COMMERCIAL.

Southland Times, Issue 18817, 10 May 1920, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

THE LOCAL MARKETS. Times Office, Saturday. St. George assorted pastes have been advanced 6d per dozen. Mildura sultanas and curranto are again available and are being quoted at 1/24 and 1/- per lb respectively. Supplies of Hawaiian sliced pine-apples are again available. A small lot of tartaric acid has been landed and is being quoted at 5/3 lb. Lion jams have been advanced 2/- per dozen, Regent cigarettes in 10’e cartons and 20’s tins are again on the market. Pear’s unscented soap, which is now controlled by Messrs Lever Bros., shows an advance of over 3/6 per dozes.

THE LOCAL MARKETS. Times Office, Saturday. CURRENT PRICES. The following are current prices quoted by a retailer:— —Wholesale. — Eggs, 2/6. Bacon, 1/7. Butter —Farm 1/3, separator 1/4, factory i, '. : i. Bran, £3 per ton. Flour, £l7 10/- to £2O 10/-. Oatmeal, £3l 10/- to £35. Potatoes, £8 to £lO per ton. —Retail—■ Eggs, 2/9. Bacon, 1/10. Butter —Farm 1/4, separator 1/6, factory 1/8 net cash, 1/84 booked. Pollard, 12/- per 100. Flour—2s's 5/9, 50's 11/-, 100's 21/6, 200’s 39/-. Oatmeal —25’s 9/3, 50’s 18/-. Potatoes. 11/- to 13/- per cwt. Kerosene, 12/3 and 24/-. FISH. The good w r eather of the past week has been favourable to the fishing industry, plentiful supplies of all varieties reaching the local market. Oysters and muUonbirds arc also plentiful and meet with a ready dem and. FRUIT AND VEGTABLES. Fruit has been coming forward in large quantities during the week, supplies of apples and pears being in excess of the demand. Peaches are now practically finished for the season and very few tomatoes are now' coming forward, the bulk of which are on the green side. Pie-molons and passion fruit reached the market per the s.s. Tnrawera on Monday last and Fiji bananas ox Lyttelton arrived in bad order. The following are the approximate wholesale prices:—Fiji bananas, 20/- to 28/- per case; Island oranges, 25/- to 30/- per case; American lemons, double c<«ses 00/- a case; passion fruit from 12/6 to 15/- per box; pie-melons for jam, 2sd per lb; apples, choice Delicious 4d to 44d per lb; Cox orange, 10/- to 12/- case; Jonathans, 7/6 to 10/- case; Adam’s Pcannain, 8/6 to 10/6; cookers, lid to 2*d per lb; pears, dessert, Winter Nelis, 2id to 3d; Colas, 2d to 24d; Clairgean, 0/- to 8/- case; Autumn Nelis, 6/6 to 8/- case; cookers, 4/6 to 6/casc; tomatoes, local hothouse, 7d to 8d; Christchurch outdoor, 24d to 3d; green pickling, lid to 2d; plums, Coe’s late red, 24d to 3d per lb; grapes, 1/6 to 2/3 lb. Vegetables.—Better supplies are coming forward. Cabbages arc selling at from 5/to 7/- per sack; cauliflowers, 6/- to 9/dezen; carrots and parsnips, 9/- cwt; vegetable marrows, 9/- cwt; swede turnips, 2/6 to 4/- sack. HARDWARE. Prices are practically unchanged from last week, with the exception of cement, which has been raised 6d per bag by the manufacturers. The building tsade is busy and Lite demand for hardware is good.

THE RIALTO. Messrs William Todd nnd Co., Ltd., refort the following sales on Saturday, May 8; Poultry.—Hens, 1/8 to 2/3; pullets, 10/-; roosters 2/- to 3/6; purebred Indian Runnel ducks, 5/S to 7/6; ducks, 2/11 to 4/3; cockerels, 1/- to 1/9. Pigs.—Suckers, £1 1/- to £1 10/-; weancrs, £1 13/- to £2 5/6; small stores, £2 8/-; large pigs. £4 13/- to £5 11/-; call, 10/6. Ferrets.—Very poor demand; we do not recommend consignments. Sundries-—Spring-cart, £24,; rustic cart, £8; harness, £5 10/-; saddle and bridle, £7 10/-. Produce. —Potatoes, £S to £8 10/- per ion; onions, 13/- cwt; oat dust, 5/- bag. Horse-covers, £2 5/- to £2 12/6; cowcovers, £1 1/- (lined). Tea (in chests), 2/9 to 3/3 lb. F. BOWDEN & CO.’S REPORT. Messrs F. Bowden & Co. report heavy supplies of fruit, large supplies of apples and pears still coming to our market. Bananas arrived during the week in fair condition, and good lots realised high prices. A few peaches, plums, tomatoes and quinces are still coming to hand, but we expect (hem to finish at any time. The week closed with prices ruling:— Hothouse tomatoes, 7d lb; outdoor, 3d lb; pears, good, 2d to 3d per lb, inferior lower rotes; cookers, 2d lb; quinces, 2Jd to 3d lb; peaches, 3d to 3/d lb; plums, 2-Jd to 3d lb; apples, dessert, good, 2til to 3d lb; cookers, 2ld lb; Island oranges, repacks, 30/- case; passion fruit, 12/6 to 16/- case; grapes, lOd to 1/1 lb; green bananas, 20/tr> 30/- case, according to quality; walnuts, 1/7 lb. Vegetables, Etc.—Potatoes, 8/- to 9/cwt; cabbages, 5/- to 6/- sack; red cabbage, lid lb; rhubarb, Id lb; violets, 2/- bunch of 50; thyme, 6d root; raspberry canes, 5/ dozen; rhubarb roots (early), 5/- dos. BRAY BROS.’ REPORT. Messrs Bray Bros., Ltd., auctioneers, report as follows for week ending May 8: Produce business has been very brisk during the week. We received and Sold large quantities of -potatoes on behalf of consignors. There has been a steady demand for onions. We have received a few sacks of good quality fowl wheat. Chaff, straw, oaldust, bran and pollard meet with a good enquiry at market rates. We have disposed of large quantities of fruit during the week. Pears and apples in particular were in heavy supply. Supplies of vegetables are about equM to the demand. We realised the following prices for our clients: — Potatoes—£B 10/- to £9 per ton. Onions—l 3- per cwt. Wheat—3s/- and 37/- per bag. Chat! —Prime quality to £8 5/- per ton. Oaten Straw —To £5 10/- per ton. Meggitt’s Linesed Meal—2s/- per sack. Oatdust—s/- per bag. Bran—lo/6 per bag. Wheat Pollard —12/6 per 1001b bag. Barley Pollard- —22/G per 2001b bag. Fruit- —Pears, 2d to 3d per lb; quinces, 2d to 3d per lb; apples (dessert), 2 id to 4d per lb; apples (cooking), 2d to 24d per lb; dessert tomatoes to sjd per lb; green tomatoes, 1 Jd to 2id per > lb. Vegetables—Cabbages, 3/6 to 4/- per dozen; cauliflowers, 4/6 to 5/9 per dozen; marrows, 9/- to 10/- pet cwt; pumpkins, 9/- to 10/- per cwt; carrots, 4/- pet bag; parsnips, 5/- per bag. Lepp Salt Lick—A splendid cattle tonic, 2/3 per brick. Cow-covers —-Lined, 21/6; unlined, 19/-. Horse-coven* —£2 8/- to £2 15/- each. Sundries—Men’s working boots, 35/-; motor cycle, £ls. Muttonbirds, 1/- per bird in kite of 24 to 40 birds. Honey in 101b tins, 10/- tin. We are taking orders for totara posts at £7 10/- per 100 on trucks, country stations. Furniture Department.—Our furniture showrooms in- Spey street have a varied stock of oak and red pine furniture. We have secured an excellent range of carpets, seagrass mats and kapok bedding, which

we are selling at reasonable prices. We have a large supply of best Samarang kapok and a number of go : carts and sewing machines for sale at reasonable prices.

EXCHANGE MART. Messrs McKay Bros, report as follows:—* Bacon Pigs.—Consignments wanted, high prices, tags on application. Produce—Potatoes, £8 to £9; onions, 12/-; pickling onions, 2d per lb; pollard, 18/6; bran, 9/-; oats, 25/6 ; barley meal, 17/6; oat dust, 5/6; cabbage, 6/-; bacon, 1/7 per lb; chaff; £8 5/- per ton. Fruit.—Exceptionally heavy consignments of pears and apples have come on to the market during the week, and prices have eased in consequence. A shipment of bananas arrived in an over-ripe condition, and were all sold at prices ranging from 10/- to 25/- per case; lemons, American, 55/-; tomatoes, 2d to 3d per lb; dessert apples, 7/- to 10/-, cooking apples 2d per lb; cooking pears, 2d per lb; dessert pears, 3d to 4d per lb; pie melons, 21d per lb; passions, 12/6 to IS/-. General—Horse-covers, 50/-; cow-covers, 18/6. Furniture.—During the week we had three outside sales, at ail of which there was a good attendance of buyers and bidding was keen. Some of the principal items were: Piano, £150; piano, £75; piano, £6O; dining suite, £4l; oak bedroom suite, £25. New Furniture.—We have received into our department of new furniture several new dining suites and also bedding, duchessc chests, and antique bedsteads. We invito inspection and comparison in prices.

LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE

THE SILVER DECLINE

(By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright.) (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.)

LONDON, May 7. Quotations are; Waihi, buyers 37/6, sellers 40/-; Junction, 9/-; Peninsula, buyers £470, sellers £490. The decline in silver is due mainly to Continental selling. LONDON WOOL SALES. AFFECTED BY POSITION. CDRTAJLMENT BY PURCHASES. LONDON, May 7. The wool sales closed quietly. New Zealand Surrey Hills brought 58W. Of the 156.120 bales catalogued about 3800 were withdrawn. Best shafty Merinos met with a good demand from the United States, and some maintained the full March values. Medium and faulty combings declined ten to fifteen per cent. Short, carbonising stores met with a fair Continental demand, but declined five per cent. Best Comeback crossbreds show little change. Shabbier and faultier parcels declined ten per cent., and scoureds and slipes declined by the same amount. . Merino lambs were unchanged. Crossbreds declined five per cent. The principal cause of the decline has been the curtailment of credit by banks and the pse in the bank rate, while the disturbing effects of the Budget combined to check many would-be operators.