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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XI, Issue 63, 2 March 1921, Page 7

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WAIPUKURAU STOCK SALE. The H.B. Stock Auctioneers’ Association report having held their usual weekly sale at Waipukurau yesterday when sheep were yarded in large numbers and ottered to a good attendance of buyers. Approximately 24,000 sheep were yarded altogether. Practically the whole yarding was cleared. Prices were a good deal lower than those previously ruling. The range of prices • was . as follows:—,s-year ewes I/- to 15/-. 4-year ewes 8/- to 17/-, 2-tooths 12/- to 15/-. 4 and 6-tooth wethers 14/-, lambs 5/- to I L/3. WORLD S FRUIT MARKETS. Messrs. Thompson Bros. Ltd. supply the following report on the world’s fruit markets ;— Covent Garden. 13/12/20.-—Apples: English • 12/- to 25/-. Nova Scotian 50/- to 68/ per barrel. U.S.A. .55/- to 72/6. Californian 22/- to 23/- pei; case. Sydney. 29,1/21. —■ Apples: Local Carrington, 2/- to 7/-. Carpenter (good) 7/- to 9/-, choice 10/-, Nelson and Mobb’s 2/- to 5/-. jam lots to 1/-; pears: Local Williams 3/- to 5/6. cooking 2/- to 3/-; passion fruit: Local choice 7/-. medium 3/- to 5/6, small 1/6 to 2/6 a half bushel rase; stone fruits; Peaches, choice 3/6, Albertas 1/6 to 4/6. Victorian 3/- to 5/- a bushel case; apricots: Tasmanian 4/- co 5/-; nectarines: Choice 5/- to 6/-. medium 2/- to 4/-. small 1/6; plums: Dark 2/to I/-, light 1/6 to 4/- a half bushel case. Melbourne, 29/1/21. —Apples: Choice eating and cooking, 2/6 to 4/-. Adelaide 29/1/21. —Apples: Eating I - to 5/- per case, cooking 4/- to 5/-; nectarines: 9/- per case; peaches: 71- per case; pears, green 4/-, ripe 8/-. plums: light >5/-, dark 5/-, Damson 8/-, Japanese 6/-. Brisbane, 26/1/21. —Apples: choice eating prime, 8/- to 10/-.a bushel ease, inferior 2/- to 6/-, cooking 3/- to 7/-; peaches: 1/- to 5/6 a bushel case; plums: 1/- to p/6; passion fruit: 4/to £/-; apricots: 2/- to 3/- a hall bushel case. Perth 22/1/-1. —Apples: Cleos. 6/-, cookers 5/6„- Bartlett’s best 4/6 to 6/- ; peaches: Best 8/- to 12/6; nectarines: Best to 12/3, medium to 7 -. small to 4/-; plums: Diamond to 13/-. Winkson 9/-. Kelsey to 8 7 -, Climax to 13/-, Burbanks to 8/-.