A. LORIE AND CO.'S PRICES CURRENT.

Otago Witness, Issue 2146, 11 April 1895, Page 24

A. LORIE AND CO.'S PRICES CURRENT.

April 11, 1895.

Eggs.— Very scarce, Is 3d.

Butter.— Fresh is fairly plentiful. Storekeepers' lots bring 7d, farmers' 8d to Oil ; salt has fair inquiry for really prime lots at 6J ; inferior hard to sell at 3d to 4d, medium SJ.

CurJKSB.— Farmers', 3d to 4d ; factory, 4Jd to sd. Very little inquiry. Fios —Good weights, say up to 1701b or 1801b, have good inquiry at 3id, but mu3t not reach us on Saturdays.

Potatoes.— Market fully supplied. Prime lots, £2 10s to £i 12s 6d.

Poultry —Market has never before been so dull. Heavy supplies ara coming forward, which so far we have been able to quit after much trouble, although last week we had to keep the birds for several days. We may mention that whenever this happens we mike no extra, charge to the consignor. The following prices rule :— Young cocks, well grown, 2s Ci to 2s 9d, small birds 2s to 2s 3d ; hens, 23 to 23 2d ; pullets. 2j Gi to 3s ; ducks, 3s to 3s Gd ; geese, 5s to Gs ; ' turkey cocks Gid to 7£d lb, turkey hens 4£d tosd lb. Our friends will please note that owing to Good Friday our sale will be held to-day at 11.30. Fnuir has been nearly as bad aa poultry, owing to the cold weather and general tightness of money. Plums are scarcely saleable at 2s 6d to 3d ; local apples, 2s Gd to 4s Gd ; local pears, Id to 'Z\d ; llobart apples. 7s to Ss ; dessert pears, 12s 6d to 14b ; cooking scarcely saleable ; peaches, 7s 6d case— or, say, 2Jd per lb ; tomatoes have better inquiry at lid, and any forward would bring that price readily ; bananas. Id to Hd —or if in prime ripe condition, 2d; Italian lemons have no inquiiy, but DE orange?, fcr which we are sole agents, 7s Gd to 63 ; grapes are in full supply, best local bring Bd— railed lota 4d to sd.

Diial'Erv enables us to tell a more cheerful tale, as our stores are literally packed with buyers from morning to night, whilbt others are complaining we find business rapidly improving. We have just opened a large purchase of flanneh. blankets, and dress materials, and we can conscicutiously aay that we are offering them at prices very far btlow anything quoted elsewhere. Our country friends will find a full catalogue in to-day'a Witness. In accordance with our usual custom, we will return the full purchase money to any buyei who may not be satisfied with h« or her purchase when examining it at home, or if the goods may not be satisfactory so far as wear is concerned we will compensate the buyer. We think all must admit this to be fair trading and deserving of support. Furniture is one of our bad speculations. We have invested a large capital in it, but overcompetition has dragged down prices to far below paying level. As, however, we have an enormous stock of dry timber and half- completed work in hand, we must get rid of it as best we can, and in order to do so have brought our prices below anything we hear of. We can, of course, do this with less les3 than our neighbours, as we bought our timber when it was cheap and have noYeut or inteiest to piy. So far as musical instruments are concerned the less said the better. We have a few left., for which we will refuse no reasonable otter.