COMMERCIAL.

Timaru Herald, Volume XIC, Issue 13397, 21 September 1907, Page 4

COMMERCIAL.

TIMARU GRAIN MARKET. Wheat. —The position of the wheat market is very firm, and there has been ;•-. good enquiry for milling sorts. A few; sales have been made at 4s 9d free o* board, which price is a fair indication of values, but in the uncertain, state of the market, this is really only a nominal quotation. Velvet alone is very scarce, and will probably .command a high.r price; and it- is generally anticipated that owing to the further rise of lCs in tiour there wiflTbe a strong enquiry nest week, and another riss in wheat may b? expected. Oats.—The market is veiy dull, not much basin£6s is doing aad values are equal ti> 2s 9(1 for Garten*, and 2s 9d and 2s lOd for Danish at- country stations- Potatoes.—There is a good enquiry for Berwents at £2 lO.v to £2 15s at country stations, but Up-to-DaUs are quite unsaleable. The N.Z. Flour Millers' Association r.--por£ the following price*?:—Flour, p«-r ton £lO 10s sack*,- £ll 1001b bags. £ll 5* 501b bag.". £ll IC* 251b bags, bran. £4 10s; poUard, £5 IDS'. THE CHRISTCHUKCH MARKETS Per Press Association. CHRIisTCHURCH. September 20. Xi) transactions in wheat are reported this week. There ii a good rnquiry. bat buyers and sellers are not agreed ;ts to the price. The rise in the place of flour by ICsr per ton may assist the wheat market, unless holders furth-r incrvif-i* their reserves. Onta ar>* very thin' and it is reported that a rise of 2ld p'r btisiud taken place in Melbourne- from wjien<vi shipments have lately l>c-e-n msd- to 2C;.w Zealand. .Potatoes are <!n!l of sale, and varly varieties of tabk: potatoes are now lowei- in price.