WHEAT.

Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 114, 18 May 1925, Page 6

WHEAT.

'Tlip m,rt- f f , LP DON. Kth-May. mi-I- ""J^f 1 for wheat cargoes firmed on receipt of stronger American closing reports" nuelt ami™' 1'1'1, Pl? Yails- 3>arcels are '" ™! quest, and are Is dearer. • ■ ■

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_ DAIRY PRODUCE. Jf« B, ank of New Zealand, Produce Department, has received the following advice ny'~ B,Y, tt;er: Slow- ICSs to 170s per cwt' Cheese: Weak. 91s per cwt." °i";* 1-"

HtTilpfNcW AZeal^l <! 1 Co-operative Marketing Association, Ltd., report Wins reccved the following 'cable 'from their Lon* don agents, dated 15th May:_"Butterf™.. z «>™il. JpSs to 170s; Australian, mi discharging, New Zealand, ' Australia, and Argentine, is estimated at 955.000 boxes. Cheese: 945; market inactive. The quantity of New Zealand and Australian cheese afloat crftes "S mrg'nS 'S estimated at 225,000

Messrs. Joseph Nathan and Co., Ltd., have received the following cable from their London house, dated 15th May:-"New Zealand butter, 166s New Zealand cheese. Ms. Both spot market quiet, little or nothing doing "

FAT-STOCE FOR EXPORT. The New Zealaud Meat Producers' Board SSSVJJB,* lowlng prlces are bciDe Ilawkea Bay.-Wethers, 56 ana under, B}d. Prime woolly lambs, 42 and under, 12d; 43 and over, lljdi second quality lambs, 11 Id. Wellington.—Wethem, 56 and under, B{d; prime ,woolly lambs, 42 and under. 12d; 43 and over, ll}d; second quality lambs, llid. Canterbury.—Prime woolly lambs, 36 and under, lljd; 37 to 42, lid; 43 and over, IOSd: second quality lambs, lid.

SMITHFIELD PRICES. The New Zealand Meat Producers'. Board has received the following cable from its LoncTon office, dated 15th May, 1925, advising Smitliileld delivered prices at that date as follows:— ■ . >

N.Z. Wethers and. Maidens.—Canterbury quality, selected brands, 66 and under, 88d; 57 to 04, 7id; 05 to 52, Ojd. Other brands: 58 and under, Sid; 57 to 64, 7d; 05 to 72, Gad. . •

N.Z. Ewes.—64 and under, 5Jd. ;- N.Z; Lamb.—Canterbury quality, 30 and under, 12Jd; 37 to 42, lljd; 43 to 50, lOJd; seconds, lljd. Selected brands: 30 and under, 12Jd; 37 to 42, lljd- Other brands: First quality, 42 and under, ll|d; seconds, lljd. N.Z. Beef.—Ox fores, 3Jd; ox hinds, 51d; cow fores, 3d; cow hinds,- 4Jd. Argeutine.—Chilled beef: Ox fores, 3Jd; ox hinds, C!d. Frozen beef: Ox fores, 3Jd; ox hinds, sfd. - ■■.-.. Frozen I'ork: 120 to 180, Bld.

The Bank of New Zealand, Produce Department, has received the following advice from its London office, under date 15th May:—"The market is likely-to weaken for light wethers.. There is an absence. of .demand for ewes, and the market is depressed.. The market for lambs is quiet and unchanged. There is a little better demand for beef. Wethers, light 7Jd to SSd per lb, heavy 5Jd to tijd per lb; ewes, 4Jd to 6Jd per lb; lambs, under 421b lljd to 12>d, over 4'lb 10$ dto lid per lb,'seconds .lljd to 12d per lb: ox hinds f>d to s}d per lb, fores 3}d to 3id per lb; cow hiuds 4>d to 4£d per lb, fores 2-Jd to 3d per lb."

Messrs. Levin and Co., Ltd., have received the following cable from their London acents, dated-16th May:—"Frozen meat- quotations (prices'ou a 'delivered' basis, i.el, including storage charges, cartage, [tolls, etc.): Down lambs, 28 to 421b, 12d per lb; best North Island, 28 to 421b. 115 d per lb; ordinary North Island, 28 to 421b, lljd per lb; second quality lambs, 2S to 421h,-lljd per Hi; best North Island wether sheep, is to 041b 8d per lb, 04 to 721b GJd per lb; ordinary North Island wether sheep. 4S to C4lb. 7jd; North Maud ewes, 48 to 641b S!d per lb. 04 to 7211. s?d per lb; New Zealand prime ox beef, 100 to 22011). ,4]d per lb. The market generally ib Elmhtly easier. There is a slow demand all round." ■ ,- ■