GRAIN AND PRODUCE.

Auckland Star, Volume LXV, Issue 149, 26 June 1934, Page 4

GRAIN AND PRODUCE.

POTATOES FIRM IN PRICE

INQUIRY FOR CANADIAN ONIONS.

With the arrival of three shipments of potatoes from the South, aggregating nearly 12,000 sacks, the sliortage m Auckland has been temporarily relieved, but the uncertainty ot the snipping position is keeping prices linn. Stocks are being firmly held and merchants are outauung ij'l a ton.

Unions still continue to be marketed iu i fair quantities Hum locally-grown stocks, : which arc firm (it £0' iU/ a ton through , the store. I'hore is a good inquiry tor ' Lanadian onions lor ueljvory about October of isovember, and there has been ail advance in the lorwurtl price in this week's quotations to the extent ot' three or tour uuiiurs a ton. Wheat, Maize and Barley. In tlio wheat and maize market there has been little change, and the firmer tendency for wlieat lias been maintained. Maize is still rather dull ot sale. Wtoeks of Australian barley are sufficient uiuil a further sliiinuont arrives iu about ten days' time, i Hero lias been a iinner tone m values across the 'Jasinan, showing an advance of 2d to 3d per bushel, and, although Auckland prices at the moment are unaltered, they* are likely to reflect the Australian movement before Jong. Bran and Poilard. The demand for pollard continues to be steady, with no change in prices. I here i.s a better demand for bran, probably due to the. recent wet weather and lack ot teed for stock. Prices in Australia are reported to be a little tinner, and the same applies locally. Wholesale Current Prices. Pollard and Bran.—Mill prices: Pollard, £0 per ton; bran, £5 10/ per ton. Mere-Hants' prices: JL'ollard, local, £0 of per ton; Australian, £0 I.V to Hi; bran, Oati*.—Feed: B Cartons. 3/2 per bushel; A Gallons, 3/7; clipped Dunns, 4/3; clipped Algerians, New Zealand, i/o; clipped Gartens, 3/0. Fowl Wheat.— Canterbury, graded, 4/9 per bushel; undergrade, troin 4/0 upwards. Maize.--4/3 per bushel. Barley.— ifeed: Clipped, 3/11 to 4/ per bushel. Seed: Capo. 0/ per bushel. Barley Meal—B/0 per 1001b. Wheat Meal.-7/9 per 1001b. Chaff.—U.b.o.B., £/ 10/ to £7 W per ton, lor Southern. Potatoes.—Table: Southern, immediate delivery, £7 per ton. Onions.—Local, 6/0 per cwt; Southern, 5/3.