POTATOES AND ONIONS.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LIII, Issue LIII, 23 May 1908, Page 6

POTATOES AND ONIONS.

Potatoes : I* » expected that Bupphes will be light »G? some little ™h*!« Local quotation IS £6 5s ex store. Lat-' est advices from Melbourne intimate that the yield is turning out moderate, and the prospects are that prices will advance as the season goes on. ■ Onions: The market has assumed a firmer tone in the South, and the Australian market is also hardening. Growers show no inclination to sell freely. There has been a big drain on the early I grown crop in consequence of the good prices ruling. Stocks here are running down, but the merchants are still selling at £B.— Auckland Weekly News.