COMMERCIAL NEWS

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 56, Issue 60, 21 December 1935, Page 9

COMMERCIAL NEWS

FRUIT AND PRODUCE. THE ASHBURTON MARKET. Strawberries are beginning to disappear on the Ashburton fruit and pi oduce market. # , .. Tomatoes are coming forward, while there is a good demand for new season’s vegetables. Cherries are in full supply, while Sturmer and Delicious apples have become unprocurable. New potatoes have eased in price. Values are as follow:Potatoes—New, 2d and a lb. Bacon—-9d to lOd a lb. Wheat—Seconds, 14s and 16s a sack. Honey—6£d to 7d a lb. Onions—4d a lb. Spring Cabbages—3d to 4d each. Chaff—2s 3d and 2s 6d a sack. Walnuts —5d and 6d a lb. Cauliflowers—4s and 5s a dozen. Lettuce—ld to l£d each. Rhubarb—4d to 6d a bunch. Gooseberries —ljd to 2d a lb. Strawberries—Bd and 9d a pottle. Cherries —od and 6d a lb. Green Peas—ls 6d a peck. Tomatoes —8d to 9d a lb. Red and Black Currants—4d a lb. GRAIN AND PRODUCE. CHRISTCHURCH MARKETS. • CHRISTCHURCH, Dec. 20. # There was very little activity in Christchurch grain and produce markets during the past week, and conditions will remain so until after the holidays. There are ho changes in prices from those quoted at the beginning of the week. Very little forward dealing in potatoes has taken place, and North Island buyers have intimated that they will not be interested in forward deliveries until well into January, The grain and seed market remains quiet, and few new lines have come in. Flour prices are unchanged. Following are quoted prices to be paid to farmers on trucks at country stations, sacks extra, unless otherwise mentioned:— *

Milling Wheat—Tuscan 4s sd, Hunters 4s 7d, Pearl and Velvet 4s 9d, f.o.b. Selling prices to millers (all f.0.b.): Tuscan 5a o£d, Hunters 5s 2£d, Pearl and Velvet 5s 4£d. Fowl Wheat—F.O.B., 4s lOd. Bran—Local, £4 15s; shipping, £4 10s.

Pollard—Local, £5 15s; shipping, £5. Flour—Local, £l2 7s 6d; shipping £ll 12s, with the usual increments for smaller lots.

Partridge Peas—4s 9d to 5s 3d (nominal). Oats—Gartoii, 2s 3d to 3s 4d; Algerians, 2s 7d to 2s 9d; Duns, 2s 9d to 3s 6d (according to quality). Chaff—£3 5s (nominal). Barley—2s 6d to 3s, according to quality. Linseed—£l2 to £l3, according to quality. ' Cocksfoot—Akaroa, 9jd to lid. Ryegrass—Perennial, Italian and Western Wolths, 2s 9d to 3s 3d. Clovers—White 6d to 9d; red 7d to 9d.

THE DUNEDIN MARKET.

DUNEDIN, December 20.

Supplies of fowl wheat continue to be drawn from Canterbury, but stocks are now on the low side. The local price for good whole fowl wheat is 5s 6d, ex stores, sacks extra. Inferior quality is selling at considerably lower prices. A large proportion of this wheat is musty. Business in the oat market is restricted to local inquiry. Stores have been bare for some time, and any small shipping orders from the North Island have to be filled, from Uluff, but taking the market all round, the demand for oats is not very great. A certain amount of interest is being taken by buyers in forward business in new oats, the prices mentioned being equivalent to 2s 3d on trucks, sacks extra, for A Cartons. Crops of oats both in Otago and Southland aie in splendid order. Supplies or chart are still being obtained from Canterbury. ' , . • ' The wholesale seeds business has been at a complete standstill this month, and with the exception of one or two large Government orders, theiG have been no inquiries. It is now apparent that there will be a canyover in a great many seed lines, and this will no doubt result in the market opening lower than was the case with the last season’s crops. there is little if any change in the prices of seeds. THE SHARE MARKET. The following sales were made on the Christchurch Stock Exchange yes-

ENGLISH WHEAT QUOTATIONS. LONDON, December 19. Cargoes are firm and parcels steady. Futures are quoted:—London : February, 27s lid per quarter;. April, 27s

lid. Liverpool: December, 6s 6sd per cental; March, 6s 3£d; May, 6s 3|d. The spot trade is steady. Australian, ex ship, 32s 6d. DAIRY PRODUCE IN LONDON. LONDON, December 19. Butter—Firmer. Danish, 1265. Choicest salted, New Zealand 89.5, Australian 88s. Unsalted, New Zealand 98s, Australian 84 to 85s. Cheese—New Zealand, white 555, coloured 60s ; Australian, white 52s to 535, coloured 56s to„s7s.

tei day . LISTED STOCKS. Sales on ’Change. £ s. d. 25 Woohvorths (N.Z.) 6 . (ord.) ••• ••• 5 16 150 Mt. Morgan (cum 1 17 6 div.) (2) 1000 Nevis Diesel Elec. (2) 0 0 03 4 Dank of N.S.W. & 0 100 Mortgage Corpn. 0 5 0 ; 200 N.Z. Refrig. (10s pd.) 0 10 8 100 Howard Smith 0 18 9 Sales Reported. £ s. d. 170 National Bank of N.Z. (cum cliv.) (2) 3 11 9 £200 Wanganui City Council, 4i p.c., 1/5/47 ... 100 10 0 200 N.Z. Refrig. (10s pd.) 0 10 8 1500 Goldfields Dredg. (2) 0 0 100 Mt. Morgan (cum div.) 1 17 9 10 Bank of N.S.W. 32 10 0 UNLISTED STOCKS. Sate on 'Change £ s. d. 300 Argo Gold 0 1 5