SOUTHERN POTATO PRICES
(By Telegraph—l'ress Association.)
CHRISTCHURCH, April 20. There has been a shade of easing in the potato market for Dakotas rather than Whites. Dakotas are quoted today at £5 2s Gd, f.0.b., s.i., and Whites at £5 ss. Farmers are still showing no disposition to sell,at under £4 on trucks. Substantial quantities have gone to Auckland this month, the-total, including the Waipiata's shipment, of 108r sacks on Wednesday, being 15,000. < The position is 311 marked contrast with last year, when shinping up to the end of April was negligible, and for May only 8000 sacks were shipped. Present indications are that the latter figure will be much exceeded next month. July-September quotations range about £6 2s Od f.0.b., s.i. The onion market is quiet, quotation.* being about £10105 a ton, on trucks.
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Evening Post, Volume CXIX, Issue 98, 27 April 1935, Page 12
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