IN THE MARKET PLACE

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 302, 13 March 1928, Page 14

IN THE MARKET PLACE

CHEAPER TOMATOES EGGS IN SHORT SUPPLY Heavy supplies of Xew Zealandgrown fruit are coming forward to the city marts. Apples are plentiful. The quality of the peaches since the rains has registered a decided falling off, brown rot being prevalent in many consignments. Prices have eased accordingly. Heavy supplies of Hutt tomatoes arriving in an over-ripe condition, necessitating their being sent into immediate consumption, are causing concern among Auckland growers who had hoped to recoup some of the loss in aggregate returns brought about by the dry spell and subsequent short crop. Values, which but for the outside consignments would be well up to 12s a box, are now ranging to little more than 8s a box. Poor quality tomatoes are meeting with a dull sale. Supplies of oranges are rather low on the spot and values have firmed as a result. In the field and garden produce section vegetables are offering in slightly bigger consignments and the tendency of the market for most lines is, if anything, to ease slightly. Kggs have moved up again over the last two or three days and short supplies meet with a strong demand. Farmers’ butter meets with a ready sale on a firm market. Quotations obtained in the. city marts to-day ranged as follow FRUIT Apples: Gravenstein, choice coloured, 4s 6d to 7s a case; small, 2s fid to 4s; Scarlet Permains, 2s 9d to ss; Willie Sharps, 3s to 4s; Monroes, 4s to ss; Cox Orange Pippin, 5s to 9s. Pears: Bon Chretien, 9s to 10s a case: Louis Bon, 9s to 11s; Packhams, 7s to 9s; Capiamonts, 6s to 7s 6d; Clairgeau. 5s to 6s. Peaches: Golden Queens, 4s to 6s a case; Late Reds and No.s 2’s, 3s to 4s. Tomatoes: Choice coloured, 6s to 8s a case; others, from 2s 6d to ss; Hutt. £s to 6s 6d. Lemons: 10s to 22s a case. Grapes: Hamburgs, Is to Is 5d a lb: Colemans. Is 9d to 2s 6d; Golden Queens. Is to Is 2d. Passions: 3s to 9s a box. Sweet corn: 3s to 4s 6d. Cape gooseberries: 4d to sid. Oranges: Jaffas,* 30s to 32s 6d; American, 40s. Bananas: Repacks, 20s to 26s a case. VEGETABLES Potatoes: Southern, 13s to 14s a cwt; Hastings, 11s to 12s 6d. Onions: 10s to 11s 6d. Kumeras: 2d. to 2Jd a lb. Cabbage: 4s to 12s 6d a sack. Swedes: 3s to 4s a bag. Pumpkins: 6s to 14s a cwt. Green peas: 6d to a lb. Beans: 5d to 6id a lb. Lettuce: 4s to 8s 6d a case. Prices of eggs and butter and the smaller parcelled vegetables will be found in the “Kit Bag” column on another page. SOUND DEMAND FOR WOOL CHRISTCHURCH SALE LATE VALUES HELD Press Association. CHRISTCHURCH, Monday. The fourth and final of the present Christchurch series of wool sales was held to-day. There was a good attendance of buyers, although not as many as at previous sales, the catalogue being a very small one of 5.345 bales. The catalogue was mainly comprised of idds and ends, with a number of fair-sized back country clips. The condition was generally heavy, and, as is usually the case with late shorn, somewhat seedy. There was a sustained and sound demand throughout. The prices, considering the .condition of the wool, were up to I the level of recent Southern auctions, and ! from a par to a penny advance on the j last Christchurch sale. Three-quarter-bred and crossbred sold very keenly. Continental buyers bidding up for coarse wools and piece lots. The one class that sold reasonably was Merino. The top price of the sale was 263 d for 13 bales of half bred. The top Merino price was 26}d. There were few Corriedale clips catalogued, and the top price was 26d. Seven bales of crossbred made 232, and a few lots of lambs’ wool sold at 20d. In the whole of the offering only 50 bales were passed at auction. Following was the range of prices:—

ANSWERS TO INQUIRERS j Subscriber, Henderson: The duty on I eggs imported in the shell from British possessions is 20 per cent, on the net invoice value. Eggs imported from foreign countries are subject to a duty of -10 per cent. Each egg- must be stamped with the name of the country of origin. The containers of eggs placed in cool storage must be stamped “cool stored” followed by a statement giving the date received at the cool store. When eggs have been in cool store for a longer period than 10 weeks each egg must be stamped “chilled.” Preserved eggs must be stamped "preserved.”—Commercial Editor.

Super d. d. 265 Average to Inferior to 21i Corriedale— Super .. 25 to 265 Average to Inferior to 22 Fine Halfbred— Super to 265 Average .. .. to 245 Inferior to 225 Medium Halfbred— Super . . 24 to 242 Average to Inferior .. .. to 215 Coarse Halfbred— Super . . . 1 . 22 to 22 Average to 215 Inferior .. .. to 195 Fine Crossbreds— Super to 20’ Average . 175 to 19 Inferior .. .. . 16 to 1/ Medium Crossbred — Super . . 172 to 1 S’, Average . 3 65 to 17.. Inferior .. .. to 16 Coarse Crossbred— Average to 17 Inferior . . .. . 15 to 152 Merino Bellies and Pieces— Good to super .. 185 to 23 5 Lav/ to medium . 14J to IS Halfbred Bellies— Good to super . 17J to 19 Low to medium . 14‘ to 17 Halfbred Pieces— Good to super . 20 to 225 Low to medium 15 to 195 Crossbred Bellies and PiecesGood to super . 14 J "to 17.*. Low to medium . 91 to 14 Crutch ings— Medium to good 105 L6 Inferior and seedy 7 to 30 Locks— Merino 151 Halfbred to 14 f Crossbred to 10