PRODUCE MARKETS.

Manawatu Times, Volume LXV, Issue 1820, 11 January 1913, Page 5

PRODUCE MARKETS.

CHEESE IN LONDON. BEARS AT WORK. APPEAL TO N. Z. FACTORIES. Wellington, Last Night. Mr Turner, representative for Lonsdale and Co., London, has received a cablegram from his firm as follows:—"Can you bring any influence upon factories to instrnot their consignees not to sell cheese under 625, London." it is understood this is in consequence of the continued fall on the cheese market at Home, which dealers consider is not warranted by the existing circumstances, and they believe better 'prices will be obtained as a direct effect of united effort.

FROZEN PRODUCE. ARGENTINE'S OUTPUT. Wellington., Last Night. The following shipments of produce were despatched from Argentine to United Kingdom ports during December, 1912, compared with December, 1911 ! Frozen beef, quarters, 1912, 136,000; 1911, 104,000. Chilled beef, quarters, 154,000; 166,000. lYozen mutton, carcases J49,000; 196,000. Frozen lambs, carcases, 78,000; 127,000. Butter cwt, 15,059; 11,393.

MELBOURNE PRICES. Press Assn—By Telegraph—Copyright Melbourne, Yesterday. Wheat stands at 3s 6%d to 3s 7d; flour, old, £9 10s; new, £8 10s; bran, £5 ss; pollard, £6 10s; oats, quiet; Algerian feed 2s 4d to2s4|£d; milling, to 2s 6d; maize, scarce, 4s 2d ; peas, 3s lOd to 4s 2d; potatoes, firmer, £4 5s to £4 ss; onions, easier, £4 5s to £4 10s ton.