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Auckland Star, Volume XLIX, Issue 208, 31 August 1918, Page 6

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fruit ax i> rnont?cß MARKET. l'.usiness in <he fruit ami product* markirts lias been good during the week, and mi increased supply of apples and pears liiis <-om<> to band. imd all choice lines have sold well. I'oornmn oranges are selling ! well, and there is a better demand for local I lemons. Sweet ora lines are short in supply i lit hlsh price*. Sydney fruit <-ame to hand in an unsatisfactory condition, and bent lines <rf mandarins sold well. Potatoes are jin Wetter supply, a further shipment of Tasmania!) and .Mellmurnc having arrived ;by the Niagara. Prices have been maintained. Prime onions are scarce, the Inilk of those olTered being sprouted. Fanners' butter Is easier. Fresh eggs declined slightly. Poultry supplies are light, good blrUa iicing In demand. IHRLD I'RODIiOK. .Potatoes.- Prime Southern nnd Victorian, £11. onion*. Ixk-jI. s.mnd, C3O. Swedes. 4.:( cwt. Pumpkins. S/fi cwt. HAIRY PKODITK. Uiittcr. - Farmers'. In prints, 1/4 Hi. KgSB. Fresh. I/O dozen. I'MtUIT. Apples, local, coloured, c\tra superior, dessert. 10/ to 12/ ease. Rood 8/ to '.),, medium G, to 7/0, best cooking 8/ to 9/; pears, dessert, up to 13, and ll.' case, cookIng 11 ; tomatoes, hothouse, I'l lb; oranges, local, S/ to 10, case. Island £J/; mantlnrlnti. Sydney, prime, 'J.'t/ case, good IS/- lemon-!, loenl. prime, 7 lo 8/ <-:iso. local, rough and coarse. 3/6 to 4/: passion friil! la/ case; walnuts. 1 3 lh; peanuts, , 3J.1 lb.

pori.TRY. llen<. besi. I til I (! «ich. pkxl :'., to a/6; table roosters, heavy 4»', to t! :! each, good :: ti- 4 ■'• ducks, best. :'.' to 4/4 each: chick-;. I each; turkey gobblers, It, each; turkey bens, 0/ each. UJNTJON" MARKETS. (RcoeiTcd 12.33 p.m.) LONDON. Ansust i>. MICTAI.S. Copper, £11T2 B . electrolytic £V,:>: lead. sp<it. £—> 10/, thn.'e months 10 ; spelter, spot £7V4. three month* £."*>: tin, spot. t:!til 10 : silver. tfHiii :I'cJrJ oJzl .standard.— IA. ntiJ N.X. "able.)