LONDON WOOL SALES.

Manawatu Standard, Volume LIII, Issue 257, 27 September 1933, Page 5

LONDON WOOL SALES.

CURRENT VALUES. Tho Bank of New Zealand’s produce department is advised by the London office, under dato September 25, that the follow ing are current values for wool of average

Levin and Co., Lid., have received the following eablo from their London agents, dated September 25:—Tho auctions are proceeding at. the level of the opening day. There is a slight, downward tendency for fine wools, especially slipe. The following

FROZEN MEAT PRICES. The New Zealand Farmers’ Co-operative Distributing Coy., Ltd., have received the following advice from London: “Heavy marketings homo killed at halfpenny lower affecting prices imported lambs; twos, firm, 7id; eights and fours, weaker, 7d, 6^d respectively; wethers continue firm but slow; ewes weaker; trade generally slow.” SOUTH AMERICAN LAMB. SOLD AS NEW ZEALAND. The New Zealand Bleat Producer's’ Board recently carried out a successful prosecution. C. H. Hales, of Tamworth, Staffordshire, and his wife, were each summoned for having sold South American lamb as New Zealand, from a market- _ stall. The defendant admitted that the joint sold was not New Zealand, but endeavoured to establish the fact that there was no case against him as his wife,, who was ignorant of the various classes of meat, had made the sale. After evidence had been given by an inspector of the board, the chairman of tho Bench stated that they took a serious view of the case, and had decided to convict. C. H. Hales was fined £5, and Mrs Hales £3, with one guinea special costs in each case, for selling under a false trade description. FRUIT AND VEGETABLES.. . WELLINGTON MARKET PRICES. WELLINGTON, Sept.- 27. Prices of fruit, vegetables and other produce in tho Wellington markets this week aro reported as follow Apples.—Fancy grade Delicious, 7s 6d to 8s 6cl a bushel; fancy grado Sturmers, 7s 6d to 9s; fancy grade Doughertys, 6s 6d to 8s; fancy grade Granny Smith, 9s 6d to 'l3s; Washington cookers, 8s to 9s. Pears.—Choice Winter Coles, 11s to 13s a bushel; choice Winter Nelis, 10s 6d to 11s 6d; choice fancy P. Barrys, 9s to 11s 6d. Lemons. —New Zealand cured, 8s to 11s 6d a bushel; tree ripened, 5s to 6s. Cel-, cry, choice, 2s to 4s a ease. Passions, short supply, 20s to 25s per box. Potatoes, South Island grown Dakotas, £5 to £6 a ton; Sutton Supreme, £5 to £5 10s a ton. Onions, Brown Spanish, prime, 8s to 10s per cwt; Canterbury, 4s to 5s per cwt. Cauliflowers, best, 10s to 14s per sack. Cabbage, choice, Drumhead, 2s 6d to 3s 6d per sack; spring cabbage, Is 3d to 2s per sack. Carrots, choice, 5s 6d to 7s per sack. . Parsnips, choice, 8s to 9s per sack. Swedes, choice, 2s to 2s 6d per cwt. French beans, choice hothouse, Is 6d per lb. Asparagus, choice, lOd to Is 2d per bunch. Green peas, Nelson, 8d to lOd per lb; Hawke’s Bay, lOd to lid; Otaki, kumara, lid. New potatoes, choice Nelson, 2i{d to 3id per lb; Pukckohe, 2|d to 3d. New Zealand grapefruit, choice, 7s to 8s per bushel. Cucumbers, choice hothouse, 6s lo 10s doz. Kuinaras. choice, 4s to 4s 6d sugar bag. Pumpkins, choice grey 5s to 6s per sack. Lettuce, choice good heart, 2s to 4s per case. Rhubarb, .'.choiaj,' 7s - to 9s doz. bunches; forced, 8s to lis. Eggs.—Fresh, first . grade,’ lid per doz. Walnuts, prime, 6d per lb. Honey, bulk, 3jd to per lb. AUCKLAND MARKETS. POTATOES STEADY. AUCKLAND, Sept. 26. The potato market is steady. Southern table are fetching £5 15s to £6 per ton. Local onions are selling at 9s to 10s per cwt., and Californian at 15s 6d per cental bag. Since the last report local millers have raised the price of brant which is now at the same rate as pollajd, a very unusual position. Merchants are now charging £6 5s per ton through store. There is no change in Australian pollard; the _ local merchants have difficulty in obtaining a sufficient quantity to supply all the demand at £7 per ton. The market for horse feed is steady and quiet, with B Gartons selling at 2s 9d per bushel, and oaten sheaf chaff at £6 10s per ton. Merchants havo had to shado their price for graded fowl wheat to 4s lOd per bushel in order to meet tho competition on ungraded lines, which are offering in substantial quantities. Broken wheat in fair condition is obtainable at as low as 3s 9d per bushel. The maizo market has weakened. Offerings are quite free at present and merchants have lowered their charges, which now range from 4s to 4s 3d per bushel. WELLINGTON. PRICES. Prices of grain and other produce in Wellington are quoted as follow: Australian barley, 3s 6d bushel; barleyrncal, £6 17s 6d ton; bran, £6 2s 6d ton; chaff, prime Blenheim. £4 15s ton; chaff, prime Wairarapa, £4 15s ton; mixed fowl feed, 4s 3d bushel; crushed maize, 4s 10c! bushel; whole maize, 4s 6d bushel; maizcmcal, £8 5s ton of 20001 b; oats, Algerian, 2s 8d to 3s bushel; Gartons, 2s 7d bushel; ground, £7 5s ton. Potatoes: Sutton Supreme, seed, £9 ton; table Dakotas or Sutton’s, £6 to £6 10s per ton. Peameal, £6 17s 6d ton; partridge peas, 4s 3d and 4s 9d bushel; Prussian blue peas, 9s bushel; crushed peas, 5s bushel; cat pollard, £3 15s ton; New Zealand wheat pollard, £6 ton; wheatmeal, £7 5s ton; wheat, 4s 6tl to 4s 8d bushel. Pork, prime dairy, 5d to sjd per lb; eggs, first grade, lOd to lid per doz; butter, farmcre’ separator, 8d to 9d per lb. SILVER, LONDON, Sept. 25. i Silver. —Cash, 18 7-16 d per ounce; forward, 18 9-16 d. A mob of 1380 bullocks' from Vestey’s stations in the Northern Territory, which arrived at Bloree (N.S.W.) recently, had been on the road for nearly two years. They were the first instalment, of a herd of 4000 for which agistment had been arranged in the district.

condition:— Merinos— Per lb d d Super 60-64’s ... 15j to 164 Ordinary 60-64’s ... 14 to 15 Inferior 60-64’s ... 114 to 12 Ilalfbreds— 56’s ... 14 to 15 50-56’s ... 11 to 12 Crossbreds— 50's ... 8j to 9| 48-50’s ... rt to 84 46-48's 65 to 74 44-46’s ... 61 to 7 40-44’s 6 to 6| 36-40's ; .. 5J to 65

prices are current: — Merino— Super d d 154 to 16£ Average ... ... 134 to 144 Fine Half bred—• Super 56-58’s 15 to 16 Average 13 to 14 Medium Halfbrcd— Super 50-56’s 121 to 134 Average 10i to 11$ Coarse Halfbrcd— Super 48-50's 84 to 94 Average 74 to 8 Fine Crossbred— Super 46-48’s 74 to 84 Average 61 to 74 Medium Crossbred — Super 44-46’s 7 to 74 Average 64 to 61 Coarse Crossbred— Super 40-44’s 64 to 7 Average 51 to 64 Low Crossbred— Super 36-40’s 64 to 61 Average 51 to 64 Pieces 54 t o 6 Bellies 5 to 54 Locks 3 to 4