DUNEDIN MARKETS.

Otago Witness, Issue 3889, 25 September 1928, Page 26

DUNEDIN MARKETS.

WHEAT, OATS, ETC.

Friday Evening. The market for wlieat remains stationary, with millers taking up any good lines that are offering, but, as is usual at this time of the year, the holdings of wheat are in small compass, and only odd parcels. are coming on to the market now and again. The present price for Tuscans is 5s 8d per bushel, sacks extra, on trucks, while Hunters and Velvet are sell- ■ ing at 6s and 6s 6d respectively, on trucks, there being practically none of the latter offering. Most of the spring threshing has now been finished in this district, and the bulk of the offerings from the Canterbury district appear to be out of condition lines which were rejected for milling early in the season and have been held in stores to see if the quality would improve. Some of these lines appear to be all right, but a fair percentage is out of condition and musty, and is difficult to sell. . The quantity of inferior wheat available has prevented a rise in the fowl wheat market, the demand for which is quiet. Up to 5s 9d per bushel, sacks extra, ex store, has been paid for good quality, but there is plenty of inferior wheat selling at lower rates. It will take some time to work off the surplus of the latter, and values are round about 5s to 5s 6d, sacks extra, ex store. Reports from Canterbury go to sliow that more interest in the new season’s wheat has been shown at this time of the year than has been the case for some time. Several farmers have taken advantage of millers’ offers to make contracts for next season’s delivery, the prices paid to growers being 5s lid, f.0.b., for Tuscan, 6s 2d for Hunters and 6s 8d for Velvet. A fairly large quantity has changed hands. While these sales are going through, representatives of the wheat pool are actively canvassing farmers to join up for a period of five years. A certain amount of success has been attained, and it appears they will get the required area contracted for. Millers’ prices for flour, etc., are as follow:— . Flour: 2001 b. £l6 15s; 100’s, £l7 15s50’s, £18; 10s. Bran, £7 per ton. —Pollard, £8 10s. Oatmeal: 25’s, £23; 200's, £22. V ery little interest has been shown in oats. The consumptive demand still remains very poor, with no North Island buyers or millers operating. The only demand has been for heavy oats, suitable for seed purposes, and although early in the season it looked -as if very few* seed oats would be sold. There has been an exceptionally strong demand during the Past fortnight. This has left merchants short of stocks, and heavy Gartons are difficult to obtain for this purpose, lhe present quotations for A Gartons are 3s lid, f.0.b., s.i., and 3s sid for B gi ade. An odd sale has been made of the former to forward sellers, who have had to cover in order to complete their contracts. It is still noticeable that most of the deliveries of oats right throughout the season are still remaining in stores, and it is difficult to know where a market can be obtained for these. The merchants are not very keen to buy oats m view of the difficulty of obtaining an outlet, and values to farmers for any ' small lines offering are 3s 2d, on trucks?’ for A grade and 2s 9d for B grade. . Ine chaff market is quiet, with consignments arriving very slowly. Store stocks are mostly being worked up, and for these up to £5 15s per ton, sacks extia, is obtained for the best quality. Sales, ex truck, are recorded, at £5 10s per ton, sacks extra, most of the arrivals coming from the Canterbury district. Medium and poor are still slow of sale •* 16s to £5 per ton, sacks extra. there has been a movement in the Canterbury potato market, but so far this is not reflected here. Canterbury potatoes for shipment have advanced about 15s per ton. It is difficult to follow movements, as it is no'w getting late in the season. It will not be long before new potatoes will be available in fairly plentiful quantities from the North Island J-ocally the value of freshly-picked and well-graded lines is £6 5s per ton, sacks included. There are, however, very few of this quality available, most of the lines coming in being on the small side and showing signs of growth. Merchants will buy these only when they are forced to do so. The markets in all lines of seeds remain firm, and the retail demand still continues fairly active. There has been no further movement in the markets, and at present there does not seem to be any prospect of export in any of the lines. . 1 roduce lines are quoted wholesale as aollows:— Chaff, to £5 10s per ton, ex truck, for best quality; medium and poor, £4 10s to £5. Potatoes, to £6 5s per ton. Eggs: Stamped, Is sd; case, Is 4d. Dairy Butter: Milled bulk, Is 3d to Is 4d; pats, Is 3d to Is 4d. The market is very firm. Bacon, Is Id per lb. Hams, Is 3d per lb; boneless,- Is 4d. Honey: Bulk, white clover, 4Jd to 5d per lb. FRUIT MARKET. Business through the week has been fairly brisk. Some nice samples of dessert and cooking apples which arrived from Central Otago met with ready sale. All choice fruit is readily taken up, but ' small and inferior are practically unsaleable. The market has been bare of bananas. Samoan, due to-day, will be marketed on Monday. The price arranged is 18s 6d per case. Vegetables are in fair demand. The market hM been over-supplied with cauliflower.

Chrrent wholesale prices are as follow:— Apples: Delicious, 10s to Ils per case for extra choice; choice, 7s 6d to 9s; others, 4s 6d to 7s; Stunners, 7s to 8s 6d; Jonathans and Cleopatras, choice, 6s to 8s; others, 4s 6d to 5s 6d; small dessert apples, 2s to 4s per case; choice cookers, 5s to 7s; others, 3s 6d to ss. Pears: Choice dessert, 3d per lb; others, Id to gd. Oranges: Valencias 15s to 16s; Adelaide navels, IBs to 20s g large sizes, 17s; Sevilles and Poormans. 6s. Lemons: Australian, 20s per bushel case; Californian, 53s per double case; New Zealand, 16s to 18s. * Bananas: Fiji, 35s per case; Samoan due Monday. Rhubarb, 4s to 5s per dozen bundles of 11b each. Beetroot, Is 6d per dozen bunches. Swedes, Is 6d per case. Cauliflowers, choice, 4s to ss; others, 2s to 3s> New potatoes: Local, Is to Is 2d per lb. Cucumbers, 16s to 18s per dozen. Brussels sprouts, 3d to 4d per lb. Cabbages: Choice Savoys, to -5s per sack; others, unsaleable; spring cabbage, 2s per dozen. Lettuce: Choice, 6s per dozen; others, 2s to 3s per dozen; small, unsaleable. Leeks, 4d per bundle. Spinach, Is to Is 6d per dozen bunches. Carrots, 7s 6d per cwt. Parsnips, 5s per cwt. Saturday Morning. C.M.C. sheep tongues, tins and jars, have been reduced in price by 2s a dozen. Stocks of molasses, 56’s, are now available. The next sugar boat is the Katoa, due about the 27th inst. Cheese continues to be very firm in price. Renco rennet is now quoted at 7s'6d per dozen. The Port Napier, which arrived at Port Chalmers on Friday, brought supplies of Symington’s soups, Morton’s castor oil, Clarence cigarettes, Keiller's Little Chip marmalade, Johnson’s baby powder, and .other merchandise lines. This vessel recently had a fire aboard, and it is a question how the cargo will open up. The Port Dunedin, now discharging at Dunedin, has on board Virol, Foster Clark’s custard powder, C. and B. anchovysauce,, C. and B. essences, almondlike, Bates s salve, Adams’s furniture polish. Nelson's isinglass, Escoffier fish paste, seccotine, Plunket teats, Zig-zag cigarette papers Sparklet syhons and bulbs, \\ right s coal tar soap, Mavis fly papers, and various other lines.