TIMARU GEAIN MARKET

Otago Witness, Issue 2692, 18 October 1905, Page 23

TIMARU GEAIN MARKET

Milliing wheat, Tuscan and velvet, is to-day ■worth 3s Id 'for fair average quality samples, and up to 3s 2d iox prime lines, while Hunters command' 2a Ud, f.0.b., sacks extra, in each ease. Whole fowl wheat finds a ready eale at2g 10d to 2s lid, f.0.b., s.i. Business in wheat is somewhat restricted, as there are now practically -no orders. It is not thought tiers that the prices above named will advance, as there ia a lob of wheat in store, and no outside orders- for it— not, at oil events, at any advance on the quotations given. Oats, on the- other hand 1 , are in short supply, and the market is" very firm. Offerings aro very light, Hue oats now left having pearly all got into the hands of merchaaits. Danish and Grartons are worth 2s Id for B grade, while good bright parcels of duns are Bought at up to 2s 3d, f.0.b., s.i. The potato nnaiket is almost a. thing of the past for this season. Small lots of table potatoes are the chief ones changing hands, these selling at. about £1 per sack. Flour is selling at £9, bran at £3 15s, and pollard at £4, per ton jn each case.