COMMERCE AND FINANCE

Otago Daily Times, Issue 25737, 8 January 1945, Page 5

COMMERCE AND FINANCE

FRUIT AND PRODUCE WORLD Per Dozen.—Eggs: Pay-out values for week ending December 30:—Heavy, Is lltd; standard. Is 9Jd; medium, Is 9d; pullets’. Is 7d; ducks, Is sd. Lettuce, 6d to Is; choice, 2s. 4s. Hothouse cucumbers, Gs to 15s per dozen. Splnath, ss. White turnips, 3s. Iris. 20s, 245. Poppies, 7s, Bs. Lilies, 20s, 30s per dozen bunches. Per Case.—Australian oranges, 30s 6d, 31s 6d. New Zealand lemons: Bushels, 18s 3d, 19s. Bananas: Green, 25s 6d. Outdoor cucumbers, 20s. Per Lb.—Red currants, Gd, 9d. Black currants, 5Jd to Bd. Grapes, ss, Gs. Strawberries: Dessert, 2s Gd, 3s 3d; .iam. Is Gd, 2s. Peaches: Dessert, Bd, lid; cocking, 4d to GJd. Apricots, Is. Cherries: Choice, Is 6d. 2s 3d; others, 9d, Is. Green peas: Good. sd, 7d; inferior, 4d. Broad beans. sd. Gooseberries: Bottling, sd, Gd; jam, 3d. Tomatoes: Locals, Is Bd, Is 10d; Christchurch, firsts, Is 2d, Is 7d; seconds, 10d, Is. Walnuts, Is Gd. Rhubarb, 2Jd, 5(3. New potatc-es: Locals, 3d; Nelson, 2d, 2}d. Onions. 2jd. Per Sack.— Cauliflower: Firsts, to 12s; seconds, 6s, Bs. Coconuts, 355. Per Cwt.—Spring carrots, 19s. Parsnips, 21s. Spring cabbage, 11s. Silver beet, 25s Fowl wheat, 7s 6d. Oats: Gartons, 6s. Whole maize. 8s 6d per bushel. Crushed oats 14s 6d. Cross Keys meatmeal, 15s per bag. Oyster grit, 10s 6d per bag. Bran £5 10s. Pollard, £6 15s. Chaff, b. 0.5., £7 15s. Oaten straw, £5. Hay, —Per pair: Sixty-nine hens at 2s to 10s Gd, 6 cockerels at 4s 6d, and 27 chickens at Is. REILLY’S CENTRAL PRODUCE MART, LTD.. Moray place, Dunedin.

The New Zealand Fruit Marketing Council has decided that' direct sales of fruit from producers to consumers are to be restricted to two cases with each order. The only exception is where sales of fruit are' effected at the orchard gate.