Canterbury Potato Market Ended
[Per Press Association. Copyright .] CHRISTCHURCH. This Day. The Canterbury potato market has virtually ended. North Island merchants have informed Christchurch merchants that, with potatoes bought earlier and not yet delivered and stocks on hand, they have sufficient supplies to see them through until the new crop comes on the market, which is expected to be about the middle of October.
Hopes that a market would be found in South America to help growers to dispose of at least some of their surplus crops have not been realised. An inquiry was received in New Zealand from South America for 7000 tons if the price was favourable, been made about payment, but it is reported that all efforts to secure freight and suitable arrangements could have have been unsuccessful.
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Northern Advocate, 14 September 1940, Page 5
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