COMMERCIAL.

Waikato Times, Volume 105, Issue 17750, 29 June 1929, Page 10

COMMERCIAL.

AUSTRALIAN PRODUCE.

(Australian Press Association.)

SYDNEY, June 27

The following arc to-day's quotations on the Sydney produce markets:—

Wheat: At country stations, 3s lOd; ex trucks, Sydney, 4s sd. Flour: £ll 10s. Pollard: £B. Bran: £7 ss. Potatoes: Tasmanian, £IG; Victorian, £l4. Onions: Victorian Brown Spanish, £l3; New Zealand Globes, £l3. Oats: White, 4s Bd. Maize: 3s 4d. MELBOURNE, June 28.

Wheal: 4s 7 Ad. Flour: £io 15s to £ll. Bran: £7. Pollard: £7 10s. Oats: 3s Gd to 3s 7d. Barley: English, 4s 3d. Maize: 5s 8d to 5s 9d.

AUCKLAND PRODUCE.

Wheat.—Fowl wheat Is nominally unaltered, but shippers seem anxious to quit stores, and favourable quotations are continually coming to hand. Local price is 7s Gd to 7s 7d ex store, and the ample stocks should prevent any rise. Bran and Pollard.—Now that milk is so scarce, a better demand is coming in for bran and pollard, in addition to all the wants of the poultry farmers.

Maize. —A fair demand is keepin; the price of old maize steady at 7s 3< ex store. However, rather good stock: arc still held, and this is making iner chants reluctant to buy any new grain Oats.—Local price is unaltered a 4s 6d ex store for small- lines of F grade Cartons, but southern holder; are very firm, influenced by the growers demanding full rates. Chaff. —-Firm at £9 Iss ex store foi prime Southern. Potatoes.—Normal stocks are held apparently, sufficient to meet the demand until the arrival of another shipment.. Local price is unchanged at £8 to £8 iOs ex store, but the Southern forward position is slightly weaker. A fair demand has set in for seed potatoes, but trade will not be in full swing until the general planting commences in July. Onions. —Canterbury are nearly finished, and most supplies are now being drawn from Pukekohe and neighbourhood. Prices there show a variation at £7 10s to £8 10s, and the very best quality are moving off ex Auckland store at £ll to £l2. Poultry.—Cockerels, heavy, prime, 5s to 7s" each; not prime, 3s 6d upward; light prime, 4s, to ss; not prime, 3s upward; fat roosters, heavy prime, 2s Gd to 3s 9d; light, 2s to 2s 6rl; fat hens, heavy, 3s to 3s Gd; light, 2s to 2s Gd: pullets, heavy, best, 5s to 6s: smaller, 2s Gd upward: light, best, 4s Gd to Gs; smaller, 2s Gd upward; drakes, young, prime, 3s to 3s Gd; smaller, 2s 3d upward; ducks, young. 3s 9d to 4s Gd; old, 2s 6d to 3s; drakes, old, 2s to 3s; guinea fowls, 4s to ss.

Dairy Produce. —Hen eggs, A grade, first quality, 2s to 2s 2d a dozen; B grade, Is 9d to Is lid; duck eggs, A grade. 2s to 2s 2d; B grade. Is 9d to Is lid; farmers’ butter, Is Id to is 4d per lb.