GRAIN AND PRODUCE.

Auckland Star, Volume LXVIII, Issue 116, 18 May 1937, Page 4

GRAIN AND PRODUCE.

POTATOES ARE DEARER. OATS' UP A PEXNY. Since last report a chief feature on (he ; iix-iil gran; ami produce market has l> ~-n a hi mill jt in Snnili Island potatoes, dm- li> iiitir-uptiiiii of steamer' sorvicps and d'live.l <!ischiuge as a consequouce <>l "■.•,!): or <<-nditions. Spot slock-s mo and pri.os have advancoil from .", . <■' 1" PT l-ii. Whites ai- now mich-d ja( CO to :<\ r, ■ prr ion. ex i-ily stores l v --.'' •' •"' premium lor Dakntas. The :>niv.il Hi" the \Viuuatiii In tor in the weekit" >><• followe.l in a low <la.\s by tile Waimaimo. enable merchants to fullv )'i>!>lt'iiish supidiiv. Th<-r.< i< a sti-iidy market for Pukokohe onions, with prices unchanged at 12'0 per Tlio sonf'iorn oat market is very firm. and tlmimh r-oiisnmption hero is very iliinitrd UH'i.halits have a iliHiculty iii oblaining i n-uii oments. Tile ]>ri<•<> has boon a<lvaii'-e.l a penny. Chaff is in ample supply, soiling unchanged at £9 15 per ton. In poultry foods there is a keen demand for wheat at late rates. Merchant* arc dealing principally in Australian by inrrangenient with the Whr-nt Committee. ,Stocl-« at present are ample, though the forward position is uncertain. The nnrkct is well su)>i>liod at present with .Tavn mniz". and a shipment from Sontii Africa is oxnoctod at about the oml f-f tliis month. This oariro should land to soil ,-t about current rates, nn in civ 7'2 per bushel. There is no change in tlic market for pollard or bran, Wholesale Current Prices. Following arc latest quotations. tho prices being based on rates for delivery ox citv storrs:- - Pollard and Bran.- "Merchants" prices: Pollard, local. £7 I.V ]>cr ton: Australian .en in , to -CO ir, - : bran. £6 12 (i Oals.-Foo<l: B Oartnns. -> '_> t<v .1:! per bushel: A Cartons. -"'0: clipped fiartons. ■j 0: clipped Duns. .".0: clipped Algerians.

< Fowl Wheat.—Now Zealand, srraded. 7/2 per bushel: Austialian wheat. 7 '2. Maize.-.Tava. 6 S per bushel. Barley.— Fi««d,: flipped. 6 1 per bushel; uvr-linnod. 5 f) ' T?avley Meal.- 12' to 12 T» per 1001b - r Wlir<itmo(il.-.-12'e nor 1001b 1 ! Chaff.- G.b.0.5.. £0 15/ per ton. for ' so'ithern. Potatoes.---South Mnml. rods. £0 ,1' to i'O 10' prr tnn: white. £9 to £0 s'. Onions.- Local. 12 T> jirr r-wt.