CHRISTCHURCH MARKETS.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 10517, 27 July 1910, Page 2

CHRISTCHURCH MARKETS.

(Per Phess Association."! Christchurch, July 2(5. There is still an inauiry for prime milling wheat, and unweathercd samples v.ill command prices above quotai;o"« 'Some large lines have lately changed hands in the Ashburton district, but locally there is not much wicring. »nd sellers and buyers are sever;,' pmico diilcront in their nu>jiS i <>» v .,;,,,.. Ydvet is chiciie inquired tor,•■mi i!'i'.yi--.H.e E vd samples will command tea t;n.:: t.iiy"utlier description. """'; : !:c O.it market is without change. :1 „d"no business is reported. '!'|,; M v is not. much e:miig 1:1 ehall. and ill- tact that thi' -ailer Jessie Craig has ..Tiv,,! ill Anekieu:! wit!, 1000 tons «l i'ndsh r from iicUuninie has eased the doiuand i'rom the northern district. tanatoo-:' remain at about late nues. O'ivViii'ls ma',' be e'voeried to increase '"\ n 'imiuii'v is string in for grass ■\-;'i-(\ for soring sowing. Italian ryegrass '■•noe'irs 10 be M-arcc. i\nd is in goo., demand. __ J.'RO/KX'oTEvT MAKKET. The Colonial Consignment and Dis(■■ili'iLoi" Companv (Limited) report o:; th- inron in.sit market on 1711) June: The market for mutton of all sorts is vrv quiet. The supplies are scanty and holders are thereby enabled to be firm, but the quantities appear su'ucieui ,-;,,. trade. Only small ear-;.i,,,-s a'iv enquired for and this description i:. making a liUle more money. Veu' .'6;>i"i>d Mutton.—The only arrival has b-en the Olaki with 2<>,4<)<) carcases. Stocks are in extremely limuI'aiut improvement in tlie demand, prices have been vei'v linnlv maintained. CanTer'burv brand!-, are almost unobtainable b'.'ht North islands of simija>- weight are worth 3:; d' lier lb. but henvv sheen range down to :V:d per lb. Frozen Lamm-Receipts consist of >C)S,-31 carcases from .\i",v /"aland. :-.(f.!i~'i carcases from Australia and :;"..». I-II carcases i'rom South America. Tla- market 'nas not been quit-.- steady at Ihe high values emoted in oil?' last r-.-.uc, but alter passing through a temporal",' weakness.' prices have retover'-d and arnica r firm'. Light Canterbury* are making -Thl per ib. and North Is'nii'.Ls or.lv fd per Ib less. Australians have 'been sold at old per lb. Arrivals are going tapidly into consumption and ih-'re are no accumulations in ■>tore. Knj/.eii iiee!'. —The arrival of (iGoo nuert-'-s from .Vow Zealand, 10.17(5 quarters from Australia, and bo.lnp quarters i'rom South America v.-as Vbe demand became apathetic, and it has b.'eii difficult- to soil, oven at the '•edueed rate-. Hindouartors are quotei! at- -ltd pvv lb. but much has been sold for less monev. fores are steady at ■T!d to .'i';rl ne'r )b and are iirmer than binds. .'