COMMERCIAL.

Auckland Star, Volume XLVI, Issue 68, 20 March 1915, Page 9

COMMERCIAL.

FRUFT AND TROlfUCE^m^Ei.hi kf£"*J»?ii* *X •••*• produce* W; ™ c . same time, but .owing, jto aoppllei lnv creaelng, values : arc again easier. Tomatoes are cheap, a_nd crapes ere Iα- only ttuOerate demand. , Peaches,; ' quinces,"'' and pe«stou fruit are ruling tow" . Banaaaa from the-Cook" island* landed - j lq a< T*rrse freight" a-nd W jweveuting <U«Ktn£, potato** are temporarily scarce, attil advance M-Prlce. JM9._takea..place.. . Former-raW are i cure u> .rule when larger- SBBnliea from the. South; reach.the:market , .. Onlona areJn «ood supply at-Oate values.'-Fresh eggs and, butier are .scarce; aad celling at; increased rprlcefc Poultrj- is In moderate demand'only. , ,"' - --'■•---■•- i -Field , Produce.—Potatoe*: Xocal. prime, £T to £i 10/; medium, 3/ per cwt: Onkms: Local, 5/6; imported, 6/ per cwt ■'■•» ' : Dairy Produce.—Butter:. Firtners*. , In" prints. 1/1. Eggs: Fresh, 1/10 -to «/; limed. 1jJ8.:.'.". ;-•:,: — .;';?• v ■* r." ~~:~~f "■.,. '■. ' Fruit.—Apples: Utcal,' coloured. 'extra snpenior, .case, dessert, best, e/S to 7/: *ooff, 5/ to 6/; eooUne, best, 4/j good, 3/_/t0.3/e. Pears: Eon Chretien, ,7/; otbera. dwwert, S/>to S/: ooolrin*. 2/6 t»3/. Plums: Knellßh tarleMcs, 176. reasttee: Coloured, best.- a/8 to" 3/; eood. 1/3 -to-l/e.'- Grapes--:. Hothouse,"-per Jb, 5/ to 7/.;- accordfaw to; quality. < - Tomatoes: Hothouse/ lye-, to "2/ P«r box. l*nxMi»: Local,, prime; case, A/.; Itaaaos, 14/; lectl. rough and coarae, case, Cap* -#eoMberrJes,. |»r, :Ib. :c4id. Qnlncee. per case. 2/6 to 3/. Paaatoa fruit, per caae, V/e .to 2/.- Metoasi to «,*«*; rot*; 7/ per down. per It,. Tid. .Peannte. per Xt>. £». ;- w f BbuMW.—Hena, etch, 1A heavy. 2/ 4o 2/8; pnilets, 2/ to 8/*. 3abW rwmtcis, (Mi, .good,-»/ t0".4/rj>B»EJim £ 4/;jo 2/fl.' Docks, each,. Vβ to: 2/a Turkey gobblers, e»ch, 6/ to 7/. Turkey beaa, each, 3/' to 4/.. I«ai« pigs, each,«/-to 10/, ' CAIJTEBBDRY GRAIN MAREET. " (By Telegriph.-^^Ftess; Asebctetlpn.) .. "v ' ■itiHBISTOHTFBCH; tftcMfcy^.i imarket-iaC'dWaKtlT easier owing to-the "withdrawal of: buyers. MUJers are decUnloff to bny except at reduced Umttf, ;*nd there is bo* » /Bmch compeUtton lor grain as there links' a week «c two ago.V -The TulUw-prlc* tor Huiitm and Tuecan" I» bow 6/8 perbnakel- #* country etatlpne. .. A.ltoe o»ae been bMfcht ax a>: low a price mk-.e/Z, tint the-qnallty wa» not floUe prime, and the -wae a dietatrt ope.~ There to Tery.Utflev Pearl now offerlna;; • feet it. noeW ;pl»b»«T etUl bring.. l<l per thaa. the <«Uier two TartaUe*.'". j". ■>."-] ' ■' The " prohibition ■ of- itlie - export' of oat* lhas eased the market conaUerably," and at the earn* time Hie Xorth lelandrdeiwind is alao ts-Wxtg «ff.7-Ti* latter iietot has affected -the price of AlgerJaw, <whle* ara dletiactly eaeler. Carton*, and-Dun* are also eellW*t'lower wtee..fß«pe*U.o4.the eouiiriand oat crops enow that ..the yield .there wUI 'be better than was .expected, .though' much of the harvest irlH be late. The barley crop has now practically all chaiitted hande, Jbai any prime eamplea ■wenM" Command wp -to:s/a -at- country stations. - " ' '" 1 * - "", ' ! Xta-re Is rery ltttlc ■ eetsheaf ctaff offer*njf, and the market tt firm at £10/ to £5 12/e per.-ton.-- • •-.- -——- . 'Potatoes are wtm.seUinjt at £* per ton at. "country: .'stations-\ : -for ! "-March-April dellTery, _ '--•■' '■■"' ■_■-.-- ' , --. WOOL SAXES. n,U ■ afesars. Dalgcty-and: Company, limited; are, In" receipt ■of the following! cable from. their bead ofll m>. Txmdon, nnder date March. 18. flrm. Bheepeldne:i>oßlo -Ijalei -offered, mostly cold. Mtrla* «i>d Ansttallan crombred combing id "to" Id dearer, clotHnfc }d "dearer• inerlnopeltn, nnchaiwel: cronsbrwT.pelts Betslected, id lower: New-Zealand crossbred coirtblng. tuny'iia'dearer.r!, ;:aj ":.i" '.iZ-ZSZU ! -i . The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency GO4 I>td. r 4>ave recelved.rthe folIcrwlng cable from theh , London office, under date 18th Inst.:— "Sneepsklna: Combing Id, half-yflOl ill d«ar»; short Iβ. lower." r; .