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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LVI, 29 March 1923, Page 2

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WELLINGTON MARKETS (By Telegraph.—Special to The Mail.) The Wellington Fruitbrokers, comprisi«!« the firms Griffiths and Co. Ltd., Laefy and Co. Ltd., Geo. Thomas ami Co., Ltd., Thompson Bros., Ltd., Townsend and Paul, and A. G. Wallace and Co. report that increased quantities ot apples have again arrived and they have been compelled to hold a portion temporarily in the endeavour to obtain satisfactory prices. Black spot and inferior fruit*, still continue plentiful. Owing to the arrival of the Frisco boat next week, there is little prospects of an immediate improvement m the near luturc. The following values are being realised :—Apples, Delicious fancy, well coloured 6/- to 7./-, choice 5/- to 5/6; other grades including hail marked, //- to 4/-T Cox'B fancy, 6/- to 7/- others 4'-. to 5/-; Jonathans, fancy, 4/- to ■&/-, others 3/- to 3/6; King Davids, 3/- to 4/-; other desserts, 3/6 to 4/6; Cookers 4/6 to 51- per bushel. : ~ Quinces, best clean, 6/6 to 7/-, others 5/- bushel. _,„ , in , . -itt ' Pears.: VV\ C«,1c1,-7£ *o 10/-; W Nelis 7/- to 9/-; L.8.J., 5/- to 6/-, Sic Louise, 5/- to 6/b; Duchess, 4/- to 4/6., Vicais, 5/- to 5/6 bushel. r , Peaches.' 4/- to 6/9 half case; Uipe Gooseberries 4/- to 4/6 half case. Tomatoes, 1/3 to 1/9 half case; grapes Hutt, 1/3 to 'l/6; Nelson 1/- to 1/4; passions, 5/- to 5/6 half case; pie melons, 6/- to 7/- sack; pumpkins, 6/to 8/-; marrows 2/- to 2/6 sack. Pork 6J,d. Eggs, 2/4 to 2/6. _. _ Potatoes, £6 to £7; onions £7 to £7 10s ton; pickling onions, 8/- cental; walnuts lid to 1/- pound.

Dalgety and Co., Ltd., report having received the following cablegram from their London house under date oL23rct instt—"Wool sales closed firm and active with' brisk competition at highest point of series. Continental and English buyers were the principal operators. French buyers, are buying freely. As compared with last sale's closing ra tes:—Merino wools unchanged; haltbred wools, greasy, par to id lower; crossbred, line quality greasy, par told lower, medium quality greasy $d lower, coarse quality unchanged, scoured unchanged, sliped id lower; good skirtings, strong demand. Lambs wool, par to id lower. 120,398 bales free wool offered, including 0000 bales Cape, 3284 bales South American, 33,100 New Zealand. B.A.W/.R.A. offered 48,000, including 32,417 bales New Zealand. There were 100,000 bales sold, including 70,000 to. the Continent and 12,000 bales to America. Following is range-of prices:—Merino, good to super 2(Ud, low to medium 19d to 23d; crossbred, 50/58, good to super 23d to 26d, low to medium 17M to ;20|d; 50/50, good to super 18d to 21d, low to medium Kid to 17|d; 48/50, good to super Hid to 18d, low to medium 13d to 15 Jd; fine crossbred, 40/48, good to super 14id to .16-jjd, low to medium HJjdto 14d; crossbred, 44/40, good to super I2id to 13 Ad, low to medium lOd to 12 }d; crossbred, 40/44, good to super lid to 12d, low to medium 9Jd to ]o:fd; coarse crossbred super lOkl, medium to good Bld to 9|d. K LONDON, March 27. Wheat cargoes are quiet. Parcels are in poor demand and declined threepence.