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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7706, 7 January 1905, Page 4

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i • NEW PLYMOUTH, SATURDAY, JANUARY 7, 1903, RETAIL PRICES. I Farm and Dairy Produce.—Milk 3d per quart, butter (dairy) lOd, factory Is per lb, cheese 7d per lb, eggs Is 2d per dozen, fowls 3s per pair, lard 7d per lb, bacon 7d to lOd per lb, hams 9d per lb, rashers lOd per lb. Fruit.—Bananas 3d per lb, cocoanuts 2d to -Id each, lemons Is to Is 6d per doz., apples 3d to 4d per lb, oranges Is to Is 6d per doz. Coal.—Westpoit, Brookdale 425, Mokau 425. •*»nedust, pure, £7 10s per ton. BUYING PRICES. Butter (best dairy) 7d to Bd, separator 8d to 9d, factory rolls 9Jd to lOd per tb, eggs Is per dozeu, fowls 3s per pair, ducks 6s per pair, bacon 7d per lb, hams 7sd per lb,' cheese 4Jd to 5d per lb, lard 6d per lb, fungus 2Jd per lb. MR. NEWTON KING'S WEEKLV AUCTION REPORT. Fruit.—The fruit season is again with us, and sales are being held noarly every day. The following prices have been realised at various sales during the past week :—Grapes Is 4d to Is 8d per lb, bananas W to 2ii, plums 4s 6d to 6s 6d, peaches 5s 6d to 8s 6d, cherries cooking 6s, dessert 10s to 14s, gooi s eborries 4s 6d to 5s 6d, tomatoes, small boxes, 8s 6d, i cases 13s to 15s, black currants 5s to 7s 6d, cucumbers Bs, lemons 3s to ss, peas lljd peck, potatoes l{d to 1-Jd per lb. Cattle.—At Stony River on Wed-1 ncsday there was only a small entry of cattle, owing) no doubt to the holidays interfering with business. Most lines were sold at the hammer, only a few lines being taken home by tho vendors. Tho following are the prices realised : Calves 18s 6d to 31s, yearlings £2 3s to £2 16s, 15 to 18 months steers £2 14s to £2 10s 6ti, empty heifers £3 Is, store cows £2 8s 6d to £3 4s 6d, 3 to 4 year bullocks £5. At Waiwakaiho on Thursday there waq rather a poor muster of cattle and a small attendance. Prices ranged as follows :—Yearlings £1 18s to £2 7s 6d, empty heifers £2 13s to £3 2s 6d, springing heifers £3 17s 6d to £4, heifers and calves £3 12s 6d to £4 15s, store cows £2 6s to £3 ss, fat cows £4 ss, forwaid cows £3 14s. A line of forward ewes and wethers, 4 to 6 tooth, sold at 14s lOd. Land.—l have to report the sale of Mr W. Cleaver's farm of 376 acres at Rowan to Mr R. T. B. Mellow, of K-aponga. On Thursday night I sold by auction several sections at Vogeltown at prices from £SO to £6l per quar-ter-acre section. Farmers will do well to note that under the new stock regulations all calves must be inoculated against blackleg before being brought into a saleyard. MESSRS VICKERS & STEVENS' REPORT, Vickers and Stevens report that there was a, good entry of cattle in their Imjlewood yards on Wednesday, when the following prices were obtained : Weaners 12s 6d to 16s, yearlings £1 14s to £2 ss, store cows £2 10s to £3 Is, springers £3 10s to £4 10s, fat cows £4 10s. DUNEDIN GRAIN MARKET, DUNEDIN, Jan. 5. Wheat and oats.—Owing to the holidjrys business has been very restricted, and there is no change to record. Stocks in town stores are small, and at times command prices above the ruling quotations of last week. Fat calves.—There was a fair entry, and the sale was rather better than last week's. Prices ranged from 5s 6d to 495. Store cattle.—The yarding was very small, and there 'was no improvement in prices. Yearlings sold at 25s toi 395, 15 to 18 months (which included a good line) 49s to to 68s 6d, two-year steers £4 2s 6d, two-year heifers £4, three-year heifers £5 lis, dry cows £1 12s 6d to £4 15s. Dairy Cows.—There was a small entry and business was dull. Useful cows sold at £6 to £7 10s, old and inferior £3 10s to £5. Fat sheep.—Several lines of prime wethers were included in a moderate entry as regards numbers. Most of the ewes were of good prime quality. There was a good demand for all descriptions, butchers being bare of stock, and for the greater part they outbid the exporters. The Mount Pleasant wethers were one of the best lines that havo cotne into the yards, and made the high average of 24s for the line of 220, with a very short range of prices between the top and the last pens. Current prices were :—For prime wethers 21s to 25s lid, others 18s 6d to 20s, prime ewes 20s to 22s lid, medium to good' 17s to 19s 6d, agod 15s to 16s 6d, merino wethers, medium, 13s 4d. Fat lambs.—The entry was not large, but was of excellent quality, bidding of both exporters and butchers being very keen. Prices were rather better than at last week's sale. The best pens sold a t 18s to 20s, medium 16s to 17s 9d. Store sheep.—The entry was small and buyers were few, but previous values were maintained. The principal sales were :—54 two-tooth ewes at 17s 9d, 102 mixed two-tooths at 17s 6d, 531 two-tooth wethers at 16s, and 50. at 14s, 430 two and four-tooth wethers and ewes at 16s 6d to 18s 6d. Pigs.—A small , entry. Baconers Sold at about last week's rates. Porkers were rather better. Stores had! a dull sale. Baconers made 44s to 525, or 4d to 4{d per lb ; porkers 4}d to 4*d per lb ; stores, large 23s to 275, medium 14s to 225, small 6s to 12s. BURNSIDE STOCK SALES. DUNEDIN, Jan. 5. Fat cattle.—A medium yarding ol 131 head, including a few lines of very fine cattle, was offered. The demand' for good beasts was fair, and prices all round equalled last week's. Best bullocks £lO 12s to i£l2 2s 6d, medium £9 to £lO 15s, light £7 17s Od to £B| 15s, foeslt heifers £6 10s to £7 15s, medium £5 5s to £6 os, light £4 to £5. Fat sheep.—l2os were penned. At the beginning of the sale prices were about Is Id per head above lust week's values, but as the sale progressed they receded to last week's level. Best, wethers 23s to 21s 9d, medium 20s 9d to 22s 6xl, light 19s 3d to 20s 6d, best ewes 21s to 22s 9d, medium 19s 6d to 20s 3d, light 16s 9d to 18s, Lambs.—s32 were penned. The market was much slacker than last week, and prices were lower by Is to Is 6d per head. Best lambs 13s 6d to 14s 9d, medium 12s 3d to 13s 3d, light lis to 12s. Pigs.—99 penned. The demand was much the]same as last week, but the market was irregular. Suckers 8s to 12s, slips lis to 18s, stores 21s to 22s 6d, porkers 30s to 395, baconers 40s to 465, big pigs 50s to 525. ADDINGTON STOCK MARKET, i CHHISTCHURCH, Jan. 4. The entries at Addington comprised 283 cattle, 5944 sheep, and 311 pigs. The attendance was small. Fat cattle.—Although only 128 head were yarded there! was very poor competition, and a largo pro-1 portion were withdrawn. Values, however, showed little change from those of the previous week. Steers sold at £6 7s 6d to £lO, heifers £5 5s to £6 Us 6d, cows £5 2s fid to £6 ss, or equal to 19s to 22s Od per 1001b. HOMEBCSH STOCK SALES. SYDNEY, Jan. 5. At the Homebush sales there iwere largo offerings of shi'cp, mostly mediums. This was a result of the bush fires. A few prime lots sold at improved values. Best wethers lis 6d, extra -good 18s, best ewes 15s, extra good 17s '6d. Cattle were easier. Best bullocks £9 10s to £9 18s, good £8 10s, best cows £7 5s to £7 15s, good,: £6 10s. Beef averaged 22s 6d per 1001b. HIDES, SKINS, ETC. MELBOURNE, Jan. 5. HMes.—There is a scarcity of supplies, and an advance on tlie prices ruling immediately prior to the holidays. ANTWERP WOOL SALES. LONDON, Jan. 5. Wool sales were held at Antwerp on the loth and 11th, when 4700 bales of La Plata clips were ofleredj