COMMERCIAL.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 6 November 1916, Page 3

COMMERCIAL.

4 N.Z, FARMERS' DISTRIBUTING COMPANY, LIMITED. Wellington, Nov. 3. Supplies of southern potatoes are very short and high prices are being maintained. Limited quantities are arriving from Australia and find a ready sale. Wheat and oats are firm at recent rates. Pollard and bran prices are stationary. Dressed pork is in excellent demand. Eggs axe not so plentiful as usual for this season of the year, the wholesale prices being maintained at 'is 4d. Spring cabbage is in good demand and fair prices are are being realized. Choice cauliflowers have advanced in price and a good demand exists. Choice lines of lettuce are selling at satisfactory prices. Swedes are scarce and high rates are ruling. Parsnips are selling well at advanced rates. Choice table carrots and white turnips are in good demand. Celery, spring onions and leeks are selling freely. The market is well supplied with rhubarb and satisfactory prices are being maintained. Nelson green peas are coming to hand and meet a good demand at fair prices. The first consignments of strawberries have arrived from Auckland and realized satisfactory prices. Hutt gooseberries are abo coming in and cause keen competition. Desert and cooking apples and. pears are scarce and high prices are ruling. Except in the following instances the prices on the first page are unchanged:— Wheat.—Good whole fowl ok Sd bus. Oats.—Feed 4s. Special quotes for large lots. Oats. —Crushed 4s 4d per bushel. Partridge Peas. —Seed 7s Gd per bus. Bran.—£4 15 pev ton. Potatoes.---£l2 per ton. Cabbage.—ss.to 1 6s; medium 3s to 4s per sack. Carrots.—Best 10s to 12s; others 5s to 8s sack. Leeks.—od to Is bundle. Lettuce—os to Cs. I -Nelson Green Peas.— S)d to Is Gd I peck.