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Taranaki Daily News, 18 January 1918, Page 3

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BRITISH TRADE RETURNS. Australian-N.Z. Cable Association. London, Jan. lfi. Bank of Australasia. £IIP ss; Union Bank £55 las; National Bank of New Zealand 103s; New Zealand Loan and Mercantile, ordinary .£OO 10s. Imports for December increased by £0,415,208. The exports decreased by £2,787,040 and re-exports by £'2,839,046 compared with the previous December. Wool imports last year totalled r.2r»,027,n54 lbs. compared with 618,048,683 lbs. in the previous year. The value last vear was £40,725,257, compared with £37,560,014 in 191G DAIRY PRODUCE, ETC. RETAIL PRICES. b. d.. Butter Creamery (pats) ..............1 17J Registered dairy ...si 1 3 Separator 1 2 Eggs .-a 3 8 Honey 8 Lard I 0 /Hams 1 0 Rashers bacon 1 3 Rashers liara 1 3 Milk (quart) 5 FRUIT. Orange ; 3/- and 4/'Bananas 4d and 5d lb Apples .........,-i. .. 4d and Gd Lemons 1/6 and 3/- doz. Tomatoes 5d and Gd Cucumbers 6d Cocoanuts ... v >ld and Gd Peaches fid Plums 2d to 6d Grains 1/3 Nectarines 8d VEGETABLES. Cabbage 3d and 4a each Oarrots 2d per bunch Parsnips 2d Potatoes 71b !./■ new Lettuce 2d and 3d each Cauliflower 4d and Gd. Green peas r .... 1/6 peckBeetroot 2d Turnips 2d Rhubarb Gd French Beans ■ 4d Vegetable Marrows .. 4d and 6d FLOUR. 200 33 0 100 17 o 50 8 0 25 [. 4 0 BUYING PRICES. ButterCreamery (pats) 1 6 Registered dairy 1 1 Separator lOd to 1/Fungus M Eggs 1 6 Remember the recollection of quality remains long after the price is forgotten. That is why it pavs to huv a QUALITY tyre—THE NORTH BRITISH CI.IXCHER TYRES for nerviee Mid satia^tiog.