IN THE MARKET PLACE

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 130, 23 August 1927, Page 2

IN THE MARKET PLACE

ORANGE SHIPMENT ARRIVES VEGETABLES WELL SUPPLIED TWENTY-ONE thousand cases "*■ of Cook Island oranges came on the local market this morning ex the Waipahi. There was a I fair percentage of waste and the market has apparently not yet settled down. Repacks made from 17s to 17s 6d a case. Portion of the shipment will go South. Quiet j business rules in other sections of the produce marts. Apples met with a steady sale at late prices. Lemons, in good supply, still meet with a slack demand at low values. Bananas are firm at from 22s to 26s a case. No shipment of citrus fruit ex Sydney is expected this week. The vegetable section is glutted with most seasonal lines of field and garden produce, and prices are well within the range of the average housewife. Eggs have evidently reached bedrock for the time being at from Is 5d to Is 7d a dozen. Prices in the marts this morning ranged as follows: FRUIT Apples: Delicious, 7s 6d to 10s 6d a case; Hawke’s Bay Sturmers, 10s to 11s; Nelson Sturmers, 8s to 9s 6d; Doughertys, 6s to 8s; Monroes, 9s to 10s 6d; Pride of Australia, 7s to 10s; Winesaps, 10s to 10s 6d. Pears: Nellis a case; Coles, 6s to 10s 6d; Bourre Bose., 6s to 8s; P. Barry, 9s; Vicars, 7s to Bs. Hothouse Tomatoes: Is 9d to 2s 6d. Tree Tomatoes: 4s to 6s. Grapes: Hothouse, 3s a lb; Sydney White, 12s to 20s a case. Lemons: Local, 5s to 10s a case. • Poorman Oranges: 9s to 11s a case. ■j VEGETABLES . potatoes: Southern, Cs 9d to 7s 6d a cwt.; New, ljd to 51d a lb. Kumeras: 7s to 8s a cwt. Pumpkins: Ordinary, 3s to 5s a sa*-k; Oro.Wn and Triumble, 6s 6d to 9s a cwt. SWedes: Is to Is 6d a bag. Ohio As: Hard firm, 2s 9d to 3s 6d a bag? :soft, Is to Is 6d. Cabbage: 2s to 6s a sack. Cauliflower: 2s to 5s 6d a sack. Lettuce: 2s to 5s a case. Rlmbarb: 3s to 4s a dozen. DOMINION JERSEYS IN SOUTH AFRICA RECORD PRIZE-WINNERS (Special to THE SUN.) WANGANUI, Monday. That Taranaki Jerseys can hold their own with the best of other countries has been proved by advice just received from Durban, South Africa. The president of the Stratford Jersey Cattle Club has just received a letter from Mr. Chas. Clarkson, who has taken an active interest in the importation of New Zealand Jerseys into his own country. Referring to two recent shows, Mr. Clarkson says that at Maritzburg, Woodlands Lady Viola was first in her class. Mr. North’s Snaresbrook Prince, a son of Meadowvale High Talent, was first in his class, and Sunnyhurst Happy Song by Meadowvale Happy Passage, a bull imported from New Zealand, was second. At the Durban show New Zealand cows and their progeny did exceptionally well. The champion cow was Meadowvale Generosity. The reserve champion was Meadowvale High Talent, while Meadowvale Songbird was first in her class. Ringlet was first in her class, with Woodlands Lady t Viola third, and Maoris Violas Lass ■ fourth. A daughter of Maoris Happy Pas- i sage was first in her class, and a son of Snaresbrook Prince first in his class, with Sunnyhurst Happy Song second, i A daughter of Maoris High Talent was j second in her class, and a daughter of j Maoris Songbird was first in her class. In Durban and Maritzburg these re- | cords are eminently satisfactory con- | sidering the fact that these animals were competing against some very fine animals imported from England and the Island of Jersey, and is a great tribute to New Zealand-bred stock. TOBACCO GROWING BIG AUSTRALIAN SCHEME By Cable. — Press Association.—Copyright LONDON, Monday. It is announced that the British-Aus-tralasian Tobacco Company is to join the Australian Government in expending £90,000 spread over a period of eight years in proportions of £50,000 and £ 40,000 respectively to investigate and promote tobacco growing in Australia. The Australian Government is at present advertising for a director of the tobacco investigations at a salarv of £ J ,500 to £2,000. The duties of the director are to commence as soon as a staff has been appointed.— A. and N.Z. SYDNEY BUTTER PRICES By Cable. — Press Association. — Copyright SYDNEY, Monday. The wholesale price of butter in feydney has been increased Id a lb making it 219 s4d a cwt.—A. and N.Z. LONDON PRODUCE MARKETS OFFICIAL QUOTATIONS miYs” d o e n r er da A e r ‘ eh , Co,mmarkets 1 — to,lowin * resume of hondSS chl£ : and prices un - Apples: N SoKtH£ n mo „ tlv sold, principally Stunner left. Trade case. Pr ‘ CeK range from 3 4s to 20s a

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