COMMERCE AND FINANCE

Otago Daily Times, Issue 24912, 11 May 1942, Page 2

COMMERCE AND FINANCE

MINING NEWS West Coast Dredges.—Snowy River: 113 oz for 102 hours; 140,000 yards.—The Maori gold dredge is undergoing repairs, and it is expected that operations will be resumed on May 15. FRUIT AND PRODUCE WORLD Per Dozen.—Eggs: Heavy, 2s lid; standard, 2s 9d; medium, 2s 6d; pullets', 2s 2d; duck, large 2s 9d, small 2s 6d. Carrots: Is 6d to 2s. Parsnips: 2s. Lettuce: Choice, to 2s 6d per dozen. Section honey: 16s to 18s. Hothouse cucumbers: 7s 6d to 10s. Mutton birds: 17s. Each.—Champion egg crates, 24-dozen, 18s 6d. Per Case. —New Zealand lemons, 12s to 225; Australian oranges unprocurable. Bananas, ripes, 235. Apples: Cox's, 8s to 10s 6J; Jonathans, 3s 6d to ss; cooking apples, 2s 6d to 4s /6d; other dessert apples, 3s to 4s 6d. Quinces, 9s 6d to 10s 6d. Per Half-case.—Plums: Coe's late "red, 6s to 8s fld; cooking pears, 6s; Winter Cole and Winter Nelis pears, 6s 6d to 7s 6d. Per Lb.—Hothouse grapes: Gros Colmars, 3s 3d to 3s 9d; Black Hamburg, Is 8d to 2s 3d. Tomatoes: Locals, Is 2d to Is 3d; Christchurch outside-grown, firsts 8d to 10d, seconds and small 4d to sd. Green peas, choice, 7Jd to 9d. Butter, storekeepers', lOd. Scarlet runner beans, 9Jd. Pie melons. 2d. Bacon, prime, Is 3d. Clover honey, 9d to lOd. Walnuts, Is to Is 3d; hazel nuts, Is 2d. Per Sack.—Cabbage, 3s to 3s 8d; cauliflowers, 7s to 8s; coconuts, 22s 6d. Per Gwt.—Onions, Canterbury, 12s. Marrows, 8s to 10s. Pumpkins, 10s to 15s. Potatoes: White table, 10s to lis; King Edwards, 12s. Fowl wheat, 7s 6d to 7s 9d; oats, Gartons, 4s 6d. Whole maize, 8s per bushel. Crushed oats, 12s 6d. Cross Keys meatmeal, 15s per bag. Oyster grit, 6s 6d per bag. Bran, £5 10s. Pollard, £6 15s. Chaff, b. 0.5., £6 ss. Oaten straw, £4 10s. Clover hay, £5 15s per ton. Poultry.—Per pair: 280 hens at 3s 6d to 10s 6d, 25 cockerels at 4s 4d to 10s 4d; 81 ducks at 5s 6d to 8s 4d; 130 cockerels at 3s 8d to 15s 6d per pair; and 7 turkey hens at 7Jd to 8d per lb. REILLY'S CENTRAL PRODUCE MART, LTD., Moray place, Dunedin, C.l.