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New Zealand Herald, Volume L, Issue 15236, 25 February 1913, Page 5

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LONDON MARKETS. :;■.! g y Telegraph-—Pxcss Association.— Copyright London, February 23. '•/-'-:*' COPRA. ■ OBADT. small eales. South Sea, £28. " HEMP. Quiet, tocading- downward. , , .': JUTE. V'"•'•;. • ; February-March, £26 10s. ■;:.';,_ , RUBBER. - Nominal, 3s ll|d. WHEAT. Quiet and firm, notwithstanding liberal A-ttentino and Australian shipments; 38s to 55 3 6d is asked for Australian Ja.nuaryfebruary; 39s was paid for a January steamer cargo, and 37s 9d was paid for a parcel of March wheat. COTTON. February-March shipment, 6.47 d. HIGH COMMISSIONER'S ADVICE. .[BY TELEGRAPH*. — PRESS ASSOCIATION.] ,' Wellington, Monday. •; Tho High Commissioner's cablegram, tlated London. February 2, is as under (quotations unless otherwise specified being : aVerage market prices on spot): — -~;" MUTTON". J' The market is quiet, with a tendoncv in favour of buyers. North Island, 4|d; Canterbury, not quoted. : { v LAMB. The market is slightly weaker, with less ■■■■'demand, ::nd high prices are restricting .' business in tho market. Buyers are : cautious. Canterbury, 6Jd; other : % than . , Canterbury, bid. ' ':.. " BEEF. Beef is in better demand, with a moderate v" pupp!y New Zealand, hindquarters 3Jd, forequarters 3£d. , BUTTER. : The market is firmer, owiDg to a favour- • '■'_[ able change in tho weather, which is cold, Choicest New Zealand. 116s (salted); . choicest New Zealand. 119s (unsalted!: Aus- , tralian, 112s; Argentine, 110s; Danish, \ '% 131s; Siberian, 110s. ■''•'"• i CHEESE. ■■;■.-•:■■ The market, is firmer, with moderate dc- ' mand. Complaints are made of the quality : of New Zealand cheese this season. Average prices for the week are: Finest New • Zealand cheese, 60s od; Canadian, 645; English cheddar, 745. J t HEMP. " ■, The hemp market is very quiet. _ Nothing : 15 doing, and prices aro weaker, with a ten- : dency downward. Spot New Zealand good fair grade, £33; fair, £31; fair current Manila, £33 10.'?; forward shipment New .Zealand, good fair £33 10s. fair £31 10s; fair current Manila. £34. The output from Manila for the week was 17,008 bales. \ f, HOPS. The market is quiet, but moderate busi- ";.: ness is doing. The stock is 'being reduced gradually, ana the stock is now moderate. English," 100s; California, 90s. WOOL. The market remains firm. Orossbreds are higher all round. PROPERTY SALES. Messrs. T. Mandeno Jackson will sell by V:'public autction at their rosins, Customs Street East, at two o'clock this afternoon, . tight quarter-acre sections at Kohimarama, : ' % commanding glorious views, close to the ; beach, and within eash reach, of tho' city, V- by well-formed metal road, or good steam, > t service. Terms or sale are: 20 per cent, ■'■■":.■'isu\u 10 per cent in six months, balance May 24, IMS. ' FRUIT AND PRODUCE MARKETS, \Vt TELEGRAPH.—OWN CORRESPONDENTS.] '■>'*.' ■ " Wellington, Monday. ; .'The local market continues very unsatisfactory for most lines of fruit. Passion"..;■''frait.however, is in good demand, as pracVtwalfy none is available. Pears and apples ii.-.-.aro- in over-supply, and the market is extremely dull. Apples: Choice dessert, are Making 5s 6d to os 6d per case; prime, 4s ;'. to ss; cookers, choice 3s 6d to 4s per case. / : Pe«is: Choico dessert.. 4s to 5s per case; ■>rjn*e, 3s to 3s 6d. Cape gooseberries, 4£d §S 5d per lb; passionfruit, prime large 5s ; to 63 per box, small 4s to 4s 6d; peaches, . choice 3s 6d to 4s the half-case," others 2s ■ to li% plums, choice dessert 3s to 3s 6d per ,i'--case nectarines,- 3s to 4s per halfcase. For potatoes the market is somewhat ... stronger, supplies having fallen off. They *?e selling at" 7s 5d to 8a per cwt; onions, STs to 8s per cwt; cauliflowers. 4s 6d to 6s. >" per 3ack; cabbages, 2s to 3s per sack; piemelons, 7s to 8s per sack; tomatoes, 2s 6d to 3s per half-case; pumpkins, 6s 6d to 7s 6d per sack; marrows, 2s to 3s per sack. Fresh eggs are in good demand at Is sd, preserved Is 2d." Dr/inJKiKr. Monday. The prices ruling on the fruit and pro- > duce market are as follows:—Tomatoes aro glutted. North Island, Id to 2d; Canterbury, to 3|d; locals, 3"">d to 4d; oranges, 17s 6d to 19s; apples, dessert 7s to 10» per case, cooking 5s to 63; lemony Italian 143 to 16s; cucumbers, 4s to 6s per dozen, outside-grown Is 6d to 2s per box; peaches, 2d to 4d; ' plums., dessert, 5s to 8s per quarter-case; pears. Id to 2d; rectarlns, 2d to 3d; French beans, lid to 2d per lb; butter beans, 21 to 3d; marrow*, os to 's per. sack.