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Hawera Star, Volume XLV, 15 March 1926, Page 8

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LONDON WOOL SALES. Received 1.25 p.m. to-day. by Cable —press association —copyright LONDON, March 12. At the wool sales, there was a good selection and better competition for crossbreds. Prices generally were unchanged. The New Zealand clip Titi fetched 20d and 153 d. FROZEN MEAT. Messrs Dailgety and Go.. Ltd., report having received the following cablegram from their London house, under date of the 11th inst.: , _ , Lamb —New Zealand prime crossbred., North Island heavy 7d light lOd. Fader demand. Mutton.—New Zealand prime crossbred, North Island heavy sid, light s«d. Anv change in price is in favour of buyers! Demand runs principally on light weights. Beef.—New Zealand prime ox beet, binds 4d, fores 2id. Market nominal; there is no demand. Australian frozen meat. —Good average quality crossbred lamb, light 7.Vd, heavy Gd. Demand runs principally on poorer qualities. Good average quality crossbred mutton, heavy 4d, liight_4.vd. Market quieit; demand runs principally on light weights. A GOOD DIVIDEND. LONDON, March 12. The Trust Agency of Australasia has declared a year’s dividend of 12J- per cent, tax free. —A. and N.Z. Assn. DAIR Y PRODUCE; PRODUCTION AND PRICES. Messrs W. Wed-del and Co., Ltd., London, have- cabled the following top weekly quotations for butter and cheese for the last four weeks: —

The butter market is slow and buyers generally are not operating freely. Agents 'no not anticipate any great improvement in butter prices in the meantime. The Dominion’s butter production, and the shipments of butter to the end of February, show a. heavy decrease- over last season’s figures. Forward buyers are showing practically no interest in butter or cheese. The cheese market- is slow, whilst the chief point of interest in the statistical position is the large stocks of cheese still in store- in New Zealand at the end of February, as’ compared with the two previous years. The

Danish butter N.Z. unsa’ttecl Fel>. Feb. Feb. Mar. 12 19 26 9 192/- 186/- 200/- 192/178/- 178/- 178/- 174/N.Z. salted 176/- 174/- 176/- 172/Cheese, white 100/- 100/- 102/- 100/- ’ ’ coloured 104/- 102/- 104/- 102/-

figures show: — Butter. 1924. 1925. 1926. Tons Tons Tons Graded to Feb. 28 45,900 56,150 48,650 Shipped to Feb 28 34,450 42.450 34,625 lu store Feb. 2S 3,200 8.650 9,150 Cheese. Graded to Feb. 28 52.950 50,450 52,700 Shi pped to Feb. 28 42,071 40,357 37,571 [a store Feb. 28 5,950 8,250 13,000