In the Market Place

Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 950, 17 April 1930, Page 13

In the Market Place

POULTRY PLENTIFUL FRUIT PRICES UNCHANGED Very heavy supplies of poultry have been offered during the past week at the city markets, and a keen demand has existed for all good killabie lines. Poultryfarmers are now quitting their culls, and there is a tendency for the supply to exceed the demand. The market is very similar to that of last Christmas. Cockerels were the medium of brisk competition, and high values -were returned for choice quality birds. Heavy hens maintained their values well, selling strongly throughout. Light hens and ducks remain unchanged. A good supply of turkeys was offered, only well finished birds- realising good values. There is little alteration in the prices lor fruits. There is a fair demand for good dessert pears, but apples are still dull of sale, and rejects and windfalls are not wanted. Passions are selling at last week’s rates. Tomatoes are in good demand, and there are a fair number of inquiries for hothouse and outdoor grapes. The market is over-supplied with cabbages, pumpkins, beans, and kumeras. The demand is fair for all lines of vegetables, and heavy supplies are coming forward. Supplies of farmers’ butter are getting slightly short as the season draws to an end. There is a good demand for eggs, which are selling at Tuesday’s rates, supplies remaining moderate. Quotations: FRUIT Grapes.—Hothouse, Hamburgs, Is 3d to 2s lb; Golden Queen, 10c! to Is lb; Te Kauwhata, 7s 6d to 9s case. Tomatoes.—Local, No. 1, smooth, 7s to 8s; No. 2,4 s to 6s; Hutt, 5s 9d to 6s 6d. Apples.—Cox’s Orange, choice coloured, Ss to 9s; small, 4s Gd to 6s; Jonathan, 4s to 5s 6d; Munroes, 3s to 4s 6d; Ballarats, 4s to 6s; Delicious, choice coloured, 4s to ss; rejects and windfalls, Is 6d to 2s. Pears.—Louise Bon, 8s to 11s; Packham’s Triumph, 4s to Ss; ‘Winter Cole, 5s to 8s 6d; Beurre Diel, 3s 6d to ss; Clairgeau, 4s 6d to 6s. Lemons.—Local, Ss to 14s. Passions.—ls 9d to 3s Gd. Persimmons.—4s to 5s 6d. Oranges.—Californian, 40s to 425. Figs.—2s to 4s. Tree Tomatoes.—3s to 4s. Bananas.—Ripe, 32s to 355. Cape Gooseberries.—4ld to s£d a lb. FIELD PRODUCE Potatoes. —Southern, 7s 3d to 7s 9d a cwt; local, 3s to 4s 6d. Onions.—ls Gd to 2s a bag. Kumeras.—Local, 2s to 4s. Cabbages.—ls 6d to 4s 6d sack. Cauliflowers. —2s to 7s 6d a sack. Swedes. —Is to 2s 6d bag. . Pumpkins.—2s to 4s cwt. Citron Melons. —4s 6d to 5s Gd a cwt. Green Peas. —6s to 12s bag. Beans.—ls to 2s 6d cwt. Lettuces. —Is to 4s case. Cucumbers.—Outdoor, 4s to 9s dozen. Vegetable Marrows.—6d to Is. Water Melons.—6d to Is each. Rock Melons.—3d to Is. each. Cabbages.—Oh benches, Is to 2s dozen. Cauliflowers. —On benches, 3d to 9d Ceiery.— 6d to 3s bundle. Rhubarb. —Is 6d to 2s 6d dozen. Spinach.—ls dozen. Pumpkins.—On benches, 3d to 9d each. Radish.—6d dozen. Spring Onions. —3d to 9d bundle. Carrots, Parsnips, Beet, and Turnips.— 6d to Is dozen. Leeks. —3d to 4d a bundle. POULTRY Cock chicks. —Heavy breeds, 2s to 2s 6d; light, Is 6d to 2s, Heavy Hens. —3s to 3s lOd. Light Hens.—ls lOd to 2s Gd. Pullets. —White Leghorn, 6s to 7s 9d; Black Orpington, 6s to 7s 3d; small and backward, 2s 3d to 3s. Roosters. —2s to 3s 6d. Prime Heavy Cockerels. —6s 6d to Ss. Prime Light Cockerels.—3s 6d to 4s lOd. Old Ducks.—-2s 3d to 3s. Young Drakes. —3s to 3s 9d. Muscovy Drakes.—3s 9d to 5s 9d; ducks, 3s 3d to 4s 3d. Gobblers. —9s to 16s. Turkey Hens.—6s to 7s. COMPANY REGISTRATIONS One public and four private companies are included in recent JVuckiand registrations. Details are: PUBLIC Thames Valley Traders’ Agency, Limited, trustees, assignees, and financial agents. No fixed capital, liability of each member not exceeding' £l. Subscribers: James Kenniek, . John Galloway, Cyrus Samuel Donovan. John Wilfred Danby, Edwin Cyrus Brown, George Wood, and William Price, all of Thames, one sharer each. PRIVATE Caddell’s, Limited, importers and distributors of musical instruments. Capital, £1,250, in £1 shares. Subscribers: John Barr Paterson, 1,090 shares; Frederick William Stone and Arthur Cleave, 100 shares each; Edward Currie, 50 shares. Sanitas (Auckland), Limited, manufacturers and dealers in toilet reouisites. Capital, £6OO, in £1 shares. Subscribers; John Thomas Bussell Watson and Robert Rainey Ballantyne, 300 shares each. Sunray Silks, Limited, importers and dealers in silks. Capital, £2OO, in £1 shares. . Subscribers: James David McMillan, William Wood Meek and Bruce Packman, 50 shares each; Francis William Daidlaw Milne and Adeline May Milne, 25 shares each. Taumarunui Airways, Limited. Objects: To undertake the business of dealers in aircraft and to transport passengers. Capital, £36, in £1 shares. Subscribers: Leonard Gordon Godfrey, Reginald Frank Hari'is and Douglas Hamilton Hall, all of Taumarunui, 12 shares each.