CHRISTCHURCH GRAIN MARKET.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 5, Issue 1313, 26 February 1883, Page 2

CHRISTCHURCH GRAIN MARKET.

- -,- ■;- ; ■>•-, .'>:" ■■"', (From (he N.Z.L. and Mercantile Co,) | ;In the immediate neighborhood of t Ohrißtchui'oh aiid further north, 1 : the' wea- - tli er has been highly favorable for harvest' r ' work. But along the stretoh i of/ country o lying under the hills and to .the. south,. S owing to unsettled weather, the harvest tl has bpen' retarded,, and ]j Bljght daraage oaused'-to tbe'oroptrjn '-. 8t00.k ,", The' thrashing ma'ohitlw are tqlly, , employed "during : every available h6ur, I and considerable quantities are now in « transit for Btore or Bbipment. /; ;;• 7 ' ii ■ j WHBAT, * The. splendid, condition :ofo:thel early, v gathered crops has made threshing a t! simple operation, and 0 surprising qnan- n tity ia already bagged. Though an inter- y mitten? trade was passing Jowarchi, the: '_ plbee of January, it was hot until thiflrit week of February that the market pre; -. sebted any life. Since, the. 3rd: instant,. '" thew'bas been a : keen .dominfiiin .ill « direotioni. Buyers, too anxious to'seoufe k p^eflli;baye :, 'riot';wii(ed li the' leisurely "c .yiaifc.i)f.t|}e''B):o^r f bjfVh'ayeWed him g up in' 4 Hpute.d„hip : gya|n. '■ i-.ljjitnipp.l9il?-..'., 'tltjpn thus : ■ b,ye ' t 3s fld f,oib. to is and,*>3f fafc with.*.strong. .-• demand still Tbir unejpectod 1 jnfnp is no doubt. harq>ibg ji tendency of rates inf.L&don, ; alja to a B good demand Wiotfi: wßeat and, floor „ from Australia, it i' oomputed that up \ to the present '.fully bushels,;£ have been eontraoted for ( by merchants*-;. £ \ A steady business; ;has3; transpired ,;ih< * thiegrain during tbelrttefv'ai wider rayiefw' .o old'oata having Jb 60 rl j placed at!,?B.3d. to t 2s 6d i.d.b,,'whilst new orbp hal'ohanged g hands at.lslOd.to Js Id, aocdrding' to 0 ■.: 1 : '.''•■■'. ' ■'• . 'p. V.'"■■'..'■ • • -• '■'.'.:'■ ■ : .; i.' \.; ... ■ ■ ■ ' '■■ ' ■; '■

rw r ii nana—^—aw———— —t* ..••■ - luality, At thue rates the market for ' he moment is firm, and with London to oil baok upon at moderate freighto, it ut loobtful if the season will witness any narked fluctuations in our prices ourrent. '.-."■'BiWiK.'::'--.' "With a diminished area in orop, it was . tot anticipated that any plethora of supply vould exist. Bat the unfavorable weather or this cereal has caused maltsters to din- , ►lay some anxiety lost there should be aii nßiiffioienoy of a malting quality to serve heir requirements.. -Only a- few good lamples have been brought into market) iDd fer these'is 4d'-to : 4s 6d hive been laid.d Prine samples are-undoubtedly icarce, and will probably command more noney as the season advanoes. Of nedium quality, the supply ii good, and ■ales rule at B«9d to 4b Id,