GRAIN AND PRODUCE
CANTERBURY MARKETS. POTATO PRICES LOWER. (By Telegraph—Press Association.) CHRISTCHURCH, August 18. The potato market in Christchurch is still more or less marking time because of the uncertainty about the import position. While the market shows no marked weakness, quotations at £l6 to £l6 10s according to delivery and station are slightly lower than tnose ruling a vzeek ago. Offerings from the country are still very small. Two ships, the Waiana and Kakapo, have loaded potatoes for the North Island this week. The Waiana took 7200 sacks from Lyttelton, as well as a quantity from Timaru, and the Kakapo, which was loading in Lyttelton today, was expected to take between 5000 and 6000 sacks. Onions are still very firm at £l7 to £lB a ton. The end of the season is approaching and supplies are very small. Chaff is reported to be weak, with quotations at from £4 to £4 5s a ton. A little more activity has been reported in the seeds market this week, but it will be some time yet before the full seasonal demand sets in. Most of the trade so far has been local.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 19 August 1939, Page 3
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