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Timaru Herald, Volume XIIC, Issue 13491, 13 January 1908, Page 4

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CUSTOM? RETURN'S.. Following is a of thercvenne collected at Timaru Let week

CAIN' S TERRACE ROOMS. G. P. lie trie nud Co. report for la>t week :—Poultry : Hells 3s 6d to 4s, ruosters3s 9d to s*. docks 4s 3d to ss. geese 5s Gd to 6f. chickens Is 6d to 2s, turkey bees Ts "to Bs, gobblers 13s to 15s 3s atl per' pair. Produce : Potatoes Id per lb. whole wheat. l&s to 20s, broken 14s to 16s, oats t'4bus> 12« 6d. all per sack, beans 3d. bacon 9£d to lOd. hams lCd to lid per lb. jteas 6(1 per peck. Fruit : Tomatoes 8d per lb. Bananas- lCs per case 1 . HORSE SALES. Tlte Canterbury Fanners" Co-operative Association. report that there was a yarding at Tattersalfii yards on Saturday of 23, principally hackneys, light harness horses, and aged draughts. For the utility draughts, young with trials, which were submitted, then? was an improved demand, and these were quitted at frum £'32 to £3B ICs. The lirm offered on account, of Mr Rieharu Mahoney the stallion Knlnine. which w:is looking partieu- . larly fit. He wc& passed in unsold, however, and the Association tiow" have him on their books at a !<"»w lien re.' . A few harness horses n-ere 'offerrd. smf realised ■op to £ls. BERWICK STREET ROOMS. C. Jonas and Co. report for last week : —The large- number of fowls and ducks being hawked round the town from door —■ to door, and the small prices accepted for such has put- a damper on the markets, and prices for poultry have fallen considerably. ff; quote sales as follows:—Hens 2s to 3*. ducks 3s to .4.--, feese Ss to 5i 6d. roosters 3s 3d to 4a d, turkey ben<» 6s lo 7*-. gobblers. 12s . to 12» 6d. chickens Is 9d to 2s 3d. all at per pair." Oats .and wheat have fallen in price-, more especially the former, quotations being : Oats 12s to lis. wheat whole 18s to ISs broken 10s to 11* per flack, new potatoes Id. peas 9d to Is. perfect onions Melbourne Id per lb. £7 2s 6d per ton, hams 6|d to bacon 6fd to 7Jd per lb. Fruit : Bananas (due t" arrive to-morrow), lis to 12s per case, cherries Sd to 6d, plums 4d to s<l. tomatoes 6d "to 7d per lb. oranges 17s 6;1 to; 20s per case.

Customs tltitics 5 9 Beer (iutr 39 9 Ofbt-r receipts i)3 8 8 Total £700 18 2