CANTERBURY MARKETS.
TRADE IN POTATOES. . Per Press Association. CHRISTCHURCH. Aug. 2. The August, increment of lc] a bushel has gone on to all wheat, making prices as follow : Tuscan 5s 10jd : Hunters, 6s O^d; Pearl, 6s 2id; and Marquis, 6s 3jd. The seeon dshiprncnt of 1000 tons of potatoes for Australia has been arranged, leaving 3000 tuns to be sent away in September or later. The local market remains very dull with no improvement on the low prices which have been ruling. A heavy shipment left for the North Island this week, and supplies now in sight, should keep the market there amply supplied for the remainder of the month. A vessel took 9300 sacks from Timnru and 2500 from Lyttelton. Both growers and merchants are anxiously awaiting the Government’s statement in reply to a deputation which waited on it to ask for a minimum price.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 210, 3 August 1940, Page 4
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146CANTERBURY MARKETS. Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 210, 3 August 1940, Page 4
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