CANTERBURY MARKETS

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 167, 10 April 1920, Page 10

CANTERBURY MARKETS

By Telegraph—Press Association. Christchurch, April 9. ■ There has been little activity in grain and produce, lines since the holidays. The shortage of .trucks and the lack'of shipping have been factors in reducing the operations. Oats have firmed during the past few days, and Miles have been-effected of Abrade Garfons at is. Id. at country stations. Tliere is a good deal of business in small qunn tities, and shipping facilities only re> quiro to improve to stimulate business with the North Island. Merchants , there have made commitments', that will soon, require extensive filling. Thero are only a few deals in Algerians to report, ss. Gd. -at country .'stations representing the limit of prices. Ohaff is still in request- at up to £7 a ton at country stations. Cocksfoot and clover have based. somewhat, Ryegrass also shows an easing tendency. Potatoes have declined in value, and ,£4 10s. to .£■4 12s. Gd. at country stations now represents the maximum ■ of merchants' offers. However, there is not much activity in the market, merchants showing little disposition to buy. except in email quantities. The general impression is that there will' be a plentiful supply, but reports from the south suggest that this will not be the caso there. The position in regard to onions is unchanged. Merchants are .offering £7 10s., which is' ,£1 below the Onion Growers' Association's figure, and in the meantime business is restricted to small lines. A TIMAEU-liEPORT., By Telegraph—Press Association. Timaru, April 9. It is reported that wheat offerings arc scarce, and millers are taking anything they enn get; Fowl wheat, it- is - said, is fetching milling wheat prices, and cats' are being bought in Auckland for this market, at a lower rate than that 'ruling locally. .