CANTERBURY GRAIN MARKET.
f»s isweRAPS— -i?£gss association.;) CttftISTCHURCH, 22nd August. The local wheat market is very firm, but merchants are doing' among themselves the only business that is being transacted. The wheat in the hands of growers is being firmly held, and. they are not caring to sell under 39 6d at country statiofls-^a price that ie above the present market level. Oats are being enquired for, but the short stocks, in both town and country, are being firmly held, so that supplies are very difficult to obtain. Chaff ia without change, and the price remains at 80s on. trucks. The potato market is quiet in consequence of the northern, markets being again well supplied from the south. The prices offered to growers are 47s 6d to , 50s at Country stations. The fine weather of this month has caused an active retail demand for nil kinds of seeds for immediate sowing.
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Evening Post, Volume LXXXII, Issue 46, 23 August 1911, Page 10
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151CANTERBURY GRAIN MARKET. Evening Post, Volume LXXXII, Issue 46, 23 August 1911, Page 10
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