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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIII, Issue 173, 3 August 1901, Page 3

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New Plymouth, Satubday, 3bd August, RETAIL PRICES Butchers' meat.—Prices as lately advertised. Farm and Dairy Produce—Milk, Sdper quart; butter, dairy, fld to lOd; separator, 10fi to Is Id per lb; cheese, 7d per lb; eggs, la 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 4d each; lemons, Is and Is 6d per dozen; oranges, Is to -Is 6d per dozen; apples, 4d per lb. ! Vegetables.—Onions, Id, 2d pel lb; cabbages, 2d each ; potatoes, 7s 6d per sack. Breadstuffs. —Bread, 6d per 41b loat cash or weekly payments; 7d booked. Firewood, from 8s to 12s per load Goal.—Westport(Brookdale), 425; Mokau, ,28s Bone-dust (pure), £7 10s per ton. i Plums, 4d to Gd par lb. BUYING PRICES Butter.—Bsst dairy, 8d to 9d; separator, 9d to lid per lb; cheese 4Jd and Bd per lb; eggs, Is 2d per dozen; fowls, 2s 6d per pair • ducks, 3s per pair; bacon, 5d to 7sd per lb; hams, fid per lb; lard, 4d to sd; fungus, 3d per lb. MR NKWTON KING'S WEEKLY AUSriON REPORT Mb. Newton Kino reports:— Cattle.—At Midhirst, on Friday, 26th July, I h»ld a clearing sale on account of Mr. W. Wellington. There wai a large attendance ati<l the cows which were a really good lot weTe keenly competed for, the herd of 27 cows averaging £7 ss' Early calvprs made 1.6 15s to L 8 5s ; cows, in milk. L 5 to L 8 10s; springing heifers. L 5 to 1 G 15s ; 12 to 15months empty heifere,l-2 2s to L2 14s. Sundries and furniture made good prices. At Stratford, on Tnesda}, owing to the heavy rain all cattle advertised did notcome forward and the attendance was not so large as usual. In spite of the weather, however, a f«ir amount of business was done most I lines beingqaitted either at the hammer or priv tely. Young cattle continued in strong demand, but springing heifers were not quite as saleable Mixed yearlings made L2 6s Gd ; steer do, L2 10s; 18 to 20-months heifers, L3to LB *s; springers, L 4 10s; fat cows, 1.5 to L 5 2.i Gd. At Stony River, on Wednesday, there was a large muster of stock and a good attendance, and nearly evervthirg was sold either at the hammer or privately. Calves made LI 7s Sd to LI 17s 6d ; calves to vear- | lings, LI 19s to L2 3s; heifers in calf, L 3 14s to L 4 2s; spiingeri, L 4 4s to L 5 10s; store cows, L 3 2s to L 3 10s; fit do L 4 14s to L 5 15s. At Rugby Road on Wednesday I had a clea insr sale on account of Mr A. H. Aiken. The weather was very bad, but thore was a good attendance. The rows were a fair lot, but. mostly backward calvers. Rarly calvers marie L 6 to L 7 12s Gd; late do and aged i cows L 3 10s to L 5 15s; store co ws, L 3 4s 6d; springing heifers, L 4 17s 6d to L 6 12s 6d ; 20-months steers, L 3 15s; lambs, 7s ; 1 ewes in lamb, 9s lOd ; yearlings, Ll 19s; ' horses, L 8 to LlO 15s. Daring the week I have placed several dairies of cows privately at satisfactory price?. WYLLIF, STOTT k CO.'S REPORT. MeswS. Wyllib, Ptott & Co, report the following prices realised at their Urenui yards on Monday last:—Calves, Ll 15s 6d: heifers, 1,3 to L 4 15s; store caws, L 3 6s; . cows si'i calves, L 5 2s Gd. AI Waitara, on Tuesday, owing to the very ' wrl weather, a small quantity of stock wao ' yar ed. Calves, LI 12s; heifers, L2 15s to i Lii 17a 6d; dairy cows, 1.4 to 1,5 17s Gd ; 18- [ months, L2 Bs.

| T sales, B buyers, s sellers. I Tbg share ma'ket continues dull. IniurB.ace shares show a drooping t#ndenoj ow-

I leg to the heavy losses of the past few months, Otago dredging returns show a veiy marked improvement, no less than six dredges gettting over a hundred ounces (luring the p*st week. The retains from the West Const continme to be payable for th> most part, and though not prespnting any >ecs*tional feature.*, their regularity from week to week will probably bring them out ihead at the end of the year, of t'ne large intermittent returns from Otago. AUCKLAND BUTTER PRIOES. (PBE PBBSS ASSOCIATION.) AUCKLAND, August 2. Wholesale dairy produce quotations.:— > Butler: Fresh Hairy, 9d per lb; second* i qinlitv, 8d ; separator, 10d; New Zealand Dairy Association, Is 2d; Anchor brand, Is 2d ; Acorn brand, Is 2d ; prime salt, 9d; second quality, salt, 7d. BUCKLAND A'ND SONS' WEEKLY AUCTION REPORT. (PKB PBES3 ASSOCIATION.) AUGKI,AKD, August 2. Messrs BucKi.ANi> anjj Sons' Rhport,— Horses : There was a steady demand for youuij animals of all classes. Aged h»avy shafte's sold at L 36 to 1,41 ; actire draught', L 23 to LB3; buggy and light harness, L 9 to Lilo; hacks, Ltfto Li). Cattle: Dairies and stores sold at late values. Beef made 19a to 22s for steers, and 16s to 18s for cows. Sheep: Wether sheep made 13s to 19s; ewes, 10s 6d to 15s; ewes in lamb, lis to 12s 3d. Figs sold at late quotations.

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