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Taranaki Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 10008, 19 May 1894, Page 4

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MR NKWTON KING'S WEEKLY AUCTION AND PRODUCE REPORT. At the Hajmartct, on Saturday, only i\ few pigs were penned, and thu-o all weancra. Bidding was dull, prices ranging from 2s (id to 7b. the latter being for sonic of Sir W. Rowe's well-known breeding. A few horses i changed hands at from ;?os to 50b ; 1 mare and foul. £o 15s. At the mart, fowls sold slightly better than the previous wcok, making !)d to Is Id; j Aylesbury ducks, 2^> 3d ; pi ime eating potaI toes. 4s ; good whole fowl wheat, 3s ; onions, jls Id ; flieesL', 4Jd ; tea, 13s (id ; sundries I and furniture sold at rather low rates. Fruit has been plentiful, but the cold weather has restricted saleb, and prices have ruled low. Nelbon cooking apples, 4s to 4s 6d ; rus-sets, is to (Js ; Hobart apples, 5s 6d to 7s 6d ; pears, 7s Od to Ss (id ■; orauges, os to Gb ; bananas, iv bad order, 2s to .">b per case. Cattle. — There was only a small muster of stock at Stratford ou Tuesday. Young cattle and dairy stock all sold, the latter showing a very considerable advance ou late rates ; steel's, over IS-months, were very slack, and several pens \\ ere held over. Calves made 215s to 30s ; yearlings to 40s ; store cows, 56s 6d ;' heifers, forward in calf, 72s 6d to 90s ; cows, springiug, to £6. At Waiwakniho, there was a fair muster of stock, prices, excepting for dairy stock, which showed an advance, were much. v>a a pay with late sales, nenrly everything yarded, however, was sold. Calves, 14s to 2(55; 12 to 18-months, 42s to 51s; heifers, springing, 75s to 90s ; extra good, 106s ; dairy cows, in milk, from 60s to 90s ; springers to 107s 6d : mixed cows, 85s 6d ; mixed sheep, 7s. Produce. — Potatoes are in fair demand, Circular Heads being jnost in demand. Land. — 1 have to advise the sale of Mr Wicimufski's farm on Derby Road, 64 acres, to Mr Chapman.