FANCY PRICES

Wairarapa Times-Age, 4 February 1939, Page 7

FANCY PRICES

SHORTAGE OF VEGETABLES IN SYDNEY NEW ZEALAND SUPPLIES WELCOMED. MORE NEEDED TO MEET PUBLIC CLAMOUR. By Telegraph—Press Association— Copyright. SYDNEY, February 3. A fairly large consignment of New Zealand mixed vegetables arrived by the Awatea today. Most of the shipment will be marketed tomorrow and is certain to find a brisk sale in view of the unprecedented shortage of green vegetables in the eastern States. Peas, beans, marrows and cabbages are in strong demand at fancy prices. The large hotels, cafes, and hospitals are unable to obtain full supplies, except by cornering the market. ’ Potatoes and onions are also at famine prices owing to the short supply. Three hundred tons of New Zealand onions arrived today and will be marketed tomorrow, thus affording some relief, but far greater consignments are needed to meet the public clamour. Local agents are hoping that New Zealand growers will be able to rise to the occasion for a couple of months and get consumers here out of trouble. The New Zealand vegetables arrived today in excellent condition, being unaffected by’the voyage. The current market price for peas is from 10s to 16s a bushel, beans 14s to 225, cabbages up to 16s dozen, brown onions £25 to £26 a ton, white onions . £2os a ton, and potatoes up to £22 a ton.