CANTERBURY MARKETS.

Auckland Star, Volume LXVIII, Issue 283, 29 November 1937, Page 4

CANTERBURY MARKETS.

(By Telegraph.—Press Association.) CHRISTCHURCrr, Friday. The grain and produce markets are at present generally quiet, but there is a certain amount of trade in small seeds. This section is rather more active than is usual at this time of the year and although the trade is by no means large it is steady. Stocks of the main lines are reasonable and are small enough to induce a rise in prices when the demand increases. For most lines holders are not now prepared to give price concessions. There is a fair inquiry for oats and chaff, but both are hard to procure. Chaff is particularly firmly held, as growers appear to want their surplus by them in case of more dry weather. Old potatoes are now unprocurable, but the supply of new season's is increasing to a point at which buyers for big lots of old are becoming scarce. Little interest is being taken in next year's crop, which is expected to be heavy unless the weather is particularly unfavourable. The market prospects at present appear to depend entirely on the possibility of further export.