CANTERBURY MARKETS
111 TELEGRAPH.—PRESS ASSOCIATION.) CHRISTCHURCH, 21st May. The movement in'bats-was only temporary, and prices are now stable at the rates quoted last week. The shortage of railway trucks and storage, together with insufficient shipping facilities, are militating against a lively market being instituted. Potatoes are in good supply. The yields are prolific and samples good, but the local demand 'is not keen. Northern buyeTs are now drawing on their contract supplies, and there in not much inquiry from outside. Buyers are offering £3 10s to £3 15s per ton, but sellers are not disposed to accept these prices and much pitting is being done. It has been reported that there is a prospect of the embargo on export to Australia being lifted in the near future, and growers anticipate better prices when this happens. Barley remains unaltered in price. A few odd lines remain in the country, but generally speaking the crop has been marketed. Chaff is in the same position as oats, and sales are slowv
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Evening Post, Volume XCIX, Issue 121, 22 May 1920, Page 9
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168CANTERBURY MARKETS Evening Post, Volume XCIX, Issue 121, 22 May 1920, Page 9
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