LONDON MARKETS

Dominion, Volume 32, Issue 68, 13 December 1938, Page 14

LONDON MARKETS

Tallow, Hemp Eggs And Fruit

The Department of Agriculture has received the following cablegram from the High Commissioner for New Zealand, London, dated December 9 'Tallow—Market continues quiet. Iresent spot quotations are: —Mutton : I ine, 24/6 to 25/-; good, 21/- to 21/6; fair, 17/-. Beef: Fine, 21/- to 22/-; good, 18/-; fair. 16/6. Mixed: Good. 18/-; fair, 16/6: gut, 14/6 to 15/6. Mutton, dark Io dull. 15/6 to 16/6. Beef, dark to dull, 14/6 to 15/6. Hemp—Manila : Prices easier on poor inquiry 1 "K” grade closing value £l9. Sisal :'Market quiet; small business has been done. November-January shipment £l6/7/6; January-March shipment, £l6/10/- to £l6/12/6. New Zealand: Nothing to reporL fl K g S —Market quiet, prices weaker. EngHsh national mark: Medinin, standards and specials. 18/6 to 2-1/-; English ordinary pack, 15-15J1b., 1.8/6 to 19/-; Danish.' 13-171)., 10/- to 15/6: Australian. 14-1811)., 10/- to 13/6. New Zealand: Trade slow. Tamaroa shipment not cleared yet. Port Jackson shipment in store. 14-1611). realised 9/6 to 11/9. Apples—Supplies heavy, prices easier. Oregon Newtown, 10/- to 11/6; Californian Newtown. 8/6 to 10/-; British Columbian Jonathans, 10/6 to 12/-; British Columbian Delicious, 9/6 to D/6. Pears—Trade has improved, prices higher. Californian Winter Nelis, 11/to 13/-; Oregon .Beiirre Bose, 11/- to 12/6.