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Levin Daily Chronicle, 31 August 1918, Page 3

'The potato situation in the No^ 1 Maud, especially m Auckland, has been tense, due in the mam cullV Of {jetting pviuluco from the■ S°»* Island Auckland has drawn 011 Wcl lingten, and supplies have been sen bv r.'il. realising from &U to fcl-i per ton i" tlio northern city. The oat market in Canterbury and Southland is very firm. Within the past four weeks the price lias advanced to from 5d to Z° per bushel. There is a paßScn the market at the profit wxtli South Island ports. Oaions from the South Island are reported to be wantj„ keeping qualities. In Auckland, •>\ lTicli was caught short, there has been paid up to £45 per ton. Americans to arrive, are to cost 50s to 65s per 100 pounds crate. It is thought that onions will be scarce again tins year. ike uupolv of foul wheat from the South Island is small, but Australia is furnishing some considerable lines. Buyers are understood to be pretty well stocked up. Chaff is very firm, Blenheim not quoting to any large extent, but Canterbury is offering at £10 10s f.o.b.