AUCKLAND PRODUCE.

Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 215, 10 September 1940, Page 4

AUCKLAND PRODUCE.

WHEAT SHIPMENT COMING. -The Auckland Grain, Seed and Produce Merchants' Association, in its weekly report, states:-. Wheat.—The next shipment of Australian wheat Is due towards the end of the month, and orders are now being booked for supply ex this shipment at 0/9 a bushel, " net ' cash before dispatch, 1,0.r./b. Auckland for of ie sacks. The demand for wheat is steady and the p f"?/. f ? r ooPPUee ex merchants' stores remains at 7/3 to 7/4 per bushel. _.*X» tr * u »P Pollard.—Some merchants are out of stocks, and, the small quantity available is being strictly rationed. Wheatmeal Is being recommended as a substitute for pollard. Australian Bran.—Supplies of Australian bran are. available, and the price for a minimum of SSflfPJ!' e H n before dispatch, Is £8 16/. Lesser <H5? t4 i. 4i, _'P >m ,tore ' *» 10/ to £9 15/ a ton. Chaff.—There Is no alteration in the chaff position. The market Is steady la the South Island, and the price here is £13 to £13 15/ «J?i t *.T 0 * u . "• w n 5T beln » offered more freely from the south—chiefly sample lines. The price at 5/9 to 6/1 a bushel. Maize.—Weekly shipments of Olsbame new season's maize are arriving and meeting with a ! u * dy - demand. The quality is improving and the price is 7/5 to„yi • bushel. Barley.—As reported wet week too next ehlpment of barley Is due towards the end ofMthe month. The demand for both barley and berleymMl i, steady Barley from mereheSE? store stocks, unclipped, 4/10 to 4/il a bushel clipped. 6/3 to 5/5 iTbusheL BaxttymseTrsUi to £11 15/ a ton. ?"'"' «■"■*»■«. as is Wheatmeal.—This line Is meeting with a good demand and Is recommended for a substitute for pollard. Price: £10 10/ per ton, less i?i per cent for a minimum of one tea. Lesser Quantities, £11 5/ to £11 10/ a ton.