Commercial.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 29 July 1912, Page 1

Commercial.

Chronicle

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WEEJxLY REPOIIT.

Special to The ilorowhenua

WELLLVGiTUX, July ->\j

I'olaLous arc in odeimiml and piiccs iiro being uuuntaiiiod, but supply lias much iiicroused. durijig the UTi'k. Wo repeflt our ioniior advice that w<: do not think clients .slioiiUl hold buck (supplies. Onions, wJioro quality is good, sell well at satisl'octory jjrices. are scarce, ainl in excellent demand, hut art' bound to decline shortly. Pork is in short .supply, and moots roady sale. A much larger supply would bo readily disposed of at ruling high rates. Poultry is in good demand where quality is right. The- excessive, and continuous wet weablier is having a depressing effect on business generally, and with the coming ill an improvement in this direction •better trade in grain, etc., may bo lokod for.

Apples are in good demand, and Australian friiitts this week "found a particularly ready sale. We coukl take much larger consignments. Cauliflower are lower in pri'co, and cabbage is agai üback to nominal value's. Uother vegetables in good demand, excepting carrots and swedee which are dull of, sale. lettuce is revising very high prices. Potatoes.-Trimo, £6 10a to £7. Potatoes, tiecd.—Up-to-dates, £ti IDs; Beauty of Hobron and Early Pose, I'D; Northern Sta,r £6 10s; Early Puritan, £7; Princess Victoria, £SJ iOi. por ton. Onions.-—£lo per ton. Cabbago: -s to Is lid per sack. Carrois; 3s to Is Lid per sack. Carrots, horse: 35s por ton. I'anlillower: Choice, Us to & pe«" sack. MiH'iows.- -Us per fsaek. I'arsnip.s: .Jin Gd U) [k.m. , sack. Pumpkins.—Os per sack. Swedes, —is 6d to Is 9d per cwt. Turnips: white, Is 6d por sack. l-vttucr: Us to Is JMM" ease. A|)ples: Cooking, Kpp'.s Seedling, ■Is to Is (id; ollivrs 5s to os 6d per eases. Apples: J)essort, Gs k> 9s per case. Cheese.: Lest factory mediums, 7d; loaf, 7Jd por lb. ilanderiiies: lit- to l:!h (id. Oranges: Ss U\ 10s. Passions -.Is Od 11> lis (><(. (,).u<'eii I'ines: 8s to '10.-. I.eniDiis : (is 1.0 7s 'id. Huttci , .- Separator, 11 Jd; milled Id ; dairy lid por lb. Kggt>: Fresh. Is ikl por dozen. Preserved eggs.—ls 3d t* Is id por dozen. Dressed Pork : 7l)'s [u !)l)'.s (>} ; !)()'s to l(K)'s (ijd : fid ; choppers (heavy), lljd ; slips, 7d ; siifkfrs 7i<l per lb. Tlonoy.— 4Jd per lb. Reoewax: Is 4d to Is 5d per lb. Fungus: 3Jd to 4d per lb. Tallow: tins, 2Cn cwt. Poultry: cockerels, <h Gd to 6s for good birds; table roosters, ts fxl ; la-010 liens, 3s Gd to 55.; duoks, 5s 6d to Gk Gd por pair; turkey gobblers, 9d lo 10d per lb; hens, 8d to 9d per lb live weight. Maize: os 9d por bushel. Wheat.- 4s 6d per hua. Ten sack lots, Is 4d. Feed Barley: 3s 8d per hushel. Pears, Partridge.- -4s per Duahel 3s 10d for 10 sack lots. Pollard: £7 10s per ton. Hran : Co 10s to tO per ton, li.iiley M(!<il: C 7 [jer ton. I , eu and Wheal .Meal: G7 5s por ,fe>n. Chaff.-Oaten sheaf, £4 10s to £5 por t<m. Chaff: Oaten .Straw, £3 10s per ton. Hay: primo clover, £4 to £4 10s por ton. Hay Ryo: fnr stock feeding, £3 15s por ton, in truck lots. Sncrosino: £7 10a per ton. All A. and P. Co.'b stock foods at manufacturers' prices. Stra\v.--£3 5s per ton, ex store. Linseed oil cake: genuine, £18 lOe por ton. Oata: feed, 2s 8d to 2s 10d; Drtno, 2s lid; crushed, 8a por bushel. Seed, Capo Barley: 4e per bushel. Seed Oats: Algerians, 3s 8d per bushel; Cartons, Excelsiors, Spnrrovrbills, Black Rivals, Duns, 3s 6d por hushol.