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Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 26 November 1924, Page 2

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LONDON MARKETS. HIGH COMMISSIONER’S CABLED REPORT. The Department of Agriculture has received the following cablegram, dated November 22, from the High Commissioner for New Zealand, London .- Butter. Market steadier with better inquiry. Official quotations are:— New Zealand.—Salted, finest: November 22, 204 s to 206 s per cwt (Is to Is lOd per lb) ; November 15, 2<Jos to 206 s per cwt* (Is 9£d to Is lOd per lb); Nbvember 8,216 s to 218 s per cwt. (Is lid to Is ll£d per lb). Other qualities: November. 22, 180 s to 194 s per cwt (Is 7£d to Is per lb). Australian.—Salted, finest: November 22, 184 s, 186 s, up to 188 per cwt (Is 7£d to Is 8d per lb); November 15, 184 s to 188 s per cwt (Is 7£d to Is 8d per lb); November 15, 184 s to 188 s per cwt (Is 7)d to Is 8d per lb); November 8,192 s to 200 s per cwt (Is 8)d to Is 9£d per lb). Unsalted.: November 22, 188 s, 190 s up to 194 s per cwt (Is 8d to Is B|d per lb); November 15, 190 s to 196 s per cwt (Is Bsd to Is B|d per lb); November 8,202 s to 206 s per cwt (Is 9*d to Is 10d per lb). Other qualities: November 22, salted. 160 s to 178 s per cwt. (Is s£d to Is 7d per lb); unsalted, 174 s to 182 s per cwt (Is 6£d to. Is 7id per lb). Canadian. —Creamery: November 22, 174 s to 184 s per cwt. (l s 6{d to Is 74d per lb), exceptional, 186 s per cwt. (Is 7/d per lb; November 15, 170 s to 188 s per cwt. (Is 6d to Is 8d per lb) ; November 8,188 s to 196 s per cwt. (ls 8d to Is B§d per lb). _Ai’gentine.—Unsalted : November 22, 176 s to 180 s per cwt. (Is 6|d to Is 7£d per lb), exceptional, 182 s per cwt. (Is 7Jd per lb); November 15, 184 s to 190 s per cwt. (Is 7*d to Is B*d per lb); November 8,184 s to 200 s per cwt. (Is to ls per lb). Other qualities: November 22, 164 s to 174 s per cwt. (Is ofd .to Is 6jd per lb). Danish.—More doing, especially in finest. November 22, 218 s to 222 s per cwt. (Is 114-d to Is llfd per lb); November 15, 216 s to 220 s (Is lid to ls llkl per lb); November 8,220 s to 224 s per cwt. (Is to 2s per lb). Cheese. Demand small, but steady. Official quotations are : English.—Finest farmers: Steady. November 22, 116 s to 120 s per cwt. (L* Okl to Is o|d per lb); November 15, 116 s to 120 s oer cwt. (Is Oid to Is 03d per lb); November 8,116 s to 120 s per cwt. (Is Old to Is o%d per lb). Canadian. —In fair request: November 22, coloured and white, 93s 945, up to 96s per cwt. (10d to 101 d per lb); November 15, coloured, 94s to 96s per cwt. (lOd to 101 d per lb); white, 94s to 98s per cwt. (10d to I0)d per lb); November 8, coloured, 95s to 97s pel*

cwt. (lOd to 10|d, per lb); white, 95s to 98s per cwt. (10d to l(Md per lb). New Zealand.—Steady demand for matured in good condition, but new season’s slow. November 22, new season’s coloured and white, 90s to 91s per cwt. (9-id per lb); old season’s coloured and white- 92s to 94s per cwt. (9|d to 10d per lb); November 15, coloured and white,. 925. to«94s per cwt. (9fd to 10d ,ppr lb); November 8, coloured and white 94s to 96s per cwt. (lOd to 10|d per lb). Australian. —In fair request. November 22, coloured, 88s to 90s per cwt. (9£d to 9Jd per lb); November 15, coloured, 88s to 92s per cwt. (9:1 d to 9jjd per lb). A shipment of New Zealand produce arrived this Yveek per s.s. Port Denison. Casein.—-French renent is now quoted at £45 to £54 per ton. Wool arid Tallow. Wool.—Fair business has been done in Bradford, at higher hut irregular prices. Trade is. disorganised on account of the high prices realised at Wellington. Quotatioris for tons are: Sixty-fours (merino), 6s 8d; fifty-sixes (super halfbred), 4s 4d; forties (prepared coarse crossbred), 2s 7d. Tallow,—-Market firm, and quotations unchanged, except for mutton, fine, 53s 3d to 53s 6d; mixed, dark to dull, 45s to 47s 6d; gut, 41s to 46s 9d. FARMERS’ CO-OP. REPORT. At Kakaramea, on Monday, we held our usual fortnightly sale, when there was a small yarding. We quote: Forward cows £4 15s to £5 15s, good stores £3 to £4 10s, boners £1 5s to £2 15s, bulls to £8 10s. yearling heifers £1 13s, small yearling steers £1 10s. At Okaiawa, on Tuesday, there was a fair yarding and everything was cleared at the hammer. Fat cows made from £6 to £6 17s, forward cows £4 5s to £5 12s . 6d, good stores from £3 10s to £4, lighter cows £3, dairv heifers £4 10s to £6, fat hoggets 32s 6d to 37s Id, works hulls from £4 to £8 12s 6d.