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Waipa Post, Volume V, Issue 217, 2 June 1913, Page 3

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Report of Mr J. Jones, auc- I tioneer, Victoria and Lome | Streets, Auckland: Poultry came forward this j week in large supply to a good 1 market. Fruit is slightly lower in value. Potatoes and swedes are in very heavy supply to tailing market. Butter and eggs are 1 short with big demand, and high , rates are ruling. Pigs arc slow of sale. We quote : Poultry : Rooster, prime 3s qd to 4s sd, good 3 s to 3 s 4d, others 2s 3d to 2s yd, cockrells Is 2d to ; is scl, hens, heavy 2s 4d to 2s ltd, good is tod to 2s id, ducks 2s id (u 3s 3d, geese 3s 6d, tu,rkey-hens 1 4s to Os id, gobblers 8s to 1 ts s<l, I pigs 5s to ys 4(1. Potatoes: Southern £5 15s to | £6 ros, local £4 to £4 15s, onions I ys Od, swedes ’£3 to £5 I Os, kumuras ys Od to 12s yd, citron melons £4 to £4 Iss, pumpkins : £5 10S to £7 I OS. Grain: Mai/.e 4s tod, wheat 4s Od, oats feed 3 s id, bran £5 ss, sharps £0 15s barley 3s yd, i chaff £5 JOs to £6 10s, Algerian i seed 3s yd. Fruit. —Choice, dessert apples

7s to 8s; good 5s 9d to 6s 6d ; cookers 5s 3d to 6s 9d; pears, dessert 6s to 8s ; cookers 4s to 5s ; passion fruit ss; lemons, prime 10s to 14s 9cl ; rough 5s to 6s.