COMMERCIAL

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LVI, 9 April 1924, Page 2

COMMERCIAL

FROZEN MEAT

Dalgety and Co. are in receipt of the following cablegram from their London house under date of the 3rd inst. :

Lamb.—New Zealand prime crossbred lamb, Canterbury heavy 9d, light 9,Ad ; North Island, heavy B£d, light fid. Limited demand for New Zealand lamb, market weaker. Mutton.—New Zealand, prime crossbiod mutton, Canterbury heavy 7d, light 7 ; \d; North TSland, heavy 6)d ; light 7d. Poor demand for.N.Z. mutton ,market dull and declining.' Jfecf.—Not quoted. SHEEPSKINS Messrs Dalgety and Co., Ltd., report having received the following cablegram from their London house under date of the 4th inst.:— “London Sheepskin Sales. —The following is the range of prices realised at the last sheepskin sale.—Merino, to full woolled 19? dto 24d; merino, A to half woolled 14d to 21 d; short and shorn 9.}d to 12d (crossbred -} to full wooded fine 17d to 2od; crossbred f to full wooded medium and coarse 13d to 18d; crossbred A to J woolled fine 13d to 18d; crossbred A to i woolled medium and coarse lOd to 14d ; crossbred short and shorn 9d to 13d; lambs 15d to 20d. (By Electric Tolecraph.—Copyright.) (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.)

LONDON, April 7

Copper £64 Us 3d and £65 8s 9d ; lead £33 15s and £32 Ids ; spelter £33 17s 6d and £?-! 2s Cal t tin £266 12s 6d and £266 17s 6d (.silver 32 13-16 d an ounce.