CANTERBURY PRODUCE MARKET
!'..'■'■' By Telegraph—Press Association }■■ i'.|.'-':- : '' i Christchurch, October 22. j. -There is little doing in potatoes, and jit;is .expected that two shipments will '„ shortly arrive in the North Island from I: Australia/ Consequently merchants, .arS j. not -prepared to make purchases beyond j the orders 'in hand. The price is still !: about .£lo'to JBlo'.ss. per.ton at country j stations. The trade in seeds still keeps I fairly.steady, though the continued dry | weather is hampering coming operations.I Prom reports to hnnd it is apparent that >:tiie area sown in wheat this year will i •'be considerably less than last year, and !. there.is also likely to be a smaller area ;in potatoes. The shortage of labour is ! ; the reason given in each. case.
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Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 24, 23 October 1918, Page 8
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123CANTERBURY PRODUCE MARKET Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 24, 23 October 1918, Page 8
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