In the Market Place

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 785, 4 October 1929, Page 10

In the Market Place

BANANAS SCARCE HIGH PRICES RULING R'pe bananas are becoming increasingly scarce, and, in today's sales in the City Marts, first-grade repacks brought up to 255. Mediums aso wer s on a keen market. )t sufficient tc . - tn the depleted stocks. Afore 1 fruit rive when the Wai- - reach - Auckland fi m Bai - tonga on October 8. Cook Island and Fiji tomatoes are selling slowly at the moment. Good dessert and cooking apples are being cleared fairly well, and there is a steady inquiry for good dessert pears. i - e ting with satis factor:- attention, but Poormans and lemons remain on a market which has been dull for months. There ire : ir supplies of new potatoes in the vegetable auction. Most vegetables are abundantly supplied and sales are good. Heavy poultry aroused a keen inquiry at today's sales. Shorter supplies -- - kerels agfat - it strong competition. High values are being paid for all classes. The demand for ducks does not warrant the existing supply, and prices are lor.*. Day-old chicks are on a weak market. Quotations: FRUIT Apples.—Delicious, extra fancy, 13s to 14s; Delicious, others, 10s to 12s; Sturm- ' - - - ys, 10s to 3 ' 2s to 15fi —N< good condit , 7s to 10s. Lemons.—Choice. Ss to 10s. medium and No. 2. 4 s to Bs. - s to 24 Won No. 1,5 s • I; I medium and srnalL 4s to ss; local, sweet, §s to 10s. New Zealand Grapefruit.—7s to Ss 6d. Al tl .. . F |— M .-. 14s to ' : ■ t i- - 1 ... t3s to 21s; pass -15 s t Tomatoes.—Fiji, 3s to is 6d: Cook Island, 3s to 7s: hothouse. Is to Is 4d a lb. Tree Tomatoes. —4s to 12s 6d. -- . —r .. - grade, repacks, 25s 355; mediums, 25s to 265. Grapes.—Californian, ir; barrels, Thompson’s seedless, 16s; White Malagas i last shipment;, 20s. FIELD PRODUCE Potatoes.—. Southern, 9s 6d to 10s Gd a *-wt; new. first grade, 3ld to 5d a lb: second grade, lid to 2? 6 a lb. Onions.—Californian, ISs to 19s crate; 17s to ISs bag. Kumeras.—Tauranga, f*s to 10s 6d cwt. Cabbage.—2s 6d to 9s 6d bag. Cauliflower.—3s Sd to 10s 66. bag. Swedes.—ls to Is 6d bag. Pumpkins.—los to 18s cwt. Beans.—ls 6d to 2s 3d lb. Lettuce.—2s to 6s 6d case. Cucumbers.—Hothouse, 6s to 10s dozen. Cabbage.—On benches, Is to 2s 6d dozen. Cauliflower.—On benches, ls/6d to 5s 6d dozen. Celery.—6d to 4s bundle. Rhubarb.—3s to 6s dozen. Spinach.—ls to Is 6d dozen. Pumpkins.—On benches, Is to 3s 6d each. Spring Onions.—3d to Is bundle. Radish.—6d to Is dozen. Carrots. Parsnips, Beet and Turnips.— 6d to Is 3d dozen. Asparagus.—sd to Is Sd bundle. Leeks.—3d to 6d bundle. POULTRY Day-old Chicks.—4d to Sd. Cock Chicks.—Heavy breeds, 5d to Is 8d: light. 3d to 7d. Heavy Hens.—3s 4d to 4s 3d. Lighter Hens.—2s to 3s. Pullets.—White Leghorn, forward, 4s to ss; Slack Orpington, is to ss. Roosters. —2s to 3s. Heavy Prime Cockerels.—7s to ss. Light Prime Cockerels. —5s to 6= sd. Ducks.—l to_ :2s 3d. JERSEYS SELLING FREELY WAIKATO BREEDERS’ SALE From Our Otcn Correspondent HAMILTON, Thursday. Up to 80gns was paid for yearling Jerseys at the Waikato Combined Breeders’ Sale continued at Claudelands today. This price was paid by J. H. Geddes. Morrinsville, for F. Beck’s Taukoro Master Linn. The top price for two-year-olds was the 69gns paid by F. Catley, Taupiri, for H. C. Wallace’s Wairuna Count. The average price for the 102 lets was 2llgns. Other animals realising SOgns and over 4- C k e UU^ y lfu r n?: d 'lo E Warren?"‘okti* roire, 36gns; L. J. Orr's Red Oak Golden Peg, to J. C. Kelly, Karapiro, SOgns; JK. Watson’s Meadow Lea Rambler, to T. H. Hodgson. Te Aroha. 34gns; J. A. Sanderson’s Kingsmere Bouncer, to T. O. Lemon, Te Puke, 45gns; Mrs. E. M. Lindsay'? Kerri View Duke, to Williams and Williams, Morrinsville, 32gns. Yearlings: A. Moreland and Son’s Beeehlands Lucky Lad, to E. Thompson. Matangi, 41 gns: J. H. Geddes’s Taukoro King Hope, to A. Stewart. 55gns; J. 11. Geddes’s Taukoro Sea King, to C. Hanson, Morrinsville. 35gns: J. A. and B. Stead’s Bonny Glen’s Egerton, to A. E. Missen. Hamilton, Signs; J. K. Watson’s Meadowlea Pride, to J. W. Wakefield, Roto-o-Rangi, 32gns: J. Bone’s Greencroft Peter Pan, to G. Wheatley. Korakonui, STgny; J. Bone's Greencroft Master, to J. y. Shearer, Wahawe, 40gns; G. A. Mills’s Burncroft Prospector, to H. M. Svenisen. Pukekohe, 35gns; G. A. Mills’s Burncroft Ambassador, to G. J. Sanders, Piako, 41gns; H. C. Wallace’s Waipuna Warrior, to Collins and Downs, Te Awamutu, SOgns.

LONDON DAIRY MARKET BUTTER FIRM AND CHEESE STEADY (Australian and N.Z. Press Association) Reed. 10.31 a.m. LONDON, Thursday. Butter is firm. Danish, 2045; choicest salted New Zealand, 182 s to 184 s; Australian, 176 s to 3 78s; unsalted New Zea- j land, 178 sto 182 s. Australian has practically been cleared, 182 s to 184 s. Cheese is steady. New Zealand, coloured D4s, white f*ss. Merchants’ Reports Merchants report receipt of oversea cables as follow: Amalgamated Dairies, from its London office:— “Butter, Anchor, 184 s; Danish, 198 s f.0.b.; market quiet. Cheese: White, 955: coloured, 945; market quiet.’’ - :