COMMERCIAL.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 25 November 1916, Page 1

COMMERCIAL.

TUB NT.W SCKALAXT> i'AßltKli^' CO-OP JiRATJ.V.K DISTRIBUTING (XVMPANY, LIMITED. -eviSJSK» 1 •"! h~*•'.? T Wellington, Aoi' \jld pouit-os ;ire livm in price, but ir..n .jKti-.:ns are sutuli; mwt i'cl i au> Australian grown. >.\w poci\t us have relumed to normal du.mg Li;e lr.st diiys. Values should, lio.vs.ver. steadily (Lclinc now seasou's arrhe. Thero lias been a \ery sharp advance in wheat, which has ri-en Ud per bushel dur.ng the week. Maize ie also higher. doubtless in sympathy with wheat. Oats are firm, but very little business passing. Pollard and bran are steady. Oil account of the warm or weather, dressed pork i<? not in such keen demand, and prices show a declining tendency. 'Kggs are firm. Honey is dull of sale. Poultry is in exceptional demand, and fancy prices are being realised. Vegetables.—Thero is an abundant supply of spring cabbage arriving, and values have 'decerned. Cauliflowers are in good supply, and; prices are much lower. There is an excell n demand; for choice lettuce, and fair prices are ruling. Choice table carrots and white turnips are bringj.ng high prcies. Celery, spring onions, and leeks cause keen competition. The demand remains good for which is fairly plentiful. Choice Xclson green peas are in good demand, but inferior lines are hard to qiut. Fruit.—Strawberries, passions, and Gooseberries are arriving in small parcels, audi causing keen competition. Local cherries are arriving in large quantities, and meet with good demand. Pollard.—£7 10s per ton. "Wheat.—Good whole fowl 6s Cd bus. Maize.—ss lOd per bushel. Oats.— Feed 4s per bushel; special quotations for large lots. Partridge peas.—Seed 7s (id per bushel. Potatoes.—£l3 per ton. New potatoes.—2^d Cabbage.—Cs to 8s; medium 4s per sack. Maize Cs '10d per bushel Onions £12 per ton. Carrots.—Best 14s per sack. Leeks.—ls 3d pea- bundle. Lettuce. —3s 6di to 5s Cd. Spinach.—ls Gd case. Beetroot.— 7s. Spring onions.— 9d to Is bunch. Asparagus.-—4d to 9d bundle. X-elson Green Pens.— Is to Is 8d peck. Hutt hothouse tomatoes.— Is 2d per lb. Nelson tomatoes.—lOd per lb. . Parsnips.— 15s per sack. Asparagus.—ls to Is 6d per bundle. Oats.—Crushed 4s 6d per bushel. Seed Oats, Australian.—Algerian, dressed and clipped, ss, others 4a 3d; Gartons and Sparrowbilis, 4s; Duns, 4s 6d per bushel. Partridge Poas Seed.—Bs fid pei bushel. " Russian Barley, Cape Seed—4s Sd per bushel. Barley Feed.—3s 6d per bnsbel. Barley meal.—£B 10a per toe. Bran.—£4 15 per ton. Linseed Oil Cake.—Slabs, Meal and Nuts, £11 10s per ton. TOO'®, 12s; 50's. 6s fid. This Ls the best and cheapest Stock "Food procurable. Chaff.—Oaten Sheaf, £5 10 to £6 per ton. Molloeses.—lll cask*. Splendid stock food. 28e per scwt. Casks extra. Straw.—£3 10s per ton. Quicklime. —In 281b air-tight tins, 3s per tin. Meat and Bone Meal, 17s per hundred ; 9s per 50, and 5b per 251b bag. Eggs.—Fresh ls 5d per doxen. Poultry.—Light table hens, ss; heavy liens. 7s; Cockerels. 6s o 7s; heavy cockerels, 7s to 8s; good heavy ducks, 9s; Indian "Runners, 7s per pair; Turkey Gobblers, Is to Is Id per lb; liens, lid to ls per lb live weight.

Superphosphates, £8 10s per ton. Oandlee, 25' a 16a 6d per box. Tea, 6- and ID-pound tins, Is Sd: chests, Is 6d to Is lOd lb. Cauliflower.—Choice 14b to 18s; medium 6a to 10s per sack. Onions.—£9 10s per ton. Rhubarb.—lßs per dozen bunches. Turnips. "White 2s Gd to 3s 6d per sack. Lettuce—6s to 6s. Spring onions.—9d to Is 2d bunch. Marrows.—ss 6d to 7s 6d sack. Asparagas.—ls to Is 6d bundle. Swedes—3s to 4s cwt. Apples.—Choice dessert 12s to 14s per case. Lemons —16s per case. Rhubarb.—'los to 13s dozen bundles. Pears.—Choice Vicars 4s 6d to 5s 6d haf case. 6d: choppers heavy 4d per lb. Dressed Pork.—Vu*B to AO's 6Ja to 7'd: SO's to 100's o|d to 6|d; baconere dozen. Beeswax.—la 6d par lb. Fungus 5d to 6d per lb. Walnuts.—9d par lb.