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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 221, 30 December 1910, Page 3

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WHEAT AND FLOUR. ' !\v Cable—Press Associatioa—Copyright. London, December 28. The wheat and flour afloat is as follows:—Atlantic shipments 144,000 quarters, Pacific 135,000 quarters, total to Europe 1,375,0100 quarters, including •Vi.iUil quarters from the . Argentine, 515.0'J0 quarters Russian, 255,000 Danubian, 69,-000 quarters India, 50,000 quarters Australasia.

| WEBSTER BROS.' REPORT. Webster Bros., New Plymouth, report: — Mart—We had a small entry of poultry last Saturday, contrary to expectations, but the wet weather kept them back. Prices (for Christmas week) were very fair. Cockerels made '2s I'd to 2s 3d, hens Is l.ld to 2s 3d, ducks Is 9d to 2s sd, very good do. 2s 9d to 3s, geese 3s to 4s, gobblers Gs to 7s, ducklings lid to Is 4d. Sundries at usual rates.

Fruit—This has been in heavy supply, and, consequent upon very empty mar- ; kets, realised good, prices, peaches and apricots selling well. Strawberries arrive | on Friday and this will be the last of the season. Cucumbers have been in heavy supply. Cherry plums have been arriving in large quantities from all parts of the Island and Nelson. Prices were as follows:—Bananas (green) 20s to 21s, ripe 4s to 4%d; apples, l'4s 6d to las Gd, according to size of cases; cherry plums (choice) 3s 9d to ss, small Is 6d to 2s; cucumbers, l's to 3s Od (according to size); green peas, 7d to 9d peck; Japanese plums, 2y 3 d to sd; lemons, 8s 6d; tomatoes, up to Is 2d per lb, very choice seconds G.-l to 10d; grapes, 2s to 2s 2d; apricots, lis to 16s per 241b case; peaches choice sorts, 14s to liGs 6d, good lis 3d to 12s Gd, seconds 8s 6d to 9s 6d, thirds 3s Od to 4s 6d (a lot of Hawke's Bay peaches arrived wet and had to be sold); gooseberries, 5s to 6s; cherries (wet), Od to Bd, choice White Hearts Is 6y 2 d lb; strawberries (wet) fid to Bd, fair lOVod to lly,d, good Is 2y 2 d to Is 4d; pears, 4s.

DAIRY PRODUCE MARKET. Mes : -. E. Griffiths and Co., New Plymouth, are in receipt of the following market report from their London principals, Messrs. Mills and Sparrow, dated November 18, 1910: In spite of the fact of strikes and unrest in the laboring centres we are pleased to say that trade generally has shown improvement. We have had bright frosty weather all the week, and this is certainly in favor of increasing the demand, and decreasing the production on the Continent, which up to now has been maintained on a fairly high level. . :'*? j Danish.—There has been an excellent) demand, and the quotation has been raised 2 kroner.

Siberian. —About 4,000 casks' arrived this which is rather, in excess of what has been coming just lately, but only a very small proportion is fresh made. These meet with a good demand, but the stored parcels are neglected.

French.—The cold weather has had the 'effect of curtailing the supplies, with the result that an advance is announced for next week of fid per dozen on fresh rojls.. There is no doubt that this will cause buyers to reduce their orders and go on to Colonial unsalted. Australian.—The s.s. Osterley, Carpentaria, and Suffolk landed their butters this week, and we are pleased to report that the quality turned out well generally. The Queensland butters especially opened up in much better order than they liave done for some time past. There has been a good demand, and all the best brands cleared early in the week at slightly higher rates than last. The improved demand on secondary butter which we mentioned in our last report has continued, and buyers favor these rather than Siberians. After all, there is not such a wonderful quantity of Australian butter in cold store; ana a week or two's good trade will soon clear them up so that the market today looks in a much better position than it has been for the last few weeks. New Zealand.—As we mentioned last week the quality of the s.s. Turakina's butter, with the exception of one or two lots, has given genera) satisfaction, and there is no doubt that, this will create a good demand for the s.s. Athenic, which is now in dock, We do not ex : pect her butter to be on the market before Monday next, but we fully anticipate that higher prices will be realised. The color of the butter is a little high at the present moment, which rather confines it to certain districts.

CHEESE. The demand continues fairly steady, and for really fine goods, Is advance is obtainable. There are about 3000 crates of cheese on the s.s. Athenic, but buyers will not place any orders for these until they have inspected the quality.

NEW PLYMOUTH RETAIL PRICES. Butchers' Meat. Beef: Sirloin, 6d; prime ribs, sd; rump steak, fid; beef from 3d to 4d; corned beef, from 4d to 5d per lb. Muttotf: Legs, fid; chops, 6d; 1 loin, fid; shoulders, sd; necks, 3d per lb. Pork: Fresh, fid per lb. Veal, 3d to 5d per lb. Sausages, beef 4d, pork Bd. Lamb: Legs, 6s; forequarters, ss. Fowls, 5s .to 6s per pair; ducks, 6s per pair. These prices are for cash only; y 2 d per lb. for booking over one week. General Groceries.—Following are the cash prices charged by New Plymouth grocers:—Sugar, No. Id 9s fid, No. 2 9s 3d. Kerosene, 9s 9d per case. Rolled oats and oafcina, 10d per bag; oatmeal, 38 3d per 25 lb. bag; flour, roller, 1001b. lis 3d, 501b 5e 9d, 251b 3s Id. Cereals, etc.—Oats, Gartons, 3s per bushel, duns 3s per bushel, crushed oats, 3s 3d; barley, 3sfid; maize,4s 3d; wheat, 4s 6d; beans, ss; crushed beans, 5s 6d; pollard 7s per 1001b, 14s per 2001b; bran, 5s per 1001b. Dairy Produce, etc.—Sutter: Factory, Is 2d; dairy, lOd; best separator, Is per lb. C&eese, 9d per lb; eggs, Is per dozen; lard, 9d per lb; bacon, lOd per lb.; hams, 9%d per lb, rashers lOd;jj milk, 3d pet quart. Fruit—Bananas, 5d per lb or 31b for Is; lemons Is and Is fid; apples, 4d and Cd lb; figs, 4d and 6d per box; oranges, Is 6d to 2s per dozen; walnuts, 8d per lb; passion fruit, 6d dozen; pineapples, 4d to 9d; strawberries, Is and Is 3d per lb; tomatoes, Is 3d per lb; plums, 4d and 6d lb; grapes, 2s fid per lb; apricots, fjd per lb; peaches, fid per lb. Vegetables. —Cabbages, 3d and 4d; carrots, 2d per bunch; turnips, 2d per lb.; parsnips, 2d per bunch; kumeras, 51b for Is; onitns, Id per lb; cauliflowers, 5a to Sd; new potatoes, 2d per lb; rhubarb, 6d per busch; green peas, Is to Is fid per peck; cucumbers, 2d, 3d and 4d each. Buying prices.—Dealers offer for farm prodtwe: Butter, factory (in rolls) Is o%d, dairy (in rolls) Bd, separator lOd. 1 Eggs, lOd per dozen; hams, By,d per lb; lard, 7y g d per lb.