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Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 30 September 1924, Page 10

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'FROZEN MEAT. Messrs Dalgety and Company, -Ltd., report having received the following cablegram from their London house under date of the 25th instant: Lamb: New Zealand prime crossbred lamb, Canterbury, heavy light North Island, heavy ll|d, light ll|d. Moderate demand for New Zealand lamb; market ie steady. Mutton: New Zealand prime crossbred mutton, Canterbury, heavy 7£d light B£d; North Island, heavy light B§d. Demapd for New Zealand mutton runs principally on li°dit weights ; market is dull. ° Australian Frozen Meat: Good average quality crossbred lamb, light ll£d. There is a fair demand for Australian ai i™' Aust, alian mutton not quoted. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Ageney Company, Ltd., have received the following cablegram from their London house under date 26th instant: Lamb—l2jd per lb (average). Mutton—Prices unchanged. (Last quotations, September 19, 1924: Wether and maiden ewe. light per lb. heavy 73d per lb; ewe, light 6Ad, heavy sfd). Market firm. LONDON WOOL SALES. Messrs Dalgety and Company. Ltd. report having received the following cablegram from their London house under date of the 26th instant: Wool sales continue firm, with an upward tendency for greasy crossbred wools of a ] descriptions. As compared with • a.-t. sale e, closing rates, prices for greasy half-bred wools are 4cl to otl higher; greasy crossbred wools, fine and medium' quality. 3d to 4d higher*™*y crossbred wools, coarse quality’ - cl , To higher. Greasy 56 to 58’s realised up to 39d: slipe half-bred Jamb s wool up to 42d. dairy produce. Messrs Dalgety and Companv, Ltd., report having received the following cablegram from their London house under date of the 25th instant: But-ter-Market firm. We quote: New Zealand salted, 218 s (208 s): New. Zealand exceptional brands, 990 s (2125) • Danish, 236 s (2245); finest Australian firnf C ’ V° 8s Cheese—Market is * e r Y Zealand, white 955, coloured Jds; Canadian, c.i.f. ouotation 95s (Last week s quotations shown in parentheses).

TARANAKI MARKET REPORT. po ?t — ,S Ne ' vton Ki,1 S’ limited, reAt our haymarket sale on Saturday there was only a medium yardino- of nigs owing to the boisterous weather Quotations: Medium stores £2 6s. pood weaners 31s medium weaners 22s to \v’ ld l? ac '™ ,xvd .14s to "~’ s . : ”'e also offered about 2flOOft u-n "' hich sold at abo «t £1 ner l , °- Another truck lead will be offered ’’ext Saturday. A horse fair was held on Saturday, when a fan- number of very good sorts '® re offered. The demand for real good farm horses was m excess of the supo?y. Quotations: Good -half-draught a IL round farm horses £37 10s. £4O, £43, £45 - h ehter sorts £l2, £lB to £25 wagon £34. ’

At Uremii yesterday Ave had a good vara,ng of all classes and report an mipioved sale for practically all lines. Yearling heifers, those showing the •Jersey strain especially, strengthened ccnsideraoly on late sales, likewise 9. year empty heifers and young store cows, srere and fresh conditioned hillocks maintained their usual steady demand. It can also b e said that prices in the dairy pens were much better than those ruling at previous sales in these yards Quotations : Best year- !" K d o r fn V l e!f 2-!o £4 t 0 6s, smaller ,-° ~ s to £3 16s. crossbred yearherrers 32s to 395. smaller dm 90s dr 2 ?*'-HT', Hteevs ** 3s 6d. 3-year CIO. £4 /s 6d, 4-year bullocks £6 17s 9. year eninty heifers. Jersey cross £2 lOs' re c Y olln £ store coavs 36s to £9 iOs fresh conditioned do. £3 g s to £4 os, boner coaa-s v to £2 7s 6d, light fat cows to £5 ss. best Jersey’ springing heifers £9 to £lO and £l3 10s, Jersey ciossdo. £6 to £9, small and poorconditioned heifers £3 to £5, pedigree Jersey hulls to 191 guineas, grade Jer?f-\. bu " s to £5 15s, fat ewes 35s 3d, i-ht farm horse 21s, Aveaner pigs 20s sma.ll stores 30s to 345. 1

MARKET - REPORT. The Farmers’ Co-op. Organisation Society reports : At, Kakaramea on the 29th inst. we conducted our usual fortnightly sale, and report satisfactory prices to the vendors on a small yarding. Dairy heifers not bmng close enough up' for buyers’ requirements did .not meet « i-oacly sale. Light fat bullocks £7 13s to £B, prime coy- £8 17s fid forward cows £3. Wort's and boner r, "y s which .showed a little better condition than usual sold slightly in advance of late rates, no rough cows being offered. Two-year Hereford heifers £3 14s. yearling heifer- £2 14s. small and low conditioned £1 12s 6:1 I‘L dairy heifers to 09 ss. others Ci to £B, backward and low conditioned Co 10s to Efi 10s.