CANTERBURY PRODUCE MARKET

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 223, 14 June 1919, Page 12

CANTERBURY PRODUCE MARKET

~ .:. By Telegraph—Press Association. Christchurch, June 13. ■' The oats market ia 'inclined" to 'be a little easier, as offerings from the/south have been quoted on a little lower basis. There is' an'. impression that the ;Eupply of oats is going to be larger than .was expected. At the same time few ioats, comparatively speaking, have been sold by growers,' either in the form of •thrashed grain,'or chaff. Since- the price of-oats went up to 4s. per bushel and 'over the offerings have been a little hiore free, and continued fine weather means a shorter winter and lessened doniand probably,, for feed on the farms.; There" has'-been no actual change in prices since last report, A grade Cartons being worth -Is. 2d. to 'is. 3d. per bushel, and B grade 3s. IM. to 45., Algerians 3s. lfld. to 45., and Duns 4s. to 4s. 2d. There is a good deal more oatsheaf chaff offering, parcels of 50 to 100 tons now .being available. The general run .of prices is £6 Vis. Aα £6 15s. p ß er ton at country stations. The potato market is quiet, there being lessened . inquiry, .and at the same time there are' fewer .offering.. They are now quoted at £b ■ 15s. to jE6 per ton at'country etations, though some buyers would not give more than. £5 10s. There is an improved demand for cocksfoot, and this is attributed to the failure of much of the. autumn-sown seed in the North Island, in consequence of the dry weather then experienced} ' There is good inquiry for •JSilb. to 141b. seed, at 3d. per lb. for (,'rowersMjnes. Eed clover is firm. Linseed is etill selling-well, ami good clean samples are worth. ,£l9 15s. to £W per. ton at" country" stations! There is a fair demand for partridge peas, which aro now''quoted at 55.. 3d. to ss. 6d. per -bushel, and blues aro worth Gs. Gd. Onions are.without change, the;pnce to growers still being £1 per. ton. ', .

■: At their' auction rooms,. 137 Lauibton. • Quay, Wellington, yesterday, Messrs: Hodgkins, Carver, and Co. conducted an -auction isnle of freehold properties in the Sestate of the late Herbert John Jillett. ;',Twq,,Porjrua sections, with shop .and thereon, brought; ,C 109- ' I wo" Svacant sections. at.jPqrirua. Easti. '£112;, *&■ Mkt 1 section'af Gaj-eniata, iiof 'a section at Titahi Bay, Mi; and acres (fenced) at Levin, Fourteen acres at Jolmsonvillo", with cottage ;; ther.eon,.was also.put up, but.was passed "invand is now open for private sale.