In the Market Place

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 495, 26 October 1928, Page 14

In the Market Place

LEMONS DULL OF SALE APPLES AND PEARS IN DEMAND Lemons were dull of sale in the City Markets to-day. Apples and pears are meeting with a keener demand. Granny Smith, Delicious and Sturmers are the better-priced apple lines. ORANGES are selling well. Island repacks and picked sizes bringing high prices. Prices have risen for hothouse tomatoes. There is a good inquiry for Cook Island tomatoes. Banana repacks are bringing high prices. Gooseberries and strawberries have now appeared. They are meeting with a good inquiry. From Monday next regular supplies of strawberries will be coming to hand. The market is very heavily supplied with all lines of vegetables, including new potatoes. Most of the lines are selling at reduced rates. A good yarding of pigs realised satisfactory rates to-day. Buconers brought £3 6s to £3 ISs; porkers, £2 to £2 10s: slips, 17s to £1 6s; and weaners, 10s to ISs. Poultry is in heavy supply, and prices show a marked decrease. Hens are being penned in large numbers, but the quality is not up to standard. The market is glutted with ducks, but cockerels are in short supply. Quotations-- — FRUIT Apples.—Sturmers, 7s 6d to 9s 6d; Delicious, 6s to 10s; Dougherty, 6s to Ss 6d; Granny Smith, 9s to 14s; Pride of Australia, 6s to Ss 6d; Rome Beauty, 6s 6d to Ss 6d. Pears. Nelis, repacks, 10s to 13s; Coles, .Ss to 11s: Josephine, Ss to 9s; B. Barrys, Ss to 9s. Oranges.—lsland, repacked, 17s 6d to 19s 6d; ditto, picked sizes, 20s to 22s 6d; « Sydney, 12s to 16s. Lemons.—Local, 5s to 12s. Tomatoes.—Hothouse, 9d to Is Old a lb; 1 Cook Island, 10s to 15s Gd box. ; Strawberries.—ls to 2s a chip. Bananas. —Repacks, 25s to 28s. Mandarins. —12s to 20s. Passions.—Local, 6s to 10s. Loquats.—3s to 6s. Canadian Apples.—l6s to 17s. Pines.—Fiji, repacks, ripe, 14s to 15s. FIELD PRODUCE

Potatoes.—Southern, 11s to 12s Cd a cwt; new, 2d to 3d lb. Onions.—3ss a crate. ' Kumeras.—l4s to 17s o cwt. Cabbage.—3s to 12s a sack. Cauliflower.—Ss to 12s a sack. Swedes.—3s to 5s 6d a bag. Pumpkins.—lss to 24s a cwt. Green Peas.—2d to 6d a lb. Beans.—ls to 2s a lb. Lettuce.—ls to 3s a case. Cucumbers.—4s to 10s a dozen. Cabbage.—On benches, 2s to 5s a dozen. Cauliflower.—On benches, 2s to 8s a dozen. Celery.—3d to Is 6d a bundle. Rhubarb. —2s to 4s 6d a dozen. Spinach.—ls 3d to Is 9d a bundle. Pumpkins.—On • benches. Is 6d to 5s each. Spi'ing Onions.—2d to 6d a bundles Radish.—6d to 9d a dozen. Carrots, Parsnips, Beet and Turnips.— Is to Is 6d. Asparagus.—ls to Is 6d a bundle. Leeks.—4d to 6d a bundle. POULTRY Day-old Chicks.—White Leghorn, 3d to 8d; ditto, Black Orpington, 4d to Sd. Ducklings.—ls to Is 4d. Cock Chicks.—Light breeds, 3d to lOd; ditto, heavy breeds, 9d to 2s 9d. Prime Heavy Cockerels.—7s to 8s 6d. Light Cockerels.—ss to 6s 6d. Heavy Hens. —3s 9d to 5s 4d. Lighter Hens.—2s 9d to 3s 6d. Roosters.—2s 6d to 3s 9d. Ducks.—ls 6d to 2s lOd. Drakes.—Young, 3s 6d to 4s 6d. Muscovy Ducks.—3s to 4s 9d. Muscovy Drakes. —4s to ss. Turkey Hens.—6s to 7s 6d. Goblers. —11s to 16s. NELSON, MOATE AND COY. FIRM WINDING UP It is officially notified that the firm of Nelson, Moate, and Co. has gone into liquidation voluntarily. Mr. Nelson started this firm in Christchurch over 40 years ago. Its distinctiveness was that it introduced a largo proportion of Indian tea in its blends with the China tea that was previously all the fashion. Branches of the firm were established throughout New Zealand. The firm’s teas became so popular that all distributing merchants stocked it.—Dunedin “Star.” MELBOURNE HIDES (Australian and N.Z. Press Association) MELBOURNE, Thursday. At the Melbourne hides sales prices were generally one-eighth of a penny to a farthing higher, excepting for kips.

DONAGHYS ROPE DIVIDEND Press Association. DUNEDIN, Thursday. The directors of Donagliy’s Rope and Twine Company have declared an interim dividend of ninepence a share for the half-year ended September 30. The shares meet with a steady demand at 325, with no sellers. BIG DEAL IN DEBENTURES CHRISTCHURCH. Thursday. A large deal in debentures h as been made privately by one man in Christchurelic will the Christchurch Drainage Board. In one parcel he has bought £50,000 worth of debentures for the board’s large sewerage loan, for which authority has been obtained. Another big parcel of debentures, over £20,000 worth, has been bought, but not by one man. The interest rate on the debentures is 51 per cent. CHICAGO WHEAT (United P.A.—By Telegraph — Copyright) (Australian and N.Z. Press Association) Reed. 10.35 a.m. CHICAGO, Thursday. Wheat.—December, 1 dollar 13J cents a bushel: March, 1 dollar 18g cents; May, 1 dollar 21| cents. BUTTER AND CHEESE Merchants report receipt of overseas cablegrams as follow: Norden and Co., from their London principals. Andrew Clement and Sons, under date October 25: Butter, salted, 166 s to 180 s (equivalent to Is s.lid a lb f.0.b.); unsalted, 190 s; market quiet; cheese, white 109 s (equivalent to 9.95 d a lb f.0.b.), coloured 107 s; market quiet. Amalgamated Dairies, Ltd., from their London manager, under date 25th hist.: Butter, Anchor 182 s, demand still absent, but little more interest; Danish, 190 s, f.0.b.: cheese, white 109 s to 110 s, coloured 107 s to lOSs; market quiet. AUCTION NOTES To-day, before a large attendance, J. R. Robertson and Company, auctioneers, sold for £9OO a dwelling and a threequarter acre 1 section situated in Princes Street, Otahuhu.