COMMERCE AND FINANCE

Otago Daily Times, Issue 26981, 17 January 1949, Page 3

COMMERCE AND FINANCE

TUNGSTEN ORE PRICE Rec. 8 p.m. LONDON, Jan. 14. Tungsten ore is quoted from £5 12s 6d to £6 2s 6d. . ) MINING NEWS Ngahere.—The return for the four weeks' ended January, 14 was 431 ounces from 160,689 yards worked in 408 hours. Snowy River Dredge.—The return was' 138 ounces from 52,000 yards in 300 hours.' FRUIT AND PRODUCE WORLD' Per Dozen.—Eggs: Pay-out values forweek ended January B—Heavy, 2s 6£d;' standard. 2s 4Jd; medium, 2s 4d; pullets. . 2s 2d; ducks, 2s 4d. Lettuce: Choice, Is. Cd, 2s. Cucumbers: Hothouse, 10s to 18s. Carnations, Is to 2s. Gladioli, 3s to" ss' 6d per dozen. Sweet peas, 3s to 4s per.dozen bunches. Per Case.—Apples, 21s 3d. Lemons:New Zealand, 245, 255. Oranges: Aus-. tralian, 245, 255. Bananas, 31s. Per Half Case.—Pears. 9s. Apples, Bs. Passion fruit, 30s. A.pricots: Dessert, 11s/ 15s; cooking, Bs, 10s. Peaches: Dessert/ Bs, 10s; cooking, 4s, 6s. Plums: 6s, 10s; cooking, 4s, ss. Cherry plums;,. 4.5, 5s 6d. « Per Pound.—Peaches: Dessert, 6s 9dp jam, 4d, sd. Apricots: Dessert, lOd, Is;• jam, 4d, 6d. Nectarines, 6d, 9d. Plums: Dessert Gd, lOd. Cherries: Choice, Is 6d, 2s 3d; others, 9d, Is. Strawberries, 2s Gd, 3s 9d; jam, Is 9d, 2s 3d. Green Peas, 4d to 7d: dry, Id, 2d. Broad beans, ljd. French beans, 9d. Is Id. Tomatoes: Local, 2s 3d, 2s 9d; Christchurch, 2s, 2s 6d. Kakanui, 2s 4d, 2s Bd. Rhubarb, Id. New potatoes: Locals, 2Jd., Gooseberries, 3d, 4d. Marrows, Gd, Bd. Black currants, Bd, lOd. Red currants, Bd, lid. Walnuts, Is Ba. Per Bag: Cauliflower, Bs, 10s 6d; seconds. ss, 6s. ) Per Cwt—Cabbage, to 15s. Onions, 22s Gd. Wheat 8s 6d, 9s bushel.. Oats: Gartons, 5s 9d. Palmer’s chick food, 30s. Cross keys meatmeal, 16s 6d. Oyster grit, 10s 6d per bag. Poultry mash, £l3 19s lOd per ton (bags included): Chaff: 8.0.5., £B. Oaten straw-, £7, Poultry, per pair—Hens: 440 hens at 3s to 12s 6d, 14 cockerels at 4s to 7s, 14 ducks at 4s to 20s, 7 geese at 6s 6d, and • 162 young cockerels at 4d to 3s. REILLY’S CENTRAL PRODUCE MART. LTD., • Moray place, Dunedin.