In the Market Place

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 510, 13 November 1928, Page 16

In the Market Place

APPLE PRICES WEAKER RIPE BANANAS CHEAPER To-day, on the City Markets, apple prices were weaker. During the week large quantities of local varieties have been placed on the market and there is no slackening in the supply. Prices have decreased for ripe bananas. Lemons are still selling at low prices. Large quantities of strawberries are coming forward and are meeting with a brisk inquiry. The rates are well up to expectations. Only small quantities of gooseberries are reaching the markets. There is a fair demand. The vegetable market is very heavily supplied with cabbage, lettuce and cauliflower. Green peas are in ample supply and good quantities of root vegetables are held. Quotations: FRUIT „ Apples.—Sturmers, 6s to 8s; Delicious, os to Ss; Dougherty, 5s to 7s 6d; Granny Srruth, 10s to 12s; Canadian Jonathan, 14s to 16s; Canadian Delicious, 14s to 16s; Canadian Grimes Golden, 14s to 15s. Pears.—Repacks, Nelis, 8s to 10s; repacks, Coles, 8s to 10s; repacks, Josephine, 5s to Ss; repacks, P. Barrys, 7s to 9s. 16? ranffeS ~ lSland * 24S ' Valencias * 12s to Loquats.—3s to 6s. Lemons.—6s to 11s. Tomatoes.—Hothouse, No. l’s. Is 3d to Is 6d a lb; No. 2’s. 9d to Is 3d a lb. Bananas.—Repacks, 18s to 21s. Strawberries.—ls to Is 6d. Gooseberries.—los to 11s. Passions.—Local. 13s. Pines.—los to 12s. FIELD PRODUCE Potatoes.—Southern, 10s to 12s a cwt; new, to 2d a lb. Onions.—3os to 33s a crate. Kumeras.—l6s to 18s a cwt. Cabbage.—ls to 4s 6d a sack. Cauliflower.—ls to 5s a sack. Swedes.—3s to 5s a bag. Pumpkins.—2os to 24s a cwt. Green Peas.—2d to 4d a lb. Beans.—Broad, 2d to 2id a Jb; French, Is to Is 6d a lb. Lettuce.—2s to 5s a case. Cucumbers.—Outdoor, 4s to 7s a doz.; hothouse, 4s to 7s. Cabbage.—On benches, Is to 2s a doz. Cauliflower.—On benches. Is to 3s a dozen. Celery.—lnferior, 6d a bundle. Rhubarb.—2s to 4s a dozen. Spinach.—ls to Is 6d a dozen. Pumpkins.—On benches, Is to 5s each. Spring Onions.—3d to Is a bundle. Radish.—6d to Is/ 3d a dozen. Carrots, Parsnips, Beet and Turnips.— Is to Is 6d a dozen. Asparagus.—9d to Is 3d a bundle. Leeks. —3d to 6d a bundle. RECORD TRADING WALL STREeV IN FEVER (Australian and K.Z. Press Association) Reed. 11.36 a.m. NEW YORK, Mon. Stock Exchange sales reached a new record, with sales o£ 5,681,300 shares. The tickers were over an hour behind all day, following a spectacular opening, when tremendous buying poured in from the entire country. The late tickers slowed the sales somewhat at noon; but after that buying increased again, and traders were lost in attempting to follow sensational trading. Extraordinary price movements were recorded in Radio Corporation, International Nickel, and Sears Roebuck. MINING NEWS ALB URN I A.—The manager reports: The drive ffiorlh on the hangingwall branch of the Orlando reef has been extended 3ft, a total of 303 ft from the centre of the main crosscut. This reef averages about lOin wide and still carries nice mineral and silica. The cross leader we are still carrying in the drive averages 12in wide and is still a little mixed with mullock. The drive south on the cross leader from the main drive north on hangingwall Orlando reef has been driven 7ft. The reef here averages .ISin wide, but is split into three branches, all of which carry nice mineral an.l silica, and colours ©f gold are seen in the ore. The rise on the dropper of the Sons of Freedom reef has been risen 10ft, a total of 73ft. The reef here averages lOin wide and the quartz looks well for making gold. The footwall country, rock is interlaced with mineral veins and quartz stringers. Some repairs have been done to the main level, also the small air-pipes from the west crosscut to the face of the drive on the hangingwall branch of the Orlando reef have been taken out and replaced with 2in galvanised pipes. OCCIDENTAL UNA.—The manager reports: “The reef in the stopes at No. 5 level is a nice body of ore, sft wide, and appears to be making bigger as we go further south. This reef has been driven on for 150 ft south of these stopes, so there is a large quantity of milling ore. intact. The bullion from the first 20 loads crushed realised £S7 6s, which augurs very well for the future. Crushing is proceeding. The reef being stoped is the southern extension of the No. 2 from which the late company grot most of their payable dirt. From the appearance of the ore being broken there seems every indication that a new run of gold is making above the level as we go south and the reef is intact, as far as w© know, to the surface.