EGGS AND POULTRY.
PRICES IN WELLINGTON. (By Telegraph.—Special to Standasd)
WELLINGTON, Dec. 21. Egg supplies have fallen off rapidly with a consequent good recovery in tho price which is Is 8d per dozen for first grade hen eggs and the same for duck eggs. No seconds are quoted. There is a good demand for and a plentiful suj>ply of fresh poultry. Boiling fowls, 7s 6d to 12s per pair; chickens, 9s to 15s per pair; geese, 12s 6d each; 2s 2d per lb.; ducks, 9s to 14s per pair. The average realisations in England for Nbw Zealand eggs are on a parity with Is 6d per dozen f.o.b. LONDON MARKET DULL. (Australian Press Association). •Received December 21, 9.10 a.m. LONDON, Dec. 20. The egg market is very dull. The supplies are still excessive.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIX, Issue 20, 21 December 1928, Page 8
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