Navel and lemon prices reach equivalence on South African market
The navel harvest has been running for a few weeks in South Africa s Senwes area (Groblersdal/Marble Hall) and while it looks like an on year volume-wise for Bahianinha navels, with slightly smaller fruit sizes, Palmers navels have an average crop with average sizes.
The 2021 navel estimate is very close to last year s, with a hundred thousand 15kg cartons up on last year s 26.2 million cartons.
Cooler temperatures are aiding colour development on oranges; the Senwes area is known for the vivid colour of its oranges.
On the domestic market, the price of navels and lemons are almost equal; navels trading at R3.76 per kilogram and lemons at R3.74 (0.22 euros).
Work begins to rid former Rolls-Royce land of deadly materials
Hundreds of homes will be built on the derelict site
19:33, 13 MAY 2021
Updated
The land is heavily contaminated (Image: Derby Telegraph)
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Work has begun to remove deadly materials and dangerous chemicals from the former Rolls-Royce factory site, in Nightingale Road.
LIHC Investment Group and Silver Street Development Corporation have acquired a 134-unit low income housing development in Tuckahoe, NY, for $54.5 million
The joint venture secured $71 million in financing to acquire and preserve Marble Hall Apartments as affordable housing through at least 2060 while investing $5.78 million in upgrades and improvements over the next ten months.
“The preservation of Marble Hall guarantees the availability of affordable, healthy homes well into the future while providing peace of mind for our residents during a time of uncertainty for many American families,” said Andrew Gendron, Principal, LIHC Investment Group. “This deal was truly a team effort, from the sellers to the many public and private partners who rolled up their sleeves to make this intricate transaction a reality. We applaud all parties for working to ensure our existing stock of affordable housing is both protected and improved.”
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On Tuesday this week Her Majesty Margareta, Custodian of the Crown of Romania, and her husband Prince Radu, attended an event celebrating Romania’s war veterans. The event happened in the Marble Hall of the National Military Circle Palace in Romania’s capital of Bucharest.
Organised by the Romanian Ministry of National Defence and the Association ‘Together with Heroes’ the event ‘Together with Veterans’ wanted to honour the Romanian veterans of World War II who are still alive. Veterans from neighbouring Moldova also took part. A new book dedicated to veterans of World War II has also been launched that tells the stories to some of the people who survived the war and are still alive today.
27/04/2021 13:50
Her Majesty Margaret and His Royal Highness Prince Radu participated, on Tuesday, at the Palace of the National Military Centre, in the Marble Hall, at the Together with Veterans event, on which occasion the Custodian of the Crown states that she has always been by the side of the armed forces. , reports agerpres.
At the event organized by the Ministry of National Defence and the Together with Heroes Association in the context of the events dedicated to the War Veterans Day (April 29), MS Margareta and HRH Radu symbolically wrapped gifts for World War II veterans. These are very difficult times. It s been more than a year of financial, psychological, social difficulties. Everything is difficult, but with the vaccine. I got vaccinated, my husband got vaccinated, my sisters too, everyone I know got the vaccine, because that s the only way out of this problem. I didn t have any side effects. It s a gift that we can have these vaccines. Without that we ca