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Horowhenua Chronicle, 30 April 1915, Page 3

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Laery and Co., Ltd., Allen street, report wholesale prices as follow : —Fowls' wheat, prime 7s 7d per bushel; fowls' barley, (3s 3d; Cape 'barley seed, (3s 6'd; feed peas, prime 6s (id; partridge peas, 7s 6d bushel; Prussian blue peas, 8s; maize 6s 3d ; oats 4s 6d te -Is 8d per bushel; chaff, oatensheal, per ton, £8 os ; hay £7 ; flour in sacks £18 ; oatmeal £22; bran £8 os; pollard £9 15s to £10 onions New Zealand. £o to £6 ton: potatoes white skinned table, £5 to £6 per ton ; bacon all best factory sides 9Jd per lb; hams 9id ; rolls, 10»d : shoulders, bacon 7-ijd; cheese, factory medium Bid to 9d per lb; basic slag. £6 per ton; superphosphates, £5 5s bonebust mixed. £6 15s; linseed meal. £19 10s. In Melbourne the price ot butter has been advanced 2d to Is 9d per lb. Tea has gone up a penny per pound. WELLINGTON MARKETS. Apples, choice dessert (is 6d to "s Gd case, prime 5s to 6s; eo-> v ,ra choice large 4s to 4s 6d case, prime 3s to 3s 6d grapes, choice 7d to 9d lb: tomatoes, choice 3s to 3s 6d half-case, prime 4s to ss, stewing choice 3s 6d to 4s case, primp 2s fid to 3s; cape gooseberries. 5d to Gd lb; passions (locals). 2~s Cd ft> 3s box: persimmons, 2s Gd to 3s box. Pickling onions are in fair demand. , Potatoes, choice £7 per ton, prime £6 [to £6 10s; onions £5 per ton. pickling onions. £10 to £11 per ton. Cauliflowers, choice 10s to 12s sack, prime 6s to Bs, small 3s 6d to 4s 6d : cabbages choice 3s 6d to 4s per sack, prime Is 6d to 2s: lettuce choice 4s to 5s case, prime 3s to 3s (id; Brussels sprouts 4s 6d to 5s Gd part sack: cucum hers. 7s to 9s large case; pumpkins. 5s to 6-s sack: French beans Gs to 8s sack : green peas, choice lis to 13s three-quar ter sacks, prime 8s to 10s; fieetront 3s 6d to 4s 6d sack ; carrots 3s Gd to 4s Gd sack; parsnips, 4s to 5s sack; spinach. 3s fid to 4s case ; marrows. 2s to 2s Gd sack; turnips 3s to 4s sack; p'emelor?. 4s to 5s sack.

An excellent demand is resulting for both fresh and preserved eggs, as supplies are fnsufficient for requirements at the present' time. Fresh are selling at 2s per dozen, and preserved at 16 7d.