DOMINION PRODUCE.

Star (Christchurch), Volume LXVI, Issue 20454, 6 November 1934, Page 9

DOMINION PRODUCE.

High Commissioner’* Cable From London. The Department of Agriculture ha* received the following cablegram. dated November 3. from the High Commissioner for New Zealand, London;— Tallow—Market continues quiet. Values nominally unchanged. Hemp—Manila; Market quiet but steady and about unchanged. Sisal: Market firm with more interest, shown. Oetober-lAicember shipment sold up to £l3 15s, and December- February shipment £l4 3a 6d. New Zealand: Nothing to report. Eggs—Market quiet but firm. English, national pack 17s 6d to 235. ordinary uack 18s to 20a: Danish. 14s 6d to 18s; Australian, lls 6d to 13s. Peas—Maples: Market quiet. “A ” grade Tasmania afloat «old at from 45* to 465; New Zealand. 42s 6d. Blue*: Market dull. No inquiry for colonial. Nominal value is £0 10s. GRAIN AND PRODUCE. No business of any special interest has been done in the grain and produce markets during the last week or so. There ha« been no alteration in values. A limited coastal trade continues to be done in oats. peas, ryegrass and clovers, but practically nothing is being exported overseas. Very few lines of potatoes have come in this week, owing to the holiday period. Inquiries are limited, with odd orders coming from this North Inland. There is still a fair amount of stuff on the farms. The Kartigi is scheduled to leave for Auckland to-morrow with supplies from Lyttelton. Following are the price® quoted to be paid to farmers on trucks at country stations, sacka extra unless otherwise mentioned Wheat, f.o.b.—Tuscan. 3s lid; Hunters, 4s Id; Pearl, 4s 3d. Fowl wheat—3s 2d to 3s 8d a bushel. Potatoes—Whites. 22s t»d (prompts; Suttons, 25a to 27s 6d; Dakotas. 22s 6d (prompt 1 ). Onions—Brown Spanish, £6 to £6 10s a ton. Ryegrass—Perennial. 3* to 3a 3d; Italian and Western Wolths. 3s to 3* 3d. Cocksfoot—Akaroa, 9d; Plains, 6d to Clovers—White. Is to Is 4d; cowgrass. 9d to lOd. Oats—Gartons. l* 9d to Is 10dAlgerians, la 7d to Is 8d; Duns, is 9d to 2s a bushel, according to quality. Chaff—£2 7s 6d. Partridge Peps —4s to 4s 3d. Linseed—£l 4 a ton. Rran—Local. £4 10a: shipping. £4 **. Pollard—Local. *5 10a; sMnrlnr. £3. Flour—Local. £l2 12s: shinning, £ll 17*. with the usual increments for smaller packings.