MARKET QUOTATIONS

Taranaki Daily News, 21 September 1940, Page 2

MARKET QUOTATIONS

NEW PLYMOUTH PRICES ' ! No material changes occurred in market prices at New Plymouth during the week. Quotations were: — Fruit: Bananas 5d and 6d lb; cooking apples 41b for ls. per 401b case 6s 6d and 8s 6d; eating apples 3 and 41b for ls, per 401b case 8s 6d; Tauranga lemons 6 and 8 for ls; rhubarb 6d and 8d; pears 2lb for ls; tomatoes ls lb; Island oranges, 4, 5 and 6 for ls; tree tomatoes 6d and 8d lb. Vegetables: Potatoes, 281b for 2s 3d; local kumeras 31b for ls; carrots 3d bunch; cabbages 3d to ls each; lettuce 2d to 6d each; cauliflowers 3d to ls 3d; pumpkins 3d lb; leeks 3d bunch; spinach 3d bundle; parsnips 3d bunch; white turnips 2d bunch; onions 51b for ls; celery 6d, 8d, 10d; Brussels sprouts 8d lb; swedes 81b for ls; silver beet 3d bundle: spring onions 2d bundle; radish 2d bunch. Meat: Sorloin lOl^d lb: steak 9'/2d lb; corned beef 8V2d to 9V2d lb; prime ribs 91/^d lb: rump steak ls lV2d lb; sausages 7d lb; tripe 9'/2d lb; mutton. legs ls, forequarters 8V2d; hindquarters 9y2d, chops UV2d; pork ls Olid; veal ll%d and ls Ol^d. Eggs: Selling, ls 5d dozen. Butter: First grade ls 6d, dairy Ls 3d lb; cheese, ordinary lld lb, mature ls ld lb. i Bacon: Rashers ls 2d to ls 5d. whole j hams ls 3d, cooked and pressed 2s 3d, shoulders ls." Saies of Poultry. j A medium entry but a firm demand ' is reported from Messrs. L. A. Nolan I and Company Ltd.'s sale of poultry at I New Plymouth yesterday. Prices realised , were: Hens, 3s lOd to as 9d; pullets, 4s 3d , to 6s 2d; cockerels, 3s 9d to 5s; roosters, j 3s lld to 4s ld; ducks, 3s 3d to 4s; turkey j gobblers, 14s; bantams, 8d to 2s; chickens, j small 4d to 9d, large ls 8d. ; VVholesale Eggs. , A slight easing of supplies occurred at j Messrs. Webster Bros.' wholesale auction j of eggs at New Plymouth during the week. Prices were: Hens, ls 5d to ls 6d; I mixed, ls 5d to ls 6Viid; pullets, ls 4d. ;