AUSTRALIAN BUTTER MARKET.
Heavier supplTes and the presence on the Melbourne market of larger quantities of the Aew.Zealand.product had the effect of quietening competition when the last mail for New.Zealand left.Melbourne. Buyers did not evince the same amount of confidence and "'««£_a^hittierto, and prices, although unchanged, were inclined to weaken. Some merchants were accepting concessions in order to clear their holdings. Western Australian buvt^iiJ ?qUlr Hlnv ats T rf by South Australian and I>ew Zealand supplies, and those traders were therefore inactive. Melbourne buyers, purchased choicest New Zealand and Victoriau brands. A number of merchants had surplus stocks at the close of the d" Quotations were unaltered, at last week's levels. Choicest Victorian brands were quoted at U? i 0.22^ per cwt- but lesß money was Und Po etl i erlngsBeoOndary £radeS and Se» Zea"
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Evening Post, Volume CVI, Issue 41, 17 August 1923, Page 6
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135AUSTRALIAN BUTTER MARKET. Evening Post, Volume CVI, Issue 41, 17 August 1923, Page 6
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