CANTERBURY MARKETS

Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 62, 10 September 1924, Page 14

CANTERBURY MARKETS

• - (BI TBLEORAPH.—PRESS itSSOCMTION )'' ' CHRISTOHUBCH, QthrSeptember,: \Vith the deluge of pofcatpes from Australia, which-has-landed in Aucklaiid dur'"g tl'o.Ti'eekj:pcal..business is/corifinerl to coastal trade.-;: A-few^olders >of from A) to 40 tons ha.ye come--to light this last week, but most potatoes are held in small lots. ..■»«•..

A spirited^ demand—prevailed ••■during the week forlpotafoesio? "NoSKllsbnd coastal ports, and up to £5 10s f.'b.K, si., was paid for the Flora's cargo for Aapier. • The Mograki has Wn bringing potatoes from-CAustralia ,'to: Wellington/ and it is reported that Dune din is also t«' receive a shipment. -Quotations tn farmers have been up to £4 Ss per ton durros.the week, and from that figure down to. £4'represents the present figures for September delivery: Between merchants abouti £5 5s f.0.b., si.y i» offering, v-1 •'■''• ■;'-:- r' "■•- " ■ •

Chaff. is ■: firm, and there Js a gootf inquiry."'; <- - ■-'':■■•■■•'.■' '.

Cowgrass fluttered up yesterday,' fauV the market is again quiet. Values in farmers are_Bd;per lb. '. ;; ; v>-':-i-~- -' Peaa-are1 worth 55.9 d to*6s "to farmewf Lms'eed; i ;is^worth '£17/per'."ton on trncks; 'All other seeds;show ; very■'little movement^--- '-■ ■'•-■ '-/.-'"-' - ■'---■ ■■ -