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Auckland Star, Volume L, Issue 73, 26 March 1919, Page 11

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CANTERBURY PRODUCE MARKET. (By Telegraph.—Tress Association.) CHRIPTCHURCH, Tuesday. The weather has broken, with cold southweeterlv winds and heavy showers of ruin, bnt a good fall is doubtful with so sudden a change. Tlie country is badly !n need of rain, but as ! t is so late in the season, rain would probably be followed by frosts, so that little Rrowth iv grass could be expected. Under the circumstances, farmers are nnt sclllue their oats at the prices at present offered, ac they anticipate that a targe qnantity of chaff will be required for winter feedlni. Tlie c is therefore, praetlcslly no business , doing ia oats with Sarmers. At presfent there is no outside demand for chaff. There is no alteration in the position regarding wheat. There U an over-supply of Tuscan as compared w;th Hunters and Pearl, due to the fact tkat only ona price was Hxed, and as iniilere ire now not anxious to buy. brokers are finding difficulty iv placing Tuscan. A fpw more potatoes are offering, and the price is now £5 at country stations for present or forward delivery. More inquiries Bre now coining to hand from northern markets. KEMFTHORNE, I'ROSSEK AND CO. DUNEDIN. Tuesday. At the annual meeting of Kemythorne, Prosper and <."0., the payment of a dividend it the rate of 4j per cent, for the six months ended January SI was confirmed. HIDES, SKINS, AND TALLOV. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co.. Ltd.. reports:—We submitted atii toid average catalogues of hides, tallow, tic. Hides: Market firm, with good Inquiry. "> qnote:—Extra stout ox 12(1 to 13d, stoct Hid to llfd, medium lOjd to lid, Upht iijd to lOid: cowH - , picked to Hid, good lines I<>*(! to medium 10d to IOJd. inferior to 9Jd; stage', ta 7d; calfskins, best lines 14d to lSd, pood 123 to 13d. cut and damaged B}d to lOjii; fcip s . ioid to lid; horsehides, large to 12.. mediun-. 8/ to t> 3. small 3/6 to 5/6. Tallow: Beet mixed to 38/, good 2S/6 to SO.', inferior 2'J/ to 2.V6; rough fat, ljd to 2fi per Ib. Bonts. £S 5/ a ton \ f'otvtailß. 1/ doz. ' iiorseliair. 1/ to 1/S i<er Ib. ,