NEW ZEALAND PRODUCE

Feilding Star, Volume 7, Issue 2303, 4 September 1929, Page 7

NEW ZEALAND PRODUCE

REPORTS FROM AUCKLAND (Per Press Association) ; Auckland, Sept. 3. r lhe lea lure of the week has been a pronounced drop in the pried, of table potatoes. A week ago they were soiling at £l3 to',£l3 10s per tom ex afore; to-day they can be bought £2 cheaper. The, change js due to tlie fact that three vessels in quick succession have been dispatched to this port with qua:iit»ftil> s aggregating -over 30,000 sacks. This means a good month’s supply Jbr Auckland city, and surroundings. It would not be surprising if the market were to slip further, but it js steady in the mean time, due to the fact that the first of these three shipments reached, a. bare market. the market i> well supplied with onions at present, but the quality is very mixed. Japanese arc being offered on a wide mage Train 13s (id to 17s (id, rj; the. oondition is still varied. The 'first Californian of the soa'son arc also to hand, and here again the/ quality leave something to be desired. Different varieties °’ of oniojus are mixed in thy bags. Reliable quality are selling at 17s Gd per 1001 b bag. Dats are (steady at recent advice and chaff, too, is .still at recent quotations despite the, fact that orders lmve been sent to Australia, Maize is unaltered. Supplies are plentiful, but Gs Gd cx store at tl.e consuming centre i s more reasonable than this pricy asked lor wheat, and merchants have no difficulty ip selling at this irate. Tho demand continues bpisk.