FRUIT AND PRODUCE

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 70, Issue 107, 18 February 1950, Page 7

FRUIT AND PRODUCE

i COMMERCIAL

ASHBURTON MARKET t Current prices for fruit and produce in Ashburton are:— Lemons—New Zealand (fancy), lid lb. Cabbages—lOd to 1/3 each. Lettuces—6d to Bd. Rhubarb—lOd a bunch. Potatoes—New 4d lb. Garlic—2s'lb, Carrots—Spring, 5d a lb. Silver Beet—sd lb. Onions—Table 4d lb, pickling 4d lb. New, (Id lb. Marrows—9d, Is 3d, Is Gd each. Beans—9d lb. Beetroot—6d bunch. Grape Fruit—N.Z. Is 2d lb. Apples—Gd, 71d, Sid lb; new season’s 9d lb. Tomatoes—ls to 2s lb. Peaches —S.S. dessert, Is Gd to 2s lb; stewing, 2s Gd lb. Plums—ls 3d lb. Apricots—Dessert up to 2s lb; stewing Is Gd lb. Pears —Bon Cretian, lid lb. Nectarines—Dessert, 2s lb; stewing, Is Gd lb. FISH PRICES

Prices of fish (all per lb. and with the charges for filleted in parentheses) are: Ling Is. Id. (Is. Bd.), gurnet Is. 4d. (Is. Bd.), terakihi Is. sd. (Is. 10d.),blue cod Is. 4d. (Is. 6d.), red cod Is. Id. (Is. 4d.),flounder Is. 3d. (2s. 6d.),e01e ls,3d. (2s. Gd.), ling Is. 10d., barracouta Is. sd. lb, crayfish Is. lb, groper Is. Bd. 2s 2d), whitebait 7s lb, salmon 3s lb. \ .. I STOCKS AND SHARES The following transactions were recorded on the Christchurch Stock Exchange yesterday:— Sales on ’Change—Ballins Brewery, 30s, rights Is (2); A.C.1., 655; Macduffs, 12s 4d (2); Woolworths (N.Z.), 24s Gd; Austral (N.Z.), 6s 6d. Sales reported: N.Z. Breweries, 48s 6d; A.C.1., 65s Gd; Broken Hill Proprietary, 47s 9d; Forest Products, 6s 2d.