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Auckland Star, Volume LIV, Issue 182, 1 August 1923, Page 8

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LOHOOH PRODUCE IUBUti ,HIGFI COMMISSIONER'S CABLT151TTEE MARKET FIRMER. (Special to "Star.") WELLINGTON, this day. The Department of Agriculture ha« t*. ceived the following cablegram, dated 28a instant, from the High Commissioner J« New Zeala nd. London : —

Meat. —Market quiet and poor demtnt Supplies ars well maintained, though ere strike continues. Fair supplies china beef, bnt very little New Zealand frowj beef available ex store New Zealand Mutton. —Caatertrarr 49/561bb. SJd ; 37/641b, 8d : 65/72!b, Trf North Island, 49'581b. 8d; 57/641b, la--65/721b, 7d. Ewes, ojd. New Zealand Lamb. — Canterbury; 2»/3Clb. II 3-Sd: 37/421b. 11 l-gj. 43/501b. 10 3-Sd: second class. 10 S-Sfc North Island: Second class, SJd. New Zealand Beef.—Fores, 2 T-gfl. hinds, 5 l-Bd. Chilled BpcI: Fores. 3id te 3id : hinds. 5Jd to 6 5-Sd. Bntter.—Market firmer and good demand. Official quotations are: — New Zealand.—Salted, finest: 28th July. 170/ to 172/ per «t; 21st July. 157/ te 162/: 14th July, 138/ to 100/. Unsalted: 28th July. 170/ to 174/ 21st July, Kgr to 162/ ; 14ht July. 158/ to 160/. Otbef qualities: Salted, 166/ to 168/ per ewe... Cheese. —Market firm. Very little Cotai Dial available on spot. Quotations nominal Canadian and Australian not quoted. - , Yew Zealand. —2Sith Juiy, coioand. lOe/ to 112/ per cwt, white, 106/ to 11*7; 21st July, coloured. 98/ to 100/, whitf, 100/ to 102/ ; 14th July, coloured, 94/ t» 96/, white, 96/ to 98/. ShiJ.inents of New Zealand proaoct arrived this week per s.s. Opawa, Donet, Waiwera. Hemp.—Manila market weak and poor trade demand. Value J grade, AugnitOctober shipments, £30 5/. A little more interest being shown in New Zealaia hemp by speculators but at low valnti ; Highpoints August-October shipments, £31 I pp- -o". v<l >ioTti«nd for fair grade. I Wool.—Bradford market quiet. Odciil iquoiu..uus ior tops are:—tt-4's (merino), 5/: 56's (super halfbrrd), 2/11; 40 - s pnpared <coarse crossbred). 1/4. Tarn am I piece goods difficult to sell in competition with more cheaply produced Continental manufactures. Outlook for West Rldlar wool and worsted trades Is causing anxiety. Eggs.—Demand is good, especially fcrbeet. Irish. Danish. English, Dntth, : trench, 12/ to 15/ per long 100. Chine*, I Russian, Polish, Lithuanian, Brittanye, 8/ to 11/ per long 100. LONDON BUTTER MARKET., (By Telegraph.—Press Association.). ■ WELLINGTON", Tncsdij, The National Dairy Association recetrea the following cable from their Londoa office, dated July 27:— The butter market is firmer, with better demand. New Zealand, salted, 170/ to 172/; unsalted. 170/ to 174/. AustralUa, salted, 162/ to 164/. Argentine, saHrt, 140/ to 156/. Irish, 162/. Danish, 174/-to 186/. The cheese prices are nominal, but little New Zealand and no Canadian being available. New Zealand. 104/ to 108/. Hie strike continues at London docks. •■■; BRADFORD. WOOL MARKET. LONDON, Jnly 30l At the Bradford wool sales Merinos veie dnll and unchanged. There was more Inquiry for croßsbreds, but little actual butness was done. —(A. and N.Z. Cable.) WAIKATO MARKET REPOBT. The -Farmers' Co-operative Auvtloneeitelj Co. report:— Beef. —Good supplies are available tint ! values rnle firm with slightly advancing tendency. . ; ! Mutton.—Supplies are sneertain and the quality mostly plain; value* I continue to improve. •■ .- I Store Ojfctle.—The store cattle nuutat ! remains' in a very <weak state and buslnwi is difficult. 'Male tattle generally are .exceedingly scarce, although there Is an Inquiry for young steers, out for heifers; of which there Is a surplus, no demand whstever -exists. Some competition for store cows has been observed and two or tttee good drafts have been taken to outside districts. - Store Sheep.—A faiT inquiry still exists fot store sheep of all classes, but a great shortage is noticeable. Ewes in lamb contuict to draw fait competition where offered; Dairy Cattle.—Good dairy cows asd heifers, <rlose to calving, have Improrej slightly, but there has been no alteration in inferior lots. As a rule cull cows would draw T>etter competition in store pene. Pigs.—There is a strong demand for ill classes of pigs. Supplies of fat pigs hire fallen very low and are in all centos eazerly competed for. We quote as follows: — Prime bullocks, heavy fS 10/ to 00 10/, medium £7 to £8; yotmjs cows, heavy £5 15/ to £7 10/, medium £4 10/ to £5 5/, lofftalt £3 to £3 15/: forward steers, 3J to 41-je« £4 10/ .to £5 10/; store steers, £4 to £4 10/; ■ store vows, £1 10/ to £2; best steers, :»-?*«, £3 3/ to £3 15/; Jersey heifers, xisuw 2year, r.-w.b., £10 to £15: Shorthorn hdftn, rising 3-year, r.w.b., £6 to £7 5/: Holsteia heifers, rising 3-year, r.w.u., £7 10/ to Si Shorthorn eiEpty heifers. IS months, best £2 to £2 15/, medium £1 15/ to £2: Shortlora steers. 18-months, best £3 to £3 7/8, medic* £2 10/ to £2 15/; Shorthorn heifer caKes, best £1 2/6 to £1 7/U; Holstein heife* calves, £2 to £2 10/: Jersey-cross het'tf ! calves, £3 5/ to £4 10/: steer calves, best £1 10/ to £2, medium £1 5/ to £1 10/; weedy calves. 15/ to tl. Sheep.—Prime wethers, heavy 33/6 to 38/*, medium 31/ to 33/ : iprime ewes, heavy 28/ to 32/; 5 and β-year breeding ewes, ties • 30/ to 34/, medium 24/6 to 2T/i store I lambs, good 17/ to 13/6, medium 15/ t« ie/6; forward lambs, 18/6 to 22/. Pigs.—Baconers, heavy £3 15/ to £4 13. light £3 2/6 to £3 10/: heavy porkers, 0 7/6 to £3, good slips, £1 5/ to £1 12/« sseZ slips, 17/6 to £1 2/6; weaners, 12/6 to ISA Horses.—Draughts, heavy £40 to £45, medium £30 to £38 10/. light £20 to £3i harness horses, £10 to £17; backs £5 to £10. CANTERBURY MARKETS. (By Telegraph.—Press Associatlon.l CHRISTCHUECH. Tuesday. The quietness of the grain and produce markets continues. Auckland reports state that potato supplies there are under 4000 sacks, and the Kurow. en route, after calling at Picton and dropping a small proportion of her cartro of 3000 sa .Us of table potatoes, will arrive on a bare market. However. It is understood Auckland merchants are helping one another over tie shortage, anil this is naturally reducliK inquiries with Southern merchants. The Wingatui. due to have sailed from Lyttelton on August 4 or U. will lie replaced by tbe Knrow. which will return after miloadlngat Auckland and pi.-k up another cargo « Lyttelton. but her rcarrival at Auckland is unlikely before August Jl or 12. Apparently by that time Auckland's limited supplies will be well cleared. After the failtW of Tasmanian purchases to provide Auckland with cheaper potatoes, growers fa Canterbury seem more deckled to hold for , a rise. Very few fanners will dUcusl I business at under £8 10/ at country station! |and Auckland offers do not provide for merchants here paying within 10/ or 15/ of that figure. Cocksfoot is firm, with a satisfactory inquiry, seed l.ems worth BJd pef it>. All other classes of produce are very quiet, oats particularly so. FEIX.DING SALE. Messrs. Dalaetv and Company. Limited report: — . At the FeiMins sale on Friday, the 'TiA mst.. there was a small yarding of sheep. a moderate yardins: of st'ure .-attle, and * very larze entry of'dairy ,-atrV. Fat sheeP were jn good rtemnrut, showed. * rise of from 1' to 2 on iast week's »«• <!airy cattle were tm\t .liffi.ult to disP ,,se of. only those tthowlui quality meetiOr with any competition. yiintations:-?;' lambs. 231 -to- /at ™-« "+ ■Iβ r '' »>.■«; fat'wetaers' 34 1 t,. ViS/7: Vf• iKr gets. 10,-S; woolly' hopjtets 21 -\ -J/S: e«f« 23/0: m.'a. en e<. i.1.. 21 l<l to 2i'°; dairy heifers. be~i £ln .1 t> IV 10', owf- , f3 10.-' to £3. A lar> uuiubf-r scld at br tween f3 and £i. Dairy nws, £3 W*J store cows. 17/ to 25': forwanl t-ovre, 30/ tj w; 3-year and 4-year bullo<-Ss. i* * " 8/; light fat bullocks, to 10/ to £T.