COMMERCE AND FINANCE

Otago Daily Times, Issue 25068, 9 November 1942, Page 6

COMMERCE AND FINANCE

MINING NEWS Snowy 'River Dredge.—The return fpr last week was 183 oz for 130 hours from 28,000 -yards. Blackball Creek Dredge.—The return tor last week was 690 z for 186 hours. FRUIT AND PRODUCE WORLD Per Dozen.—Eggs: Pay-out—Heavy Is Bd, standard Is 6d, medium Is 4d, pullets Is 3d, duck Is 6d. Spring cabbage, Is Gd to 2s Gd. Carrots, Is 6d. Cucumbers: Hothouse, 10s to 12s. Lettuce: Choice, 3s to ss; small, Is to 2s. Spinach. Is 6d to 2s. Asparagus, 18s. White turnips. 2s 6d to 3s. Radish, Is 9d. Iceland poppies, 9s per dozen bunches. Strawberry pottles: Jubilee, 85s per 1000. ' , „ , . Per Case.—Australiah lemons: Bushels, 29s to 3Gs. New Zealand lemons. 18s Gd to 21s 9d. Australian oranges: Export cases, 35s 9d to 46s 6d; bushels, 24s 3d to 32s 9d. Bananas: Ripes, 30s. Apples; Delicious, 13s Gd; Stunner, 13s Gd. Winter Cole and Winter Nelis pears, 19s. Cooking pears, 17s. New Zealand grapefruit, 35s to 40s. Per Half-case.—Winter Cole and Winter Nelis pears, 10s. Per Pound.—Gooseberries, 8d to 9d. Tomatoes: Locals, 2s 8d to 2s 9d. Christchurch, 2s 2d to 2s Gd. Whitebait, -Is Gd, Butter: Storekeepers’, Is. Bacon: Prime, Is 3d. Walnuts, Is 6d to Is 9d. Almonds, Is 9d. Green peas, to Bd, Rhubaro, 3Jd to 4d. Pukekohe potatoes, sd. Per Sack.—Cauliflowers. 6s to 12s. Coconuts, 40s. Per Sugar Bag.—Swedes, 3s Gd. Parsnips, Bs. Carrots, 7s to Bs. Per Hundredweight.—Onions: Canterbury, 365. Fowl wheat, 7s Gd. Oats: Cartons, 3s Gd. Whole maize. 8s per bushel. Crushed oats, 12s 6d. Cross Keys meatmeal, 15s per bag. Oyster grit. 10s Gd per bag. Bran, £5 10s. Pollard, £6 15s. Chalf: 8.0.5.. £7. Oaten straw. £4 10s, Clover hay, £5 15s to £6 5s per ton. Poultry.—Per pair: 314 hens at 5s 2d to 70s, 6 bantams at 2s 2d to 2s 4d, and 120 cockerels at 4s Gd to 18s Gd per pair. REILLY'S CENTRAL PRODUCE MART, LTD.. Moray place, Dunedin, C.l.