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Evening Star, Issue 15075, 6 January 1913, Page 4

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A Wellington telegram states that the number of bales offering at the wool sales next Wednesday is expected to exceed 25,000 —a record lor Wellington. GRAIN AND PRODUCE. Donald Reid and Co. report:—We held our weekly auction sale of grain and produce at our stores to-day, when values ruled as under:—• Oats.—During the holidays no business has been passing, and quotations are therefore nominal. Local stocks are not heavy, and would be readily absorbed by any export demand. We quote.: Prime millimq 2s 2d to 2s 3d ; good to best feed, Is ifd to 2s 10d per bushel (sacks extra). Wheat. —Millers are buyers of prime samples, which are not offering freely. T'owl wheat has moved off steadily of late, and is not so plentiful. We quote : Prime milling, os 9d to 5? lid ; medium to good, os 6d to os 8d ; best whole fowl wheat, 5s ocl to 5s 4d ; medium to good, os to os 2d; broken and damaged, 2s 5d to 2s lOd per bushel (sacks extra). Potatoes.—The few lots submitted at today’s sale were passed in for lack of competition. Chaff.—The market is bare of prime oaten sheaf, and. although there are still stocks of inferior and medium quality m stores, these do not attract buyers Prime oaten sheaf would sell, readily at £3 10s to £5 15s ; medium to good is worth about £2-10s to £3; light and discolored unsaleable, but offering at £2 to £2 7s 6d per ton (bags extra).