COMMERCIAL.

Southland Times, Issue 18843, 8 June 1920, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

OAMARU MARKETS. OAMARU, June 7. The Dunedin carnival, with its allurements for farmers, has been responsible for a curtailment of the already modest amount of business passing in the local markets. In all departments its effects were seen during the past week, and there is consequently little to report. Wheat in comparatively small lines has continued to come forward, but in decreased numbers, and all offering has found ready buyers at full Government rates. Oats have continued to move slowly. A few lines of A grade Cartons have changed hands at country stations at 5/- net, and some business has been done ex store at 5/Si for Duns and 5/4 for A Cartons. A couple of lines of ryecorn were taken at 7/- net at country stations. A little business is reported in oaten sheaf chaff at 17, sacks extra, net at country stations. Potatoes have been offering fairly freely, but there arc no buyers, except in modest lines to supply local requirements. The stock market has been exceedingly slack. No sales of sheep by private treatyare reported outside of fat animals, and even these have been few and of no moment. Fat wethers have been dealt in at 30/-, fat ewes at 35/- for heavyweights, and from 27/- to 30/- for others, and fat lambs at 26/6, At a clearing sale held at Ntrapnra yesterday two and three-shear ewes brought 28/-, full and failing-mouthed ewc“ 27/6. The only sales in cattle reported arc modest lines of 21-year-old steers at .€9, and IS-months-old steers at £3 15/-. Dairy slock continues to sell very well, and at yesterday’s clearing sale cows brought from £l3 to £ls 10/-. and springing heifers from £7 5/- to £lO 10/-.