IN THE MARKET PLACE

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 290, 28 February 1928, Page 12

IN THE MARKET PLACE

FRUIT SELLING FREELY CHEAPER EGGS Fruit continues to meet with a ready sale /in the city marts. Eggs are easier. Green vegetables are scarce, and offerings, generally, in this section are restricted both in regard to quality and quantity. More varieties of apples are now coming on the market, and values now appear to have reached somewhere near bedrock for the season. Bon Cretian pears are plentiful, and meeting with a ready sale at practically unchanged prices. | Fewer varieties of plums are now coming forward, but the demand has not in- ! creased as a result, and values remain practically on a par with late rates, j Decreased supplies of tomatoes has 1 brought about a stronger tone in the market, and good quality tomatoes, especially, have registered a decided improvement over the last week. Peaches are now being withdrawn from the market, and good-coloured lines meet with keen competition. In the field and garden produce section potatoes are sightly firmer, and practically all supplies are being drawn from ' the South. The balance" of the local i crop offering from Pukekohe is mostly in poor order and meeting with a very * limited demand. : Quotations from the city marts this I morning ranged as follow: Fruit Apples.—Gravenstelns, choice coloured. 5s to 7s a case; others, 2s 6d to 4s 6d: Cox Orange, 7s to 10s; Willie Sharps, 3s to 4s 6d; cookers, 3s to 4s 6d; Munroes. 4s to 03. Pears.—Bon Cretien, No. 1, 63 to 8s a case; others. 3s to ss. Plums.—Monarch, 6s to 7s a case: Grand Dukes, 7s to 8s; Pond's Seedlings. 5s to 6s. Peaches. —Best coloured dessert, 10s to 143 a case; 17s to 20s a crate; others, 5s to 7s 6d a case; Late Red, 4s to 4s 6d. Lemons. —Local, 10s to 21s a case. Grapes.—Hothouse, Hamburgh, lOd to 3s 6d a lb; Coleman’s, Is 6d to Is 9d a lb. Tomatoes.—Choice, 4s 6d to 7s a case; others, Is 9d to 3s 6d. Oranges.—American, 26s to 36s a case; Jaffa, 22s to 26s a case; Jaffa seconds, from 10s. Bananas.—Repacks, 16s to 20s a case. Cape Gooseberries. —4jd to 55d a lb. Passions. —7s to 10s a case; Seconds. 5s 6d a case. , Sweet Corn.—2s fid to 4s 6d a case. Vegetables Potatoes.—Southern. Hastings and Lower Hutt, 10s to 12s 6d a cwt. Onions.—lls to 13s 6d a cwt. Kumeras, new season, 31d to 45d a lb. Cabbage.—3s to 12s a sack. Swedes.—3s 6d to 6s a bag. Pumpkins.—los to 18s a cwt Green Peas.—l2s to 18s a sugar-bag. Beans.—7s to 12s 6d. Lettuce. —2s to 9s a case. Prices of eggs and butter and the smaller vegetables will be found in the Kit Bag column, on another page. BUTTER AND CHEESE VALUES IN LONDON Under date February 24 the London office of the New Zealand Dairy Produce Board cabled as follows; — Butter New Zealand: Salted, 162 s to 168 s; unsalted, 168 sto lnZs; exceptional, ?745. Market firm. Deliveries of New Zealand this week 1,580 tons, leaving in store 3,380 to Australian: Finest salted, 156 s to 160 s; unsalted, 15 8s to 1625. Argentine: Finest unsalted, 14Ss to 1545. . Danish: 188 s to 192 s on spot; 182 s to 186 s f.o.b. Dutch: Creamery unsalted, 192 s to 1945. Esthonian: Salted, 168 s; unsalted, 170 s. Latvian: Salted, 166 s to 168 s; unsalted, 170 s. * Siberian: 160 s. Retail prices are unchanged. Cheese New Zealand: White and coloured, 94s to 955. Market steady. Australian: Finest white, 92s to 945; coloured, 90s to 91s. Canadian: Finest white, 102 s to 106 s; coloured, 100 s to 102 s. English: Finest farmers’, 132 s to 1345. Retail prices are unchanged. North American Values 1 The board has also received the fol--1 lowing advice from its agents in Canada: Butter.—New York, 47 cents (11s lljjd); Montreal, 373 cents (Is 6|d); both markets firm: ’Frisco, extras, 445 cents (Is Vancouver, New Zealand finest, 37 cents (Is 65d); firsts, 36i cents (ls-Gid); seconds, 355 cents (IS s|d). LAMB FOR EXPORT PRICES ON THE HOOKS Press Association. WELLINGTON, Monday. The New Zealand Meat Producers’ Board advises the following prices were being offered for fat. stock for export at February 25: Poverty Bay.—Prime woolly lambs, 361 b and under, 8d a lb; 371 b to 421 b, 75d; 431 b and over, 7d; second quality lambs, 7d. Hawke’s Bay.—Prime woolly lambs, 361 b and under, 9d; 371 b to 421 b, 85d; 431 b and over, Bd. Wellington.—Prime woolly lambs, 261 b and under, 9d; 271 b to 421 b, 85d; 431 b and over, BJd; second quality lambs, Sd. Canterbury (prices delivered at works). —Prime woolly lambs, 361 b and under, 9Jd; 371 bto 421 b, 9d; 431 b and over, S£d; second quality lambs, 85d. CHICAGO WHEAT By Cable. — Press Association. — Copyright. Reed. 10.25 a m. CHICAGO, Monday. Wheat.—March, l dollar 333 cents a bushel; May, 1 dollar 343 cents; July, 1 dollar 33§ cents.—A. and N.Z. MINING NEWS LUCKY SHOT. —The manager reports for week ended February 24: "The drive north-east on the main reef has been advanced 3 feet for the week. The reef here is a very solid body of quartz, , measuring 7 feet in width and heavily mineralised. The crosscut from the bottom of No. 2 winze has been started and is now in 3 feet. The country rock rei mains good. The drive on the main reef seaward at the 50ft. level has been advanced 9 feet; the quartz in each breaking down shows strong dabs of coarse gold. The reef here is two feet six 1 ! inches in width.” ALB URN I A.—The manager reports as 1 follows. "The face going north on the dropper was advanced from 175 feet to j 18S feet. The reef in the face is main- j tainng its size, about 18 inches in width. The quartz is now of a rubbly nature and of a splendid appearance for making j values. The country rock encasing the reef is slightly firmer than that previ- | ously worked ana is again showing a fair number of nice mineral seams. Going south on the Sons of Freedom reef the drive has been extended to 165 feet from J the crosscut. The reef is about its aver- ; age size of 2 feet 6 inches, and a little j coarse gold has been seen in the stone j broken.” KURANUI.—The manager reports for] week ended February 25: “The rise on 1 the footwall leader has been advanced j 12 feet for the week, making a total of j 19 feet from the back of the drive. The quartz broken from this rise looks very promising and shows a lot of silica and blend, but so far no gold has been seen. The rise from the crosscut has been ad- * vanced a further 14 feet for the week. ; making a total of 22 feet. The country \ is still of the same description, with no sign of any quartz.” 4