CENTRAL PRODUCE MART (LTD.)

Otago Witness, Issue 2856, 9 December 1908, Page 41

CENTRAL PRODUCE MART (LTD.)

Rgilly, Scott and Gill, proprietors, report foi week ending Saturday, December s:— Fruit. The market has been freely supplied with ail classes of fruit, local and foreign*. Tongan bananas and pines are due to arrive on Thursday next, and these should meet a, ready sale at 9s per case for bananas. Suva bananas arrive, on Monday, the 14th, and are expected to realise tip to 14s. We beg to quote the following prices ~-were secured for our consignors: — •Cherries; 4gd, 5Jd, 6£d, 7d, Bd, 9|d, lO^d, lid, add Is. Tomatoes: Auckland, 6£d, 7£d, B£d, 9d; locals, Is. Strawberries, 6d, 7d, 7£d. Bd. Bid. 9d, lOd, lid. Is. Is l|d. Green gepseberries, lid to 2idGreen peas, ljd, Zd, 2*d, and 2£d. New potatoes, good demand, lfd, 2d, and 2id. Brazil nuts, B£d. Barcelona nuts, 6d to 9d. Walnuts, 6d. Peanuts, 3d per lb. New season's figs : Layers. 4£d ; Franco's, 4id: dove's, 3id; bags, 3£d. Dates: Packets, 3£d. New season's preserved ginger, 7£d. Tinned pines, 4s 3d per dozen. Cucumbers, 6d, 7d, and 8d each. Rhuba-rS, 9s. Old potatoes, 5s to 6s per cwt. Melbourne onions, 8s 6d to 9s. Sydney oranges, 10s to 12s 6d. Mandarins, 13s. Lemons, 14s. Passions, ss. Pines, 10s. 'Frisco apples', 15s. Seedless lemons, 30s for 270 to 300. Tahiti oranges, 15s per case.. Butter, 7-id to Is. Cheese. SJd. Eggs : Market firm ; we cleared all our consignments at Hid to Is per case and up to Is for stamped in patent crates. Poultry: Consignors sending forward inferior Bens and ducks have had to face a •bad market. We hold large orders for (prime hens and cocker-els ; also ducks, ducklings, goslings, and turkeys. Last ■week's prices were as follow : Heo3, 2s, 2s 3d, 2s 6d, 3s. 4s. and 4s 4d ; ducks. 2s 6d, 3s 6d, 4s, 4s 6d, ss, 5s 6d, 6s, and 6s 6d per • pair • Geese ; None on offer. Turkeys: Gobblers, 9£d ; hens, 6d to 6£d-