FRUIT-GROWERS ACTIVE

Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 1037, 30 July 1930, Page 11

FRUIT-GROWERS ACTIVE

NOT ENOUGH PROTECTION WIRE TO PRIME MINISTER i i Fruit-growers ot' New Zealand do not | consider that the new tariff provides : sufficient protection for jam-making I and fruit and vegetable canning. I The fruit-growers of the South j Island have already taken action, and those of the Auckland Province are I also bringing the subject before the ! Prime Minister and the Minister of ! Finance, the Hon. G. W. Forbes, j This morning the following telegram 1 was sent to Mr. Forbes by the Auck- ! land Provincial Fruit-Growers’ Council:— “The fruit-growers of Auckland express regret and disappointment that the new tariff does not provide sufficient protection for the principal fruitgrowing industries—jam-making and fruit and vegetable canning,” Mr. George A. Green, secretary of the council, stated this morning that the council is asking for the active co-operation of the 14 fruit-growing associations in the Auckland Province. FRUIT AND PRODUCE I WELLINGTON MARKETS REPORT FROM BROKERS Laery and Company, Ltd., 'Wellington, report present values as follow:—Passions: Choice, 9s, 11; others, 7s, 8s halfcase. Lemons: Choice cured, 15s. 18s; others, 10s, 14s bushel. Tree Tomatoes: Choice, 5s 6d, 6s; others, 4s, 5s half-case. Tomatoes: Choice, hothouse, Is 3d, Is 6d; others, 9d, Is lb. Cucumbers: Choice hothouse, 12s, 15s; others, Bs, 10s dozen. Celery: Choice, 7s, 9s: others, 4s, 6s banana case. Lettuce: Choice, 7s, 8s; others, ss, 6s banana case. Spinach: 6s 6d, 7s 6d: others, ss, 6s banana case. Kumeras: Choice, 6s 6d, 7s Od sugar hag. Cabbage: Savoy, choice: 10s, 12s; others, 6s, Ss a sack. Cabbage: Drumhead, choice, Bs, 9d sack. Cauliflowers: Choice choice. 11s, 15s a sack. Sprouts: Choice, 10s. 12s bushel. Poormans: Choice, Gs, In bushel. FRANKTON STOCK SALE LATE RATES MAINTAINED Special to THE SUN HAMILTON, Tuesday. There was a large yarding of fdt cattle at the weekly stock sales held at the Franltton yards today. Prices for prime quality were well sustained. Fat sheep were penned In average numbers, the bidding being brisk. There was a small offering of stor*» sheep A medium entry of fat pigs sold at prices on a par with late rates. Stores advanced slightly. The auctioneers report as follow: Dalgety and Company, Ltd.—A draft of 18 young cows made up to £l3 2s 6d and averaged £lO 15s sd. Light: unfinished steers made up to £10; ordinary fat cows, £9 9s to £lO ss; light and inferior cows, £5 15s to £7 2s 6d; forward store Friesian cows. £6 2s Cd; yearling Polled Angus and Hereford steers, £4; yearling Shorthorn steers, £3 12s; yearling Jersey bulls, 20s to 40s; light fat wethers. 235: fat ewes, 16s 9d. Only a few pens of aged in-lamb ewes were yarded, which sold at 12s 6d. Baconers made £2 16a to £3 2s; porkers, £2 8s to £2 12s; light porkers. £2 to £2 ss; largo stores, 37s to £2 6s; medium stores. 32s to 365; slips, 28s to 325; best weaners. 22s to 265; others. 18s to 21s. Tho New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Ltd.—Extra prime bullocks made £l6 to £l6 7s Ud: lighter bullocks. £l3 10s to £l4; prime fat cows. £lO to £ll 17s; iu«. cows. £ 9 to £9 15s; lighter, £8 2s to £8 12s; killable cows, £5 4s to £5 18s 6d: boner cows. £4 11s to £4 17s; vealers, £3 12s Cd to £3 17s 3d; yearling steers, £2 9s to £3 17s 6d; prime fat wethers. £1 9s 3d to £1 10s Id; fat wethers. 25s to 25s 3d; fat ewes, 17s 5d to 18s 3d; medium-weight fat pigs, £2 11s to £3 Is; heavy porkers, £2 5s to £2 10s; lighter, 38s to £2 2s 6d; slips, 35s to 37s 6d; stores. £1 10s 6d to £1 14s; weaners, 17s 6d to £1 5s Gd. The Farmers* Co-operative Auctioneering Company. Ltd.—Medium fat bullocks made £l4 6s; light. £lO 13s; prime fat cows and heifers, £ll 16s to £l2 17s Cd; fat cows, £9 2s 6d to £lO 19s; medium, £7 9s to £8 15s; light, £5 7s 6d to £6 19s; forward cows, £4 12s 6d to £5 2s; store cows, £3 15s to £4 10s; runners, to £5 7s 6d; prime fat wethers, 28s 6d to 30s 4d: fat wethers, 24s 8d to 26s lid; fat and forward wethers, 225; fat hoggets, 15s 9d to 17s; baconers. £2 18s to £3 4s; heavy porkers, £2 10s to £2 15s; light, £2 Is to £2 7s; stores, 35s 6d to slips, 28s 6d to 32s 6d; weaners, 24s to 27s 6d. CHICAGO WHEAT Heed. 11-15 a.m. CHICAGO, Tues. Wheat.—July, 86 1-8 cents; September, 873 cents; December, 93} cents; March, 98 cents.