NO CHANGE SHOWN

Taranaki Daily News, 28 September 1940, Page 4

NO CHANGE SHOWN

STRATFORD QUOTATIONS Stratford market prices showed, little change during the week. Auction rates for poultry showed the usual variations. Yesterday's quotations were:— Fruit: Apples, 3s 9d to 5s half bushel; 6s to 12s 6d a bushel, 3d to 5d lb; bananas. 6d lb; pears, 8d lb; lemons, 2s dozen; oranges, 2s, 2s 6d and 3s dozen; New Zealand grapefruit, 4 and 5 ls; Island tomatoes, ls 2d lb. Vegetables: Potatoes, 81b ls; cabbages, 4d to Sd each; spring cabbage, 4d -to 8d each; lettuce, 3d and 4d each; kumeras. 6d lb; onions. 41b for ls; cauliflowers, 6d to ls Gd; celery, 8d to ls a head; beetroot, 3d a bundle; parsnips, 3d a bundle; carrots. 3d a bundle; pumpkins, 3d lb. Ham: Whole, uncooked, ls 5d; cooked and sliced, 2s 3d lb. Bacon: Shoulder, ls 4d lb; side, ls 6d 1\ Butter: Factorv first grade ls Gd, dairy ls 2d to ls 4d lb. Cheese: Medium ls, tasty ls 2d, matured ls fid lb. Eggs: Hens, buying at ls 2d to ls 4d, selling at ls 6d to ls 7d dozen; ducks, buying at ls 4d, selling at ls fid to ls 7d. Poultry: Hens, 2s 3d to 3s 3d; ducks, 2s Gd to 3s fid; young cockerels, 6d; roosters, 2s 6d; bantams, ls to 2s; broody hens 3s.