In the Market Place

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 836, 3 December 1929, Page 10

In the Market Place

APPLES SELL WELL FAIR ORANGE DEMAND The tone on the apple market is generally firm and Canadian Jonathans, which have sold freely in the past week, show a rise in price. New Zealand Sturmers vary according to condition. Australian oranges are selling fairly well, but the inquiry for Californians has slackened. Sydney cherries will arrive tomorrow with other Australian fruits. There is a fair inquiry for gooseberries. Bananas have a good sale. Lettuces are now over-supplied, and now potatoes, being forwarded in heavy quantities, are offering at low rates. Green peas, kumaras, beans and cauliflowers are all plentifully supplied. Quotations:— u FRUIT Apples.—New Zealand: Sturmers, 6s to Us a case. Canadian: Jonathans, 16s Cel to ISs 6d; Grimes Golden, 16s; Delicious IDs Cel. Pears.—Barrys, Ss to 31s. Pines.—Fijian, Ss to 9s 6d. Loquats.—New Zealand, 6s to 7s. Grapes.—Californian, 25s a barrel. Gooseberries.—4s 6d to 6s Gd. Strawberries.—lid to Is 5d a chip. Lemons.—Choice firsts, 11s to 14s a case; medium. Gs to 9s. Oranges.—Sydney Valencias, ISs to 22s a case; Californian, 30s to 38s. Tomatoes.—Choice hothouse, Sd to 9d a 11).; medium and seconds, 4d to 7d: outdoor, 2d to sd. Bananas.—Ripe repacks. 20s to 22s Gd; seconds ami medium, 12s to ISs. FIELD PRODUCE Potatoes.—New,' 4s to 5s 6d bag. Onions.—Ss to IDs crate. Kumaras.—Tauranga, 10s to 11s Od cwt. Cabbage.—3s to 7s sack. Cauliflower.—3s to 32s sack. Swedes.—ls 6d to 3s bag. Pumpkins.—l4s to 20s cwt. Green Peas.—3£d to 4£d lb. Beans.—Sd to Is lb. Lettuce.—ls Gd to 4s 6d case. Cucumbers. —Outdoor, 3s to 7s Gd dozen. Vegetable Marrows.—3s to 8s dozen. Cabbage.—On benches, Is Gd to 3s Gd dozen. Cauliflower.— 3s to 10s dozen. Rhubarb. —Is 3d to 4s dozen. Spinach.—ls 3d to Is Gd dozen. Pumpkins.—On benches, 2s to 4s 6d each. Spring Onions.—sd to Is bundle. Radish.—Gd dozen. Carrots, Parsnips, Beet and Turnips.— Is 3d to Is 9d dozen. Asparagus.—ls to Is Id bundle.

£2,000,000 LOSS

WHEN WALL STREET CRASHED

Mr. Arthur S. Somers, well-known New York financier, estimates that in the recent Wall Street collapse, the passengers on board the Malolo lost, between them, about £2,000,000.

They were in Hong-Kong when they received news of the crash. However there was no panic aboard—for, after all. that sum, among the wealth represented by the tourists, is not so very great. And then the later recovery in prices reduced the figure considerably.

IF BUTTER SLUMPED

“Should London butter prices slump,” remarks the Bank of Australasia’s review, “it is possible that the newly-created association of New Zealand and Australian co-operative interests, under the style of ‘Empire Dairies,* may attempt to carry out one of their avowed objectives of stabilising the London market by withdrawing their controlled supplies from the market; but, while this expedient would undoubtedly affect the position temporarily, it is a boomerang weapon which may rebound with ill-effect when accumulated supplies have to be placed on the market.”