Commercial.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 12975, 30 September 1905, Page 8

Commercial.

■■ ' ' ♦ — — — ~ MB S USQVXON KlNfi'S WJiiliJKL^ AUCTION. JBt&POBT. At the Haymarket , on ', Saturday, store pigs made 13s to 19s, weaners. . 6s 6d to 31s. At the mart ducklings j made Bd, chiclss 7d to Bd, hens iis to. 4s 2d> roosts Is6d to 2s Id. A quantity of drapery was disposed ot at bargain prices. Fruit.— At sales during the week prices were! realised as follows :—: — Mandarins 6s to 7s, lemons os 6d to 7s, apples 7s 6d to 10s. Cattle.— The J spell of equinoctial weather during the past fortnight has somewhat checked business, tjiere being little or no movement in prices during the past week. At. WaiwakaiKb on Tuesday, good yearlings met with fair enquiry at about ruling rates. Calves to yearifTgs made • 26s 6d to 355, 2-year steers £2 335, empty heifers £2 8s 6d, store cows £1 7s 6d to 455. Dairy cattle were in poor 'demand. SpringIng heifers made £3 7s 6d to £5 ss. On Wednesday at , Tataraimaka I held a clearing sale, * on aecoumt ot j Messrs Thos. G-eoi'ge and Son. The cows, unfortunately, were in very" low condition, and a large proportion being age prices did not rule high. Cows in milk made £1 to £6 15s, springers £3' 10s to £6 ss, 18nianths heifers £2 14s, Jersey do. £3 18s, harness horses £14 10s to £36. Implements, furniture and / sundries sold in favour of buyers. MESSBS BEWLEY &r 'iKIKKITHS' WEifiKLY lt£gOftl. Messrs Bewley & Griffiths report :—: — A fair entry of poultry, a"bout 150 birds being penned, which met with a keen demand. Hens realised Is 9d to 2s, cockerels 2s, ducks 2s to 2s* Id, turkeys 4s 6d to Gs, Buff Orpingtons Ss, White Wyandottes 7s 6d (per pair.) Furniture and sundries as usual. Vegetables.-— Leeks 7d, cauliflower plants 6d, cabbage plants 4d fl carrots 3s, et"c., potatoes 14s per cwt. During the week wa held a clearing sale of grocery at Miss Devines' store, Peadarves-street. The attendance was fair,, but keen buyers. The stock real- ; ised above wholesale prices. MESSRS VICKERS ANt) STEVENS BEPOfiT. Messrs Vickers and Stevens report that there was a fair entry of cattle in their- Inglewood yards on Wednesday. Bidding for all classes was exceptionally dull, and the majority of . cattle offered were not sold, failing to reach owners' ' reserves! ; Yearlings made from £1 Is 6d to -325, 2 to 2£ ■ year* old steers £3 Is 6d, empty heifers £2 3s to £2 7s, store covfs £\ 5s to £2 12s, springers £3 to £5. THE MARKETS, NEW PLYMOUTH, SfiPTEMBEB 30 Retail Prices. — Country^ Settlers must understand that the New Plymouth dealers sell at ihese prices. Butchers' Meat.— Beef : Sirloin, 6d ; T>rane ribs, 3d to sd; vump ;^eak, 8d other roasts from 3d to 3£d ; boiling beef from 2d to 4d ; corn beef, from 4d to 5d per lb. Mutton : Hind-quarter, 5d orequarter 4d, legs 6d ; loins, 6d ; chops 6d ; shoulders sd ; necks and breasts, 3d per lb. Pork : Fresh, fid per lb. Veal, 5d to 6d per lb. Sausages ; Beef, 5d ; pork 6d.— These prices are for cash only $ per Tb for booking over one week. .Farm, and Dairy prod \ tee. — Milk 4d per quart; butter, dairy lid, ,fac tory Is Id per Tb ; cheese, 8d per lb ; eggs 10d, fowls 3s 6d to 5s pair ducks

iss 6d per pair; turkeys, 7s 6d each ;* lard Bd, bacon, Bsd ; best hams 2d to lOd per lb. j Flour, Grain, Flour (local and f imported roller), lls 6d per lOOIbs, Bs per 501 be ; wheatineal 3s per Ssft> bag ; sharps per 2001 b sack, 14s ; bran, 5s Gd per 100ft> ; fowls' wheat 4s par bushel ; oatmeal 25Jb bags, 3s ; oats, 2s 6d ; ctfusiheid oats 2s 9d ; barley 3s 6d ; maize 4s 6d ; beans (whole 4s 6d ; crushed 4s 9d ; straw chaff, 2e ; sheaf chaff 5s sack. (These are retail cash prices only). Fruit— Bananas 3d per lb ; lemons lt> , to Is 6d per dozen ; apples 6d per 1b ; walnuts 9d per tt> ; dates Gd per tb ; dried figs Is per lb ; oranges Is Gd per doz ; mandarin's 9d to Is doz. Vegetables— Onions 4d per ft>, cabbages Id and 2d each ; potatoes 14s per cwt ; carrots, 2d bunch ; turnips, 1 2d ; radishes 2d. BUYING PRICES. Butter— Dairy, 9d ; factory lOd ; per tb in bulk ; cheese, 6d per lb ; eggs 8d per dozen- ; fowls 2s 9d per pair ; ducks 2s ncr pair ; bacon, 6*d per lb ; hams, 7d per lb ; lard, 1 6d, /"mgus 3d per R>. I '