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Taranaki Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 12816, 25 March 1905, Page 8

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. jl JHJB. BEMTOX KING'S WEEKLX } EBPOBT. si At the Mart on Saturday fowls made Is to 2s, ducks 2s to 2s 3d. Furniture and pictures sold in buyers' fay your. At the Hayjnarkct Pigs jniado poor j prices. Sows 19s, stores 10s 6d to ; 20s, weaners 4s to ss. ■ j At Kaponga on Saturday a goodi nunaber of stock was yarded. 12s 6d to 15s, yearlings 38s 6d to 40«,15 to 18-inonths mixed 40s to 455. j Cows, etmpty 30s, fat cows £3 Bs. Pigs | 8s to 16s. I At Stratford on Tuesday there was a fairly big muster., Calves madcf from 12s Gd to 15s, yearlings 31s to 40s, 18-toonthg steers 40s to 47s Gd, heifers 34s to 425, fat cows '£3 11s to £4 9s, bulls 25s to 30^, owes 7s to 12s 6d. At Eahotu on Thursday very few cattle were yarded, Heifers with calves £2, cows £4 ss, bulls 17s 6d to 40s, pigs 6s«6d. MQESBES BEWLEY & GRIFFITHS' WEEKLY REPORT. Messrs Bewley <Sr{ Griffiths report that a good number of poultry were penned arid reafised < tfa& folloiwing rates *— H«ns Is to Is , lid, oodkerels 8d to Is 74, ' pullets Is 7ld' to 2s, dHidks Is 3d to Is 6d, tuirfkeys 4s 9d. Tftifrnlitqre an;d au<iidrdes . .mafde { loiw rates. During the week ( they ihiaidi a sale of furniture for Ttfrs Butler, but prices were in faivonr of buyers. MESSRS VICKERS A}ND STEVENS' REPORT. 'Messrs Vickers and Stevens report that : t^htere was a gjoo/d . eartry ol cattle in their Jin'g-leWfQod yarife on ■Wednesday. Bidjding was dlull, and prices did not show any aidlvaMoe. Cal/\*es made from 16s to £1 4s, yearI lings to 15-mon.ths £1 15sJ old cows j £1 to £2 10s, goald fresh aows £3 4s to £?3 t l7s, F.M. ewels 8s lOd to 9s 9dj, rams 15s. j MESSRS JENKINS, MATTHEWS, ' | AND PIGOTT'S REPORT. j ! Messrs JenMtts, MJatthlews I anld Pigjbtt ropjQirt as follows :—: — I At .> o-tir Ureniui yards on Mtoboiday there was a goofd muster otf dattle 'andl a dcnulale of pens of sheep. The prevailing dry spell is having a disastrous effect on the price ;of all kirids of stodlc, aheep alone exce|rted. Wo k|uiotc 6 to, FJMi. ewes 14s I'd, j rams 30s. Calves brought up to 30s, yearlings 32s 6d to 3.4s 6d, spring heifers 72s to 80s, springing cows 85s, { ' store 00 ws 40s, heifers and caives 77s j 6d, fat cows 75s to 80s, 3-year steers 1 755». Weajner. pigs 4s 6;d, ( sow mid. ; 7 young 20s, store pigs Bs. ! j At Waitara on Tuesday store pigs ' . brawght 12s 6dj. Calves 12s • to 28s, 21 -year steers 575, fat oows 75s to \ ( 80s, store cows 20s 6d to 40s, s^istig- ! I ing heifers 60s to 655. Mare and foal 71s, draught mares £^IS, £21 10s amid £24 lOs. THE MARKETS. NEW, PLYMOUTH, MARCH 21. Ketail Prices. — Country nettiem must, understand that the New Plymouth dealers sell at these prices. ] Butchers' Meat.-- -Beef : Sirloin, 6d; S prime ribs, 3d to sd; rump Ueuk, Sd; 5 other roasts, from 3d to o^d; boiling i beef, from 2d to 4d; corn beef, from 4d I per lb. Mutton: Hind-quarter, od, ; ) fore-quarter, 4d, legs Gd; loins 6d; chops 7d ; shoulders 5d ; necks and broarats, .'Jd per lb. Pork : Frosh, (kl j per lb. Vea¥, 5d to 6d per lb. > { Sausages : Beef, 6d •; pork 6d.— These j t prices are for cash only ■; $d per lb ; for booking over one week. j Farm and Dairy Produce.— Millk 3d 1 per quart ; butter, dairy 8d to lOd, 'factory la per lb; cheese, 7d per tb , j eggs 1/6 ; fowls 3/6 to 5/ pair ducks 6/6 per pair ; turkeyc 7/6 ench ; .' lard 8d; hacon 9d; best hams 9d to lOd Jper lb. j Flour, Grain, &c— Flour (local and 1 Imported roller), 12s per lOOIbn, 6s 8d jper 50&s; wheatmeal 3e per 25ftx bag; isharpß per 2001 b sack, 12/6; bran 1 per sack, 7s 6d; fowls' wheat 4s per bushel ; seed 10016 sack, 4/6 ; oatmeal 25'lb bags, 3s ; oats, 2s 6d ; cmished oats 2s 9d; bauley 3s 9di; maize 45 .; beaas (whole), 4/6 ; crnshißd, 4/9 ; straw chaff, 2s; sheaf chaff 5/6 sack. (These are retail cash prices only). Fruit.— Bananas, 3d per lb ; cocoasnjtfc, 2d to &d each ; tamom,, 1/ to Is 6d per aoz.; apples 2dto4dperlb; walnuts, 9d per lb ; dates <td pnr lb dried figs, Is per lb ; oranges Is 6d doz ; plums 4d to 6d per lb ; strawberries Is 6d kit; tomatoes 4d to 6d lb ; grapes Is 6d per lb. Vegetables.— Onions 2d per lb; cabbages, Id -and 3d eaob ; cmMowcm, 2d to 6d each; potatoes 7s per cwt ; carrots, 2d bunch ; turnips, 2d ; radishes, 2d; new potatoes l^d. Butter— Dairy 7d ; factory, 9d to lOd per lb in bulk; cheese, 4£d per lb ; eggs Is 3d per dozen ; fowls 2s I'd per pair ; ducks, 3s per pair ; bacon, 7d per lb ; hams, B£d per lb ; lard, 8d ; fungus, 2|d per B&.

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