LATE COMMERCIAL

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 175, 14 October 1927, Page 13

LATE COMMERCIAL

MAIZE MARKET FIRM ONIONS SELLING FREELY POTATOES QUIET THE maize market is firmer thie week. Potatoes are not giving much concern. Other lines in g~ain, seed and produce circles are quiet. Potatoes are well supplied on the spot and selling through store at from £6 15s to £7. During the past week there has been a noticeable falling off in demand which, to a certain extent, is hard 1:o explain, tis the new season’s tubers will not be sufficient for all requirements for a few week* yet. Merchants are showing a disinclination to buy in the Soith on an f.o.b. basis, and prefer, for the most part, to satisfy their requirements from consignments as they arrive. The new season’s tubers are coming on the market in increasing supplies, but the quality generally is .poor, and the market ftill holds it up to about 3d a lb fer the best. Forward business for deliverv April, 'lay and June of next year is now being sought by Southern operators on a price in tha vicinity o( fl 10* f.o.b. Owing- to **• low prices ruling during tbe last two \cars, however, Northern buyers are not responding to any great extent. A shipment of Canadian onions arrived on a bare market early In the week, and pnees remain firm on a basis around 17s a bag. and 19s 6d a case, through ™,m e ‘ i A further shipment due next week w m also go into immediate consumption. •Jats are. if anything, weaker, though iu has keen no appreciable reduction n i market. B Gartons, or. the spot, through store in the vicinity of 4s 4a a bushel. . market remains stationary. e pr * ce * n Auckland firm at £9 1 through store for the best Southern. Maize has firmed over the week for the . ?*• Quality cereal, though inferior par'e,s I !£ Tna i n a drug on the market. Povorty Bay arrivals have made up to 5s 9d T,. i e ,7 v * lar *» with the Bay of Plenty ‘l r, ai slightly easier. Through store, the pr £* ranges between 6s 3d arid 6s 6d. " heat remains firm with tYie through ; , ore Price in Auckland up to Ss 6d a bustiel. Steady sales of turnip and mangold are reported.