COMMERCIAL.

Auckland Star, Volume LVI, Issue 53, 4 March 1925, Page 10

COMMERCIAL.

CANTERBURY MARKETS. (By Telefraph.—Pres3 Association.) CHRISTCHURCH, Tuesday. Potatoes are a little easier than a few days ago, and are now quoted at £3 15/ to farmers on trucks. The shipping trouble is having a bad effect on business for the reason that it is impossible to get stuff away, no boat being available for Auckland or Wellington. A merchant stated to-day that the position was most annoying from his point of view, as business was just beginning, and now it had stopped again. Iv the meantime no potatoes were being dug. the tubers not being ripe, and consequently not in a fit state to keep for any length of time. One phase of the present position was that it would result in Auckland using up all the stuff it could get from Pukekohe and Rangitikei, which would cause a spurt in Southern grown potatoes when the shipping position became fcormal again. Onions have gone up again during the last few days and are quoted at £5 10/ a ton. Trade in these is also affected by the shipping hold-up, as about 75 per cent of the locally grown onions'are sent north.

Chaff remain* on much the same footing as it did at the end of the week.

Cocksfoot is a little easier. Merchants are reducing the price of Akaroa seed from 9d to Sd.

The market for oats is quieter, sellers asking 4/6 for A's, 4/1 for B's, spread delivery and April delivery.

FEILDING STOCK SALE. Messrs. Dalgety and Company, Limited report that at the Feilding sale on Friday the 27th inst. there was a very good yardinc of both sheep and cattle, including some particularly nice pens of bullocks The sale on the day was Inclined to be rather sticky, though a good clearance wag effected. Quotations:—Light fat lambe 28/9 to 31/6: fat ewes, 29/ to 32/6- bf rape lambs, 23/5 to 23/S: ewe lambs' 24/9 to 27/ ; w.f. lambs. IS/10. 20/4 to' 21/6; medium, lambs, 10/1 to 16/3; small lambs. 13/ to 14/ ; two-tooth wethers 32/9 • failing mouth ewes, 18/ to 15/1 ; four and hve-year ewes, 28/. Sl/3, 31/9, to 32/3----two-tooth ewes. 37/6 to 3S/6; small twotooth ewes, 31/6 ; m.a. Romney rams, 1 to Jjgns : m.a. bouthdown rams, 3J s to sens • two-tooth Southdown rams. 5 to 9gns ■ fat bullocks fll 2/0 to £11 i 5/ : f f t 8 oow,! 7% -■-/ £C I / 6; fat heifers, to ". ££/; good conditioned P.A k oc ? s ' £ o 9 15/; four-year coloured *s°i S S ; f 8 l°/, ! t J and s *-* ear bullocks wl ii t 7 !° S,} 1 2/; 5 -J"ear off forward n t, "*;/' fll i 3-year steers, £6 17/0 to tb 8/; 3i-year steers, £6 11/ *" 7 7/ to £ S 15/ ; forward condition Hereford . £ sy : ° rdinary forward cows, £3 10/ to £3 13/; store cows, £o 2/ to £2 9/; cows with calves, to £4 10/' 18-months P.A. cross heifers, £3- lg' months crossbred heifers, 37/, £ 2 2/ to £2 7/. ~ " •

LONDON CHEESE MARKET. PRICES FIRMER. Messrs. Dalgety and Companr, Ltd are in receipt of the following cable from their head office, under date 2nd inst - "-"«r ldg C h b er e Vt/ nCe ° Ur laSt ~ ire " Pr*e ß are