Commercial.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 28 August 1912, Page 1

Commercial.

»W ZEALAND rißMlßfl , 00OPERATITB DVflllUlllfG ©0., LTD. WEEKLY RfiP©»T. Special to Tko Borowken** Chroatefe. Wellington, August 23, 1912. Tho ■■ recent advances in potatDee >have had a steadying effect on salee, which are not now so ready. Opinions differ as to prospects, but unless furtheii exportation are made to Auetralui we are of opinion that thoro k ample sunppliee available, and prices may even Somewhat. We recommend holders to sell now while the market is favourable. Late New Zealand onions this year seem to be ver yecSrce indeed, and the market .» dependent on Australian end Japan grourn lines, which are selling at about £21 per ton . Eggs are steady and \rger supplies are wanted. The bnttcr market is very firm. Porirere are in splendid demand, with short supplies. Chaff lias weakened still furthoi , and the prospect of atiyi increase this year is remote. Large supplies are offering. The grain trade is quiet. Fair stocks of grass seed are being hold in readiness for the spring trade, which should soon set in. Yogetablee are all in good demand at high prices. Apples are realising high prices, and tho local supply is nearly exhausted. Australian fruit is al lfotching high values. Potatoes, prime, £7 to £7 10s per ton. Potatoes, seed, Up-to-dafes, £6 to £6 10s; White Beauty of Hebron £8; Northern Star £6; Early Puritan £7; Gamekeeper, £8 per ton. Onions, £21 per ton. Cabbage, 3s to 4s 6d per saok. Carrots, 4s 6d to 5s per sack. ■Cauliflower, choice, 10s to 15s per sack. Parsnips, Sβ to fli 6d per teak. Swede, Ss 6d per cwt. Turnips, wkite, ft to Sβ M per M«b Lettuce, 8s to 7e per esse. Pumpkins, 7s 8d to to- 1Q» per ttefc. Apples, Cooking, Epp , * Seed tag, Bβ 6d to 6s; others Sβ fo 7e per eue. Apples: Demrt, fa to 9e pv 3M«. Ch«eie, best factory mtdinnta, *<1 per lb.; loaf, 7id to 86. Mandarines, 12s to 14s Sydney Oranges, 10s to 12s. Seville Oranges., 7s to 7s 6d. Passions 8s to 9s. Queen Pinee, 10s to 13« 6d. Buiie'r, loparafor lid to ll}d, uiiM lid, dairy 10) d to lid per 18. Jgge, fresh, Is per doien. Dressed Pork—7o'e to 9O'« 90'* to 100' a 6id, baboon .i s|« to 6d, ohoppre (lieary) 3d to JJd, itips 7d. iuckere 7Jd per lb. Honey id to 4fd per \h. Beeswax.—ls 5d to la 6d p«r lb. Sid to 4d per lb. 'I«J'. w, tins, 28s per re-. Poultry: cockerels, 4i 6d to 6e for good birds; table rooeter-i, 4c M; table heos, Sβ 6d to st; daake, fa *3 to (f- 6 J per pair; burk'y gnlßlarI•"«! p- lb., hene M lb 1W» Maize: 5b 9d per boihal. "Wheet.— lβ 6d per bm. Tea sack lote, it 4d. Twi. Barley: Sβ 8d per boelwl. Pe*s, Piartridge, 4e per fcueket. 8s 10d for 10 seek lote. Polkrd: £7 1* per ton. Bran: £5 16e to £8 p«r toB. Barley Meal: £7 per ion. Pea and meat Meal: £7 5a p*r ton. Ohaff, oaten shetf, £4 108 U £5 m per ton. Hay: prime olover, £i to &i lOb P«r ton. Meadow Hay for etook feeding Mi per ton in truok lot*. Buoroeme: £7 10e per ton. 11l A. and P. Oo.'b rtoek foodi ert manufaoturerß , pricei. ©kftw.— M 5e per ton, ex *Uf> Linseed oil oake: genuine, ill 10s per ton. Beed, Capo Barley: '4e per fcefltl. Oaie/feed, 2g 8d to 3e 10d; Batii, Sβ lid per bueteJ. Gate, eruehed, 3s U per bueiel. JBeod Oate: Algerkne, Sβ Sd per bushel; Gartone, Excdiiom, 9p**rowbille, Black Rirale, Dune, *• 9i per bushel. -