MR. NEWTON KING'S WEEKLY AUCTION AND PRODUCE REPORT.

Taranaki Herald, Volume XXIX, Issue 3853, 1 October 1881, Page 2

MR. NEWTON KING'S WEEKLY AUCTION AND PRODUCE REPORT.

AND,PRODUCE REPORT.., At my usual weclcly sale at the mart on Saturday last, prices were moderate. Ducks made 2s. 3djl;ipig's^po};atcres, Is. to 2s;'Jd,; onionls, lid.; oatSj^s.,;. sugar,, ±%d. ;..§yap?, Ss.^M. ; oatmeal, 35.; bran, 3s.'Gel. A lot of sundries Bold fairly. •! .. c- - !i!I ■-:;.■( > Horses.—At the Haymarket, c«ily..two hacks were sold, for £3 109. and £"6 respectively. Fruit.—On Monday.lheid'a'ialeiof Hobart apples, but a great many were damaged, and sold in pr^por^pn., namase|d r|rom ss.'to- i Hs.; good, 13s. C>\. to l4s. 6d. A mixed lot of •radgesjarriveil o r n Wedne^ayflast^ but were in dreadful condition. . Picked cases made 14s. 6d. i '" <"'r' v "■ ' Land.-—-}, /solij. anpffcer seetio^ Jft Qainestreet, durf^f^ft week,,f^r A rgqcrV^emand is springing, np T for these sections. Mr. George r s frfrm #drfm sbf^otfSatur.^y. o'l Produce. —Potatoes are unchanged at'£3'to £4 ; carrots dull at 505.; onions, l£d. to ljd.: good hay is; wanted"." - • " * * R Cattle.—Tuesdays was the,;'iale at Stony River, but the attendance of-cattre was-'not so good as' migOt have beeh' esfpecfed.' -Most of those yarded were sold, but at low rates. Two-calv.es, 325. ;. o-yearlings,;^.; 2^2A-year-old heifers, '£1; 2 cows n't £5 ; I d'o'at £3 10s.; 1 do at £3 ; 51 mixed sheep, with lambs, 15s.