COMMERCIAL NEWS

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 53, Issue 210, 17 June 1933, Page 7

COMMERCIAL NEWS

FRUIT AND PRODUCE.

THE ASHBURTON MARKET. Fair quantities of apples continue to be offered on the Ashburton fruit and produce market and supplies of winter vegetables are still fairly plentiful. More cabbages are now available, but other lines show little alteration. Prices generally have not changed during the week. . . Prices realised at the fruit and vegetable sales yesterday were as follow: — Potatoes—New, 7s to 3s a sack. Cabbages—3s to 4s a dozen Bacon —7d and 8d a lb. Wheat—Seconds 7s 6d to 10s 6d a x sack. Marrows —3s to 4s a dozen. New Season's Apples—Dessert 4s 6d to 6s; cooking, 3s 6d to 4s 6d. Pears—2s and 2s 6d a case. Honey—&Jd to 7d a lb. Chaff—2s 3d a bag. Pumpkins Id a lb. Onions—ld a lb. Quinces — to 2d a lb. Ham—9d a lb. Walnuts—sd a lb. Garlic—4d a lb. Parsnips—2s 6d a sugar-bag' Carrots—2s 6d a sugar-bag. Oats—6s to 6s 6d a sack. Swedes—2s a sugar-bag.

GRAIN AND PRODUCE.

AUSTRALIAN MARKETS

(Special to the "Guardian.'"* CHRISTCHURCH, This Day

There has been a distinctly firmer tone about the potato market during the last few days. A strong inquiry has set in for Dakotas, and owing has set in for Dakotas, and owing to a further shipment of 1000 tons to South America, whites are firmer. Dakotas have been sold as high as £4 to £4 5s on trucks, and are now hard to get at that price. Steady business has been done throughout the week in whites for shipment to Montevideo at the end of the month. The shipment will be 1000 tons from both Timara and Lyttelton, and the possibility of a further shipment later is not remote. Whites at present are very hard to acquire, and it is doubtful whether crops are as good as was at first anticipated. The demand for carrots is well maintained at 35s a ton on trucks. The following are prices quoted to be paid to farmers, on trucks at country stations, sacks included, unless otherwise mentioned:— Wheat (initial payment)—Tuscan 3s 7d, Hunters 3s 9d, Pearl 3s lid. f.o.b. for June. , Fowl wheat—2s lOd to 3s id for prompt. Ryegrass—Perennial Is 6d to 2s, Italian and Western Worths-Is 6d to Is lOd. Cocksfoot—Akaroa 3£d to 4d, Plains 2id to 3d. Clovers—White 8d to lOd, cowgrass 6d to 7d. Oats—ls 4d to 2s. Partridge Peas—3s 3d to 4s. Barley—For feed, lsxGd to Is lOd. Potatoes—Whites £3 Si, Dakotas £4 to £4 ss. • Onions—£3 10s. Chaff—£2 to £2 ss. Bran —Shipping, £4; local, £5. Flour—£l3 12s a ton local, £l2 17s a ton for shipment to the North Island, with the usual increments for smaller packings.

DUNEDIN MARKETS.

DUNEDIN, June 16

Wheat—Little interest is now being shown in the milling wheat market. In outlying districts an occasional stack is being threshed, but it is difficult to place this wheat with millers who have secured practically all their requirements, for the year. There should be very little surplus milling wheat in this district as millers have purchased the bulk submitted to them. Prices for June delivery are 3s 6d for Tuscan, 3s 9d for Hunters and 3s lOd for Velvet, f.0.b., growers' nearest port In quiries are already being received for seed "wheat for sowing next season. Indications paint to a fairly large area being sown, but this will depend on weather conditions. The local fowl wheat market remains steady. Best quality 3s 6d, sacks extra, ex store. Oats—The market continues quiet with little business going through. Canterbury merchants, who were the chief, operators last month, have now withdrawn from the market. The recent advance in price brought forward more oats in Canterbury than it was thought were available and shipping values have eased as a consequence To-day's quotation for A's vary from 2s 4d f.o.b. Bluff to 2s 6d, f.o.b.s.i:, at ports farther north. B grade is quoted at"2s to 2s 2d f.o.b.s.i The price for A Gavtons in the country is Is 6d, sacks etxra, on trucks, with B ; s" 3d to 4d per bushel less. Chaff—Few consignments of chaff have been coming to band and this caused a temporary 1 shortage. For good sound lines prices firmed and they, are worth £4 per ton, sacks extra, ex truck. Dunedin. The demand is confined chiefly 'to this quality, any lines of medium and \poor chaff being difficult to sell.

Potatoes—The bulk of the potato crops in this district has now gone out of first hands., Yields proved rather disappointing, beins; considerably less than those last season. The quality varies and in a number of instances farmers have sent in badly graded lines with a high percentage of small potatoes. These are almost unsaleable, the demand being confined to freshly-dug potatoes free from small tubers and from earth. Best quality is worth up to £3 10s per ton, sacks included, for truck lots.

g e eds—-The market continues firm with a fair amount of business going

through. Export inquiries are still being received for some lines and sales to overseas have been reported. The cocksfoot market remains firm. With the low prices ruling at the commencement of the season the same quantity of cocksfoot was not saved, and it is now anticipated that there will bo a shortage of supplies of this seed. Dogstail also continues firm and the same may be said of Avhite clover and cowgrass. The white clover crop was affected by the dry weather conditions which prevailed in the autumn.

VICTORIAN QUOTATIONS. MELBOURNE, June 16. Wheat—3s l£d per bushel. Flour—£B 7s 6d per ton. Bran and Pollard £4 15s. Oats—2s 3d to 2s per bushel. Barley—English 2s 3d to 2s 6d. Maize—Queensland spot ss. Onions—Market weak. Brown Spanish £3 5s to £3 10s, Globes £2 to £2 10s per ton. DAIRY PRODUCE IN LONDON. LONDON, June 15. Butter. The market is quietly steady. Danish, 92s to 94s per cwt; New Zealand, 81s to 82s; Australian,, 80s to 81s.-. Unsalted, 2s premium. Cheese.—The market is firm. New Zealand, white 48s 6d to 59s per cwt, coloure'd 53s 6d to 54s • Australian, white 47s to 48s; coloured 52s to 535. BRADFORD WOOL TRADE. LONDON, June 15. At Bradford the market is firm. Quotations are: 70's'27d, 64's 26d, 60's 24id, 56's 19§d, 50's 13Jd, 46's lOd, 40's 9d.