PRODUCE MARKETS.

Otago Witness, Issue 3915, 26 March 1929, Page 22

PRODUCE MARKETS.

CHRISTCHURCH, March 22. There is not much change to record in the markets. Wheat is firm and it is i eported that southern -millers are buying fairly freely. The local mills are supplied for some time ahead. From os 7d to 5s 8d a bushel, on trucks, is quoted for Tuscan, and 5s lOd to 6s for Hunters. The wet weather earlier in the week interfered with prompt delivery of potatoes, and shipments by the Kairanga for Auckland were not so large as had been expected. The Wingatui, which left on Wednesday, took about 1700 sacks. The market continues fairly firm, £4 15s per ton being paid for prompt delivery, on trucks at country stations, and £4 for April-May-June delivery. Farmers are not keen sellers for forward delivery, but a fair number of potatoes for prompt delivery are being offered. There has been no change in the price of onions, which are worth £5 a ton, on trucks. A trial shipment to test the Sydney market left Lyttelton yesterday,

and if this proves successful it will be followed by other shipments. The oats market is slightly firmer. Quotations are:—Gartons 2s 5d and 2s 9d per bushel, on trucks at country stations, Duns 2s Sd to 3s 2d. Algerians 2a 4d to 2s 6d.

Little trade is being done in partridge peas owing to a surplus of supplies from last year. Business in seeds is very disappointing at present owing to the demand from the North Island being poor.