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Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 24 December 1924, Page 9

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LONDON PRODUCE MARKETS. The Rank of .New Zealand produce department -has received the • following advice from its London office under date December 19: ... .Butter.—Slow •, 204 s to 206 s per cwt, exceptionally. 208 s per cwt. ' Cheese.—. Steady; - coloured 05s to 90s per. cwt, white 96s per cwt-. ..■Frozen. Meat.—The market for wethers is quiet. - Ewes ai e firm. - The market for 'New Zealand lambs is dull with a downward tendency. Beef market is dull. ,Wethers, light 8d to 9*d per lb, heavy 7|d to 8d .per lb; ewes, 6.id to per lb; lambs, Australian 12kl to 13d per lb: ox hinds did to s;’,d per lb, fores 4-Id to" 4id per lb. '. - 2 - . Messrs. A. H. Turnbull and Co. have received .a cable from Messrs. W- Wed del and Co,, Ltd., dated London, 19th inst., as follows Hast week's figures "in parentheses).‘—Danish butter 243 s to 246 s (242 k to 2.145)';- N Z unsalted 212 s to 2-14 A (212 s 'to' 2165) salted ' 204 s . to 208 s (20is to '2o6s) . Market quiet. N.Z; cheese, white 96s (945, t-o. 965-V. coloured 95s -to 98s (92s to 945). ■ Good /enquiry.

LONDON MARKETS. HIGH COMMISSIONER’S CABLED REPORT. .

The Department of Agriculture- has received the following cablegram, dated December 20, from the High Cbhrmissioner for New Zealand, London :" \ Butter. •

The steady inquiry for spot supplies continued earlier this, week, but marKet closed quie ter. • Official--- quotations are :

- New Zealand. —Li nest, salted : December . 20, 2vj4s to 2U'iSs per cwt (Is dad to is DH per lb); December 13, 204 s to 20(js.. per owe. (Is 9j}cJ to Is hOcL per. lb] ; December 6, 202 sto 206per cwt (Ls ! '9i;d to; Is ]()<j per .4b). Lnsalted : December 20, 212 sto 214 s per ,ewt: (Is per lb) ;■ • December. 13, 212 s I.o’ 2i(is per cwt (Ls IOH tu Is lid per lb); December. 6,214 sto .216 s per cwt (Is- -lpH to Vs lid per do). Other qualities: December 20. 190 s to 1945-' per owL (Is Sfd to js Ski per lb). Australian.—Finest, salted : December 20. ISSs to’ 192 s ner cwt (Is 8d to. Is, B|d per lb), December 13, 186 s to- 190 s per cwt (Is 7|d to- is Rj’d per lb); December 6,190 sto 1.945; per cwt Cs Bfd to Is 8)d per lb).. Un salted:-' December 20, :190s. to 194 s per cwt (l s Bkl to Is Sid per lb); December 13. 188* to 194 s per 'cwt' - (Is 8d to Is 81d cwt-4ls -%d" to Is 9d per lb) . Other qualities: December 20, salted, 460 s to 184 s per cwt fb od t:> Is kd per lb) ; ; nasal ted. 160 - to 186 s per cwt (Ls 5d to Ls 7H per lb). Argentine.—linest: December 20, 174 sto 176s'. up to. 180 s per cwt (Is hid to Is 7)d per lb); December 13, 176 s

to- 180 s per cwt (l s (>H to Is T-fd per lb); .6. 174 s to 180 s per cwt (Ls 6ld to Is 7* t il per lb). Other qualities : December 20, 1.60 s to 172 s per cwt (Is Sc! to Is 6}d pen lb). ; Danish.—December‘2o, 243 s to 246 s per cwt (2s 2d to 2s 2-id. per lb): December 13, 242 s .to ,244 s ner cwt- (2s 9d to' 2s 2fd ner lb) ; December 6. 232 s to, 234 s per cwt (2s Ojd to 2s Id per lb). ‘ Cheese. . Demand maintained and market firm. Official quotations are:— English.—Finest farmers': December 20, 116 s to 122 s per cwt (Is OH 'to Is Id per lb); December 13, 116 s to 120 s per cwt- (Is Old tolls OH per lb); December 6,116 s to 120 s per cwt (Is OLd to Is OH per lb). Canadian —December 20." coloured and. white, 965. 98s up to 100 s per cwt 10H to 10H per lb); December 13, coloured and wliite, 96s to 98s per cwt (10H to 10Id ner lb): December 6 coloured and white, 93s to 96s per cwt (lOd to 10Jd per lb). New Zealand.—-December 20: Coloured, 95s to 96s per cwt (UP,d per IIP; white, 96s per cwt (io;>u per lb). December 6: Coloured, 92s per cwt cwt (9-H to 10d per lb); white, 94s to 96s per cwt (lOcl to 10 J ,d per lb. December 6: Coloured, 92s to 93s per (9gd per lb); white, 92s to 93s per cwt (9fd per lb). .Australian.- —December 20: Coloured and white.- 92s per cwt (9j}-d per lb). December 13: Coloured, 90s to 92s per cwt (91d to 9H per lb). December 6: Coloured, 90s per cwt (9)d per lb). A shipment of New Zealand produce arrived this week per s.s. Port Carolino.

'Wool.—Bradford market quiet. Buyers holding back on account of having covered immediate needs. Quotations for tops: 64’s (merjno), 6s 8d; 56’s (super half bred), 4s 6d ; 40’s prepared (coarse crossbred). 2s 9d. Tallow.—Market very firm, and demafid active. Present quotations are: Mutton, fine, 54s 3d to* 54s 9d per cwt; fair to good, sOs 6d to 54s per cwt; dark to dull, 47s to 48,s 6d per cwt. ’Beef: Sweet and/or mixed, 52s 3d to 52s 6d per cwt; fair to good. 49s 3d to 52s per cwt; dark to dull. 45s to 47s per cwt. Mixed, fair to good, 48s 9d to 52s ner -nvt; dark to dull,: 45s to 47s per cwt. Gut, etc., 41s to 46s 6d ner cwt. .