COMMERCIAL.

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume VI, Issue 348, 6 February 1917, Page 7

COMMERCIAL.

DUNEDIN FRUIT MARKET. Messrs x Bray Bros, (of Dunedin). Ltd., report as follows lor the week ending February 3, 1917. The following prices were realised during the week : — Apples, Otago Central dessert 4d to 6d per lb, cooking 3d per lb: plums, dessert 3d to 3(d per lb; peaches, choice dessert 3|-d to sd, eases 2£d to 2Jd ; apricots, crates up to 4d per lb, eases lists) 2-1-d per lb, cases (2nd») 2d per ib; cherry plums 2d per lb; nectarines 5d to 7d per lb; black currant3jd per ib; red currants Id per lb: loganberries Sd per lb; raspberries 8d per lb: grapes 1/9 per lb; oranges, Valentins 25/- per case; lemons, American 32/6 per case; . tomatoes, Christchurch -lid to 5d per lb, local 8d per lb; bananas, ripe 25,'- per case; gooseberries 2d per ib. MEAN FT’. STOCK SALE.

Messrs. Hoadley, Son and Stewart. Ltd., report as follows on their Aleanee sale held yesterday:—s6 woolly lambs 18/-, 57 do 15/6, 30 fat ewes 31/3, 30 do 34/6. 35 do 29/-, 35 do 35/2, 46 san. ewes 29/-, 133 4, 6 and 8-tooth ewes 33 6, 43 store ewes 21/6, 5 2-tooth weds. 28/6, 127 4 and 5-year ewes 28/-. 33 store ewes 19/-, 27 forward ewes 23/7, 99 do 27/1, 15 woolly ewes and lambs (all counted) 27/9, 21 store ewes 20/-, 130 forward ewes 24/6, 2 fat cows £l2 5/-, 1 do £l2 10/-, 5 cows £l3, 5 cows £ll 5/-, 1 cow £l5, 1 cow £l3, 6 cows £l4 10/-, springing cows and heifers £lO 5/-, £7 12/6, £9 10/-, £B, £lO, £lO 10/-, £lO 2/6, £8 17/6, £6 5/-, £7 7/-, 2 2-year steers £lO 2/-. empty cow £6 5/-, 3-year heifers £5, 9 empty heifers ana cows £8 1.6/-, 5 3vear steers £l3 10;-. 1 weancr heifers £3 2/6, £l2 5 ; -. £l5 5/-. J. A. Miller reports having held his monthly stock sale at Aleanee yesterday, when there was a very keen demited for all sheep especially breeding ewes. Sales as follows:—cl fat ewes at 33/-. 30 at 31/6, 5 fat Limbs at 23/6, 1 wed 33/-, 25 fat ewes at 31 -, 31 : t 35;-, 15 f. and f. lambs at 16,3, 13 2 and 4-tooth weds at 31 /6, 3 Romney rams at 26/6, 57 fwd. ewes at.25/9, 20 fat ewes at 29/6. 130 store ewes at 24/6, 65 ewes at 33/-, 5 at 25/-, 6 ewes at 29'-. Fat cows: £l3, £9 15/-. £lO 5.'-. £l.l 2'6. £l3 6'-. £l2 5/-, dairy cows £lO 10/-. £lO 15/-, £ll 17.6.