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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LVI, 18 August 1924, Page 3

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WEI/LIXGTON MARKET

W. Rurhidge and Co., Wellington, report, under date loth inst., good demand for apples, pears, green peas, and new potatoes. .Pumpkins are plentiful. Eggs are falling in price. Current prices are as follows:—Delicious, clean, best, sizes 9s to 425; spot 7s to its; Doughertys 7s 6d to 11s; Stunners, (lean, best sizes 7s to 9s (id. others os to 7s; Washingtons, large (id to 8s (id; small, 5s Gd to 7s Gd. Rears. Winter Coles and Nelis 11s to IBs; Vicars 7s to 10s bushel cases. Green peas, in keen demand, os Gd to (is per peek. Eggs Is Gd per dozen. Pork, dressed 8d to Ski per lh. W almil,s 7d to BJ-d per ]b. Cabbage, good 12s to 9s; cauliflower, white lGs to 20s: pumpkin 6s to 9s; carrots os to 7s; parsnips 7s to 10s; all full sacks; onions 20s per cwt; potatoes (old) 7s to 3s Gd per cwt. Now potatoes in keen demand od to Gd per lb.

M EL BOURNE MARKETS (By Eloetrie Telegraph.—Copyright.) An«iiralj<m s" 4 MELBOURNE, Aug .15 Oats 3/3 to 3/7; barley, English 4/3 to 4/6; onions £5 to £3 10s; potatoes £l2 to £l3 10s. Hides are firm and unaltered. CANTERBURY MARKETS . (.United Press Association.) CHRISTCHURCH, Aug. 15. Business in the grain and produce trade has been practically at a standstill during the week, as it invariably is at Grand National time. The only exception is potatoes. A shortage lias developed in Auckland on account of the delay of consignments from Melbourne, and inquiries for small lots are coming to hand freely from the Northern city. The Navua. which was hooked to sail tomorrow night from Lyttelton, will now leave on Monday, and all her available space, representing probably up to 5000 sacks, lias been tilled. The \Vingaltii leaves later in the. week, and space is being freely booked by iter. Values locally have advanced by over 10s per ton, as the result- of the Northern position, and £5 per ton on trucks lias been paid. Farmers’ f.0.b., s.i., quotations tire from £6 to £6 5s per ton. Growers are now offering more freely and showing a disposition to accept current quotations. The chalf market is firm. Dunedin is again coming on the market, and sales have been, made there at a preriiiumiton local parity. Values locally are about £7 per ton on trucks. There is tt good demand for seed wheat, but as far as oats are concerned there is no geed to offer.

There is some inquiry for cowgrass, but other seeds are quiet.

DAIRY PRODUCE DaWAy anti Company Limited report Havin' received the following cablergam from ilien’ London House under date of 'the 13th inst..: Rutter—Since our last report (dated Bth inst., prices are 2/- per cwt. higher. (Price for N.Z. salted is now 200/-; N.Z. exceptional brands 202/-. Tiio New Zealand Meat Producers Board has received a cable from its representative at Buenos Aires, South America, advising the following shipments to the United Kingdom for the fortnight ended 9th August 1924, from Argentine and Uruguay: 162,850 quarters chilled beef, 15,983 quarters frozen beef, 26,310 carcases frozen mutton ,38,467 carcases fiozcn lamb. The quantity shipped to the Continent of Europe during the same period totalled: 103,800 quarers frozen beef, 7,000 carcases frozen mutton 900 carcases frozen lamb.

FROZEN MEAT Messrs Daltrcly and Co., Ltd., report having recived the following cablegram from their London agents under elate of the 14th inst.: —“Lamb. Now Zealand prime crossbred lamb, Canterbury heavy 10gd, light 113 c l; North island heavy 10}d, light lid. Demand for Now Zealand lamb contnines. Market firmer. Mutton.— New Zealand jirimo crossbred mutton, Canterbury heavy 7> d, light S.fd ; North Island heavy 7d ; light 7fd. Active demand for New Zealand mutton, market firmer.”