CANTERBURY MARKETS.

Press, Volume LXVI, Issue 20011, 20 August 1930, Page 12

CANTERBURY MARKETS.

THE POTATO DROP. (XT OU* COMMERCIAL ZDITOE.) Tuesday Evening. There is little change in the potato. market since the •week-end report, except that buying this afternoon at the reduced rate recorded on Saturday has scarcely been so brisk. A good quantity of potatoes was sold this afternoon at Eangiora at 50s a ton on trucks, and in the case of a line of Dakotas this figure was broken. F.0.b.,; s.i., values continue at £3 10s. ' There are some heavy holders.of tubers at figures well above this value. The northern season continues on into October, and as September is generally a month of heavy consumption on account of the scarcity of vegetables, a hope is held in some quarters that the market will Howevor, on present appearances, there is not a great deal in the outlook to warrant the belief that any. advance■ will be of a substantial nature. At the. moment enquiry from the north is dull. The Wingatui, now loading at Lyttelton, took 2760 sacks from Timaru, and she is expected to lift about 3000 at Lyttelton. Small seeds, oats, and wheat are as previously reported. Millers are buying occasional lines of next season's wheat at 5s 9d, f.0.b., or 5s Od to 5s 7d, according to rail, at country stations. Fowl wheat is a shade better, and is worth 6s 2d, i'.o.b., sacks extra, whilst milling Tuscan has been sold at 6s 3d, f.o.b. Quotations. The following are quotations for produce, to be paid to farmers, on trucks, free of commission, sacks extra except where otherwise stated: — Wheat —Tuscan 6s 3d, f.0.b.; Hunters, 6s 4d, f.o.b. Fowl Wheat—6s 2d, f.0.b., s.e. Oats —A Gartons, local 4s Id, B's Ss lid for prompt, southern 3s Bjd for A's, all f.0.b., s.i. Chaff —£5 10s for prompt, £5 12s 6d for spread. Barley—Cape 8s Gd, malting 4s to 4s 3d. Linseed —£14 10s. Potatoes —£2 10s. Eed Clover —4d per lb. White Clover —8d to lOd per lb. Perennial Ryegrass—4s 6d to ss. Italian Byegrass —4s to 4s 3d. Cocksfoot —7d to 8d for farmers' dressed lines of Akaroa seed. Plains Od to 7d. Peas —No. l's 4s 9d to ss; f.a.q.'s 4s 2d to 4s 4d. Bran —Local £7 10s a ton, f.0.b.; shipping, £7 a ton, f.0.b.; 10s extra for smaller packings. Pollard—Local £8 a ton, f.0.b.; shipping' £7 a ton, f.0.b.; 10s extra for smaller packings. Flour —Wholesale price, £l6 15s a ton for 2001b sacks, with the usual increments for smaller packings.

AUCKLAND. | . ' j [THE PRBBB Special Service.] AUCKLAND, August 19. Chief interest in the local grain and produce markets centres round the decline In price of potatoes. However, the tall extent of the southern fall, has not yet been reflected here, though prime quality are available at £6 15s per ton ex wharf, or £7 through store. At this time last year Aucklanders had to pay £ll 10s per ton ex store. Kysn at the present low prices the market is sick. There is no .change in. the market for onions. A fresh shipment of Australian arrived last week, and this will probably be the last of the early season's. They keep poorly from now on. and merchants prefer to handle Californian even .at the higher rates. The nextj. shipment from San Francisco Is expected early next month. There Is no alteration in the markets for oats and chaff. B Gartons are still Belling at 4s lOd per bushel ex store, Dominion -chaff at £lO 10s per ton, and Tasmanian at £9 10s to £lO, with only a moderate demand.. The demand for wheat is curtailed by the high prices, but local merchants are entirely in the hands of the southern pool, and the price is unaltered at I'fis, per bushel. Maize,' on the other hand, sells freely at 6s 2d to 6s 3d per bushel for local, and a few pence exti'a for the limited supplies of South African that are still available. There is usually very tittle movement in the barley market, but a change has. been brought about by the action of the Government in abolishing the duty of Is per bushol. Orders have consequently been sent to Australia, and when the first shipment, arrives next month the local price both for whole grain and crushed will be reduced. Supplies of pollard are now arriving from Australia, and merchants' prices have been lowered accordingly, and ar.e now on a level, with those of local mills. Bran is unaltered. Wholesale current prices are:—Pollard and bran: Pollard £9 10s. per ton, bran £8 per ton; oats, feed B Gartons 4s lOd per bushel, A Gartons ss, clipped Duns 6s 9d, clipped Algerians 6s 6d, clipped Gartons 5t fid; fowl wheat 8s per bushel; Maize, South African 6s 4d to 6s 6d per bushel ex store, local 6s 2d to 6s 8d; barley, feed 5s 9d per bushel, seed Cape barley 6s 6d ' per bushel; maize meal 14s to 14s 6d per 1001b; barley meal 18s per 1001b; chaff, g.b.o.s. £lO 10s per ton Blenheim or Canterbury, Tasmanian £9 10s in hessian bags, £lO in New Zealand sacks; potatoes, table £7 •ex store, seed Early Ross' Beauty of Hebron lis 6d per cwt, Gamekeepers, Northern Star, and Arran Chief 7s; onions, Australian 10s 6d to lis 6d; Californian £1 per bag.

METAL MARKETS.

(UKITBD PBRSI ASSOCIATION—XT ELSCTRIC TKLIORAPH—COPTBIGHT.) ' (Received August 19th, B.SO p.xn.)

LONDON, Auguet 18. Aug. 14. Aug. 18 (per ton.) , (per ton.) Copper— £ s. d. £ s. d. Standard, spot .. 47 6 104 47 8 9 Standard, forward 47 8 9 47 0 4J Electrolytic .. 51 0 0 50 10 0 to .. 62 0 0 51 10 0 Wire bar* .. 52 0 0 61 10 0 LeadSpot .. 18 10 0 18 6 3 Forward 18 3 9 18 3 9 Spelter— Spot 15 16 10& 16 1 3 Forward ... .. 16 5 0 16 11 3 TinSpot .. .. 184 7 6 184 17 6 Forward .. .. 136 6 0 136 7 6 SilverStandard, per • ot. 16 5-16d 16 18-16d Fine, per oz. .. 17£d 18Jd •