THAMES MARKET REPORT.

Thames Star, Volume LXIII, Issue 17762, 9 December 1929, Page 4

THAMES MARKET REPORT.

The:Thames Auction Mart reports: Fair supplies of poultry met a poor demand at last Saturday’s sales, and. values' were again easier. Fruit and vegetables were unchanged and smaller supplies of eggs were disposed of at late rates. Quotations: —

Poultry.—Hens, 2/- to 2/9; pullets (small), 2/6; roosters, 2/,., 6to , 3/-; , cockerels, 4/6; ducks, 2/- to i 2/6; chicks, 6d to lOd each. ’ . Fruit. —Apples (Stunners), 14/6; American, 17/6 to 19/6; oranges, 18/to 25/-; bananas, 24/6; gooseberries, 6/- to 8/-; plums (green), 1/6 to 2/6 per case. V /.

Vegetables.—Potatoes (new), 3/- to 5/-; onions, 5/6; sugar-bag of cabbage, 1/6 to 4/-; cauliflower, 4/- to 7/6 dozen; rhubarb, 4/-; carrots, parsnips and beet, 1/- to 1/6 per doz. bunches; lettuce, 1/6 to 3/-* per' doz.; i peas, 2/6; beans, 3/6 per'peck of 71b. Eggs, 1/- to 1/2; honey, 1/2 per 21b;

sectidns', 4d tp 6d. ; A moderate offering., of household furniture and sundries was somewhat dul lof sale, the attendance versely affected by the weather ■ m'