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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIII, Issue 158, 27 July 1901, Page 3

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New Plymouth, Saturday, 27th July. RETAIL PRICKS Butchers' meat.—Prices as lately advertised. Farm ind Dairy Produce —Milk, 3d per quart; butter, dairy, 9d to lOd; separator, lOdto Is Id per lb; cheese, 7dperlb; eggs, Is 4d per doz; fowls, 3s per pair; ducks, per pair; lard, 6d; bacon, 5d to 6d; hams, 6d to 8d per lb. Fruit. Bananas, 3d per lb; cocoanuts, 2d to id each; lemons, Is and Is 6d per dozen; oranges,ls to l«6d dozen; apples, 4d per lb. Vegetables.—Onions, Id, 2d pei lb; cabbages, 2d each ; potatoes, 7s Sd per sack. Bread stuffs.—Bread, 6d per 41b loat cash or weekly paments; 7d booked. Firewood, from 8s to 12s per load tloal.—Westport(Brookdale), 425: Mokau, 28s i Bone-dust (pure), £7 10s per ton. Plums, 4d to Gd p»r lb. BUYING PRICES Batter.—B?st dairy, 8d to 9d; separator, 9d to lid per lb; cheese l and ">d per lb; eggs, la 2d per doze,," 2s 6d per pair; ducks, 3s per pair; baoon, 5d to 7-Jd per lb; hams, 5d per lb; lird, 4d to stf; fungus, 3d per lb. MR NKWXON KING'S WKBULY AUeriON REPORT Mb. Newton Kino reports:— At the Haymarket on Saturday only a few pig* came forward. Slips made 6s; small stores, 14s to 15a 6d. Several horses were sold at prices ranging from £5 to £5 15s. j A large quantity of fruit and shelter trees were sold at low prices. I At the Mart fowls made Is to Is lOd; I ducis, Is 7d to 2s; pure-bred fowls, 2s 2d to j 3s 9d; turkeys, 4s 7d. Furniture and sun-1 dri»s made low prices. I Cattle—At Mangorei, on Monday, I held a I clearing sale of Mr Wade's dairy and farm ] stock. There was a good attendance and j good prices were realised for cows and other ! line 9. Cows in milk made £3 lOi to £G. Bpringerj 1.4 15s to L 7 7s t'd; springing heifers, L 5 10a co L 5 15s; yearling heifers, 495; trap horse, Ll6 15s; back, L 5 10s.! Sundries made satisfactory prices. I At Waiwakaiho, on Tuesday, there was rather a small muster. All young cattle met. with strong enquiry,, and nearly every line was sold at the hammer. A good many! springing- heifets were yarded, but most of them were rather small and in backward condition, and consequently did not sell well. I quote weaners, LI Ps to 1.1 10s; calves, to yearlings, LI 13s to LI 18s; good year-. lings, L2 10s 6d ; 18 to 20 months steers, 1 3 10s; 18-inonths heifers, L2 17s 6d; heifers in calf, L 4 to L 4 4s 6d ; springers, L 4 12s 6d to L 4 14s.

On Wednesday, I held a clearing sale on the Junction-road of Mr W. H. Paynter's dairy cows, aud also stere stocK, etc., on account of Messrs W. Paynter aud Sons. In spite of the heavy rain there was a gaod attendance, and the cows, whiih were a nice lot, sold well. Cows in milk made L 5 10s to L 7 ss; springers, L 5 to L 8 ss; aged cows and late calvers L3lss to L 4; Holstein Ball, L 3 12s Bd. On account of Messrs W. Paynter and Sons, 12 to 15 months heifeis made L2 11s; stetrs, L2 15s; one light draught 20-months colt, by Glasgow Willie, Ll9. At Cardiff, on Wednesday, I held a clearing sale on account of Mr. P. James, when in .spite of tbe pouring rain there was a good attendanca. Tlr< oowh were a fair lot, a good proportion baing aged and backward, and under these circumstances sold well. Early calvers made up to-L9 ss; aged and | backward calvers, L 4 to L 5. Ave y choice : line of half-bred Holstein heifers in calf made from L 5 to L 6 Bs.

At Cardiff, on Thwsday, I held a clearing sale on acc unt of Mr. John Watkins. The attendance was not large but those present were mostly bayr-rs. Tne cows werea good lot, bat i nlv in fair condition, a good proportion backward calvers, and considering that no calving dates were available the prices realised were extraordinarily good. Bidtlinz was brisk from start, to finish. Early calvers made L 6 10< to L 9 15s; late do. £.5 to 1-7; azed cows, I 35s to L 5; springing heifers, L 4 2s 6d toLS 15s; heifers, in calf, L36sto L 3 12s 6d; trap horse, Lls 10s. VICKERS & STEVENS' AUCTION ftEPOKT. Messrs Vickehs & Stevens report a fair muster of stock in their Inglewood yards sn Wednesday, Ju'y 24th. Late price* were fully maint ined. Calves, LI 15s to L2 5s ; yearlings, Li 10s to 1,3 Is; IS-rath steers, L 3 10s tiri to L 3 13s 6d; 20-mths to 2-yr-old steers, L 3 15s fid; store cows, L2 to L 3 10s; springers, L 4 to L 5 12s; fat cows, L 5; bu'ls, Ji2to L 3 ss. Kwes in lamb, iged 9s; good bred Romney ewes iu limb, 14s 6d. We a'to report the sale tf Air. It. Julian's iivery stables and plant to Mr. R. Johnson, also Mr. G. C. Deverell's farm of 121 acres to Mr. G. Capper, both at satisfactory figures. AUCKLAND BUTTER PRICES. (PUIS PKICSS ASSOCIATION.') Auckland, July 26. Wholesale dairy produce quotation?:— liutfer: Frfsh 'airy, 9d per lb; second quality. Bri ; separator, 10d ; Now Zealand! Dairy Association, Is; Anchor brand, Is-J Acorn brand. Is; prima salt, 9d; eecond quality, salt, 7d. BUCKIAND AND SONS' REPORT. (Special to News.) Auckland, July 26i Messrs Buckland and Sons report:— Horses—Good demand ac late values for working horses, hacks and weeds not wanted. Medium to heavy draught', L2B to L 36 ; cab and bus horses, Ll2 to LI8; light draughts, L2O to L 27. Dairy cows, L 5 10s to L 8; storfs at late values. Beef is unchanged, steT* soiling from Lfi 10s to Lll; cows, L 4 ; to L 7 l()s. Kheep are firm; wethers, 14s to , IDs; e *ea 3d to L7s Gd. Porkers, 18s to 30s. Hay and straw—On both Friday and Tuesday there was a fair supply, and prices ■ were firm. Meadow hay maae at auction 2s | 3d to 3s par cwt; straw, 18s to 24s the load, - delivere-i. | Hidt s, skins, tallow, etc.—On Tuesday we ! cleared our usual quantity in these lines. The quality was eveu and pood throughout, i and competition brisk and prices a nhade better. <-x hides ranged from 4jd to 6d; [! lighter, 4d; cow, to 4{d; calf, 4d to 4-Jd I per lb. Tails, Is lOd doz.; rouah fat, 1 -]d ,' to ljfl per 1 ; tallow (ordinary mixed), 17s ,to 19s; l'One.=, 5s per cwt; skins (liest but- ! cliers), 2s to 2s Gd, the greater number seli- ' ing at Is 0d to 2s each. Grain, etc.—All feed stuffs are firm, with an advance in oats and bran. We quote: Keed oats, 2s 4d to 2s sid ; maize, 2s 7d to 2s 8d; wheat, 2s lOd to 2s 1 Id; barley, 2s i 3d; chaff, £3 to £3 ss; inferior, £2 to £2 : 15s; carrots, 25s ; bran, £4 15s; sharps, £5 ; ( pressed hay, £3 5s to £3 10s: pressed straw, ,£2 15s; Sydney boneduet, £8 15s to £7 ss; Chesterfield guano, £3 15s; blood and bone manure, £5 6s

BEWLKY & GRIFFITHS' SHARE REPORT.

T sale?, B buyers, s sellers. PEB PBESS ASSOCIATION. London, July 24. The wbea 1 ; and flour afloat for the United Kingdom is 3,080,000 quarters, and on the Continent, 1,470,000 quarter* Three Australian cargoes sold at £9s. Tin is quoted spot, £123 10s; three months £lls ss. Wool—Go d competition for all sorts; prices above rates prevailing" at opening sales. Shares Australian and New Zealand Mortgage Agency 4| per cent, debentures, 90. At tho tallow auctions 1225 casks were offered, and 800 sold; prices unchanged.

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