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Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 22 October 1924, Page 12

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LONDON MARKETS. | t HIGH COMMISSIONER’S CABLED 1 REPORT. The Department of Agriculture has 1 received the following cablegram, dated < October 18, from the High Commissioner for New Zealand, London : 1 Butter. ’ Market remains firm. Official quota- : tionfi are : | ' New Zealand.—Salted, finest: Octo- 1 ber 18, 224 s to 228s' per cwt (2s to | 2s per lb); October 11, 220 s to | 224 s per cwt (Is llld to 2s per lb); . October 4,222 s to 224 s per cwt (Is llfd to 26 per lb). Other qualities: October 18, 208 s to 216 s per cwt (Is < 103 d to Is lid per lb). Australian, finest. —New season’s: October 18, salted, 214 s to 216 s per cwt (Is lid per lb); unsalted, 224 s to 226 s per cwt (Is to 2s 0)d, per lb). Old season, salted: October 18, 208 s to 210 s per ,cwt (Is 103 d to Is lOjd per lb) ;, October 11, 206 s to 210 s per cwt (Is lOd to le 103 d per lb); October 4,206 s to 212 s per cwt (Is lOd to 10|d pier lb). Unsalted: October 18, 214 s to 220 s per cwt (Is lid to Is lljd per lb); October 11, 216 s to 220 s per cwt (Is lid to Is ll£d per lb); October 4,220 s per cwt (Is llld per lb). Other qualities : O tober 18. 200 s to 202 s per cwt (Is 93d to Is 93d per lb). Canadian.—Creamery: October 18. 204 s to 208 s per cwt (Is 9-Jd to 10Jd per lb); October 11. 204 s to 208 s per cwt (Is 9ijd to Is 101 d per lb); October 4,204 s to 208 s per cwt .(Is 93d to Is IOJd per lb). Unsalted: October 18, 210 s to 218 s per cwt (Is 103 d to le Hid per lb); October 11, 210 s to 212 s Per cwt (Is 103 d to Is lOfd per lb); October 4,214 s to 218 s ner cwt (Is lid to Is llld per lb). Argentine.—Finest nnsalted: October 18, 212 s to 220 s ner cwt (Is 103 d to Is per lb); October 11. 210 s to' 214 s per cwt (Is 10|d to Is lid per lb); 1 October 4,212 s to 916 s ner cwt (Is 10|d to Is lid per lb). Other qualities: October 18, 196 s to 204 s ner cwt (Is 9d to Is 9|d ner lb). Danish—October 18. 248 s to 250 s per cwt (2s 3d to 2s 33d ner lb); excentional, 252 s per C wt (2s 3*d per lb); October 11, 235 s to 240 s per cwt (2s Id to 2s Ifd per 310: Octobe- 4,240 s to 242 s per cwt (2s 13d ner lb). Siberian—Firm; rutober 18. U“6s to 180 s per cwt (Is 4fcl to Is 71 d per lb); evi-eptional. 384 s ner cwt (Is 73<3 ner ]TO ; October 13; 3 54s to 180 s per cwt (Is 41 <3 to 3s 73d per lb); Oetoi all 15081 f u\ l76s P er cwt (Is 43d to Is 63d per lb). Cheese. Market quiet and steady. Official quotations are: English.—Finest fanners'. firm: October 18. 114 s to 118 s ner cwt (Is 03d to Is 03d per lib) : October 11, 114 s * to 118 s per cwt (Is 03d to Is 03d per lb) ; October 4,112 s to 116 s per cwt (Is to Is 03d ner lb). Canadian.—‘October 18, coloured, 94s ner cwt (lOd per lb), exceptional up to 96s per cwt (103 d per lb), white, ■Hs to 96s per cwt (lOd to 103 d per b); 0' v ] 1. coloured, 9-ts to 96s oer cwt (lOd-to 103tl per lb), white, Per cuvt (:10d to 103 d per lb); October 4, coloured, 94s to 96s cwt (10d to 103 d per lb), white, 'V" to 96s per cwt (LOd to 103 d per ib). New Zealand.—Slow. October 38, '•olnured. 92s to 945. per cwt (93d to Rl'l per IM, white. 93s to. 95,s per cwt rmr lb): October 11. r 'oloured, 93s to 96s pc- cwt (10rl to 103 cl per lb); "o,P6s pe rmvt (10d to 103 d perlb); October 4. coloured, 94s to 96s per cwt, OOd to 10id per lb), white. 95s t0,96s ner mvt (lOd to 303 d ner lb). ■ Shiomer +« of New Zealand produce | i’-riv«vl this week per Tairoa; andi R'ualiine. 1 Wool. 1 Wool.—Bradford, small business passing. Users have covered ifnmedi-l ate requirements and are buying cautiously. “ The difficulty in financing Australian clip is causing uncertainty. Tops quoted at: 64’s: 1 fmerino), 6s 5d ; 56’s (super balfbred),J 4s 2d; 40’s prepared (coarse crossbred), 2s sd. Tallow. Snot market very firm and more i business has been done forward. Present quotations are: —Mutton: Fine, J Ms to 52s ner cwt; fair to good, 48s to 59s 6d; dark to dull, 455,6 d to 4.75. 33°ef: Sweet and/or mixed, 51s to 12s-. fair to good, 48s to 50s; dark to lull. 4 1 s 6d to 465: mixed, fair to coed, 47fS 6d to 49s 3d; dark to dull, M s to 465. Gut, etc., 40s 6d to 45s 3d. FROZEN MEAT. Dalgety and Co.. Ltd., report having eceived the following cablegram from their London house under date of the 16th inst. : Lamb.—New Zealand prime crossbred lamb: Canterbury heavy lljd, light 123 d; North Island heavy ll|d, beht 123 d. Demand for New Zealand

| lamb has been checked by increased | prices asked. Market firm, j Mutton.—‘New Zealand prime crossbred mutton: Canterbury heavy and Ught not quoted; North Island heavy ~3d, light 83d. Demand for New Zealand mutton runs principally on light weights. Market dull. The N.Z. Loan and Mercantile Agency Co , Ltd., have received the following cablegram from their Lonhouse under date 17th inst. : N.Z. Frozen Meat.—Lamb: 123 d per lb (average). Mutton : Wether and maiden ewe, light Bfd per lb, heavy Hd per lb; ewe, light 6-|d per Ib, heavy 6d per lb. Market firm. j DAIRY PRODUCE. t Messrs. A. H. Turnbull and Co : are in receipt of a cable from Messrs W. Meddel and Co., Ltd., dated Lon- ; don, 1/th inst., reading (last week's I>areilt * ler ’ es * Danish, 248 s to 250 s (i-35s to 2415); N.Z. unsalted, nil - (2345), salted 224 s to 228 s (220 s to ; 2226); market firm. N.Z. eheeee • white 93s to 95s (94s to 955), coloured ; 92s to 94s (93s to 955); market slow. ; MARKET REPORT. The Farmers’ Co-op. Organisation I Society reports : , . At Manaia on Tuesday, the 21 si . " e a good clearance from a 3 heavy yarding, recent values beinowell maintained, bulls again selling , 1 eel y• hut dairy heifers werp not as j eagerly sought after as at recent r S; Des, due no doubt to the lateness of - the. season, and buyers now having :> their requirements. We quote weane- , pigs 26s 6d, slips 30s. porl-pi-s s Bulls: 2-year grade bulls .-€3O to £i a s 10s. others £7 10s to £9 10s. oMe- ; bulls £5 to £l2, prices acceding to I age and condition, works bn.is £3 to £5; fat cows, best £6 11s to £7 ss, r others £5 10s to £6 10s, forward cows 0 .£3 10s to £5, best works cows to- £-< 0 I others £3 to £3 10s, low conditioned ; 30s to £2 ss, yearling heifei's £2 P , s to £3 7s, best dairv heifers. £lO to £l2 ss, others £3 ]o,s to £9.' more t backward £6 15s to £7.