CHRISTCHURCH MARKETS.

Evening Post, Volume XCVI, Issue 78, 28 September 1918, Page 4

CHRISTCHURCH MARKETS.

(IT TEIEORAPH.—PJtBBS • ASSOCIATION.) CHEISXCHTJECH, 27th September ; Odd little lots of wheat still continue to come forward, 'and If suitable for milling they are readily taken. Oats are also very scarce, and the sale of 1000 bushels of Algerians at ss, and 500 bushels of Oartons at Ss 3d, at country stations, during the -week is the only business between grower and merchant record-' cd. Oatsheaf chaff is wanted if of prime quality, and up to £7 10s, at a handy station, is offered. A shipment of 11,000 sacks to Napier by collier, temporarily available, has relieved congestion of supplies somewhat, and a further shipment) may bo arranged by the same steamer. The potato market has shown a. little improvement, no doubt owing to the absorption of Australian supplies. There are a few more inquiries and some sales have been made. Buyers are now offering £8 ss. to £8 10s at country stations, but there are not jnany offering as growers are holdini! pretty firmly. There is not much inquiry for irmiu crop seed potatoes, and they are worth from £i 8s to £6 10s, according to variety, at country utations. There is still a fair demand for seeds for spring aowing. lurnip seed, especially Imperial Green Globe, is rather scarce.