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Hawera Star, Volume XLVI, 27 September 1926, Page 10

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CANTERBURY PRODUCE MARKET

(BY TELEGRAPH PRESS ASSOCIATION.) CHRISTCHURCH, Sept. 24. A "kick” in. potato values lias ■ developed. It has -not been a, particularly lusty effort, but it represents in the fortnight an advance* of from* 10s to 15s a ton. The firming has several causes behind-"it. ‘"Paper’ ’ potatoes -have finished up, and forward sellers had 1 to find actual potatoes for the Kurow, which sailed for Auckland on Wednesday, sellers at the last minute having vo -scurry around to secure tubers on account of additional >space being provided. The 1 Kurow took 9950 sacks, about 3000 more than she was expected to. Another element in the finning was the improvement ,in the Sydney market. Consigned tubers by the Whangape, arriving at .the beginning of last week, sold at £ll a ton, and this price was quoted in the market cable this m-orning. The Kurow’s* 10,000 sacks for Auckland include 2000 for transhipment to the Islands, and as a proportion of seed was included, the consignment would be -speedily -distributed on the hare market awaiting it. Up to £4 f.o.b. sacks- in' was paid for the final part of the Kurow’a cargo. The Kaiapoi is due to sail next midweek and £4 is being offered for shipin an fc bv her, but sellers at this figure have disappeared. At the moment £4 5s is the basis of business, values to the farmers being £2 15s on tracks, at which figure there is a moderate amount of selling, though the hulk of' the big holders are standing off for considerably more than this. The Waitoiho is due to 'bad next week for Sydney, and «ales have- been made by her ar £5 10s f.o.b. sacks* in, the equivalent to-the farmers being £3 10s on tracks. It is 'understood her cargo will be a small one, about 5000 sacks. The oat market is weaker, and A’s are- now quoted at 4s 2d f.o.b. sacks in. and B’s at 3s Id. but there is practicallv no inquiry. Chaff has been inquired for from the North Island, values on trucks at Canterbury stations range at about £5 15s. DAIRY PRODUCE. Messrs Dalgety and Co., Ltd., report having received the following cablegram*, from their London house, under date of the 23rd instant (last week’s quotations in parentheses) : Butter, —Market* slow. New Zealaud finest salted, 160 s to 162 s (162 s to 1645); Danish, 184 sto 185 s (lsos to 184 s); Australian finest salted, 158s* to 160? (158 s to 160 s), unsalted 160 s to 162 s (158 s to 160 s). Cheese. —Market quieter. New Zealand, coloured 84s to 86s (82s to 84s), white 85s to 87s (82s to 84s) ;• Canadian, coloured ,85s to 87s (80s to 86s), white 86s to 88s (80s to 84s). FROZEN MEAT. Messrs* Dalgety and Co., Ltd., .report having received the following cablegrain from, their London house* under date of the 23rd inst.: — I amb. —New Zealand prime crossbred, Canterbury heavy S-fd, flight 9)d; North Island heavy 73d, light ' B£d. Market tending upwards. Demand runs prineupa’L on finest Qualities. Mutton."-—New Zealand prime crosshied. Canterbury heavy 53d, light* 63d ; North Island heavy s£d, light 53d. Market dull owing to lack of demand. Demand runs principally on ( heavy weights. Beef.—New Zealand prime ox beef hinds sd. fores 3Jd. Market* quiet. Demand limited.