FRUIT AND VEGETABLES

Dominion, Volume 34, Issue 43, 14 November 1940, Page 14

FRUIT AND VEGETABLES

Wellington Market Prices Prices of fruit and vegetables in the Wellington market this week are quoted bv Lae°ry and Co., Ltd., Townsend and rt rl Gpor°e Thomas and Co., -D. £ aul - nnd fk, Ltd Thompson Bros., i f,? 1 A IMrmand Co., Ltd., and Turners and Growers (Wellington), Ltd., as fol--10 elegies: 19/- to 24/- a box. Passion fruit 20/- to 25/- a half case. Strawberries Auckland 2/4 t 0 3/9 a punnet Nelson 1/4 to 1/7. Gooseberries nd. to 6Jd. a lb. Grapes, hothouse, 3/b a lb. Tomatoes: Hothouse, 1/3 to 1/b alb. Beans, hothouse, 1/9 to 2/11 a tomatoes. 9/6 to 12/- a halt case. Bionze plums? 7- to 9/9 a half case. Grapefruit, 10/- to 16/- a case. , Asparagus: lid. to 1/2 a bunch. Cucumbers, 10/- to 10 /6 f , tloz ® ll l ’ l Xe „ Green peas: 3d. to 4 4 d. a lb. New potatoes. 5/- to 6/- a sugar hag. , 1 Potatoes: 3/6 to 6/6 a cwt. Onions, 10/- to 23/- a cental bag. Kumeras, 8/to 12/-a sugar bag. Cabbage: Spring, 1/6to 6 /’\ d ,! d ® e ’ Lettuce, choice 7/- to 12/- a case, others, to 6/-. Cauliflowers, 5/- to 11/6 a sack. Silver beet, 3/- to o/- a case. Spinach, 2/6 to 11/6 a case. Swedes: New Seasons, 4(1. to Bd. a bunch. Parsnips, new season s, 6d. to 1/a bunch. Beetroot, new seasons, nd. to lid. a bunch. Carrots, new'seasons, ad. to 1/3 a bunch. Leeks, 3/6 to a/- a ease. Broad beans, 5/- to 11/6 a case. Rhubarb, 3/- to 11/- a dozen bunches. Mount Lyell Dividend The Mount Lyell Mining and Railway Company, Ltd., has declared a final-divi-dend for the year ended September 30, of 1 /?> a share in Australian currency, payable on December IS. An interim dividend of 9d. a share was paid in June. The distribution for the year, therefore, totals 2/- a share, equivalent to 10 per cent., compared with 74 per cent, for the two preceding years. Dunedin Stock Exchange Pty. The Dunedin Stock Exchange Proprietary, Ltd., has advised the Stock Exchange Association that an interim dividend of 24 per cent, for the past halfyear. being’sixpence a share, will be payable on December 2. Perpetual Trustees .Dividend (By Telegraph—Press Association.) DUNEDIN, November 13. At a meeting of the board of directors of the Perpetual Trustees Estate and Agency Company of New Zealand, Limited. it was decided to declare an interim dividend of 1/- a share for the past six months, payable on November 25.