GRAIN AND PRODUCE.

Auckland Star, Volume LXVIII, Issue 235, 4 October 1937, Page 4

GRAIN AND PRODUCE.

DULL WEEK IN CHRISTCHURCH. ' —— CHRISTCHURCH, Friday. The only interesting fievelopment in an exceedingly dull week of trading in the grain and produce markets has been an increase in the price of potatoes, which are now worth £5 10/ a ton on trucks. The rise has been due mainly to th'e increased number of inquiries received from the North Island, and though little actual business has been done this has .put new heart into the market. There is also an impression that stocks of good quality table potatoes are shorter than is imagined. No great amount of business has been done, but there have . been buyers for farmers' stock*) for the first time for a fortnight. Chaff, which recently had excellent inquiry, is very dull, though the price has not altered. A good demand exists for fowl wheat and undergrade lines are selling very well. Wheat of any sort is very scarce. The small sced« trade remains very restrained, with no sign yet of a healthy wholesale trade. The export inquiry ha* been most disappointing, and it appears that there will be no real strength in this section until this develops.