NEW ZEALAND PRODUCE

Evening Post, Volume CXVIII, Issue 31, 6 August 1934, Page 12

NEW ZEALAND PRODUCE

The Department of Agriculture has received the following cablegram, dated August 4, from th eHigh Commissioner for New Zealand, London:—

. Tallow. —Moderate business has been done, with values about unchanged. Hemp.—-Manila: Market dull. "K." grade for August-October shipment sold at £12 10s. Sisal: Market quiet and slightly easier. July-September shipment sold at £14. New Zealand: Market quiet with small business reported. Fair grade for August-September shipment sold at £13 and common grade at £12. ■ Fruit. —Trojan Star at Glasgow discharging fruit in good condition. Market is easier. Current prices are:—Apples: Delicious, 8s 6d to l'2s 6d per case, Dob-

erty, 10s to 14s Gd; Dunn's Favourite, 9s to 10s Gd; Rokewood, 10s 3d to 12s 9d; Stunner, 7s Od to lls Gd; Rome Beauty, 0s to lls; Statesman, 8s to lls Gd; Brighton, 0s to lls 9d; Pioneer, &n to 10s; Winesap, 9s to 10s 3d; Tasma, 12s to 13s; Washington, 7s 6d to 8a 9d; Yates, lls to 12s 3d. . Peas.—Maples: Prices have advanced duriug the month on Continental demand. Tasmania!! sold at from 47s to 51s 6d, and No. 1 New Zealand, at from 44s to 50s for July-September shipment. Market remains firm, but quieter at the close. Blues: Little more inquiry- for middle of July. Tasmanian for July-September shipment sold at from £12 tb:'£l2 ss, Demand easier later. 'Closing"'nominal""values £12.