FRUIT MARKET.

Press, Volume LXVII, Issue 20198, 28 March 1931, Page 12

FRUIT MARKET.

CHRISTCHURCH. , AU classes of &u«t and *e*etables have been in good supply during the *nd, with the exertion 6t strawberries and apri cots, price. h*ve beon Bitremely low. A small shipment 6t Norfolk Island ban«*a , came to hand yesterday and realised high I Th ,. B -win bu no further supplies fi l tho market till after Ba 'fho' average priced received *f auction foe l the week easing tfriday, Q •' -—Apples, Nelson, pnr c»S» ss; ftppje*.. JoCM, fiar case 5s tff ! 0* 6di apples, cooking, pe* >nsfl 3s to ss; apriCOtfe.dessert,..per lb up to 4d; banana*, Norfolk ijlAnd, toef «9« HA• trta?oci. firsts W Is o«?r eraPefruit per case 32* 64; t %non«, San Iralcisco tier cise 37s 6d; n#ctaH(JM, ArlW, per lb up'- to 6d; erangeg, Ban ifrflneliico, P« , case 32 S P 6d to 3f* ■«*: P%"V«Tw 6d1 1 lb lid - peaches, desserv, per lb up to ba» , plums, dessert, per lb "up to 4<l; , tier lb Is 6d to Is 9d; tomatoes, dessert, per , case up to 2s 6d; beans, French, per lb up to , 2d; beet, per doz bundles up,to Is; cabbages, | per doz up to is to 28; carrots, per doz ( up , to 4d to 6d; celery, per bundle up to 3d to : 3Jd; green peas, per up to Is 9d, leeks, ] per bundle up to 2d; lettuce, per doz up to 2s 0d; marrows, per doz up to Is to potatoes, per sugar bag 2s 3d to 2s 6d, onions, local, per sugar bag Sb 8d ( .to 3», parsnips, per doi Is; pumpkins per lb id td Id; spring onions, per doz,ls to turnips, per do® 3d; ewedes, per sllgac bag Is 6d. - GENERAL MERCHANDISE. groceries. A brighter toiie is evident in the wholesale grocery trade, Sfld more confidetics is being | displayed by , storekeepers and gfoeers, especially in the country districts, Many cOUfltry stores report bu&indss as better and turn- . oVer moving up- Collections in country arsfts are a little difflcu.lt, but tUis may be duo to the fact that March 31st is the half-yearly balancing date lor several batOts. - Retail prices to - the public are iftirly Steady, and as a matter of fact they are now so fine as to prevent any more cutting. Some grocers are making a prominent display, ot I the fact that they have feduced certain lines, i but thii is because the factory cost to theffl 1 has been redpeed, and not because they havfl I *'cUt" the line. i l / . •. I A grocery war ,Is now on at Leeaton, but I it ia not expectsd td -laat long. , One «ay. this week sugar in Leeston odinf sola for cash at la »d per bag under cost, even, after all cash discounts.. had been allowed *°Fresh ege* are scarce, and feW consign* meats are coming in from the country, «w -moit country grocers are_ reeeivms o?]» enough for Oteir fetiuifements. . »«ry and separator butter are fairly plentiful, bit ' <jwlng w higher price* ;for buttfcr-iat, values i ard firmer. i Dried Fruits. Latest cables from OalifSMla advise tliat | the prune market is very firm, also tnaraome i paokers have sold out of all grades of 40-50 » I and larger sizes. ®fo heavy deM»ud ift I America and Europe for prtxneg, 40-30 and better sizes, i« increasing eaeh year. . un I fortunately last season's harvest produced very small, quantity of the large sue prunes, I which caused 1 many packers to M« very . sparingly, and then only to those wbd wert ! purchasfng smaller grades from them, in many cases the t>acker».»fuae4 t6 e*ecuts ' more than a small proportion ii ;< 4o*Bo a and over site*. Sultanas and Ottrtftnts. fair parcels of Mildura turrante -ana rtl; - tanas are landing, e* the from Melbourne, and retailers * ho booked to arrive at the end of Marth *»« bo receiving their consignments Out ol this i f boat, ' t '•:)■■■ ' SpIC«B. ' .-■■■;■■■■ Prices Jtor early shipment for birdseye chillies are very low, with OSpSICttIM also on the low aide. Cloves are ! and JTMfißt pricea * s*&*• ■ way aeefla are being 6tfer»d at very ■«*»» i able rates from Australia, and tiaa be of interest ,to users, - Quotations 3POT6 : ceived this week from Australia for Cain*s»>-thin-ahell walnuts at Jsd per lb f.oA»c 53W/ Will give some idea as to the low 4dn**t *m ia expected to rule this year tot .lrapyl *v tt i walnuts generally, , , • I ■ Vea< I The tea attCtloUS iftld ln!o«lOiabft.4A ti^ a g?a ZL js a'Afi fflyga»&£■. these auctions for »tl .Jtoes ei tj» i Quality att#li as ,5.0.?. but for. soma unaocognteble jwagoa.TOUf.* t terse order, prevailed at this auctiori, U&s fell, and commons "were in wea .win^, , Jamti « New season'si JftWa Will be and price lists* received hy .mwl ftla *«« from, different idirectiflhl l&OW I lOJvet _jJ«M ■ 6n. I's, both tins, attd }*r*> W ■and Sib tins and Jaj* dos«u_ a»***: berry jam remains, S# itfora. \ ' Bailey «ad Pfcas. , This market ia weak, and aome padterg are now quoting reductions oa psul and split peaa. The parley, priaw ha¥e disturbed bjf Melbourne agaflti SijOtlSg Mpfj. , for. prOttipt dispatch'from Auati-ati 5 &s! i havoiftrte*<mt&tiv6i) litittg Iti New Zealand t'oiese men make a careful study hi local I prices, And as soon as Atistralfan I tioaa, then, they SS.t able to b6ok «P fair baijiaesg. ' New Zealand prifcea down,, and the AwtaWtau untU M comes f I 1S " * « - v*" 1 i'tOnions in Australia" fcjiva reaehid AMr low, level price, and on& Iwuafe adtiiW .tWks Pit sales for djspiUli to land!. f?o-WW* la HSlfled, biu it Is Auckland. Prices f6f dilpaMh 1» New Ke». land abeut Marah aard wen atioted: Spaflifeh 508 good quality, .Withjmodiutaji at 45a.per ton. There ia a glut In ViCtoMa, .Itad it ta many years silica -pricss ware ao 'ipw, and »at6afe ad tbttfe. ' owdat'' >" A Well-kiiown line of bakijig turwdar xttanafactured la Qhriatctmrofc has bean yotecad by Si' «d dos. for .Urge, sad la ftd fto Jiilall sites. ' Tinned Bleat, As predicted recently, tho market itor ilaaed meat is -faUkirtin e*nip*ttty low prices bf stoek. Bonie that prices have »«ati(aad high. tm& IQA|M thaii. th* ffCuefal coptdUiona oc the mM'tfcfcu warranted. 'A new Jflee list jttfct iat (win 6ne packing hduse. operating in the Korth. 'lsland ahiwa a fall of ®d «a !'■ beal,\ 8d on l's kttuUon< ll 4d tOfl 'S't en 2's mutton. , _ * • TOjB&to s*ncar aoA-'Uea. .-Sever A paolcars of tomato- a&n«o' have duced the prlceu I his wee*. Oaa lls» , just JsSvled shows, a decline of Ik & AdlU aft Quarts, but no movement on .pints. ptyee in the usual 23's- ia la do/.en Whilst one packer of tomato-floapa jrfyitMt reductions ol 3d on "small, 0a ilildlttttlt,. and Is 6d pn large (82or). ' ' *, 1 ' .Hnta. 1 ' i. <,-• Bicily almonds in lioneun this tieak moved up 50s a ton, and Jordans ar« expMjMd to advance iu sympathy. The Xiondon market to Brazil nuts, which hM beta exceedingly low, has Started to rlak tad for August'iieV crop; orders, an advance of. 3&a a 9 ton 'if< now demanded on all lines. tttlS WtU ttfAbx ablf stiffen the pricfes -ot shelled Braailg, tot which this week nq quote IK JUkba since the rise in the-nuts in alukUiT 4 ' - Bice, 'fhe Very low • price, ruling for price in EAti goon' has caused the Australian IIUJe to deeUne in sympathy, /this waa &s tlii big; difference between the coats hero of Australian and Rangoon riro, meant that the former could not hope to do .mnch business, 'Consequently tho Australian millers have issued a new price, list flhowifcg an nUround fall of la 6d pier bag, -. . ? "I " * ' Oaten Foods. ' .The lowness ,of' the oat tuarket baa cfenced drops m most breakfast f6odd made "from oafs. Oatmeal baa fallen oonaldexabty. »hs' practically all proprietary lmta oF oswn fOoda ars being listed thia week by tho makers at reduced prices. will b6 IMluiiUloil to the public, and ths drop in Qfcttta&l will bo especially as winter ia ajrtroactllllig. fells bavo beau oxbdiKM aad'very few grocery houses weraCAunSi with much stock oS Ha%d. 8 •'» * > " i Investors desiring iniorinatiojl and adviM concernmg Stocks' ?? d , L S^ a V Deb«i3S«fc Bank Shares; Cogently Stocks 4t!Ssl in Auatraljii and New*s' rteonmended to. apply for the'raontiilv Official -List,:, whidb ,wil] bo bosicd '•£ any address on application -to- thtt' Secretary of, the (Mr&ti G - iyttie, p:o. Box 680. ChA&SU); ot to any tnemVer ;ot the l ,'coSieition,