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Evening Star, Issue 24292, 5 September 1942, Page 6

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FRUIT AND VEGETABLES. 4. quiet week has been experienced in the fruit marts, as there have been no overseas fruits on offer. Steady supplies of apples, mostly Delicious and Sturmers, arc coining forward each day, but sales ■are slow owing' to the high prices ruling. Cooking sorts are finished for the season. Dessert pears are offering in small lots, as they are released ex cool store, and these have to be rationed to retailers. Cookers are finished for the season. Poorraan oranges are in fair sunnly from the North Island, but there is little inquiry, despite the fact that prices have been sharply reduced. Oranges, lemons, and bananas are now unobtainable in the marts, and there is no word when further supplies will be available. The shipment ot Tonpn bananas was the worst conditioned line the local market has received for many years. Fortunately, it was only a small consignment Cabbages for the first time for several months "have realised prices that should show growers a margin of profit. The prices of cauliflowers have been maintained. and supplies were short at the week-end. Celery and leeks are in fair supply. Swedes are in heavier supply. Inferior grade carrots and parsnips are slow cf sale, but choice quality lines sell readily. Supplies of lettuce are hardly sufficient for the demand. Spinach has a good inquiry. Spring flowers are arriving from the North Island and are realising high-prices. Wholesale prices are as follows: Apples: Delicious, 9s to 13s 6d per case; Sturmers, 5s 6d to 10s; Granny Smith, 9s to 13s. n ~ Pears: Dessert. 7s 6d to 8s 6d per baitcase. Poorman oranges, 12s to 16s per case. Bananas, lemons, and navel oranges are sold out at the marts. New Zealand passion fruit. 25s to 25s per case. Lettuce. Choice, Is 6d tc 3s per dozen. Carrots, Is to Is 6d per dozen bunches; 3s 6d to 5s per sugar bag. . Leeks, 4d to 5d per bundle. Celery, Is to Is 6d per bundle. Savoy cabbages, 2s Gd to 4s per sack; spring cabbages, 2s to 3s 6d per case.. Spinach, Is 6d to 2s 6d per dozen bunches. Cauliflowers: Choice, 6s to 9s 6d per sack. Beetroot, Is to Is 6d per dozen bunches. Parsnips, to Is 6d per dozen bunches; 5s per sugar bag. Brussels sprouts, 3d to per lb. Pumpkins, to per lb. Swedes, Is 6d per sugar bag. , MINING. Ngahere Dredge.—The return for August was 4950 z from 187,177 yards worked in 40Q hours. ‘ During the month the dredge was stopped for five days for repairs to the high-pressure pump motor Alexander Mines.—The mine report for the month of August states that sloping and filling operations were carried out in the slopes north of No. 2 rise, and one pair of men were part-time employed prospecting for an extension of stone previously located. To date, this has not been found, but . the major part of this work has contributed mullock . for slope filling. Tonnage for the month has been 155 tons of clean ore. Generally speaking, the mine is looking very well, the ore showing a considerable amount of free gold. The major part of the ore body now being sloped .has a very flat dio. making work more difficult than is usually the case. ; COAST DREDGES: (P.A.) GREYMOUTH, Sept. 5. Snowy River dredge return this week: 121 i ounces for 122 hours (25,700 yards). Maori Go’.l; 30 ounces for 127 hours