AUCTION SALES

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 308, 22 September 1920, Page 10

AUCTION SALES

FORTHCOMING FIXTURES. TO-DAY. ' ' 153 LarnWoa Quay. Wellington, 10.30 ii.m—Sale flf fibrous plaster (Johnston and Co.). Kapnngn. lards, 11.30 a.m.—Sale r.f pedigree stock (Newton. King). Taita, Lower Hntt, 1 p.m.—Stock sale (H. E. Leighton). Drill Hall, Feilding, 2.30 p.m.—Lnnd sale (Levin ami Co.). Te Horo Yards.—Stock sale. TO-MORROW. 139 Laiubton Quay, Wellington, 2.30 p.m. r-Property sale (Hodgkins, Carver, and Co.). 105 Customhouse Quay, Wellington, 2.30 p.m.—Property sale (Nathan and Co.). FRIDAY. Feilding Yards—Sale ofspedigree bulls (Levin and Co.). LONDON MARKETS HIGH COMMISSIONER'S CABLED REPORT. The Department of Agriculture has received the following cablegram, dated September 19, from the 'High Commissioner for New Zealand, London:— Meut.—Spiall H«pply of Knglish meat; prices firmer, but trade dull; average price is; Beef, Is. ad.; mutton, Is. lljd.; lamb, 2s. OJd. Imported meat, no change in price; demand is moderate. Butter—English, average price is .£22; small 6upplv of Irish; demand is limited owiug to advance in price. Present quotations are .£22 os. to <£22 15s. It is understood that Pood Minister has arranged for a renewal of Danish contract at £15 per cwt., quotation c.i.f. Purchase made with the co-operation of Belgian aq<l German Governments in order to

keep prices to consumer as low as possible. Cheese—Trade very quiet. English moving at .£8 IGs. to i' 9 65.; Canadian, demand is moderate; \sitc,■'£& to i! 8 25.; coloured, .118 2s. to 65.; spot, quotation, c.i.f., irregular, 3s. to JBB 4s. llemp.-—Manila market quiet and steady, price firm. "J" grade, OctoberDecember shipment, sold i£fiS 10s., at which figure shipment June, July, or August to October, November, or December now quoted at. New Zealand, market steady, but without animation. Spot quotations slightly higher. High points, seller, .£56; fair, .£sl; shipment August, September, or October, .£54, .£sl, respectively. 5 Honey.—Market firm, but quiet, foi best quality. Demand is chiefly forclieoper sorts. New Zealand, first grade, sold this week JSS per cwt.; second grade quoted at'nominallv 90s. \)cr cwt.