CANTERBURY MARKETS
(HI TBLEGRAPH.—PRESS , ASSOCIATION.!
CHBISTCHURCH, 19th March. of wheat are comparatively small. The oats market remains steady, and a fair amount of business has been done at late rates. There is a good demand for chaff, and, the attractive price that is offered (up to £7 per ton for good quality) is resulting in a fairly large proportion of the crop being chaffed. There is little doing in potatoes, and the normal price averaged £5 10s, for delivery next month or later. Onions are still nominally £8 per ton, and a little business has been_ done at this figure. Most merchants consider it excessive, however, and the consequence is that orders are very restricted, and only small quantities are being purchased. One merchant remarked: "In the past we have bought largely and taken a risk with the onion crop ; this time we will only buy to fill our immediate requirements, and will let the growers take more of the risk."
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Evening Post, Volume XCIX, Issue 68, 20 March 1920, Page 12
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161CANTERBURY MARKETS Evening Post, Volume XCIX, Issue 68, 20 March 1920, Page 12
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