COMMERCIAL.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 29 September 1924, Page 5

COMMERCIAL.

SHEEP EMBARGO LIFTED

BY CABL73—PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT NEW YORK, Sept. 27.

Mr. Cameron states that he lias arranged with Mr. Wallace (United States .Secretary for Agriculture) for the withdrawal of the American embargo against the importation of Australian sheep, to the extent of practically one quarter, under a certificate that the sheep are properly bred and free from disease.

THE MEAT MARKET. LONDON, Sept. 27. Sheep.—Argentine, firsts, light 7£d ; Patagonian, light 7-J-d. Lambs. —Canterbury, light J2|d, seconds 12d; North Island, firsts 12d; Argentine, seconds lOd. Frozen beef.—New Zealand, fores 3fd, hinds 4Jd; Australian, crops 3|d. Chilled beef.—Argentine, fores 34d hinds 6fd. Other meats unchanged.

LONDON QUOTATIONS. LONDON, Sept. 27. Cotton.—Liverpool quotation, American middling upland, ' October delivery, 13.39 d per pound. Rubber.—Fine hard para I4£d per pound; plantation, first latex crepe 12|d to 12 fd; smoked ribbed sheet 12|d to 12fd. Jute.—lndian native, first- marks, September-October shipment, £57 5s per ton. New Zealand hemp.—SeptemberNovember shipment. £43 10s. Copra.—Bagged South Sea, Septem-ber-October shipment. £29 10s jier ton. Linseed 0i1.—£43 5s per ton, equal to 3s s.jd a gallon. Turpentine.—6ss 8d a cwt, equal to 4s ll£d a gallon.

LONDON WOOL SATIES. LONDON. Sept. 26. At the wool sales the Waihopai clip sold for 65d per pound. •