IN THE MARKET PLACE

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 328, 13 April 1928, Page 14

IN THE MARKET PLACE

BETTER PRICES FOR PEARS SYDNEY GRAPES ARRIVE Trade in the City Marts remains ! fairly steady, quotations registering | little alteration. rpHE first consignment of Sydney grapes L for the current season came to hand ! on the Sydney boat this week, and realised 12s to 15s a barrel. Oranges from the same quarter brought 12s to 16s a case. Heavy arrivals of tomatoes continue to keep the market at unprofitable levels for the grower. A slight firming tendency was registered at to-day’s sales.. Better prices are being obtained for pears, good quality sort selling freely. Good dessert apples meet with a steady demand, though inferior grades are a drug on the market. Good firm bananas meet with a ready sale. A fresh shipment is due on the Fiji boat on Monday. Hothouse grapes are meeting with a slightly better sale. Te Kauwhata grapes also register a rising tendency and within the next fortnight should be practically off the market for the season. Lemons are in rather short supply, and stocks are being supplemented by Californian consignments. In the field and garden produce section little movement of note has taken place. The greater part of the offering of green vegetables is still being drawn from the Wellington Province. Heavy supplies of kumeras and pumpkins are coming forward. Compared with last week’s closing rates, values in the poultry section registered an almost all-round increase. Good quality young pullets and ducks are keenly sought after 'and realise comparatively high prices. Quotations lifted from the City Marts this morning ranged as follow: — Fruit Apples.?—Cox Orange, 7s to 10s case; Delicious, 3s to 7s; Jonathans, Ss to 6s 6d; Ballarats, 6s to 7s; other cookers, 3s to 4s 6d. Pears.—Louise Bon, 9s to 12s a case; Beurre Diel, 5s to 6s; Beurre Bose, ss. to 8s 6d; Coles and Nellis, 9s to 11s. Tomatoes.—Choice, local, 3s to Ss 6d a box; Hutt, Is 6d to 3s 6d; others, from Is. Lemons.—Local, 15s to 20s a case. Grapes.—Coleman, Is 9d to 2s 4d a lb; Cape Gooseberries.—7d to 8d a lb. Passions.—3s to 6s a box. Bananas.—Repacked, 20s to 23s a case. Vegetables Potatoes. —Southern, 7s to Ss 6d a cwt; local, 4s to 5s 6d a bag. Onions. —9s to 10s a cwt. Kumeras.—l£d to 13d a lb. Cabbage.—ss to 15s a sack. Cauliflower.—ss to 12s a sack. Swedes.—2s 6d to 3s 6d a bag. i Pumpkins.—4s to 9s 6d a cwt. Green Peas.—6d a lb. Beans.—4s to 6s 6d a bag. . Lettuce.—2s to 5s a case, i Poultry > Cock Chicks.—ls to 2s each. ’ Prime Cockerels.—Heavy, 5s 9d to 6s 9d; lighter, 4s to ss; light, 2s 6d to 3s 3d. [ Hens.—Heavy, 3s to 4s 2d; lighter, Is 5 9d to 2s 9d. Roosters.—ls 6d to 2s 6d. Ducks.—2s 9d to 3s 6d. Muscovy Ducks.—4s to/ ss. 1 Muscovy Drakes.—ss 6d to 7s. Young Drakes.—2s 3d to 3s 3d. Turkey Hens.—7s to Ss 6d. Goblers.—l3s to 17s. ) Pullets.—Forward, 7s to 9s; backward, 3s upwards. Geese.—3s 9d to ss. .. lt Quotations for eggs and butter and J the smaller parcelled vegetables will be found in the “Kit Bag” column on another page. BUTTER AND CHEESE Merchants report receipt of produce cables as follows: Under date April 12 the London office of the Amalgamated Dairies, Ltd cabled:—“Butter: Our price unchanged! t General price, 166 s to 168 s; little doing; z Danish, 1745. Cheese: 96s to 975; market . .quiet.’ Joseph Nathan and Co. are in receipt of the following cable ' from their Lon--1 don principals, Trengrouse and Nathan, \ Ltd.:—“Butter, 166 s to 168 s. Cheese, 96s £ to 975. Both markets quiet.” 5 r Dalgety and Company’s London office . cable's under date April 12:—Butter: t The market is slow;. New Zealand finest *• salted', 166 sto 168 s; Danish, 184 s to 3 185 s; Australian finest unsalted, 160 s to , 1625; salted, 160 s to 1625; G.A.Q., 154 s to 1565. Cheese: The market is slow; / New Zealand white and coloured, 96s s to 975; Canadian white, 108 s to 112 s; . Canadian coloured, 104 sto 108 s. D Norden and Company’s London prin--3 cipals, Andrew Clem m t and Sons, Ltd., cable: “Butter, 166 s to 168 s (equivalent to Is 4.21 d). Market easy. Cheese, white and coloured, 97s (equivalent to “ 5.75 d). Market quiet.” 1 s CHICAGO WHEAT ‘ (United JP.A. —By Telegraph — Copyright) t (Australian Press Association) * Reed. 9.10 a.m. CHICAGO, Thursday. , Wheat.—May, 1 dollar 49 1-8 cents a ; bushel; July, 1 dollar 48 5-8 cents; * September, 1 dollar 47 cents.