MARKET REPORTS.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CXVIII, Issue 18534, 9 October 1920, Page 10

MARKET REPORTS.

RAKAIA. There was only a small entry at the fortnightly stock sale at Rakaia on Thursday.

Prioos realised were: —Ewes and lambs (all counted) lira, store wethers 30a ail, mixed sex hoggeta 2ia and 32a tid. Hail-uiaught Iroree Uli, pony £11) ids. Pigs — Moaners 3<a (id to 43a, store jugs bis to ft a, flow in pig £5 lli, , E3RWEE. At the monthly sale, held yesterday, there was an entry oi 300, all stores, There was a good attendance uud most lota changed hands. The principal eaios were: —4O aged owes in lamb 2Ja od, 6 owes and 6 lambs las 3d (all counteh)_ 43 aged ewes and 43 lambs 2.U 2d (all counted), 40 owe hoggets 31s Ud, 31 ivothers 30s, 16 mixed sfexes 23s 6d. A lair entry of pigs mot with keen competition; weaners 40a to 455, stores to £5 3s. INVERCARGILL FRUIT MARKET. Messrs Lray Bros., fruit salesmen and auctioneers, Deo Street, Invercargill, report as iollows: —Apples continue to arrive in large quantities, and only the best of quality meets with a ready Ealo. Dessert apples— Jonathans Da to Its per caao for choice quality; Stunners, 3s (id to 10s (id ; Pearmuins, 7s to 8s case. Secondary quality fruit is difficult to sell. Cooking apples, prime quality and largo size from 7s to fas per case, inlcrior quality from 6s Gd to Gs Cd per case. Large quantities of this inferior Iruit is infected with tho “ black spot." Pears—Choico dessert to 163 Gd per case; cooking pears to BJd lb. Vegetables—Wo are requiring quantities of cabbage and cauliflower, which are in short supply. 16 DUNEDIN MARKET. Messrs Bray Bros, (of Dunedin), Ltd., report as follows for tho week ending October 9: The market is fairly well supplied with apples, and some of tho consignments coming forward are proving poor keepers. Several lots that have been bought in the north have been refused acceptance at this end, owing to quality. These have been forced on the market and affected prices. The potato market lias also fallen away, largo consignments coming forward and safes very slow. Prices are unpayable to growers. Cabbage and cauliflowers uro in medium supply and prices moderato. The demand for honey is keen and tho market has improved. Dairy butter and eggs are in good deiSitnd. Butter has firmed up in price, but the egg market is inclined to weaken. The following prices wero realised during the week. Wheat 9# 6il, Sparrowbill oats Es 6d, oats 5s to 6s 6d, chaff, prime oaten, £8 5s to £3 10s; flour, £l7; bran, 9s t!d lflOlb: pollard, 14s fid 1251 b; pearl barley, £32 10s; oatmoal, £3l; wheaten Btraw, £4; oaten, £4 15s; fHitchon’s bacon, Is 9d; beoßwux (wanted), 2s to 2a sd; honey, sections 14s dot., bulk 8d to Is; cheese, mild and matured, Is to Is 3d; butter, creamery pats 2s lid, bulk 2s 102 d, milled bulk ’2s fid, dairy and separator 2s; impVs, Jonathans 4s to 13s fid; Stunners fls to' 128, cookers 4s to 8s fid; bananas, 25a fid to 35s Gd; passion fruit. Sydney, 245; Sydney oranges, 2fis; pineapples 15s to 255; lemons, South Australia. 18s To 255; mandarins, 28s to 335; walnuts, enoice, Is 4d; peanuts, BJd; potatoes, £3 to £5; rhubarb, 2d to 3d lb; Brussels sprouts 6s fid box; cucumbers. Is fid; lettuce, 6s 9d doz.; cauliflowers. 2s to 10s; cabbage, 2s to 7s 6d; onions. Canterbury 20s to 255, Australians 345, Cnliformans 455; swede turnips, 5s to Cs cwt, parsnips, 6s to Ss; cßrrots, 5s to 7a Cd; eggs, stamped 2s, cased Is lOd to Is lid; pigs best porkers Ib, baconers lOd, overweight 9d. Evans and Bull, CS, Cathedra] Square, Christchurch, report tho sale of Mr A. Johnetono’s farm at Fernsldo, containing 149 acres, with improvements, to Mr A. Townley 5741