CHRISTCHURCH MARKETS.

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume III, Issue 109, 1 October 1901, Page 3

CHRISTCHURCH MARKETS.

Christchurch, September 28. The local grain market has, during the week, been very quiet, a state of things that is usual at this time of the year. Toe recent reduction in freights by direct steamer has had the effect of keeping the wheat mark t steady, otherwise it is difficult to see how prosrnt prices could have been maintained. A f-ir quantity has b-aen shipped, or booked, tor steamers yet to sail, and thus an outh t ha* b en afforded for some 40,000 or 50.000 sacks. Millers continue to buy s nail quantities to replenish Blocks, but outside *'f their demands and the requirements for shipmeat by direct steamers, there is no business d hng. , The oats market continues witnont cnm"e. Offerings have again fallen off, and growers are generally asking higher pri ms than buyers are disposed to give. There is, however, a ready sale at quotations, and during the week a few small lines have changed hands. Ihe Abbey Holme has arrived at the Dlult to 1 ad oats for South Africa, taking in par of her cargo there and completing at Lyttelton. The Kilburn is also shoitly expected to load at the sane ports. Their cargoes f irm part of an old order. f'here is but little doing ift potatoes, exporters preferring to wait a little longer before making further puich ‘BeB, as the Sydney market does not warrant any speculation. At present but tew orders are coming from there. The nominal price is £1 to £-1 5s per ton at country stations, and growers are still soiling out for these prices. The follow ng are current prices paid to farmer*, fob., Lyttleton, ami fieu of commission, except where o.heiwise specified : , Wheat (nominal) —Hunter s pearl and velvet 2 ■ 54 to 2s 6d, and Tuscan 2i 6.1, Oats— Canadian 2s-51 to 0s 44, short leed 2s 2d to 2s* 3d, Duns and Danish 2s Id to 2s 2d, f.o b, Bailey (nominal —Malting2s 3dto2so l, secondary Is 81 to Is 104, at country

stations. , , , ]s, ans _2< 7(1 to 2s 83, E.o.b. Peas (nominal). . .. Flour (raiders’ quotations) —Roller £G 15a. Sharps—£4. Bran- £5 10s. Oatmeal —£12. Lo.b. Potatoes (nominal)— Derwents £1 to £4 sa, at handy country s'ationa. Oitsheaf chaff —35a to 40s, at country stations. , , Hav—£2 10s to £2 14s, delivered. Grass se*d—Ryegrass, Liners’ lota ‘la ‘2 1 to 2-i, prime heavy t >wn dressed 2* 61 to sa, c-cksf-ot, 211 to 2JI town tna 'him'- tee ’, 101 b to <>Ul seed -3pi to 3Jd. f o.b , coWcjra 564 to 64 1. , xtra choice 7d, while clover 61 to 9.1, delivered. . Dairy produce—Cheese, factory, 4ad to 51 dairv 4d to facte y, local, is. Nor.hlsland lid, dan-y salt (in boxes) 81, bacon, ham 5d to tory bacon and hams pi higher, f.o.b.— Press. HORSE SALES. The Canterbury Farmers’ Co-operative A sociation, L.mited (per Mr (t Jon N auctioneer),, report on the bore mat at Talters.-.b’s on Sa m day la-t as f ,11 os. s Aferthe parade w« olfei■ (. sixteen draught, thoroughbred, and i\r ime stallions, but througn owners reserv e being mo high, only one sue changed hands—the Cydesdale colt McKav, by vicAlpine—Blossom, at 75 guin as. There was a good entry of draught mam-. and qel--ing*, and last Sat irda.y’sbuoyancy was fully th ee part, of ..or entry being qude J. f £l\ £35, £3B, threa at £4O, £4l, £l-. £l4 to 53 guineas, the latter for a hue 4ue b ed by Mr Robert 6-iivn and pur based by Mr Simon JS draughts, £2O to x 25 I nack and harness ■horses, £IC to £1 > 10s.