In the Market Place

Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 1024, 15 July 1930, Page 11

In the Market Place

OVERSEAS SHIPMENTS LOCAL PRICES UNCHANGED Two shipments of fruit from overseas will be offered at the City Markets this week. Today a smaller quantity of citrus fruits than usual arrived from Australia by the Maunganui, and on Thursday the Waipahi will bring in Island oranges. Stocks of the latter held in the city are now almost exhausted. No changes were reported in the prices of local fruit offered aj: the auction today, with the exception of hothouse tomatoes, which were a little easier. Tree tomatoes were slow of sale and pears were also dull. There was a fair demand for lemons. Repacked Samoan bananas were considerably dearer. Cauliflowers are becoming more plentiful, and new potatoes are coming forward more freely at the auctions. There was again an oversupply of celery, and good supplies of cabbage, pumpkins and kumeras. The demand was fair. The price of all-main grades of eggs has become firm, and nev change lias been recorded for some time. Moderate supplies are to hand with a good demand. Farmers’ butter is in short supply, and the demand good. Quotations: FRUIT Apples.—Delicious, 4s 6d to 7s: Ballarats, 6s 6d to 7s 9d; Stunners, Hawke s Bay, 6s 6d to 8s; Stunners, Nelson, black spot, 5s 6d to 6s; Grannie Smith, 6s Gd to 8s 6d; Dougherty, 5s to 6s: Salome, 5s Gd to 6s; Rome Beauty, 5s 6d to Gs Gd; Munroes, 6s to 7s. p ears .—Coles, 5s to 8s Gd; Nellis. 5s to 8s Gd; P. Barry, 4s to 6s-Gd; Josephine, 5s to 6s Gd. Tomatoes.—Hothouse, 4Jd to lOd lb; outdoor, 4s to 8s 6d box. Passions. —5s to 9s. Lemons.—Choice, 12s to 16s; others, Gs t° 10s. Grape Fruit.—Local, special count, 9s to 10s; small, 6s to 7s. Foorman Oranges.—Large, 7s 6d to 8s Cd: small, 4s to ss. Tree Tomatoes. —No. 1, 4 s 6d to 6s; small, 3s to 4s; dark variety, 5s Gd to 7s. Oranges.—lsland, according to count, 11s to 16s; Australian Navels ,10s to 13s. Bananas.—Repacked, ripe, 18s to 265. FIELD PRODUCE Potatoes. —Southern, 6s Gd to 7s 3d cwt; new, 3d to 4d lb. Onions. —2s 6d to 4s bag. Kumeras. —Local, 3s to 4s bag; Tauranga, Ss to 9s cwt. Cabbage.—ls Gd to 4s Gd sack. Cauliflower. —4s to 9s sack. Swedes.—ls 6d to 2s 6d bag. Pumpkins.—3s to 7s 6d cwt. Beans. —Hothouse, Is to Is Cd lb. Lettuce.—ls to 4s Gd case. Vegetable Marrows.—ls Gd to 2s doz. Cabbage.—On benches, 2s to 4s Gd doz. Cauliflower.—On benches, 3d to 9d each. Celery.—6d to 2s Gd bundle. Rhubarb. —3s to 4s Gd dozen. Spinach.—ls dozen. PumpkinSL—On benches, 9d to Is 9d each. Radish. —Gd dozen. Spriryy Onions.—3d to Is bundle. Carrots, Parsnips, Beet and Turnips.— 9d to Is 4d dozen. Leeks.—3d to 4d bundle. z OUR WOOL IN LONDON PRICES HOLD AT SALES Reed. 10.35 a.m. LONDON, Monday. At tho wool sales 9,2GG bales were offered, including 1,104 from New Zealand. About 8,060 bales were sold. There was a large selection of super, good stylo and spinners’ sorts in Merinos, which met with brisk support. Of other sorts there was a small supply. • Prices were unchanged. Yorkshire was buying nothing. Tho Bradford market is unchanged, but the trade depression is being acutely felt.