CANTERBURY PRODUCE MARKET
By Telegraph-Press Association. Christchurch, May 7. Tho accumulation oi stocks oi produce awaiting shipment is now beginning to have an effect upon the local market. It is stated that there Mβ 400 loaded truclys at Lyttelton, and the stores are all full, consequently any lines that find their outlet in the north are now coming more difficult of sale, and then only at reduced rates. Oateheaf chaif and potatoes especially are affected, and oats to some extent. There is no demand for'further supplies of chaff at present, as ■ local merchants are overstocked. The same may be said of potatoes,' the price of which has declined to about £5 10s. per ton at country stations. There is not only a scarcity of shipping, but there appears to bo considerable delay when a vessel does arrive in port, owing, it is said, to the shortage of men. The time lost in this way would very scon equal the voyage of a vessel to Auckland and back. Wheat is still offering steadily, and taken readily by those millers who still have unfilled warrants.
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Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 196, 8 May 1918, Page 8
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183CANTERBURY PRODUCE MARKET Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 196, 8 May 1918, Page 8
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