TRADE IN AUCKLAND

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23274, 17 February 1939, Page 7

TRADE IN AUCKLAND

WHOLESALE AND RETAIL ANOTHER BUSY PERIOD MARCH DELIVERY DATES Another busy week has been experienced by wholesale merchants in the city, and heavy orders have been received. This is not due to large buying by storekeepers of imported lines which will be prohibited or restricted, as orders for New Zealand goods comprise a good proportion. The orders cover a wide range of goods, with an unusually keen demand for rolled oats and oatmeal. Although merchants are checking any rush on imported lines which are likely to be in short supply, business this month has been much better than usual. Grocery licences are now coming in regularly and with little delay. Applications are now being placed for the second half of the year in some commodities-which have to be ordered early.

Deliveries on March account will be -t made to the country on Tuesday and to the town and suburbs on Thursday. Fairly good business is being done ? !

in the retail trade, but .indentors remain dull. Most of the drapery sales are nearing their close and some shops are displaying autumn goods. LINSEED OIL There has been a slight advance in the price of linseed oil during the past week, and reports indicate that the market tone is very firm. COFFEE With the advent of the new season's crop 7 of coffee in Asia, the price of Mocha coffee has eased slightly. Prices for other grades " 5 are not available. HEMP AND MILLET SEED Overseas cablegrams state ■ that both ■ ? hemp and millet seed have advanced considerably, and the tendency is for further price rises in the near future. TOMATO SAUCE An Australian packer of tomato sauce has issued a new price list showing an advance f of 3d a dozen in the quart size, with smaller sizes increased in proportion. BICE Australian shippers have announced that orders can still be taken for table rice at ; present price lists for delivery within the next three months to suit the convenience ofr buyers. s PRESERVING JARS There is still a marked shortage of pre-:" serving jars in both pints and quarts. Lids are now unobtainable. There has been an exceptionally heavy demand during recent HERRINGS AND fiTT/D In spite of a difficult season for the fishing fleet, prices for herrings in tomato sauce remain unchanged, according to recent mail ' reports from England. It is stated that increased prices must be asked for sild, however, to compensate packers for the high price of fresh fish. CANNED TOMATOES The price for one line of whele canned tomatoes has been advanced by 6d a dozen. As stocks in the coming season will bo short." as insufficient quantities are being canned in New Zealand, together with probable restrictions on imported lines, the slock position is expected to be acute by the end of the year. TEA The quantity offered at this week's Colombo tea auction amounted to 1,850,000 ib. Quality generally remained unaltered. There was a strong demand for all-grades. Common sorts advanced by from %d to %d per lb, while good teas sold at an advance of from y t d to %d per lb. Next week's auction will comprise 1.750,0001b. ■ JAM. Supplies of raspberry jam will be very% short in New Zealand this season, according to a report from the south. In many cases bakers are experiencing difficulty in obtaining information of contract orders. It is suggested that if import licences can be obtained supplies of raspberry pulp may be., shipped from Tasmania to assist jam manufacturers. DRIED FRUIT * Californian tinned and packet dried fruits are now being offered for winter supplies at slightly lower-prices than last year. An exception is packet peaches, which have been advanced by about 30 per cent. Local merchants have noticed a small demand for dried prunes, peaches and apricots during the past week. The crop 'in some districts in New Zealand is not as good as was expected. jPINEAPPLES First deliveries of Queensland pineapples* and tropical fruit salad will not be made until the end of February. The season has been a late one, and unfavourable weather, in Queensland has militated against an early pack. There is a shortage of Queensland pineapples in Australia, and no quotations for shipment to New Zealand are available. The market fcr Singapore pineapples has shown a sharp advance. Certain bnes are reported to have been oversold, and chants are refusing to sell for delivery earlier than March or April shipment at. their option. NEW ZEALAND BUTTER: TRADE WITH NEWCASTLE t DRIVE FOR IMPROVEMENT [FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT] LONDON, Jan. 30 ; Disappointed with their dairy produce trade to Newcastle quayside, th© New Zealand Government is -to make a drive to improve it, the Newcastle Evening Chronicle reports. Mr. H. R. Farwell, the Government representative, is reported as saying: "At one time practically ail of New Zealand's produce was shipped to London and then distributed, but two seasons ago a direct service ta. ; Newcastle to serve the north-east area was opened. The trade began satisfactorily, but later declined, and, indeed, instances arose when produce had to be reshipped to other distributive centres.

"We feel that closer trade relations between this area and New Zealand could exist, especially as Tyneside's fine contribution to the liner services, the Dominion Monarch, will ba employed in the Australian and New Zealand trades." RETURNS FOR WOOL DECREASE ON LAST YEAR SECOND CHRISTCHURCH SALE: [BY TELEGRAPH —PRESS ASSOCIATION] ' ' CHRISTCHTJECH, Thursday The second Christchurch -wool sale of the season, held on' January 30, resulted in a total return to growers of £299,874, a reduction of £35,808 on the total for the second sale of the previous season. The catalogue at this sale was 5777 bales smaller, but 1003 bales more were sold. The average prfce a bale at this sale was £l2 13s, 7.633 d; or 9.567 d per lb., against £l4 16s 6d or : 10.88 d last season. The bale price at® the first Christchurch sale this season, when the offering was slightly less attractive than at the second sale, wag £l3 7s 3d, and the price per lb. 10.087 d. mining news reports of managers Golden Dawn (Owharoa). —ftepuri lor month ended January 31: After cjeaninji: np. and repairing: timbers in main No «*■ • and crosscut west, a start was flia.dc to 811*k a winze on No. 5 reef. 46ft south Of crosscut where good values were obtained in driving It is intended to employ three shifts of each, on this work.