MARKET QUOTATIONS

Taranaki Daily News, 3 December 1938, Page 9

MARKET QUOTATIONS

NO MATERIAL GHANGES V .. •,; > •• - . NEW PLYMOUTH PRICES The only material ehange in markot priee? at New Plymouth during the week was the rise 'in* hutter necessiteted by the action of the Government. Quotations yesterday were: — Fruit: Pineapptes Is 3d to 1* 9d; lsland oranga* 5 and 6 for 1#; Au*tr*lian orari ges ls 3d to 2* dosen; d**sert apples 2Milb for ls; cooking applfs 31b and 41b for ls; Canadian Jonathans 5 for 1«; New Zealand lemon? 10 to 16 for !*; frapefruit, Sunk.ist, «d each; banama* ,6d lb; dessert pears 2^1b for ls; marmal*de oranges 5 for ls; grapes ls 4d and 1* 6d lb; goosegerries 6d lb; local strawberries. thre«-quarter . ehip*. ls 6d eaeh; Captain Cook strawberries 3s. 6d ehip; cherriee 1? 6d lb; .eherry plums 6d lb. Vegetables; New season's onion* 41b for ls; potatoes, South Island, 9lb for ls; carrots 3d bunch; cgbbage 2d to 4d each; kumera* 4lb "for ls; artichokes, 51b for 1*; cauliflowejip 6d to "9d; lettuoe 2d and 3d each; a^aragus 6d to ls bpndle; white stone: turnips 3d- fiunch; local new potatoes 51b for ls; broad beans 6d lb; green peas 8d lb; *pinach 2d bunch; tomatoes (hothouse) 1* 4d lb; cucumbers 4d and 6d. Meat: Sirloin 9d lb; Spring lamb ls; forequarter, 1* 3d, hindquarter; steak 8d; corned beef 7d and 8d lb; prime ribs '8d lb; rump steak ls' lb; sausagea 6d lb; .tripe 8d lbr Mutton: Leg lOd, forequar--ter 8d lb; hindquarters 9d lb; chops 10d lb; .pork lld lb; veal lOd and ls. - Eggs: Selling, ls 5d dozen. Butter: First grade ls 6d to ls 614d lb, dairy ls 3d; cheese, ordinary lld lb, matured ls ld lb. > Bacon: Rashers ls 2d to 1* 5d, whole hams ls 4d, eooked and prea«ed 2s 4d lb. shoulders ls Otfcd lb. Poultry and Wholesale Eggs. Messr*. L. A. Nolan and Company reoort big pennings and a fair demand at the saies of poultry at New Plymouth yesterday. The following prices were realised: Hen*. fo ld to 3s Ud; oockerel*. ls to 2s 8d; small, 3d to »d; rocwtere, 2s 2d to 3s 3d; turkeys, 8s to 13* 6d; dueks, 2s 6d to 2s 8d; dueklings, 2s to 4S„4d. Eggs were more plentiful and Ihe prices slightly lower than last week at Messrs. Webster Bros.' wholesale »cction at New Plymouth ye?tetday. The priees were: Hens, ls 4d to ls 5d; dozen: mixed, 1* 3d to ls 4^id; duck, 1* 3d to ls 4d.