COMMERCIAL NEWS

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 49, Issue 199, 8 June 1929, Page 7

COMMERCIAL NEWS

FRUIT AND PRODUCE. THE ASHBURTON MARKET. The supply of local fruit is still maintained and prices for dessert apples at the market yesterday showed a rise of about 6d a case. The values for the other commodities showed' little change. There was a good yarding of pigs and a fair entry of poultry and prices remained unchanged.

Prices were: — Fruit —Apples, cooking 4 s 6d to 5s 6d, dessert 7s to 8s per case* Pears and 2d, quinces 2d per lb. Vegetables—Parsnips 2s 6d per sugar-bag. Marrows —Is and Is M, Potatoes —10s sack. Onions —l£d' lb-

Pigs—'Empty sows £2 ss, fats to £3 7s to £4 Bs, baconers £2 10s to £3 12s. porkers 31s to 40s, weaners 6s to 16s 6d.

Poultry—Roosters 3s lOd to 6s lOd. hens 3s Id to os 7d, ducks 5s 4d, pullets 8s 6d to 9s.

GRAIN AND PRODUCE.

CHRISTCHURCH MARKETS, (Special to the "Guardian.") CHRISTCHURCH, This Day. The potato market is fairly quiet, with not much offering and not many orders coming in. There is a fair demand from Auckland. The Kaimanawa has taken 2500 sacks of potatoes, and another boat, the Waipiata, will leave for Auckland about the end of next week. The quantity of potatoes to go by -that ship is not yet ascertainable. There is a better inquiry for Red Dakotas, and the price has firmed somewhat. Merchants are paying farmers £4 10s ori" trucks at country stations for reds, and from £4 to £4 5s fci' whites.

Very few orders are coming in for onions, the price of which remains at from £3 10s to £3 15^

Chart' has met with a little more inquiry, and sales have been made at recent rates.

Seeds are. quiet, and will be so until the spring sowing. Partridge peas are dull of sale, and are worth from 4s 4d to 4s lOd per bushel, according to quality, of which there is a ibig range. The following are quotations for produce to be paid to farmers, on trucks, free of commission, sacks extra, except where otherwise stated: — Wheat —5s 7d to 5s 8d per bushel for Tuscan, 5s 9d to 5s lOd for Hunters, 6s 3d to 6s 6d for Pearl,ss 4d to 5s 5d for second grade milling, 5s 2d to 5s 3d foi fowl wheat.

Oats.—Gartons 2s 6d to 2s lOd per bushel; Algerians 2s 4d to 2s 8d; Duns 2s 9d to 3s 3d.

■Chaff—£3 15s per ton. Potatoes —Dakotas £4 10s; whites £4 to £4 ss.

Onions —£3 10s to £3 15s per ton. Bed Clover—6Vl to 7d per lb. White Clover—6d to Is per lb. Malting Barley—4s to 4s 6d per bushel (contract price) ; free barley 3s 6d to 4s.

Cap« Barlev—2s 9d to 3s per bushel. Partridge Peas—4s 4d to 4s lOd per bushel.

Perennial Ryegrass—3s 6d to 4s 3d per bushel. Italian Ryegrass—3s to 3s 6d per mishel. Cocksfootr-6d to Bd.

Linseed—To £ls per ton. Bran—£6 10s per ton, f.0.b., southern ports: 10s extra for smaller packings. Pollard—£B per ton, f.0.b., southern ports, 10s extra for smaller packings. Flour.—Local wholesale price, £l6 os per ton for 2001 b sacks, with the usual increments for smaller packings. Price for shipment, £l6 5s per ton. f.o.b.

OTAGO

DUNBDIN, June 7

Wheat.—The quantity of "free" wheat on the market is in small compass, and most of the samples coming in are offerings of "pool" wheat. It is anticipated that the market will remain stationary, and present values are os 9d, sacks extra, on trucks, for Tuscans, 6s for Hunters, and 6s 6d for Velvet. The fowl wheat market is very slow. The majority of poultry feeders and merchants are fully stocked, and are showing little interest in the lines that are offering. The quantity available has been increased, damage having been done to a number of crops, and there is a fair quantity held in stores. To-day's value is 5s lOd per bushel, sacks extra. , Oats.—The market for oats is still dragging, very little interest being displayed by the trade. The consumptive demand is light, and there are more than sufficient supplies available for requirements. Heavy oats are the only ones that attract attention, and for these up to 3s 3d per bushel, sacks extra, at country sidings, has been paid by millers. It is noticeable at this centre that there is a lack of shipping inquiries, and practically no oats, have been shipped from here to the North Island. Merchants are therefore not keen to operate, and for any ordinary A and B grade Gartons there is a big difference in value compared with what millers are prepared to pay for heavy oats. Ordinary A Gartons are nominally worth 3s on trucks, and B grade 2s 9d, sacks extra, at country sidings. Chaff.—The market does not show any alteration. Supplies are more than sufficient for the demand, and fairly heavy supplies are held in the stores. Only occasional sales have been made, and the value of best quality is £5 10s per ton, sacks extra, ex truck. Potatoes.—Despite the fact that the potato yields have been seriously affected through blight,- which has been more prevalent this season than others, there is very little demand. It is thought .that the demand has been affected by merchants and retailers having stocked in fairly heavily at the time the market was firming. Once these stocks are worked off it will be difficult to secure good quality, and this centre will have to look to Canterbury for requirements, as most of the potatoes in this district have been sold. Values remain unaltered here, and £o.los, sacks included, ex ftore, is the price obtainable for lines free of blight. Other sorts are very difficult to sell, and low rates have to be accepted in order to make a clearance. Seeds.—All the «ecd markets remain firm, but very little business is

passing. There is now practically no export demand, and stocks in most lines are in short supply, and when the spring demand commences it is thought that in some lines there will be an advance in rates. Ryegrass, particularly, is not held in any quantity, and if spring sowing is heavy it will be difficult to fill requirements.

VICTORIAN MARKETS. MELBOURNE, May 7. Market quotations are: — Flour—£lo 15s to £ll a ton. Bran —£6 10s a ton. Pollard—£7 a ton. Oats—3s .7d to 3s 8d a bushel. Barley (English) 4s 4d to 4s 5d a bushel. I Maize —5s 7d a bushel.—Australian Press Association. DAIRY PRODUCE IN LONDON. LONDON, June 6. Butter is selling steadily. 'Danish, 176 s per cwt, and tending upward. Choicest salted and unsalted New Zealand, 170 sto 1725; Australian, 166 s to 168 s per cwt. Cheese.—The market is firm. New Zealand, white 925, coloured 945; Australian, 88s to 89s per cwt. —Australian Press Association, United Service.