GRAIN AND PRODUCE.

Auckland Star, Volume LVII, Issue 158, 6 July 1926, Page 4

GRAIN AND PRODUCE.

POTATO MARKET FIRM. JAPANESE 0.M0N3 ON THE WAY. There is a nrmer tone in the market, bo;b local and southern. At the momeni there are only sufficient potatoes in the city for immediate requirements, and merchants will have to purchase for eariy delivery. This l≤ very different to the position existing a few weeks back when there was such an over supply that potatoes were selling: in Auckland at rates that were lower than the parity of southern values. At the present time It is difficult to obtain rorward quotations at anything- like current values, as the possibilities of the Australian market still dominate the selling- position in the south. Onions. Information nas just been received that the llrst shipment of Japanese. onions is coming forward, and Is due to'arrive in Sydney on July 27. It is probable, thererore, that the Auckland consignment will reach here the first or second week In August. The bulk has already been disposed of for delivery ex the sMp"s side, but it is just possible that Sydney rr.ercb.ant3 may divert some portion or their purchases to tnis quartet. Maize. Small quantities or new season's maize are coming forward, but the samples are still on the sort side. From all accounts it would seem that further importations will nave to be made from Soutn Arrlca later on a* the New Zealand crop will not be sufficient for the market's requirements. The price of old season's is very firm. Oats. . ■■* There is no alteration In the oats market. Business in New Zealand a quiet but- local merchants are still drawing- supplies, chiefly rrom Canada. ' • . A better demand' is being- experienced for seed lines. As already mentioned the market for Australian Algerians has eased and merchants have, ordered these, as they can be landed v a lower ?ost. than those produced in the South Island. Chaff. Continued advances in Blennelm chaff has sent Auckland inquiries to Australia, and three steamers, the Kairang-a, the. Kaituna, and the Kawatiri are bringing supplies to this port. Fowl Wheat. A reduction recently took place in Australian wheat, but the fall was only temporary and prices appear to be Tairly stable on the classes or those previously ruling-. As already mentioned most of tie wheat imported to this centre has been coming from Adelaide, where prices are lower than in Sydney. In this connection the "Sydney iorning Herald" says:—. -Owing- to the high price or wheat in this State locai millers have no hope of shipping- Hour to the Dominion, out due to the lower price or wheat tn Victoria and South Australia those markets have been drawn upon during the past monf by both New Zealand and South Africa. Those States are also securing the flour export trade. Perhaps it may be that South Australia and Victoria are the only States which have now any appreciable surplus for export." it was reported in those columns recently that Canadian wheat was on olfer at rates substantially below Australian quotations. .No business, however, resulted. Latest Sydney nies to hand indicate that No. 2 American winter wheit was being offered at a heavy discount, but Sussex Street operators looked upon the movement as simply one or American speculators seeking to bear the market. Bran and Pollard. Both these iines are in keen demand and importations are .sill] being,made from Australia owing-, it i= said, to the mild weatner ana the abundance or pasture throughout .New South Wales, the official rates Tor milling offals in Sydney were reduced on June l>9, bran by 5/ per ton to £7, and pollard by 10/ to £8. i Wholesale Curren. Price*. Klour.— i\v 15/ per ion, less 34 per cent discount ror ?oi}lb sacks or botb local md Sou itierti Sharps and Bran.—Local sharps, £li pur ton; orau. £11 per ton. Australian bran, £10 15/; Au.traliai, pollard. £12 10/----oat pollard, £S 10/ per ton. Or tin. - -New Zeaianu >ats. i-eea, a udrtons. b/' ,jei bushei, Canadian. 5/6 New Zeai.ino MR-er.an seeii fi/y. Austra lian, ?/ per bushel. Wheat; 8/0 to S/10. Maize (best quality): Local tuominal), s/3 per busbel. ex wharf; South African (treated), 8/ e.\ stare. Barley: heed. 6/9 per Dusiiri, Lape seed, 8/a per ousnel Uaize niea. 15/e >er IOOIb B.irley meal M/fi DC IUOIb Chaff.- Bienneim. prune. £12 5/. r.aq ill 10. per ton, es store; Australian com Mi-essed 11 o io/ :n oapr no 15/ Onions — £•.>■:> per ion. Potatoes.—Southern, £9 to £0 5/ ex store. l'ru= - biue Prussian, .\o. I, li/o per oushfi. parr.age, No i 9/ per bushei; tower RTjdes. jd less