COMMERCIAL

Evening Star, Issue 18998, 21 July 1925, Page 1

COMMERCIAL

GRAIN AND PRODUCE. Messrs Dalgety and Co., Ltd., report as follows; Oats.—Business in this market is at a standstill, and tho nominal value of A grades is 8s 6d per bushel (on trucks). Wheat.—Very fcw r lines of milling wheat are now left in growers’ hands. Fowl wheat is meeting with good inquiry at up to 7s Id per bushel (ox truck). . Potatoes. —Owing to short offerings and an improved shipping _ demand values of good tables have improved considerably, and choice are now realising up to £6 per ton. There is a fair quantity of blighted and inferior lines on tho market, and this qunlitj is slow of sale. Cli n IF.—The demand is for prime quality only, and sufficient of this quality is held in store to fill the inquiry. Light and discolored chaff is difficult to sell. We quote nmo oaten sheaf. £5 to £5 ss; medium, to £5; inferior, £3 to £4. Messrs Donald Reid and Co., Ltd., report as under Oafs.—Very few sales are effected. Fanners are holding In anticipation of a keen inquiry next month. We quote 3s 6d (on truck, sacks extra) for A "Gartens, with better value for heavy milling lines. Wheat. —The market is quiet. Millers apparently have ample stocks on hand. Fowl wheat is in demand, and its value to-day is 7s Id (sacks extra, ex truck, Dunedin). Chaff. —Consignments from the country have eased, and any truck ol prime quality coming forward meets with rcadyksalo. Current wholesale value is £5 to £5 5s for good bright oaten sheaf, £4 to £5 for and £3 to £4 for inferior (sacks extra in each care). Potatoes. —The continued wet weather, has had a decided effect on the potato market. Owing to Canterbury merchants being unnhlo to deliver, inonirios have been coming from the North Island to local merchants. Values firmed to the extent of £1 per ton, and £6 (sacks in) can readily bo obtained to-day. BUTTER AND CHEESE. A. H. Turnbull and Co. are in receipt of a cable from Messrs W. Weddel and Co., Ltd., London, rc.idng as follows: —Danish butter, 194 s (last wgek. 190 sto 1925); New Zealand nnsalted, 194 s to 196 s (last week, 192 s to 1965); Now Zealand salted, 188 sto 192 s (last week, 186 s to 188 s); market firm. Cheese (white and color eel), 108 s to 110 s (last week, 105 s to lOis); market firm. The National Mortgage an! Agency Company has received Hie f4.owing cable from Messrs A. J. Mills and Co., Ltd., London: —“Butter: Market advanced, owing to continuance of hot, dry weather. Salted. I'AR to 1925; unsalted, 194 sto 1965. Pr.svs have been 2s to 4s lower during last week. Cheese; Market firm, with good demand : 108 s to 110 s.”