MR. NEWTON KING'S WEEKLY AUCTION AND PRODUCE REPORT.
ON Saturday, at the mart, fowls ma c laid to Is2d; (lucks, Is Id to la 61; new potatoes, £d to Id; onions, l^-1; sugar, 3f; rice, 2£d; lej, 163 6d; candles, 6jd to 7d; birley, 3j. A lot of sundries soli fairly. Haymark.t Ynrds.—Pigs were unsaleable on Saturday, although some very nice ones were offered. Hacks > Only two wero sold at £3 10s each. Mr Drew'a sale of furniture and effects w is^well attended _oa Monday, and realised f .ir prices. Frnit.—At the Mart on Tuesday a very Urge cor-s'gnmuotof Nelson fruit was off .red, the greater porion of which was soil at rather low prices. Nectarines ma :e 4s fid to 6s; gicingages, 6s to 8g; plums, ss6d to 7s6d; peaches, 7s; cooking apples, 4sto§Bj eating apples, 4s to 5s per h If case; damsons, 5s, 1 damaged pears, 2s '0 4s Cattle.—At-Ingle wood on Tuesday, a fair number of cattle mustered, and prices were about tte average. Calves made 15s to 17&f«j; 18 month steers, £2 2s to £2 ss; good springiagheif.r«, _J5 10 to £6 286 d; bull, £3 3s; horse, £2 ss. ' At Rahotu, on Wfl'lneslay, the y*rl was quite full. Bidding was slack at the bummer, but nearly all were sild afterwards a' market rates. 2 year old heifers made £1 19s 6d; store cows and heifers £2 2s 6d; h- ifers in calf, £2 14s; 2 year steers, £2 12b 6d; fat bullocks, £5 ss; workeri, .£9 15s the ptir; calvea, £1 2s; springing heifers, £4 to £5. bull, £2 12s 6!; lambs in wool, 4s 3d; fat ewes, 7s. Land.—Considerable interest was taken in the land sale on Saturday, and there was more compe'ion thtn at late sales, although in maiy casea tho reserve pr'.ce was not reachod. Section 225, Dr. Leaihara, £60 10s; Filial allotment 59, Ore/, U, W, Saz,ton, £3
per acie; section 7, block 7, Midhirst, Scherer, £6; section 6, Inglewoori, £1 10s; section 1381, Gill street, John Lowe, £50; 5 and 6, "Waitara Wes% W. Lawrence, £72 lOi; 9 and 10, block 102, Waitara Weit, W. P. Snell, £20. Proiuce.— Potatoes keep up in price, crops being light. Butter is a sore point with dealers just now owing to the Sydney acare. Cocksfoot — None in town ye*, birt the samples I have had in I have placed at good rates, qiality being excellent. Italian Rj c is wanted at good prices.
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Taranaki Herald, Volume XXXV, Issue 6984, 6 February 1886, Page 2
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411MR. NEWTON KING'S WEEKLY AUCTION AND PRODUCE REPORT. Taranaki Herald, Volume XXXV, Issue 6984, 6 February 1886, Page 2
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