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New Zealand Herald, Volume LVII, Issue 17459, 1 May 1920, Page 5

COMMERCIAL.

LONDON WOOL SALES. A. and N.Z. LONDON, April 29. At the woo! sales, Merinos offered were mostly Continental sorts, and prices were unchanged. There was slightly more competition for ciossbreds, but the lower sorts wore frequently withdrawn. Others werr. unchanged. LONDON TALLOW SALES. Australian »nd N.Z. Cablo Asscnat'o-, (Reed. 8.20 p.m.) LONDON, Apr:! 19. At the tallo'v Bales 1746 casks wee offered and 1165 sold. There was no demand for fine qualitiofl. Pr:cs showed an average decline of 8s t< 10(>. Mutton tallow sold at 90s to 85s, and beef at 90s to bis. MELBOURNE HIDES MARKET. ' A. and N.Z. MELBOURNE, April 30. At the hid<s sale to-day competition was dull, and lots declined a. halfpenny to ft penny all round. AUSTRALIAN MARKETS. A. and N.Z. SYDNEY, April 30. Oats: Algerian, feeding 6b lOd to 6s Id, milling and Tasmani&n 6s Id to 6s 2d; maize, 9s :id\ potatoes, Tasmanian, £11 10s. Onions, £11 to £11 10s. MELBOURNE, April 30. Bailey. Enjlißu 7s 3d to 7s 9d, Cape 6» to 6s 4d; oi.ts, Algerian milling 5s 6d to Bs 7d, feed 5s 2d to Bs 3d; potatoes, £8 to £12; onions, £12 10s to £13. ADELAIDE, April 30. Oats, 5s 6c to 5s 7d.

FRUIT AND PRODUCE MARKET. E. TURNER AND SONS, LTD. E Turner ;ind Sons, Limited, report large quantities of fruit at Friday's markot. There was a !jener*l tendency for prices to tall in most, linos on account of the railway strike, there being no possibility of railing fruit to country shops, and large quantities of fruit which were already received by the railways having come hack into tnc market here. Choice apples. Delicious are bringing from 10s to 12s, Jonathans from fis 6d to 7s; poorer lines are hard to quit. There is a :air demand lor xood cookers. which are bringing from Bs to 6s per case. Lemons are in keen demand, realising from IBs to 25s p:r case for extra good quality. Hothouse gripes, choioe, from Is 8d to l» 3d per lb. other poorer qualities la to Is bd per lb. tfigs. 2b 6d to 4s 6d ner box; tomatoes from Is to 7s for best. to to 3s for other Qualities, '"here is no demand for sauce tomatoes. Passions are falling in price, and are selling at from 2s to 3s per box. Choice peart are bringing from 7s to los, others from 4s to fis. There is practically no demand for cooking p^ars. The Flora arrived yesterday from the Cook Islands with oranges, which are realising from 138 to 16a per case, according to QU Proc[nce: Potatoes, 14s to 16s per cwt; onions. 10s to Us per cwt; piokhng onions. lid per lb; spuash. 9s 3d cwt; pumpkins, 7s 6d to 8s 6dper cwt; swedes, 3s 6d cwt; kumaraa, ljd to 2d per lb; melons, citron, 6a to Bs 6d per owt; ornery, >s to Be « per bundle; oubbage, is 6d to 5s per sack: turnips, 3d to {id Der dozen; carrots, bd to lOd dozen; parsnips, 6d to 9d dozen; marrows. la to 2s doien. , ~, , ~ . D&irv Produce: Farmers butter, Is Sd to Is 7d 'per lb; eggs, 4« to 4s Id per dozen; bulk homy, 9d per lb. Poultn Bens, heavy 3s 6d to ss, others 2« 9d to 3s" 4d roosters, heavy up to 6s Lid. others 2s 6d to 4s 6d: turkey gobblers, IPs to 16s; turkey hens, 6s to 9b; lucks. 5s to fis 2d; drakes, 3s 3d to 6s Id; pullets up to 8s lOd, small 2s 3d to 7b 4d; cockerels, .Is 3d to 23 lOd.

PBOPERTY SALES. | Samuel V-.ile and Sons. Ltd.. report hav- j ing sold the following properties by auction I at their sale yesterday:-Two cottages, °° section. 66 by 107 ft. in Live/pool Street, £600- house, five rooms, etc., No. 26, Mlllais Street, Grey Lynn, £815; double hou:«. with six rooms it. each tenement, Nos. 78 and 80, Khyber Pan, £1050; house, five rooms, Trafalgar Street, Onohunga, £710; section, Symonds Stre< t. Onehimga, BOs a foot; house, seven roomn, on leasehold section, No. 19, Grafton Eo;id. £220. HIDES, SKINS, AND TALLOW. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited, report:—Wo sold large catalogues of hides, skins, and tallow on Tuesday. We quote: — Hides: Prices on * par with thow- ruling last week. Heavy os, 19d to 20d; medium do., 18d to 18id; light do., 17d to 17jd; cows', best lines 18d, good J.'d to "Id. inferior ltd to laid, -kips, 17d to IC-ia; yearlings, 15d to 17td; calfskins, best to tOd, good 30d to 3Sd, inferior 20d to 21d; damaged hides, s!d to 13d; horso hides, 10s to 30s. Tallow: Market lower. Best mixed, in shipment casks, 70s to 755; small casks, 55s to 635; good, 48s to 525; inferior. 38a to 455; rough fat, 3d per lb. Bonos, i £11. Cowtailß, la 6d dozen. Horsehair, Is to 23 6d. CHRISTCHURCH PRODUCE MARKET. [BY TELIiCEATH.— ASSOCIATION.] CHBISTCHUECH. Friday. During the week business in the grain and seeds market baa been quiet. There lias been some enquiry from the North Island for oats, bit this week's prices remain the same as lost week. A number of growers seem disinclined to sell their potatoes at 90s per ton, and in some cases buyers have given 95s in order to till urgent reiuiro ments. A fair amount of business, however, has been done this week on the. basis of 90s. Very little has been done in bar'eyi sales. The ciover market is still weak. The onion mar tot is temporari y stagnant, as buyers are not disposed to give the price n/fked by 'ho Growers' Association, ntn-.ely £8 per ton.