PRICE OF PRODUCE.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 22, 21 October 1907, Page 2

PRICE OF PRODUCE.

,;0 ■■■. ;.STEApX'RISE'ALL:ROT3Nb;.f \-«1 ', DROUGHT-AND TOO.-MUCH RAIN, THE- '-.■/,' ~.;'". CAUSE.,-:--, y-..-'- :i^: y^'\ In' an article on'the', rise l in '.the 'price , flour; wliich appeared'jn:"The Doraini6n ) ,',tTO;,; , days .ago, mention was tendo'ricy in thyprico,"of:potatocsT^of,,staple.,! , , foods the rival of bread. Inquiry was made at; .- t Messrs.Laery : and 'C6.V fruit; and .produce .; ■ mart 'as"to' the 'state'of the! potato, market. ■, s Mr 1 , "aiitbhell stated that'thero''-»- | as';unmistake 7 . r; . ; ably a'riso, tlibugli not sensational in.it« raoter/and it': wa - s "not.' anticipated that ; .v prices'would go very high"!' . Primp table.potar, :<: toesi tliata month ; aßo.wer6,.bringing i £4,per,,, ton.'were now being.sold at,£s.; in wholesale,,, ■ lines; but .the riew.pbtatoes, were now,,commg.... ■ ■ infrbm Auckland and.Sydney-On^oClb;-bags),.,, —very nice- samples .they .were,., might" : liavo a steadymg.efFect. ■ .These-wore... fotching from. I.ss'. 'ito 19s.' per. cwt., : . r ■. ■ ■ No'other potatoes were.now being.lmporteo.,;, from Australia;;.indeed,,. they had inquiries,,; to supply cbnsignnieuts. for feeding stocK, ,-, which indicated that they were feeling.the,, effect of'the drouglif! pretty.'severely....■. -J\ el-.,. lington hid been •jniportmg.potatoes.lrtrom,.-; Australia"up. till a :fpvv; weeks ago, bnt.the;,a other,,, side; which, "together., with the ,freig)it and.,/, otlier cliarges, inade imp.orting.prohibitpry.,!! ,\ ■ : Chaff,was.'also rising..- Inquiries.had beon,, made over/hero, fpr chaff■.^■^•K^ be jb Sir S taV.^ at 4 ' , been the wettest .September ho, ha£ enced in the course of,fifteen r years. : ,beea,,,. , time. ■ : -I'-,; , v: • v ' ',■■;'■_ [;~,j