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Horowhenua Chronicle, 27 November 1916, Page 1

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rin;; \i-:\v /.kai.aNU i-'AUili.lW co-oi-iaiA ri VK dlstu HJUTTVO (/>.\!I'ANV, TVEJEKI 'S aiC'fMiT Wellington, Nov. 24. t;id potatoes are firm in price, but tr lisacc.oii.s are sniali; mo t supp'.R's held aie Australian growii. Kew paiiu es returned to normal during lh j hut lew days. Values should Ucwevtr cUviine as the new season's supples arrive. Iliere has been a ve.y sharp advance in wheat which hr,is risjn 0:1 per bushel during the last fortnight. Maize also is higher, doubtless in .sympathy with wheat Oats are firm but very little business passing. Pollard and bran are steady. On account of the warmer weather dressed pork is not in such keen demand, and prices show a declining tendency. Eggs are firm. Honey is dull of sale. Poultry is in exceptional demand and fancy prices are beiing realized. Vegetables.—'Choiice spring cabbage still continues to arrive in large quantities and values are much lower. Large consignments of cauliflowers are coming into the market, and low prices are obtained. Choice lettuce is realizing high prices. Good table carrots arid parsnips are in excellent . demand. Celery, spring onions and 'leeks cause keen competition. Rhubarb is more plentiful and prices are weaker. Choice green peas fetch high prices but inferior lines are slow of sale. I'Yuiit. —.Strawberries, passions and gooseberries are arriving in larger quantities and realize satisfactory prices. Lccal cherries are arriving in larger quantities and meet with good demand. Pollard.—£7 10s per ton. Wheat.—Good whole fowl 6s Od bus. - Maiize.—ss lOd per bushel. Oats.— Feed 4s per - bushel; special quotations for large lots. Partridge peas.—Seed 7s Gd per bushel. Potatoes.—£l4 per ton. New potatoes.—2d to 2id. Cabbage.—Choice 5s to 7s; medium 4s per sack. Maize Gs '10d per bushel Onions.—£l3 per ton. Carrots.—los per sack. Leeks.—ls 3d 2>eir bundle. Lettuce.—3s to 6s per case. Spinach.—ls Gd case. Pumpkins.— 12s per sack. Spring onions.— 9d to Is bunch. Asparagus.'—4d to 9d bundle. Nelson Green Peas.—ls to Is 6d. Hutt Gi-een Peas.— Is lOd to 2s per peck. Hutt hothouse tomatoes.— Is 2d per lb. Tomatoes.—ls to Is Id per lb. Parsnips.—l2s par sack. Asparagus.—ls to Is 6d per bundle. Oats. —Crushed 4s 6d per bushel. Seed Oats, Australian.—Algerian, dressed and clipped, ss. others 4s 3d; Cartons and Sparrowbil<n, 4s; Duns, 4s 6d per 'bushel. Partridge Pons Seed.--6s 6d pei bushel. Russian Barley,-Cape Seed—4s 6d per bushel. Barley Feed.—3» 6d per bushel. Barley meal. —£B 10s per toD. Brnn.—£4 15 per ton.

Linseed Oil Cake.— Slab*. Meal and Nuts, £11 10s per ton. TOO's. 12b; 50's. 6s fid. Thig is the beet and cheapest Stock Food procurable. Chaff.—Oaten Sbeaf, £5 10 to £6 per ton. Mollasses.—ln casks. Splendid stock food, 23s per scwt. Casks extra. Straw.—£3 10b per ton. Quicklime.— In 281b air-tight tins, 3s par tin. Meat and Bone Meal, 17s per hundred ; 9s per 50, and 5a per 251b Sag. Eggs,—Fresh Is od per doxen. Poultry.—Light table hens, os ; heavy liens, 7s; Cockerels, (3s o 7s; heavy cockerels, 7s to 8s; good heavy ducks, 9s; Indiian Runners, 7s per pair; Turkey Gobblers, Is to Is Id per lb; hens, lid to Is per lb live weight. Superphosphates, £6 10s per ton. Candles, 25' a 16s 6d per box. Tea, 6- and ID-pound tins, Is 8d; chests, Is fid to Is lOd lb. Cauliflower.—Choice 14e to 18s; medium 6s to 10s per sack. Onions.—£9 10s per ton. Rhubarb.— 4s to 7s dozen bundles. Turnips.—'White 3s fidi to 4s 6d per sack. Spring onions.—9d to Is 2d bu>ncn. Marrows.—se 6d to 7s fid sack. Asparagas.—ls to Is 6d bundle. Swedes—3s to 4s cwt. Apples.—Dessert, choice 'Stunners 13s per case. Lemons —16s per case. Gooseberries.— 2d to 2^d. Strawberries.— Is 3d to Is 7d. Pears.—Choice Vicars 4s 6d to 5s 6cl haf case. Cherries.'—'Local 'Is to Is 2d. fid: choppers heavy 4d' per lb. Dressed Pork. —7u"s to AO's 61a to 7d; 90's to 100's 6)d to 6fci; baconers dozen. Beeswax.—lb 8d pot lb. Fungus 5d to 6d per lb. Walnuts—9d per lb. <