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Northern Advocate, 14 August 1931, Page 10

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* TALLOW SALES. ,; I [(Received 12.30 p.m.)’ ' ' LONDON, August 32. 'At the tallow sales 762 casks w T ere offered, and 81 sold at a shilling decline. Mn'tton: Pine, 22/- per cwfc; medium, IS/-. Beef: Fine, 22/-; medium, 17/G. The Bank of New Zealand has received the following' advice from its London office, under date of 12th inst. — Tallow —There is a poor demand. Current quotations: —Good mutton, 20/6 to 21/- per cwt; good beef, 20/to 20/6; good mixed, 20/- to 20/6; gut, 15/- to 17/-. SEARCH FOR OIL. , , ; progress report. (Per Prese Awociatlon.— Copyrignt.T WELLINGTON, This Day. New Plymouth (New Zealand) Oil Wells, Ltd., report for the week ended August 10 s—Depth 2538 feet. A fresh gas and oil show appeared at 2538 feet. Rah easing to bottom and preparing to circulate mud before cementing. PRODUCE QUOTATIONS. AUSTRALIAN CENTRES. • SYDNEY, August 13. The following are today’s quotations on the ■ Sydney produce markets:— Wheat: ex trucks at Sydney, 2/2; at country -stations, 1/7; flour, £10; bran and pollard, £4; potatoes, .Tasmanian, £8; Victorian, £6 onions, £5; oats, white and Algerian, 2/6; maize, 3/4. WHANGAREI MARKETS. I ■■ ■ Thomson, Bagley and Co., Ltd., report as ‘ A large offering of very fine quality Southern potatoes sold freely at the low price of 8/- per large sack. Vegetable supplies are not 'equalyto demand. A -fine line of cauliflowers sold up to 12/- per dozen. Apples are in short supply. Poorman, oranges met a weak demand. Lemons are wanted.'. A fair offering .of poultry; maintained last week’s rates.

Prices are as follows::—Cauliflower?, up to 12/-; others, 2/- to 5/- per dozen'; cabbage, .3/6 to 3/6 dozen; carrots, 1/6 per doz.; in bags, Id per lb; parsnips, in bags, lid per lb; lettuce, 1/6 to 2/per dozen; leeks, 1/9 per dozen; onions plants, 6d per 100; cabbage plants, 1/3 per 1000. . Seed potatoes.—Government certificated Sutton’s Supreme, 12/- per ewt; hand, picked Southern seed, Gamekeeper, 9/-; Arran Chief, 11/6, Gold Coin 14/-, Epicure, 14/-, Up-to-date, 11/6, all per cwt. : Apples.—Dougherty A 6/6 per ease, medium, 5/*; Delicious, up to 7/-; small doughertys, 1/6 per 4-case.

Crushed African maize, 16/- per sack (about ISOlbs), . Bacon. —Bolls, 6d to 9d per lb; hams,

6Jd per lb. Poultry.—'Heavy 8.0. hens, 3/-.each; cockerels, 3/6; White Leghorns, good, up to 3/6; others, 3/6 to 2/; ducks, I.R. 3/(5 to 2/7>; turkey gobblers, 8/-; chickens, (5 each; hen and chicks, 34/-. A direct consignment of military overcoats sold freely at 35/- each. SOUTH ISLAND MAIN TkUNIC ORK PROCEEDING (Per Pres* Asioclution.—Oopyrlsfht.J CHRISTCHURCH, This Day. Wishing to save expense, which may prove unnecessary, the Public orks Department is not constructing the bridges over the. Conway and Leader j Rivers on the South Island main trunk | line, and is. proceeding only slowly with other construction work. The-department is waiting the decision of the Railway Board as to whether or not a lino is to be completed. The board is at present making its second inspection of the line.* THE SHOPPING BAG, FRUIT IN GOOD SUPPLY. VEGETABLES ■ PLENTIFUL. (Special to ‘‘Northern Advocate, ! ') AUCKLAND, This Day, Fruiterers have fine displays o oranges and mandarins at the presen time, supplies being still heavy am prices lower than usual at this tirai of the year. Oranges from Norfoll Island can he got for 1/ per dozen, th( same price being asked for nave oranges from South Australia, Bonn fine oranges from Pitcairn Island art also offering. Mandarins are partien laity cheap at the present time. A good shipment of Australian fruits arrived by the Monowai, Oranges were in good condition, but the mandarins were only fair. The \\ T aipahi arrived direct wit It Cook Island oranges and tomatoes. The oranges were in poor condition, but the tomatoes were good. Large quantities of apples are on the market, including supplies from outside the Auckland district. Prices still rule on the low side, ranging from j2d to 4d per lb, the latter price being asked for popular varieties of desserts. Passion fruit are now marked 8d per dozen, and tomatoes sell at 8d per 11). Sydney white grapes of good quality can be got at 1/ per lb, and Californian new season’s plums are marked at 8d -per lb. Fine large pines sell from 1/ to 1/3 each. There are very few cauliflower about, and supplies are likely to bo short for another fortnight. Cabbages are more plentiful this week. Lettuce j remains abput the same. j