TIMARU GRAIN MARKET.
A distinctly quiet tone now prevails on the wheat market, this being attri--buted to an absence of orders for Home shipment and to tho fact that the mills are fairly well supplied, and that there are not buyers to a considerable extent. Timaru buyers quote values at 4s to 4s Id, country stations; (sacks s|d. There is prime milling wheat in store at,Timaru on offer at 4s 4d f.0.b., but no buyers are forthcoming at this price. ' '*? Oats are, if anything, a little easier, values being set down at Is 6d.s for A grade Gartons, Is s^d for; B: grade, Is 5d to Is s^d for Duns, arid Is 4Jd to ls.Sd for Danish. Some merchants who bought oats here with the intention of shipping them to Sydney are now reselling here, as there would be nQ margin .for., profit if .they sent /the oats to Australia, as originally) intended. The, potato market has also eased back, the top value being £3 10s, at country stations; but even at this figure merchants are not keen to do business. The : drop is attributed to the importation of Tasmaniari potatoes.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXIX, Issue 7826, 19 June 1909, Page 1
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191TIMARU GRAIN MARKET. Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXIX, Issue 7826, 19 June 1909, Page 1
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