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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume VI, Issue 355, 15 February 1917, Page 7

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LIi.SDOX WOOL MARKLE London, Feb. 11. 1 At 11m wool sales there was a lull and represeman.i- gathering. Only ;> ii() ban's ol <»u, crnment-ou iied were uuoreii. A.i crossbreds had been taken out iuc eo.iciaciurs ot war material vithouc eonq>ei.iiion. Merino snowed good conipe,.dun. There here some withdrawn.; owing to the Government maintaining uign reserves. Good scoured was in!;., me per cent, aboie Jan. (■losing lines. Greasy nas farm at tne high -i January rates, tending ujwatds 1.1.1 interiors were irregular. I HIGH COMMISSIONER'S Rr.i’Oßf. Wellington, FeC 11. The High Commissioner s cabt d market report, dated London, itnii. 'Hie quotations, unless otnerw ise sq.ecifaed, Ha; tor average market prices o? spot. Meat. — there is less demand lor all descriptions of frozen meat, owing to ■ '• ze supply of Home-kilied mutton and licet selling at comparatively low pines. For New Zea.and inutiou and I:.-.>!• ! h.-‘ j—H s are unchanged, nut lor l. S i..u.«-'.iibtwn and lamb tin- prices . . . uders not being anxious t<> sell. Tne ioiiowing are tne quotations:— New Zealand mutton, &£d 1' .. ewe r . it a ’ _d. Argentine mutton, heavy,..agh, light weight IDJd. .saw /.ealand lamb and Australian .auib. Hit; Argentine lamb, heavywfgin Id I. iignt-weight 12d. .C>w Zealand beef no siipphe-. available. Canadian ox beef, hinds IOJd, ni.-ces 9-d. Ai gentian chilled beef, hinds II id, fores LO'.d. American poik, lid ih.' butter market is rather unsettled on account of no arrivals. There are no official quotations with the exceptimi of 2 f '3 -tn 298/- per cwt., a’id irisii laetorv r 94 - to 198/-. li.c cheese market continues firm and steady, a rise in prices being recorded owing to the continual small s :pply. C: iiMiaii wI.C per cwt. 154/t- l.'fi'-: Fngh’sh ('-Milar 158/- to pill < : States fis ts 14* to 150, -. 'lll.- ii ..ip market remains firm, with sib.;.i supply, the market is advancing <>r.:..g i<> a strong demand. Quotations are nominal. Good fair, ti'i, -; lair, 64/-. February and April, shipments. good fair, 66/-; fair,' lif -. (iov .‘riin.mii graded, fair Manila, 80/-; coarse, 65, -. The output of hemp at Manila for the week ending last Saturday v. as 22,AG0 bales . Wheat is firm, the market offerings being very small. Quotations are nominal. Canadian,, on spot, 80/6; Australian, afloat, 82/-. The oat market is quiet, small business doing. New Zealand, on spot, 51/-.