CANTERBURY MARKET
flty Telegraph—Press Association.) Christchurch, July 30. ' Generally the market is what' merchants describe as "sick." The definite nature . of the Commonwealth Government's refusal to remove the potato embargo shatters all hope that tho big surplus here may find an outlet. Poln-
toes are now scarcely quotable, and it Is reported thut northern merchants who bought heavily forward at rates from £5 to as high as £1 a ton, 5.i.f.0.b., and who consequently must bo heavy losers, are offering their purchases back at £\) 10s Merchants generally continue \to "sit tigW on their oat holdings, although occasionally have been mado at ss. 3d., s.i.f.o.b. Agricultural seeds are the medium of some business, white clover being in free request. Vp to 2s. sd. has been paid for clover, understood to ba destined . for shipment Home.
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Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 263, 31 July 1920, Page 10
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134CANTERBURY MARKET Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 263, 31 July 1920, Page 10
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