A DULL MARKET

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17233, 12 April 1930, Page 18

A DULL MARKET

CANTERBURY PRODUCE [ ! (Per Proas Association.) i UH BISTCIIIJKCM, this day. ■ There is little business passing in wheat still. Buyers tire offering jtairiy freely, though there was an indication of a slight slackening during the pilot few days. Millers are nut joperating on the market. Quotations |are 5s Sd on trucks for Tuscan, fis 10s jto as 1 Id for Hunters, and up to (is 2d for pearl. Fowl wheat is offering more freely tit present, but there are few buyers. I The ’oats market is firm, spread from April to September. A Gallons tire quoted here at 3s .lOd 1.0.h.5.i., while prompts are available at Dunedin and Invercargill at 3s !Md. The yield of oats in the south is particularly good this year, and the shortage of supplies evident in Canterbury will be largely offset by the outstanding yields in the south. B Cartons are quoted at 3s Oil i’.o.b.s.i. The chaff market is practically at a standstill., I The potato market i.s still very weak with lit tie business passing. There i.s still a fair number of orders from Auckland. The Knrepo took 2Hd<s sucks to Auckland this week, and these are selling at from £(i to £(> 5s ex the wharf. There is not another shipment leaving until next Tuesday, when the Kartigi leaves. It m expected that she will take a fairly heavy shipment. .Quotations to-day are !)5s for whites and !)7s’(sd for i Dakotas; April-.lime, £4 IDs; JulySeptember. £5 Ids; and July alone, £f) a ton. The price to farmers is £3 Ids a ton on trucks. | The onion market continues to lie very low, and there has been a further easing tendency apparent. During thi' last throe days sales have been made at 35s per don. The chief hindrance to the market is that there is no outlet. i 1 Bran rose Ids a ton to £7 Ids f.o.h. yesterday to fall in line with the oriel's ruling in Australia. This firings it level with pollard, which is also £7 Ids a ton f.o.h. I At the moment the small seeds mar kot i.s neglected.