SOUTHERN MARKET

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3133, 11 July 1917, Page 8

SOUTHERN MARKET

; ; By TelcEraph-nPress Association. Chrlstchurch, July 10. . !A.V.few small lots of wheat have been .:" Doming forward from tho North Canter- -'" bury district which had apparently only "been lately thrashed, there having been '".' difficulty in securing a machine earlior. ".The'grain market is exceedingly quint, 'in fact there "is vory littlo business doing •".' in. any line of produce. Tho potato mar"T/ket is still lifeless. The sending forward l to "tho North on consignment of a considerable quantity of potatoes from "tho south has affected tho market ap- .'* patently. These potatoes havo come from areas tnat were flooded six weeks ago, and the condition is therefore not very ..J satisfactory. When these supplies have ;. been reduced, it is hoped the market .will improve. In the .meantime there- ■ ' are few local sellers, and buyers are indifferent about making purchases at !-, any price. There is still akeen demand — for seed potatoes. Ordinary white varie- ■>■ tics are worth about £3; guaranteed TJp- • to-dates, .£3 155.; Breeze's Prolific. SA; -'-British , Queen, £o; and early varieties; -such as Robin Adair, Beauty of Hebron, : - and Early Rose. XS per ton.