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Kaipara and Waitemata Echo, 18 January 1917, Page 2

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PRODUCE MARKET

Mr. J. Jones, Auctioneer, Victoria and Lome Streets, Auckland, reports :— The market this week has been fullysupplied with potatoes, onions, and poultry, and in all lines prices are Jqwer than last report. Fruit is selling POULTRY ' Hens, prince 3s, to 3s sd, goqd 2s 6d to ?3 9d, pqar Is 9d to ?s ; du.cl|s 2s to 3s 4d ; rqqsters, prime 4s to ss, good 3s to 4s, smaller 2s to 2s gd ; Gaofere'Us IQd to Is 3d; turkeys, gobblers 8s 6d to 13s 6d, hens 4s to ss. Pig3,l2s 6d to £1 5s 6d. FARM PRODUCE Potatoes, prime £7 to £8, good £6 to £6 10s, smaller 25 to £5 10s, (very small and inferior a^e hard to sell) ; onions £6 to £6 :j.Qs. ' . ■ • • CAIRY BRqDiUCE Butter Is tq Is Id, eg^s Is, $d, cheese 9d to IQ4, l*ams lid, sid.es llj^d. FRUIT Apples, local, bushel oases, 7s 9d to 14s, cookers 9s to 10s 6d; lemons, local 12s, rough 5s 6d to 6s ; plums, Burbanks 3s 6d to 4s 9d, ogans 3s to 4s 4d ; peaches 5s 6d to Bs, smaller 3s to 3s 9d ; apricots 11s 6d; pears 4s to 3s 6d ; tomatoes, 4s to 7s. GRAIN Maize ss, wheat 7s, oats 4s, bran £5 10s, sharps Bs, chaff (S.oudan) £7 10s ; .