COMMERCIAL.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LVI, Issue 17145, 26 April 1919, Page 7

COMMERCIAL.

— .♦. FRUIT AND PRODUCE MARKET! Business in tho fruit and pioduco market has been fairly good durin'g the weol Local'y-giwwn supplies of fruit are fallin off. Shipments are chiefly apples and poari and for choice lines of both thoro is a goo demand. Small fruit is short. Fiji banana arrived this week, the condition being botte than in tho previous month, and quick sale were made at satisfftorory prices for bos fruit. A largo proportion of shipments cor sistod of thin fruit. Tho potato market is good. Tho racer high-prices ruling havo caused larger cot Bignments to come on the market. Man of them are very rusty and Mighty. Th market is well supplied, and values ai likely to recede. Fairly heavy shipment .been landed from tho South. Onions: The market is only fairly yro. supplied at quotation. Eggs aro scarco, and farmers' butter is i good demand. Poultry is short, and sold at excellea pricos. There is a very good demand. Young pigs are easier in price. FIELD PRODUCE. Potatoes, local, prime, 10s; medium, 7 lo Sa. Onions, imported, 9s to 10b. Kumeras id lb. Pumpkins, 8a ewt. Citron melons is. DAIRY PRODUCE. Butter, farmers', in prints, Is sd. Eggs 'rash, 3s. FRUIT. Apples, local, coloured, extra superior lessert, up to 8s 6d; good, 5s to 6s; medium ase. Is 9d to 2s 8d; cooking, 4s 6d to 6s. Pears, lessert, best, lis to 12s; others dessert. 7i o 88: cooking, 6s. Grape? hothouse, le 8( ier lb. Tomatoes, hothouse, 6s to 6a box tutdoor, Bs. Lemons, local, prime, 30s rood, lSn to 18s. Quinces, 8a per case. Pas non fruit, 8a to 4a. Melons, water. Is 3c o 2b 8d each. Walnutß, Is 3d por lb. Pea mts, 6} por lb. \ POULTRY. Hens, 3s 6d to 5s 4d each; medium, 2a 6c o Bs. Roosters, table, 4s to 7s oach; medium Is 9d to 3s 6d. Ducks. 4s to 6s each. Geesoi Is 9d to 4 ? 3d. Chicks, Is to 2s each lurkoys, gobblers. Sa to Us each; hens. 5( if 1 h» j ßs 6<l -, Pigs, young, 12s 6d to 15s iood domand for prime cockerels and fa! ions. Babbits, Is to la 3d per pair. CANTERBURY PRODUCE MARKET, [nr ielecbaph. —press association.] CHRISTCHURCH, Friday. The oats markot has firmed a little, there laving been an advance of Id a bushel foi irompt dolivory. It is reported that for rard sales are now being made up to 4a lc .0.b., and so Gartona are worth from Ss 4c o 3s 6d at country stations. There is i renoral unprossion that there is not a large luantity of Garlon oats in Canterbury this e&son. Owing to their comparative failure luring the last few dry seasons Gartom fere discardod by many farmers in favoui if Algerians, and those who held to Garton; l , avo , reaped the advantage as thoy yielded he best crop this season. Duns aro also carco this season. Oatshoaf chaff is a little firmer, as there ?aa not sufficient appearing at late rates, there is inquiry from Wellington for chaff, md tho price has advanced to £4 10s to £4 6s a ton at country stations. There is a difficulty in getting shipping pace for the April delivery of potatoes tc Wellington, but as fresh orders aro comint tho market is firmer, £5 10s to £5 15e icing paid at country stations. Some ol ho crops aro not turning out as well as was ixTocted, and 6ovcn to eight tons an acre ml bo considered good yiolds. ho market for seeds is very dull, one (radically no business is being dono. There a no ohango m prices. AUSTRALIAN PRODUCE. I. and N.Z. MELBOURNE. April 25, , Barley: English malting, 6s 8d to 6a 6d '.'SS', 48 /° OJ 48 « 2d J 0at ? : Aleorian, milling, 7d . to i% feo & I s ld to 4 » fid - Potatoes ill to £11 10a. Onona. ,£l2. ■■ \ DIVIDEND DECLARED. Dal-roty and, Company, Ltd., have dolared an interim dividend of 5 per cent., ayablo on May 35. STUD CATTLE AND SHEEP SALE. Abraham and Williams. Ltd.. report: We told a sale of purebred Shorthorn cattle, tomney sheep, and horses on, account ol • J - H. Kilgour. Kiwitea. There was i arge attendance of buyers from Wairarapa aawkes Bay, Wallmto. Manawatu, and Gilding districts. Tho sheep told at priest W?, from l\ guineas to 4.1 guineas. The 'hole flwk averaged a i tineas. Tho cham nen bull Pitlochie Jock realised 240 guineas ?'!}3? to m 1? bid of Mr - James Knight Jeilding. Tho highest price for* heifers wai ;4 ffulnoas. cows 62 guineas, weanor bulh .8 guineas. We quoto some of the prioos u plIowa:-P)t!ochie Star, 32 guineas: Pitlochic waird, 83 jtumoae; To Auto Nun, 20th. 61 luincas; Eltharn Flora Dora, 62 guineas itlochie Pnnco, 68 guineas; Te Ante Ross, 'sth. 81 guineas: Pitlochio Laddie. 30 gui mm! To Aute Ross. 65th. 43 guineas: Pitocnie Ross. 2nd. 34 guineas; Pitlochie jT V™- .., guineas; Pitlochie Ross, 64 ruinoas; Pitlpchia Dora. 40 guineas; Pit. ochie Crystal. 60 guineas. Stud Romnoj 'jres: 20 at 2 guineas, 10 at 3 guinea, 10 at •*. "'?* 24 ,*t .21 guineas, 22 at 2! rainoas 22 at 21 guinoas. 20 aT» guineas Oat 2J guineas, 10 at 2} guineas, 10 at 2 tuineas; 10 stud ram lambs, 8 guineas; { itud ewe lambs, 41 guineas: 70 flock ewes '73 3<L ' THE MAILS. , •—- » f BI TBAOT. )ariraville and N. Wairoa Monday, Tuesday. Thursday. 2.15 p.m.; Wednesday anj Saturday, 4 a.m. )tamatea County (Paparoa daily and Matakoho daily except Saturday)— Monday, Tuesday, and Friday, 4 a.m.; Saturday, 0.50 a.m. launsaturoto, Rowsells, etc-,— Tuesday and Thursday, 4 a.m.; Saturday, 9,60 fern. )ffices north of Helensville and Rodney County—Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, 9.50 a.m. Tuesday and Thursday, 4 a.m. [aipara Lino (as far north as Helens'rille) —Daily, 4 a.m., 9.50 a.m., 2.16 p.m. Vaikato district (as far south as Hamilton)— Dai'.v- 4 a.m.. 2 45 p.m. Jay of Plenty district (via Rotorna)—Daily, 8.46 a in. CTaiWo, King Country, Thames district, end Rotorua districts—Daily, 8.45 a.m., 630 p.m. (except Saturday! Jatikati »"d Tonranga (via Woihi)—Tuesday. Thnrpday. and Sunday, 6.80 p.m. louthern Oflßcos of New Zealand—Daily (ex cept Saturday), 6.80 p.m (late fee, Railway Station 6.55 p.m.). LATE FEE LETTEM. ,iato fee (per Main Trunk). Letter-box at railway station entrance cleared 15 minutes before dopartnre of train. jato fee letters for other train mails must bo posted on the train. Parcel suits. Parcel mails tor Taranaki, Hf.wlre's Bay, Wanganiii, Wellington, ant* Southern Offices of New Zealand close at 8 p.m. Only express transit parcels tor those districts are forwarded by Main Trunk express, and will be received up to 5 p.m. Other parrel mails, including foreign ?iarcela, close one hour before advertised ime of closing mails. Express transit parcels only aro forwarded to Buy ol Plenty offices via Rotorua. BT STEAUiH TO DAI'. HcCallum and Bull, P. 8., etc., 4 a.m. Jaukokore, Te Kaha, etc., 8.45 a.m. }ißborne, Napier, etc., 10.45 a.m. iVhangaparaon, Arliles, P. 8., etc., 12.45 p.m. U'aroa, Cowos, Pegler, P. 8., etc., 12.45 p.m. Turua, Paeroa, etc., 8 p.m. (Vhangaroi, Onerahi, etc., 8 p.m. BY TRAIN TO-MOHHOW. Southern Offices of Now Zealand and Gisborne, 6.80 p.m.; railway station, 8.65 p.m, TIT STEAMEE MONDAI. Cabbage Bay, Amodeo Bay, etc., 8.45 a.m. [3owca, Coromandel, etc., 8.46 a.m. Whangaroa, Sales, etc., 9.45 a.m. Waiwera, Mahurangi, etc., 9.45 a.r.. . Matakana, Mullet Point, etc., 9 ,5 a.m. Whnngaparaoa, Silverdale, etc., 10.45 a.m. Maraetai, 10.45 a.m. Thames, 10.45 a.m. Knohia and Raglan (parcels only), 11.10 a.m. Waikopua and Lang-Meaßon P. 8., 12.45 p.m. New Plymouth (and all offices north of Wanganui), 1.10 p.m. Panranga, Tc ruko. etc., 3.45 p.m. Oiahcrne and Tokomaru Bay. 5.30 p.m. Russell, Ohaonwai, etc., 7.46, pan, Whansarei Heads. Whangarei, etc., 7.45 p.m. Whitianga, Gumtown, etc., 7.45 p.m. OVERSEAS MAILS. TO-CAt, Tonga, per Rira, I p.m. (late fee 3 p.m.). Australian States, Ceylon, India, China, Japan, Straits Settlements. South Africa, Egypt, a.nd Expeditionary Forces Egypt, per Atua, 10 com. (late fee 11 a.m.). Parcel mail for United Kingdom and Continent of Europe (per Athenio at Wellington), 11 a.m. United Kingdom end Continent of Europe (correspondence must be specially addressed per Atbenic), 8 p.m. Honolulu. Samoa, Australian States, Coylon India. China, Japan, Straits Settlements South Africa, Egypt, and Expeditionarj Forces Egypt (to connect with Mcorak. at Wellington), 8 p.m. . MAI 2. Cool: Islands, Tahiti, Canada,, North and South America, 'United Kingdom, Expeditionary Forces Europe, and Continent of Europe, via San Francisco (to connect with Paloona at Wellington), 3 p.m. (late fee 6 p.m.). W. Geb, Chief Postmaster.