BUTTER AND CHEESE

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 1, Issue 5, 1 May 1939, Page 6

BUTTER AND CHEESE

LONDON MARKET REPORT SALTED TO Ills By arrangement w'th the Primary Products Marketing Department the following information is supplied on the London butter market for the week ended April 21, figures for the previous week shown in parentheses: Butter: New Zealand salted Ills (114s to 115s), New Zealand unsalt. Ed 118s (118s). Deliveries New Zealand 1900 tons. In store 642.") tons includes 19,800 boxes "Rangitiki." Australian salted 112s to 113 s (112s to 113s), Alstralian unsalted 114s to 115s (114s to 115s). Deliveries Australian 1115 tons. In store 2549 tons. Argcn.t'ne unsalted 106s to 108s, Dan ish 105s f.o.b. 126s to 127s sp<>! (105s, 128s to 1275), Dutch unsalted 109s to 110s (105s to 107s), Polish salted 109s (107s). Mnrket steady. New Zealand retail Is 2d. Danish reduced to Is 3d, South Africa, (cjuiet) 105s to 109s" (105s to 109s). Cheese: New Zealand white and coloured 60s (60s) . Deliveries New Zealand 14,501 crates, in store 113,. 587 erales includes 3004 crates "Tongariro'" East Coast ports discharged at London. Market slow. New Zealand retail price Inclianged Bs. Australian, white 52s tons6s (steady) (52s to 565), coloured 53s to 57s (54 c to 575), Canadian white and coloured 71s to 74s (70s to 745). DeliveriesCanadian 1968 boxes, in store Can. adian 78,51G boxes. Old season's coloured 82s. English Finest (Farmers' 88s to 100s (88s to 100s), English Factory cheese 60s to 66s (83s to 100s). Market steady. South African white and coloured 50s to 57s (50s to 545). Steady demand. WITALE DRIFTS ASHORE An unusn;d piece of flotsam, a 1:0 foot spoonbill whale, Aveighing about two tons, was washed ashore at Robin Hood Bay, near Port Underwood, ireently. Tt was found by Mr Henry Ncal. The large carcase drifted up the beach opposite his boatshed. The whale was apparently dead before it grounded, a'though. as there were no marks or visible injuries, it is impossible to say in. what manner it met its death. The spoonbill is a comparatively rare variety in the Cook Strait area. Full use i beine' made by Mr Neal of this gift from, the sea. It has been skinned to the blubber, which has been retained for boiling down, while the meat i' being cut into strips and hung up to dry for dog food. Several years age a similar find was made on th e beach at Kakapo, Port Underwood, and ir that instance 65 gallons of oil was secured.