LONDON DAIRY PRICES.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20235, 20 April 1929, Page 11

LONDON DAIRY PRICES.

BUTTER MARKET DULL.

NEW ZEALAND 163s TO 1645. Australian and N.Z. Press Assqcia.tion. LONDON, April 18. The' butter market is dull. : Danish is quoted at 1625; choicest salted New Zealand, 163s to 1645; Australian, ; 158s to 1625. ■ Unsalted butter is about 2s premium. The cheese market is slow. New Zealand white is quoted at 86s 88s, coloured 80s to 90s; Australian, 86s to 88s. ,7 REPORTS FROM MERCHANTS. LITTLE CHANGE IN VALUES. Little alteration in quotations for New Zealand dairy produce on the London market is disclosed in cablegrams received by city exporters yesterday. • Dalgety and Company, Limited, received the'following cablegram from their London house: —Butter: New Zealand, salted, finest, 162s to 1645; Danish, 160s to 1645; Australian, finest unsalted, 160s to 1625; finest salted, 156s to 158s; good average quality, 152s to 1545. The market is slow. Cheese: New Zealand, white, 87s to 88s; coloured,. 89s to 90s; Australian, white, 86s to 87s; coloured, 87s to 88s. The market ,is slow'. . Amalgamated Dairies, Limited, received the following cablegram from 'their London office: —Butter: Finest, , 1665; unsalted, 168s; market very quiet; Danish, 1545, f.o.b. Cheese: White, 88s; coloured, 90s; market dull. MARKET REPORTS. FRUIT AND PRODUCES PRICES. A marked over supply of local second quality apples and pears was the outstanding feature at the Auckland City Markets yesterday. Te Kauwhata grapes were again in small supply,' the prices obtained varying according to the quality. Best Te Kauwhata outdoor grapes brought up to 9s a case. There was a fair demand for hothouse" grapes. Hutt tomatoes brought 4b to 6s 6d a case, an increase of 2s 6d on the price earlier in the week. Ripe bananas' were in short supply, first grade repacks selling at 3Qs to 32s a case. ! The prices obtained for the other lines of fruit were the same as last week. The field produce market is very heavily supplied with potatoes, cabbage and cauliflower. Good supplies of all root vegetables met with a fair demand. Very heavy supplies of> poultry met with a'fair demand. The prices, were practically the same as those ruling last week. Angora rabbits sold at 4s to 10s each. " In the dairy produce section hen eggs were in short supply and met with a keen demand. There was a plentiful supply of duck eggs, for which there was only a fair demand. Moderate supplies of farmers' butter were offered and sold at Is to Is 4d per lb., there being a fair demand. Following are yesterday's prices:— FRUIT. ' Apples.—Delicious, 2s fid to Gs a <a3e; Jonathan, 4s to 6s: Ballarats, 5s to 6s; Munroes, 4s to 5s Gd; Northern Spy. 4s to Gs fid; Granny Smith, 8a to Ss Gd. Pears: Louise Bon, 5s to 6a 6d. Packham's Triumph, 4s to Cs; Clairgeau, 2s 6d to 3s 6d; Beurre Ciel, 2s Gd to 3s Gd. Keiffers, 2s'Gd to 3s; Coles, 3s to ss; Nelis. 3s to ss. Tomatoes: Best local, 5s to 6s 6d; seconds and small. Is 6d to Ss; Hutt, 4s to Gs 6d. Passion fruit, 3s Gd to 6* Gd: Cape gooseberries. 3d to 5d per lb: tree tomatoes. 3s to 4s a case; Persimmons, 2s Gd to 3s; grnpes, hothouse, ertra choice Onlman, Is fid to Is 9d per lb; others, 9d to 3s; Golden Queen. 10d to lid: Hamburcs, 6d to lOd: Te Kauwhata outdoor, 6s to 9s a case Ornncos: Simkist, 32s 6d Bananas- Repacks, first -grade. 30s to 325; second grade. 16s to 20s. Lemons: No. l's. 10s to 13s: No. 2's. 6s to Bs. Egp fruit, 2s to 2a Gd a box; mushrooms, 4d to Is per 11). FIELD PRODUCE. Potatoes, southern, 7s to 8s per cwt.: local. 2s 6d to 3s Gd a bae; onions. 3s 3d to 4s; sprinc onions. 3d to Gd a bundle; kumaras, 2s Gd to 3s fid a bag: cabbage, 3s to l'2s a sack • on benches. 2s to 5s a dozen; cauliflower, 5s to 10s a sack: swedes. 2s to 3s a bag; pumpkins, 3s to 6s per eivt.. on benches, 4d' to Is 6d each: £re?n peas, fa to 9s nba?; beans. 3s to 6s; lettuce, Is 6d to 4s 6d a case; cucumbers. Is to 2s Gd a dozen; vegetable marrows. Is to ,3s; watermelons, 2d to 6d each; rock melons. 2d to fid; oelery. Is to 3s Gd a bundle: rhubarb. 2s 9d to 3s Gd a dozen: spinach. Is to Is Gd: radish, fid: carrots, parsnips, bee 4 . :u:id turnips, ad to Sd; leeks. 3d to 4d a bundle. POULTRY. Cockerels, heavy, prime. 4s Gd to 7s each: heavy, 2s Gd upward- light, prime. 3s to~4s 3d: fat roosters, heavy, prime. 2s to ;s: light, Is Gd to 2s; fat hens, heavy, 2s to 3s Gd: light, Is Gd to 2s: pullets, heavy, best, 5s to 7s: smaller. 2s fid upward: light best. 5s to 7s: smaller, 2s Gd upwarddrakes, young, nrime. 2s fid to 3s Gd: smaller, 2s upward; ducks, young. 3s to 4sold, Is fid to 2s Pd; drakes, old. 2s to 2s fid; geese, 4s to ss; Angora rabbits, 4s to 10s. DAIRY PRODUCE. Hen eggs, best quality. 2s 9d to 2s 10d: medium size. 2s 5d to 2s Gd: pullet eggs 2s to 2s Id: duck eggs, 2s 4d to 2s sd: medium Bize, 2s; very small. Is 8d to Is 9d; farmers' butter. Is to Is 4d a lb. PRODUCE IN DUNEDIN. BULK OF WHEAT THRESHED. [DY TELEORArH. —OWN CORRESPONDENT.] DUNEDIN, Friday. The bulk of wheat to be threshed in this district has been dealt with. There are odd "lines in stock yet to be threshed. Some of tho. wheat now being delivered to the millers is rather mixed in quality as, following on the recent heavy rains, water got into the stacks. Choice velvet is saleable on tho basis of 6s 6d per bushel, on trucks, sacks extra, with Hunters at 6s and Tuscan at 5s 9d. Pricesdo not show any alteration on those which have, ruled during the past few weeks. Any lines not of best quality havo to be stored in the meantime. The quantity of fowl wheat coming on the market is increasing. To-day's value is 5s lOd per bushel, sacks extra, ex store Dunedin, Tho oats market is difficult to follow, in that there is very littlu demand from the North Island, and vet high prices continue to be paid in the country. Millers have been operating in heavy oats, and 3s Id on trucks, country sidings, is still being paid for this quality. Broken wheat has taken toll of oats in Otago and Southland, and this has caused merchants to pay higher prices for sound linos, seeing that there is now a possibility of a snort crop. There is a fair quantity of feed oats, which will not grade, on offer. The value of these is 2s 6d, sacks extra, on trucks, country sidings. There is no change in tho chaff market. Consignments are suflicient to meet, the demand, which is not very great. Good quality is worth £5 10s per ton, sacks extra, ex truck. Medium and poor quality is hard to place The current quotation for Blenheim and Canterbury is £5 10s, f.0.b., s.i. This price is below local parity, so that there is no possibility of shipping from this port. It is noticeable this season that many of tho lines of potatoes reaching the market are affected with blight, This makes sales hard to effect. The demand is for choico lines only, free of disease. Those are saleable at up to £5 10s per ton, sacks included, ox store. The main crop is now being dug, and as somo of the lines are blighted the yields as a whole arc reduced. The market for ryegrass continues firm, with little seed on offer. All farmers' lines are now being purchased, and there is no doubt now that the ciop this season is much shorter than usual. There has been ft uteady demand, especially from Canterbury, retail merchants there not having sufficient crops to work on.