WHOLESALE MARKETS

Auckland Star, Volume LXXIII, Issue 45, 23 February 1942, Page 2

WHOLESALE MARKETS

HEAVY TRADING DONE

HIGHER PRICES QUOTED

Deliveries of general goods on March account were commenced by Auckland wholesale grocery merchants to both town and country to-day. and a heavy volume of business Is on hand for execurt.i?J.rti? the .tobacco section the new month's deliveries will be commenced to town and country on Friday next.

hr^ 1 !!/ Tongues.—The price of a well-known brand of lambs' tongues packed In 12oz tins has advanced on the local market, although the in£ls2" "* l »i er «<l h«e stiU leaves the price well below export parity. ».j£; thlnr *"w*er»,—A well-known brand of KS£l,.i f L p ? w i ,e S, u now fluoted at an advance of approximately 3% per cent. I

«/£5S!f!J -— £? llowln * hlgner OTO-ieas quotations market now rull " 8 on tba J* s * l

Axle Grease.—A well-known brand of axle o^?ev?oui*lSfte. < l UOte,l " M Per d ° zen •*««•

tuHS**}*™? Paint.—Latest quotations for a brand of aluminium paint In quarter pound tins abort and difficult to obtain.

Spins.—Several lines of spices In every dav use are now quoted at hlghef figures.

~£Z l *!t. to .J? alul ,rom overseas and coastal porta during the past few days comprise con•lgnmenu of iodised salt, breakfast ceTeaSroUed RV i and 29 •• malt extract, soap, oatmeal asm nne, medium and coarse; split peas pearl ESS* C I?"? or . Un " r »«°stltute. sugar of muS! SJ etc * r ' * Powder, proprietary brand