HIGH COMMISSIONER'S CABLE.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLII, Issue 1013, 5 November 1917, Page 5

HIGH COMMISSIONER'S CABLE.

HOME MARKET QUOTATIONS. (Pee Prbsb Association.) WELLINGTON, Nov. 5

The High Commissioner reports:—Quota-1 lions, unless otherwise specified, are the average market prices on the spot. The following maximum wholesale meat prices have been fixed from beginning of November: Home-killed beef, 12.1: imported hinds, 12Jd; fores, 9*d; home-killed mutton, lamb, 13d;'in ported, Hid. No frozen meat has been released during the week, and there are no quotations this week with the exception of New Zealand South Island lamb, 10d and from previous releases Argentine mutton llgd. Argentine lamb lljd, Argentine chilled beef, hinds Hid, fores 9J. Butter is in active demand owing to tho short supplies, and there are no official quotations with the exception of Paris, 256s 8d Argentine 2205, unsalted 2235. New Zealand stocks are exhausted. The cheese market continues firm, all at Government prices Hemp: The Manila market is «low end there, is no change. The New Zealand market is practically cleared. Business is dull for forward shipment on account ot tho freight difficulty. For spot, and near at hand hemp is in active demand at Government prices. Wheat: The Government oller"ngs are very small, and the market, is quiet at official quotations Oats are at, steady prices, which are well maintained (By Elkotrio Tblkoraph—Coi'TEieHT.) (Phr Prbss Association.) Received November 6, 11.5 a.m. LONDON, Nov. 4, Frozen meats are. unchanged, and rabbits are firm and unchanged. Queues formed outside many London shops owing to the shortage of tea, sugar, butter, and margarine Shopkeepers limit customers pur-ch-isn* Prices of meat are being lowered at'Llanrlile, whore the colliers stopped the butter carts, declaring that the local wants were unsupplied. 'J lie, police induced the owners to sell half their supplies to locallyformed queues, and aotcd as sellers of single pounds. „_____