SOUTHERN MARKETS

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3042, 31 March 1917, Page 14

SOUTHERN MARKETS

EFFECT OF CONSIGNMENTS FBOM | AUSTRALIA By Telegraph.—Press Association, i Cfiristchurch, March 30. , : v There is only a moderate quantity of ; wheat offering. The oats' market has f;. ■ ■ ueaketied still further, and buyers are not now offering more; than 3s. 6d. at y:■ . country stations. though a little more . would piobably be paid-.Tor heavy r seed i - . hues.. Advice ias been: received that i ; A.' * ■JQUO.ysaeks of and white oats j. have arrived 111 Wellington from'. Aus- ! tralia, and about 7000 .sacks . are on , board the same vessel" for Auckland, c , Good white oats, equal to "A: 1 gradb i ; bartons, are being offered at 4s. on : • the wharf at..Wellington, all charges I paid. At t|iis price business with the t . . North Island cannot be dolie with Canjr.. tei buiy oats at their Jato market {■. : -. value: There is very little business dop: slieaf chaff;' and the demand I. .. is limited, and for potatoes for Aprilp',•; V. May'delivery £4 at'country' stations:is f;: . ; now being offered. - -The quality of the ;; main crop this year ,is said to be very f,-; good. Peas are reported to lin comiii" > in from Australia at -a. lower ■: figure- .. than the local ;inarkeit."price..; It: ;is i . stated, hoVoveiy," that the ''IV.smaman ■ crop of blue peas has been comman- >. . .deered,by the Federal Government. Ihe I- v. recent rise in the price of onions has •; ... lalso induced'consignments to bo made . from Australia, and. the ,local price of £6 per ton is r only nominal.