GRAIN AND PRODUCE

Wairarapa Times-Age, 3 June 1939, Page 3

GRAIN AND PRODUCE

CANTERBURY MARKETS. (By Telegraph—Press Association.) CHRISTCHURCH, June 2. The spurt in the potato market has been maintained, though there are practically no orders from the North Island. Over-sellers covering their May commitments have been the stimulating factor. The ship which left at the beginning of the week took a good cargo for Auckland and the next dispatch will be tomorrow night or Tuesday. It is expected that this vessel will take a fairly heavy cargo, as the end of the May commitments will be on board. The market remains very firm at about the midweek level of £8 to £8 10s a ton on trucks. In the absence of current trading this quotation is to an extent nominal. Reports of crops cover a wide range. In some districts they are well up to normal and even better; in others they are light, and a good few large seed will be included in the tables to make a reasonable yield. With the shipment that arrived at Auckland during midweek and the vessel due to leave Lyttelton in a few days there is little expectation that a Semand will set in from Auckland for a week or two. There are practically no offerings of oats. ' Farmers probably have sold all they mean to sell till winter is further advanced. Chaff is quoted at £4 5s a ton on trucks, but there is little offering.