AUCKLAND PRICES.
Mr j. Jones, Auctioneer, Victoria and; Lome Streets, Auckland, reports: The Auckland market this week has been exceptionally busy, though values in poultry and fruit are low except for choice lines. The majority of poultry coming forward are in poor condition and moulting. We realised high prices for choice roosters. Hen« and young cockerels are in heavy supply. Potatoes are steady; vegetables are scarce. Butter and eggs are much firmer. Fruit is in heavy supply, peaches are a shade lower than last week's values. We quote :-—
Poultry—Roosters, choice and prime up to 4s 7d; good, 3s to 3s 9d, Bmail| 2s to 2s 6d;^cockerels, Is to Is 3d; chickens, 6d to 8d ; hens, prime, Is 5d to Is 9d, good, Is id to Is sd, poor and moulting lot, Is td Is 3d ; ducks, 1» to Is lOd; no geese or turkeys penned; pigs, 6s to 10s 6d.
Potatoes, prime, £7 to £7 10s; good, £6 to £6 ss; onions, 8s to 5s 6d; firm pumpkins, 6s 6d to 8s; swedes, £2 10s to £3 10s. Butter, lOd to 10£ d; eggs, Is 6d to Is 6£d; cheese, 7d; hams, lOd, sides, 9d to 10d. .„
Apples, choice dessert, 4s to ss; good, 3s to 3s 9d ; cookers, 3s to 43 ; B.C. pears, bushel cases, gs 3d to 5s ; peachee, choice. 2s 3d to 3s; good, Is 9d to 3s 3d; lemons, 8s 9d to 14s; nectarines, 2s to 3s; grapes, 6d to 9d ; tomatoes, 3s to 3a 9d.
Wheat, 8s; sharps, £8 10s; bran, £8 10s; chaff, southern, £7 15s to £8 10s; oats, 4s 9d; barley, 6s 6d.
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Rodney and Otamatea Times, Waitemata and Kaipara Gazette, 17 February 1915, Page 5
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