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Hawera Star, Volume XLV, 10 February 1926, Page 5

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LONDON DAIRY PRiORFOE QUOTATIONS. The Department of Agriculture has received the following cablegram, dated February 6, from the High Commissioner for New Zealand. London: BUTTER, Slow. Official quotations are— New Zealand. —Finest salted, 174 s to 176 s per ewt (Is Old to Is Old per lb); exceptional, 178 s per ewt (Is 7<l per lb); unsalted, 178 s to 180 s per c-wt (l--. 7d to Is 7-i-d per lb) ; other qualities. 142 s to 168 s per ewt (Is 3d to Is Oil per lb). Australian. —Salted, 166 s to 168 - per ewt (Is ofd to Is 6d per lb) ; exceptional, '] 70s per ewt (Is o : jd per lb); tinsalted, 168 s-to 172 s per ewt (Is Od to Is 6fd per lb) ; other qualities, salted and unsalted, 140 s to 164 s pei ewt (Is 3d to Is Op! per lb), Argentine.— Unsalted, 106 sto 160 s-, up to 162 s -per ewt (Is 4|d, Ls 5d to Is Ofd per lb); other qualities, 142 sto 104 s per ewt- (Is 3c! to Is 41 cl per lb). Siberian. —il4os to 104 s per ewt (Is 3ld to Is 4-Id per lb). Danish. —192 s per ewt (Is 8-Id per lb). CHEESE, Slow. English finest fa miens’ : Quiet and unchanged. Official quotations Canadian. —Chi on red. 106 sto I.oßs per ewt (11d to 11-pi per lb); exceptional, up to 112 s per ewt (Is per lb) ; white) 108 s to 110 s. up' to 112 s per ewt (11 pi. lUi’d, to Is per lb). New Zealand. —Coloured, 103 s to 104 s per ewt (lid per lb); exceptional, 105 s per ewt (llpi per lb); white, 99s to 160 s per ewt (10d to 10Jd per lb). Australian. —Coloured. 100 s to 101 s per ewt (lOpl per lb) ; white. 98s per ewt (10id per lb). •Estimated .stocks of clieese on hand on February 1, London, Liverpool and Bristol, were: Canadian and American, 90,2000 boxes; New Zealand and Australian, 78650 crates against 78,700 and 69,850 same time last year. Shipments of New Zealand produce arrived this week per s.s. Otaki. Tekoa and lonic.

FROZEN MEAT. Messrs Dalgety and Co., Ltd., report having received' the following cablegram from theii’ London house, under date of the sth inst.: Lamb. —New Zealand prime crossbred, Canterbury, heavy 7pl, light H-id; North Island, light lid. (Quotations for light lamb are new season’s.) Mutton. —New Zealand prime crossbred. Canterbury, heavy and light not quoted; North Island, heavy Opl, light 7d. Market is weaker; less demand. Beef.—New Zealand prime ox, hinds 4gd, fores 3Jd. Poor demand; market depressed. Pork .—Nominal price on spot 9pl to 10d. There are no available stocks.