LONDON PRODUCE PRICES.
The Department, of Agriculture has received the following cablegram, dated Ist June,; from the High. Commissioner for New •Zealand, London:— ■ .
iTaUOTp-pMarket very, quiet. Present qubtatioris for spot are: Mutton,; fine 42s per cwt, fair to good 39s to 40s 6d, dark to dull: 36s to, 36s 6d; beef, sweet and/or mixed;39s'6d to 43s, yfair to good 37s'6d to 39s 6dij dark to'dull^s to-365-6d; iriLsed, fair to good 37s to 395, dark to dull 35s 6d' to 365; "gut, etc., 34s to 365. ."": -'■ i- i- ■■'■.' '■'■
. . Frjiit.—JGood: demand and prices steady. Cox's Orange Pippin, ex s.s. Coptic, gone very wasty. S.S. Westmoreland commenced unloading; will report next week. Prices: ApplesT^Cox'e Orange Pippin up to 25s per case;: Jonathans 12s to 15s per case, few 16s; Stunners, 1 Cleopatra, and Statesman, 13s to. 16s; Dunns, Lord Wolsey, Delicious, amiißome" Beauty, 12s to 15s; King" David, Premier, arid Adams Pearmain, 11s to 14s. Pears—Winter Nelis :5s to 7s 6d single tray, 7s 6d to 8s double; Winter Cole 4s 6d to 5s 6d single, 6s to 7s double; JoBephme; 6s to 7s 6d single, 9s to 10s double Hemp,—Manila: l^arket firmer and holders reserved; fair inquiry; closing values, June-August; shipment, "J" grade, £38 J°s.,SisaU, Market firm and offers scarce, uood business has ben done up to early 1930. Tanganyika No. 1, afloat, sold £39 ss; No. 5 £37 10s; .June-August shipment No. 1 sold' £40; No. % value £38." At the higher prices buyers slow; : New Zealand firmer tone. Buyers hesitate to pay advance prices asked, but shippers reserved. Uosing comparative values for June-Aug-ust shipment are:—Highpoints £33 10s, fair f3l, common £39 10s, rejected £27 15s. Tow: Second grade? £21, third grade £17. ■' ■ :.■ ■■' / ■ . , .' / :. . ■; ■ .
Wool.—Bradford market quiet.. . Quotations for fine qualities are .weak. Present quotations for tops are: 64^s- warp, 3s 6d 2s 7d. Others unchanged.: ", . ,_, Oats.—Market quiet. Values affected by t n,mJ aamze- English easy; choice white "ed 29^6(1 to, 30s, Black, Spring feed 27s to 28s. Plate afloat and for June shipment °2ered x 22 S- 3d. Chilian afloat sold 21s 7%d. Nominal; value New Zealand A grade'Gartons, May-June shipment, 30s
Peas and Beans.—Little interest, shown in imported. Quantity of new.crop Tasmanian and New Zealand, .arrived and afloat, which, is more than: sufficient to meet limited, consuming demand, y Nominal values, No., I,,New,Zealand; Partridge May-June shipment, 60s 6d; ~ A grade Tasmaman Maple, 70s. Blues: No inquiry for colonial; Still liberal supplies of Dutch and Japanese available. ; Prices lower Japanese green afloat sold £16 15s, and May-June and June-July shipment £17 2s 6d. Beans: ; Quiet but. firm; English" best old crop winter offered 63s to 545, arid fe 85™81! 578. 40 58s- '-Danish cockstoot: Too early to quote for new crop. vThe Bank of New South Wales.has to-fc^-T^ )P c- i«Wffg cable message w 1 office,: dated 31st-May:— Wool: Market unchanged. Mutton: Ewes, 4%d, 5%d; high prices checfejng. demand ;'._ wethers,' 4%d, 7%d, steady. Lamb, Bd, 9%d, active, owing increased demand. Beef, 4%d, 6d, prices nominal, short supplies. Pork, B%d, 9%d. Butter, 1665, 168s; steady. Cheese, white 89s, coloured 915.: . :
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Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 129, 5 June 1929, Page 14
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