CHEAPER EGGS

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 414, 24 July 1928, Page 12

CHEAPER EGGS

ORANGES IN DEMAND HEAVY VEGETABLE SUPPLIES There is a drop of one penny, to 1s 5d and 1s 6d a dozen for hen eggs on the city markets. Vegetables are in keen demand, but there is no difficulty in supplying, as heavy stocks are on hand. In the fruit section, there is a strong inquiry for oranges. Duck ess's are brinsins Is 4d and Is 5d a dozen. Butter prices are the same. The demand for local dessert apples remains the same, and prices vary according to samples. Good cookers are keenly sought after. Pears are very slow of sale, and hothouse grapes are now finished. Only small quantities of tree tomatoes are coming forward. There will be no Sydney steamer this week, and no slackening in interest in the “fruit section is expected. Quotations: FRUIT Apples.—Delicious, 5s to 8s; Stunners, 5s Od to 8s; Ballarats, 6s to Ss 6d: Dougherty, 4s to 6s 6d: Granny Smith, Ss 6d to Os 6d. Pears.—Xelis and Coles, 7s 6d to 10s 6d; cooking, 6s. Tomatoes.—Hothouse, 4cl to Is Id a lb; outdoor, 3s to 6s case; Island, 5s Gd to Oranges.—Repacked, 12s to 13s 6d; poorman, 7s 6d to Ss 6d. I Mandarine.—Rarotongan, ISs to 22s [large case; Sydney, 14s to 15s. Lemons.—Bocal, Ss to ISs. Tree Tomatoes.—4s to 10s. Bananas.—Repacked. 21s to 25s 6d. VEGETABLES Potatoes. —Southern. Ss to Ss Gd a cwt; new potatoes, 2d to 5d a lb. Onions.—Japanese, 16s crate; local and Southern, 11s to 14s a cwt. Kumaras.—Tauranga, 12s to 15s a cwt. Cabbage.—Prime quality, 10s to 20s a sack; second class, Is to 7s 6d a sack. Cauliflower.—3s to 17s a sack. Swedes. —2s to 3s a bag. Pumpkins.—Triumble, 10s to 12s Gd a cwt; Iron Bark, 6s to 9s a cwt. Citron Melons.—2s to 3s a sack.

-Beans.—ls to Is Gd a lb. Lettuce.—Gd to 5s a case. Cucumbers.—ss to 7s Gd a dozen. Vegetable Marrows.—3s to 5s a dozen. Cabbage.—On benches, 2s to 7s a doz. Cauliflower.—On benches, 2d to Is 3d each. Celery.—First class, 4s to 4s 9d a bundle; second class. Is to 3s a bundle. Ithubarb.—3s to 4s 6d a dozen. Spinach.—9d to Is a dozen. Pumpkins.—On benches, Gd to 2s each. Spring Onions.—Gd to Is a bundle. Radish. —Gd to 8d a dozen.

Carrots, Parsnips, Beet and Turnips.— 9d to Is 6d a dozen. Reeks. —4d to Td a bundle. DAIRYING NEWS COMPANIES IN AUCKLAND PROVINCE There is a movement on foot among the Tauhei and Maungataparu farmers to erect a cheese factory in some central site in the district. The tex-ritory that would be covered is an extensive and fertile one, including Maunguteparu, Tauhei, Taliuna and Hoe-o-Tainui. The To Aroha Dairy Company's figures for the month of June show a great improvement on those for the corresponding month of last year. The butter-fat received in June, 1927, totalled 32,2761 b., while last month the amount was 44,5001 b. The advance rate, fx-ee of cartage deductions, last month, was Is 6d per lb. but-ter-fat, against Is 5d for June, 1927, the total amount advanced being £3,325, against £2,261 for June last year. A further payment was made this month of £4,550 in respect of last season’s supply. The pay-out of the Wliangarci Dairy Company for last month’s supply of but-ter-fat at Is 5d a lb. was £3,573 1-ls sd, against £2,621 6s 5d foi 1 June, 1927, when the price was Is 3d a lb. For the present season to date the amount distributed has been £142,984 14s 7d, compared with £115,173 Is 7d for the correspondingperiod last season. A poll of the suppliers of the Rangitaiki Dairy Company is being taken to decide whether the company’s produce should be transported to Auckland by rail or by sea. The directors of the company say that in the event of a majority voting in favour of rail transport they will not be prepared to remain in office to give effect to a policy which is contrary to best interests. Mr. H* H. Sterling, general manager of railways, in response to an invitation from shareholders who favoured rail carirage, addressed a meeting of 100 suppliers to-day. Mr. Sterling asserted that the railway provided the better service for the carriage of butter. Slightly better than the figure for the previous year, butter manufactured by the Maungatapere Company during the past season has shown 92.775 average grade. The butter manufactured totalled 518 tons 16cwt. 2qrs., against 515 tons 4cwt. 4qrs. in the previous season, the over-run being 20.959 per cent. The average test of cream was 39.779 per cent. The average prices received were slightly over 2d a lb. better than in the previous season. The chairman, Mr. C. H. Hayward, said the final payment would bring the butter-fat payment for the year easily to Is sd. It was resolved to pay a dividend of 32 per cent, on paid-un share capital, and the balance-sheet was then adopted.

A large quantity of last season's butter from the Port Albert Co-operative Company was shipped to Canada, and excellent return reports were received. The directors report showed that owing to the dry season experienced the output fell to 176 J tons, a decrease of 1U per cent., in spite of the fact that an increased number of suppliers were forwarding cream from a greater number of cows than last season. A Anal bonus of 2d a lb. for all butter-fat supplied during the season was paid during JuJv making an average for the season of Is “Id a lb., including cream cartage. The tm' e , e retiring directors, Messrs. 11. w Busbridge, H. M. Meal and G. H. Worker were re-elected unopposed at the annual meeting. The twenty-sixth annual report and balance-sheet of the Northern Wairoa Co-operative Dairy Company Limited reports another record year; 1,954.fi? tons of butter were manufactured during the season compared with 1.935.44 tons during the previous year. The average butterfat payment for the year totalled 17.G9Sd. MINING NEWS KURANUI.—TIie manager repo’-ts' The drive on Barry’s reef has been extended 7ft. for the week, making a total of ISft. from the crosscut. The reef is still m two portions, but they seem to be coming together again. The quarts in this face still looks very promising and shows a lair amount of silica and blend but so far no values have been seen! Theie has been no work done on the Ross reef this week as one man has been employed repairing the battery level i“he wet weather of last week caused a fall in tills level, and we had to put a couple of sets of timber m to keep it open for air ALBURN I A.—The mine manager r e : ports; As reported last week we urn posed prospecting in the Norwegian level approximately 100 ft north of the western crosscut To carry out this work we have broken a few trucks of ore over the level. The reef here appears to be makin size, it being about 2jft in width A little of the ore we have selected shows good coarse blotches of gold; the country rock is of a first-class description shownumerous mineral seams. Judging' by the improved indications overhead, which are much better than those passed through in the level, there is every possibilitv that rich values may be met with as rising or stoping is carried out.” LUCKY SHOT.—The manager reports: ‘‘The mine has been cleaned up and repaired into both winzes. At present we are retimbering and putting new ladders in No. 2 winze; several of them were broken through a fall having taken place while the mine was idle. During- the coming- week we should be on the bottom ready to start work on the lode. The air fan is giving- satisfactory ventilation i ° +he workings.”