COMMERCIAL NEWS

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 65, Issue 197, 2 June 1945, Page 5

COMMERCIAL NEWS

FRUIT AND PRODUCE. THE ASHBURTON MARKET. / Prices at the fruit anti produce market at Asliburton to-day were: Chaff —6s 6d sack. Potatoes—ljd lb; 5s sugar-bag. Cauliflowers —6d to Is. Cabbages—2d lb. Lemons —9d lb. Tomatoes —6d to Is 6d lb. Lettuces —3d to 4d each. Onions —2d lb. Apples—Lord Wolsley’s, 6s 3(1 to 7s 3d case; Jonathans. 7s to 9s case; Delicious 7s to 8s 3d case, Stunners 5s Gd to 7s case. Beetroot —3d bunch. Carrots —l§d lb. Marrows —4d to Is each. Jam Melons, North Island —3d lb. Squash—2£d lb. Pickling Onions —3d lb. Swedes —Id lb. Wheat—£l to £1 2s sack. Celery—6d to Is a head. Walnuts —Is 3d lb. Pears—Dessert. 6d lb; cooking, 5d lb. Island Oranges—6d lb. Parsnips —2d lb. Bananas —71d lb. GRAIN AND PRODUCE. THE CHRISTCHURCH MARKETS. CHRISTCHURCH, This Day. The seed market is relatively quiet, recent wet weather having held up deliveries from the country. The quantity of red and white clover to come in is doubtful, as rain has probably affected standing crops. Should the present fine weather hold, probably some farmers will make an'attempt to get some saved. Wheat prices now include the Id increment for June. Quotations are: White Clover—Up to 3s per lb, depending on quality. Cocksfoot—2s per lb. Cowgrass—2s to 2s 3(1 per lb. Chaff—£6 10s to £6 15s. Oats—Gartons 3s 8d a bushel, Algerians up to 5s Gd,, depending on quality, Duns up to 6s 6d, black oats up to os Gd a bushel. Lupins—Nominal quotations 4s 6d to 5s a bushel. Malting Barley—Schedule prices 5s 2d ex stook; 5s 6d ex stack. Linseed—Contract price £25 a ton. Wheat—Schedule prices: Tuscan and Cross 7,6 s 8-id, Hunters 6s 10id a bushel. Potatoes—F.a.q. Whites and Dakotas £7 15s a ton, Suttons and King Edward £8 5s a ton, f.o.b.s.i. Onions—£l3 a ton, 0.t., s.i. PIGS AND POULTRY. Prices for pigs and poultry at Ashburton yesterday were: Weaners and Slips—l7s to 225. Stores—3ss to 37s Gd. > Ducks—ls 9d each. THE SHARE MARKET. The following sales were made on the Christchurch Stock Exchange yestordfly * LISTED STOCKS. Sales on ’Change. £ s. d.

100 Bank of New Zealand 2 7 5 100 Goldsbrough Mort 11 9 (cum div.) 1 100 North Canterbury Freezing (pref.) . 1 2 3 350 New Zealand Breweries (cum div.) (2) 2 4 0 Sales Reported. £200 2\ per cent. Victory 17 0 Loan, 1949-50 90 £370 N.Z. Government 2?s per cent. Stock, 1949-51 90 0 0 £1000 3 per cent, Victory 98 5 0 Loan, 1955-58 200 Bank of Adelaide .. 241 National Bank of G 2 0 Australasia (£10 paid) 12 10 0 13 0 0 10 Bank, of New South Wales 34 12 6 500 Bank of New Zealand (late sale Thursday) 2 7 4 2 7 5 100 Fletcher Holdings .. 1 10 6 200 Frozen Products .. 955 New Zealand Guar0 10 7 antee Corporation (2) 0 4 4 200 Macduffs, Ltd. (pf.) 1 0 0 110 Macduffs (ord.) 0 16 3 200 N.Z. and River Plate 1 1 6 UNLISTED STOCKS. Sales Reported. 100 Selfridges, N.Z. (contr.) (late sale Thursday) .. 0 12 0