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Waikato Argus, Volume XIV, Issue 1559, 18 May 1903, Page 2

CALENDAR. IS—Monday ... 6.60 a.m ... 4.46 p.m 19— Tnasday ... 651 a.m ... 4.44 p.m 20—Wednesday... 652 a.m ... 4.43 p.m 21—Thursday ... G. 53 a.m ... 4.42 p.m 22—Friday ... 6.54 a.m .„ 4.41 p.m 24—Saturday ... 6.55 a.m ... 4.40 p.m moon's phases Date Time Last Quartor ._ 20 ... 2.48 a.m New Moon ... ._ 27 ... 10.20 a.m COMMERCIAL. The Waikato Aeoos Office, Thia Day. TE AWAMUTU SALE The New Zealand Loam and Mercantile Agency Co- (Ltd) report:— Ac our monthly Te Awamutu sale on Saturday we had a full yarding of cattle, mostly young stock. Bidding was firm throughout the sale, every lot being disposed of by auction, btrone calves, mixed sexes, made from £1 17s to £2 3s ; steer calves, £2 4s 6d ; younger sorts, £1 2s to £1 13s ; 18-month steers, £3 5s to £3 lis ; fresh-conditioned cows, £3 10s to £4 15s; IS-month heifers, £3 10s; fat heifers. £5 12s 6d ; several useful cobs and riding hacks fetched Irom £3 15s to £7 ; a lot of furniture and implements on account of Mr Jordan realised good prices ; a large entry of pigs, prices nasier, best weaners sold at from lis 6d to 16a; turkeys, poultry and produce were disposed of at good figures. DAVIS ANO CO'S WEEKLY MARKET. Messrs Davis and Co. report :- A good sale on Saturday as follows : Fowls, lOd to Is lOd ; each ; ducks, Is to Is 9d. Produce : Pumpkins, 2s 6d to 4s per owt ; potatoes, 2s to 3s 6d per cwt ; swedes, Is Gd cwt ; carrots, 2s 6d per sack ; oniou?, Id to IJd per lb ; fowl wheat, 4s per bushel ; barley, 3s per bnshel ; chaff, 2s lid per tag. Wheelbarrow, 17s 6d : spring cart, £7 ; dray, £9 ; trap harness, 10s to £3 ; furniture and sundries sold at auction rates. On Thursday last we held a special sale of 116 cases of oranges and lemons (Island) which were all sold from 3s 3d to 4s 6d for oranges and 6s for lemons. AUCKLAND Mr J. Jones' Weekly keport . Poultry : Roosters 2s to 2s 7d, cockerels Is 4d to la 10a, heoß Is 5d to Is 9d, ducks Is lOd to 2s Sd, geese 3s to 3s Sd, turkeys 3s to 4s 3d, gobblers 6s to Ss. Pies, S* 3d to 15j 91; poor and small, 5s to 8s Butter, Sd to 9M ; box, Sd to SAd ; keg, 7d to 7id. Eggs, la lOd co 2s • cheese, 4jd to 5Jd ; honey, 3s to 3s 6d doz. Hams, Sd to 9d ; sides, Sd to 9d • lard, 4jd to ss. Potatoes, £3 10s to £-1; southern, £4 10s to £4 15s. Onions, £4 10s to £5 ss; kumaras, gd to Id per lb • pumpkins, 2s 6d to 3s ; carrots, £1 ss'to £1 10s per ton. Pruit : 'Apples 2s to 3s 9d, rigs 2d to 2iu doz., capegnoseberries 3Jd to 4d, lemons 5s 9d to 7s 6d case, walnuts 5d to s*d lb, grapes Sd to 9id pears 3s to 5s case, passion fruit 2d to 2 J -d doz, tree tomatoes 3s to 4s 9d case tomatoes 3s to 3s 9d case. Oats, 2s 4d maize. 4s Sd ; wheat, 4s 4d to 4s Sd bran, fis ; sharps, £6 los ; chaff, £4 10 to £i 15a. M*.«sbs Arthur Tooman and Co. re ■ port—Fruit market for apples im proved ; other lines unchanged. Produc market steady. Waikato potatoes o rime quality meeting good sale at for ,er quotations. We quote i-Pnme Waikato potatoes, £3 10a ; Southern, £4 5s to £4 10s. Onioos, local, £j 10s t £6 • Southern, £4 10s to £5. Chaff prime, £3 10s to £4 ; medium £3 Kumaras, 6s to 7s. Pumpkins, 3os to 50s ; melons, 353 to 40s ; carrots, horse, 30s to 355. Bacon, prime, 9d to 9Jd ; hams 9id to 10Jd ; cheese, farmers' 5d to SM, factory 5Jd to 6d, loaf 6d to 6*d - J butter, prime farmers' 9d to IOJd poor, 7d to Sd, factory 10Jd, prime keg Sd, medium 6d to 7d poor 4d to sd, milled prime 9id. Bags, fresh, Is 9d to 2s ; good pickled, Is Is to Is 3d. Fruit: First quality apples, 3s 6d to 4s 6d ; mothed, Is to Is 6d ; pears, superior, Ss to 9s; poor, 3s to 4s; cooking varieties, 2s 6d to 3s ; chestnuts, 3d ; walnuts, 6d ; lemons, 4s to 5s ; Cape gooseberries, 3|d to 4d ; passion fruit. 7s to 3s ; tomatoes, 6s to Ss ; oranges, Island, 3s to 5s ; mandarincs,6sto6s6d. Poultry: Marketbare. Fat hens, Is 91 to 2s ; poor, Is 3d to Is 61 ; fat roosters, 2s 3d to 3s ; light, Is 6d to Is 9d ; ducks, Is 9d to 2s 3d ; geese, 3s to 4s ; turkeys, 3s to lis, according to weight; young piga lower in value, due to scarcity of feed, ranging from 5s to 10a ; rabbits, Is to Is 3d per pair ; hares, Is to Is 9d each. Store pigs still id strong demand at former values.

ABSTRACT OF AUCTION SALES To-Motsrow. New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, at the Ohaupo Yards, at 12 noon—Cattle, etc IfSM •? vjV T-y '-i>' *vi' u ':C.z Expectoration i»xes tha Breathing k/TRS McCONNKLL, Hamilton, in JLYL thanking the public of Hamilton for the support accorded her, bega to annouuee that she has decided to uriiJN A REGISTRY OFFICE in connection with her other business, tcT Servants requiring places or people requiring " Bervants are requested to

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