MARKET PRICES

Taranaki Daily News, 1 June 1935, Page 11

MARKET PRICES

BUTTER RISES PENNY PER POUND. NEW PLYMOUTH QUOTATIONS. The principal features of market prices at New Plymouth during the week were a rise of Id per pound in butter and another fall in the price of Oggs. Yesterday’s quotations were:—Fruit: Apples, Stumers 51b for Is, Delicious 31b for Is, Grannie Smith 31b for Is, Ballarat 41b for Is; oranges, Sunkist 5 for Is, Island 4, 5 and 6 for Is; lemons, Tauranga 8 for Is; • bananas, 2£lb for Is; pears, 4d per lb; Sunkist grape fruit, 6d each; pine- ' apples, 6d and 8d each; tomatoes, 6d lb, hothouse Is lb; . tree tomatoes, 6d lb; chokos, 2d each; marmalade oranges, 6, 8 and 10 for Is. Vegetables: Potatoes, South Island 81b for Is; onions, 61b for Is; silver beet, 3d bundle; jam melons, Id lb; root vegetables, 3d a bundle; pumpkins, Id lb; cabbage, d 6 to 9d each; celery, 4d to 6d a head; marrows, 2d each; lettuce, 3d and 4d; rhubarb, 6d a bundle; kumaras, 61b for Is; beans, 2Jlb for Is. Beef: Sirloin, 7d per lb; beef steak, 6d; corned beef, 6d and 7d per lb; prime ribs, 6d and 7d per lb; rump steak, 9d per lb; sausages, 4d per lb; tripe, 8d per lb. Mutton: Legs, 7d and 8d per lb; forequarters, 8d per lb; hindquarters, 6d and

7d per lb; chops, 6d and 8d per lb. Lamb: lOd to is. Miscellaneous: Pork, 8d 'and 9d per lb; veal; 6d and 8d per lb. Butter: Factory, first grade, Is per lb; whey, lid per lb; dairy, lOd 'per lb. Cheese: Ordinary, 7d per lb; matured, lOd per lb. Bacon: Rashers from Is to Is 3d. By piece from 9d per lb. Ham: Whole, Is Id per lb; cooked, pressed, Is 2d per lb; shoulders, lOd per ib. Eggs: Hen, buying Is lid, selling 2s 2d, duck, buying Is lid, selling 2s 1 2d.