TIMARU MARKETS.

Press, Volume LXVI, Issue 13906, 3 December 1910, Page 11

TIMARU MARKETS.

I There is not a great deal doinjr on I : the local markets at present. So far ' ■ ii.s wheat is concerned millers are fairly '■ ; well stocked and there is very little ■ outside demand. It is reported that ' a line of between 5000 and 6000 bush- | pls of wheat was sent recently from i Ashburton to Auckland, but the price ; was not disclosed. A few lines of J ', wheat changed hands during the -week I lin Timarii, at from 3s (3d for good Tns- ': ran and Kod Chaff, to 3s 10d tor prime ' Velvet, on trucks, Timaru. Fowl ■ wheat is in good demand, and is beinj; sent away from here to various partu of tho Dominion. up to 3s 4jd f.0.b.., : s.i., is bein? paid for it. It is antiei- * p.ited that "the harvest in South Can- ! terbury will come in early this year. .Some of the (iraln will be ready for tho reaper by Christmas unless a lot of rain falls between no-w and then. In oats there is nothing doing— not because there is no demand, but because there is practically no supply. There is strong demand for feed oats, and it is considered that, owing to the dry Feason and the consequent shortage of teed, prices are bonrcd to harden, and | that when the new crop is being ! threshed it will sell well. ! Pollard and bran are also in good demand, the former selling at £4 ]os, und the latter at £0 10s per ton, whiJe [ flour is fetching £8 10s. j Old potatoes are now done, but new ones (sent here from Auckland) are j selling at 31 bs for Is retail. 1