In the Market Place

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 859, 31 December 1929, Page 10

In the Market Place

GLUT PRICES NOW LOCAL FRUIT PLENTIFUL With the market affected by the weather and with extremely heavy supplies, some lines of local fruit now being offered in the City Marts are at glut prices. Strawberries are cheaper than they Jiavo been for years. Thames apricots and plums are also being cleared at unusually low rates. On the other hand, imported fruits are generally scarce and the rates of clearance arc high. Bananas, apples, oranges. grapes and Australian apricots are continuing to sell at dear .values. A thousand cases of bananas was brought from Fiji by the Aorangi, but half the cargo proved to be heated. The hulk of the damaged fruit is practically unsaleable. F- w tv os ,irn also ruling in the being off r rl today .-L very low prices. j 2s' c „v potatoes and lettuces are also j ol poultry aiv being offered at keener i rates than those obtained at the sales 1 preceding Christma-. . Choice cocker- I an increase of fully sixpence a head has i been shown. Quotations: FRUIT Apples.—Canadian: Newtown Pippin. 24s and 255; Delicious, 21s to 255; Winesap, 22s 6d to 255. New Zealand: Green, S* to 15s. Oranges.—Californian Navels, 35s to 40s Cherries.—Australian, 10s to 12s. Bananas.—Ripe repacks, bushel cases, 20s to 225. Strawberries. —Captain Cook, Marguerite and Helensley Surprise, 6d to 9d a chip; 6£d and 7d for good average lines. Tomatoes.—Hothouse, 6d to lOd a lb; outdoor. 4d to 7d. Apricots.—Australian: 10s to 11s; Thames, 3s to 6s for firsts and medium; others, 2s to 3s. Lemons.—Firsts, 12s to 15s; seconds, 6s to 9s. Grapes.—Californian, in barrels, 20s to 22s 6d; local hothouse. Is 6d to 2s a lb. 'Plums. —Cherry, Is to 2s; Sharp’s Early. Is 6d to 2s 6d; Green, Is to 2s: Evans's Early, Is to 2s; Akarana, Is to 2s. FIELD PRODUCE j Potatoes. —New, 2s to 3s 6d a bag. ] Onioiis.—l4s a crate. \ Kunjeras.—Tauranga, 5s to 7s a cwt. Cabbage.—4s to 8s a sack. Cauliflower. —3s to 12s a sack. Pumpkins.—6d to 2s 6d •each. Green Peas. —Is to 2s 6d a bag. Beans.—2d to 4d a lb. Lettuce.—6d to 2s a case. Cucumbers. —Outdoor, Is 6d to 4s 6d a dozen. Vegetable Marrows. —Is to 2s 6d a dozen. Cabbage.—On benches. 2s to 4s a dozen. Cauliflower.—On benches. Is 6d to 5s Cb dozen. Celery.—2s to 4s 9d a bundle. Rhubarb.—ls to Is 6d a dozen, i Spinach.—ls a dozen. Spring Onions.—3d to Is 3d a bundle. Radish.—6d to Is a dozen. Carrots, Parsnips, Beet and Turnip.— Js to 2s a dozen. Leeks.—3d to 6d a dozen. FORD COMPANY’S PLANT £6,000,000 FOR EXPANSION United r.A. —By Telegraph—Copyright NEW YORK, Sunday. , A message from Detroit says Mr. Edsel Ford announces that owing to confidence in the continued expansion of its business, the Ford Company will spend £6,000.000 In 1930 on the development of Its plants in the United States. MARKETS IN LONDON ( A cablegram to the Department of Agriculture on December 28 from the High Commissioner in London reported the effect of the holidays on the markets for New Zealand products. Exchange in eggs closed at the end of the week and the business was not important. Hemp was quiet, with no movement in prices. New Zealand was not offering. In view of the steady decline in wool values, the trade is waiting for a new basis to be established. Bradford tgns. 40’s prepared, are Is 6d. No auction will take place in tallow until the New Year.