FRUIT AND PRODUCE

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 70, Issue 45, 3 December 1949, Page 7

FRUIT AND PRODUCE

COMMERCIAL

ASHBURTON MARKET Current prices for fruit and produce in Ashburton are:— Lemons —New Zealand (fancy), lid

Cauliflowers —Is to Is 9d each. Cabbages—ls to Is 6d each. Lettuces —6d to Bd. I Rhubarb —lOd a bunch. Potatoes —New, 7£d lb. Garlic—2s lb. Spinach—6d a bunch. Carrots —Spring, 9d bunch.. Silver Beqt—sd lb. Onions —Table 4d lb, pickling 4d lb Grape Fruit —N.Z. Is 2d lb. Apples—6d, 7£d, B£d lb. Tomatoes —2s 6d, 2s 9d, 3s lb. Cherries—2s 6d, 3s. Gooseberries —Is 3d lb.

FISH PRICES Prices of fish (all per lb. and with the charges for filleted in parentheses) are: Ling Is. Id. (Is. Bd,), gurnet Is. 4d. (Is. Bd.), terakihi Is. sd. (Is. 10d.),blue cod Is. 4d. (Is. 6d.), red cod Is. Id. (Is. 4d.),flounder Is. 3d. (2s. 6d.),501e 15.,3d. (2s. Gd.), ling Is. 10d., barracouta Is. sd. lb, crayfish Is. lb, groper Is. Bd. (2s. 2d.), whitebait, 6s. lb.

STOCKS AND SHARES \ The following transactions were re corded on the Christchurch Stock Exchange yesterday:— Sale on ’Change—N.Z. 1 Breweries, 46s 6d (3); N.Z. Insurance, £5 ss; South British, 965; Broken Hill Pty., 43s 6d; G. J. Coles, 19s; Macduffs, 13s (3); Woolworths (Syd.), 21s 6d (3); W. R. Cooke and-Son, Bs. Sales reported:, Springs Ellesmere Electric Power Board, 1/10/71 3$ , per cent., £103; / Ballins Breweries, 31s; N.Z. Farmers’ Co-op. (Ist pref.), £7; Evans Atlas Flour, 27s 6d (2); Forest Products, 6s 3d (2); Woolworths (Sydney), 21s 6d.

LONDON WOOL SALES > / ✓ The Bank of New Zealand produce department has received the following advice from its London office- under date Ist December 1949: “Wool sales continue, with strong compete tion maintained with the Continent operating to greater effect. Compared With last week, greasy Merinos generally up 5 per cent. All New Zealand wools, sellers’ favour.”.'