 17,620 tons; on spot, 6456 tons; afloat, 2107 tons ; deliveiiesduring the mouth, 2462 tons Wool: Arrivals for the th ; rd series total 256 000 bales, of which 50,000 ba'es have been sent forward dicf-ct; available for sales, 264,000 l.al> s, Wheat: A cargo ex Norfolk Island sold at 29s 10-Jd; ex Inveilorhy, 29 ■ ild. (Keccived 5, 10.18 a.m.) London. April 4. At tha Kauri auctions 2683 caseg were offered and 700 sold ; threo-quartor scraped, good, 120s ; stock, 1901 cases. 'lhe American visitile wheat supply is 75,501,000 bushels. Lead is 12 11-16, Received 3, 10 3'J a.m. i Sydney, April 3. Wheat.—Chick, prime. 2s 2d; milling, 2s fljur, £5 151 to £6 ss; Manitoba, £lO 10s to £lO 15s; oats, prime New Zealand, feeding, b grade U 1 Id to 2s ; c grade Is 6d to ls7d;maize, 5s Id; barliy, feeding, Is lid to 2s; feed, 2s 3d; maize, prime, 2s 7d; bran, ' Bjd; pollar.i. Bjd ; peas, Prussian blue, 3s 3d to us 6d; potatoes, Circular Heads, prims, L2 10s to LB; onions, N.Z., L 5; Victorian, LB 10s to L 6 15s ; butter, creamery, lid; cheese, N.Z. loaf, 6d; bacon, 6d to 8d; hama, N.Z., BJ-d to 9d. "Tlit above quotations are these rating be- ; tween merchant and retailer, and do not re- i present slightly lower values obtained by : recognised brokers. Melbourne, April 3. Wheat, firm, 2s 7ijd to 2s Bii; oats, strong sale, ls9d io Is lOd; bran, lOJd; pollard, IOJd ; onions, prime, L 5 10s. ADELAIDS, April 3. Wheat, dull, 2s 81; oats, Algerian, Is l 8d to Is lOd; whites, 2s 2d to 2s 8d; bran, 10J ; polbrd, 10Jd.

BEWLKY & GRIFFITHS' SHARB BEPORT.

The market since our last repot t has been more or less inactive.and there arefow transactions in in"estrroiit stocks to report. Bank of New Z alanu have icoeded slightly, shares having changed hands at LI (is 6d In Auckland mining Waihi'shave declined, to sellers at LlO 2s 6<l ard buyers L 9 owing ■ to the demand for incctscd wages. Monowai's have advanced from sales at Is ild to t br.yersat 2s Id ii consequence of ore being c taken out for shipment, s.iid to be wor'h "5 L2ooperton. It is un-ilersto d also tbAttho ■ Glasgow directors have decided to er ct fur- 5 ther crushing machinery, owing to the satis- \ factory development of the mine. \ The West Coast and Otago dredgin» mar- ] kethas been dull but with the improved re- -\ tnra from both districts prices now show an improvement. We are strongly of opinion <\ that prices on th« West Coast have touched , bottom and that all th« well tested ventures , will advance in pripe. j <Ve report iumereus transactions in the , following Companies :—Grey Kiver Consolidated, Victory, Kohinoor, New River, Hoki; tika River, Bailer Junctions, Aorere Kiver, Amikitk. Kohikohi and Woodstock. Also, Taranaki Freezing Co. at £6 ss, snd several ! parcels of Sash and Door Co. at par, at which price they are excellent investment. ' , We are offering a few shares in the Tekaka Sluicing Co., a property tfrat has beea par? tioiiiarly well proved anil which, offer's a permanent investment. Work has bean commenced and it is anticipated that returns will be obtained in six months' time. Barry application is necessary as the number of . shares is wry limited,

4 H3 a "3 . 1 a> a a o a O o P. P," « £ 8. d. o/„ £ g. d. £ 6 . d. Nation'l Bank 3 10 0» 8 5 IS 6 2 12 6 Bank ot N.Z. 1 6 Bt National Insurance Co. 1 0 0b 12£ 6 5 0 0 17* S.Z. Insur'nce Co 3 6 OuIO 5 12 6 3 S 6 N.Z. Acrtdent l 6 0 10 3 16 0. i n?p louffi British 3 15 13b|20 |S 9 0 2 HO Auckland das 13 15 Ob 15 5 9 013 5 0 N.Flyoi'tbdo. 7 10 0 85 B 8 8 00 Wanganuido. 13 10 3a 8 6 3 0 ... Wellingt'n do 18 f 0 10 5 12 017 0 0 N.Z. Shipping ' Co 5 10 0 4 5 16 4 3 00 Union 8.9. Co 10 10 0 6 5 n 3 10 10 0 N.Z. & River Plate ... 19 6b G 6 6 ' 1 06 Natal. Mort:c 1 16 6 6J6 17 0 0 17 6 Gear Meat... 1 10 0 10 Kainoi Wooln 6 12 Ot 7 5 9 '650 Mo-snel do.... i i 0 7 5 9 0 4 3 C l'ur;m.iki Freezing Co.... G 5 0T10 ;i 11 0 4 5 0 N.P. Coop.... 1 0 OS 8 7 10 1 ... * tfash & Door Co., p-iid . S 0 Os 8 7 12 6 ... p o., -.30 Ot N'thrn Mearn 0 7 4t 7 7 8 9 !;! T sales, D buyers, 3 sellers,