PRODUCE IN CANTERBURY.
r _____ J POTATO MARKET ACTIVE. a ~_ r . CHRISTCHURCH, Tuesday. 1 The potato market continues as the :. most active branch of trade. A fair i number of sales has been made at £5 5/, i f.o.b*, s.i., for July, which indicates a drop f on the values of a few weeks ago, but ; the despatch of between 10,000 and s 11,000 sacks by the Wingatui to-night for r Auckland is responsible to some extent e for this development. Auckland is not now s likely to come on the market for a week - or two. Values to farmers are unaltered, - at from £3 15/ to £4, on trucks. Dakotas - have been sold to Wellington at £6 17/6, f f.0.b., s.i. This variety has been very s scarce this year. Wheat is worth 5/11, on trucks, for Tuscan, and Hunters, up to 6/3. Quantities passing are not heavy. Oats are unchanged, although inclined to be weak. Chaff is also fairly dull. A grade Gartons are quoted at 3/4%, f.0.b., s.i.
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Auckland Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 151, 29 June 1927, Page 4
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