BUTTER MARKET QUIET

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22540, 3 October 1936, Page 9

BUTTER MARKET QUIET

PRICES EASE SLIGHTLY d_ " RISE OF 4/- ON WEEK SHARP GAIN IN CHEESE London prices for New Zealand butter arc slightly lower. Choicest salted is selling at 104s per c\vt., a fall of about 1« since the last quotation, but an increase of Is over the past week. The market is quiet at the advance. Cheese values have advanced sharply and the market maintains a steady tone. White is quoted at "is per ewt., a gain of 3s 9d over the week, while coloured is 2s 6d higher at tiSs. A Press Association message sent from London on Thursday states that butter is quiet. Australian and choicest New Zealand are quoted at 101=; unsalted, ] O'is; Danish, 120s to 1225. Cheese: New Zealand, white, 71b; coloured, GSs. No Australian is offering. The following table compares the mean closing prices on the London . market for the past two weeks, a month ago and a year ago: Oct. 2 Sept.23 . Sept. 4 Oct. 4 Butter— 1 ;».{♦; 1 ftHH I»:w 1035 Xeiv Zealand KM/- I Oil/- 111/- 11S/Australian lot/- 100/- 111 • 110/8 Danish . . 121/- 120/- 126/- 125/0 Chcp.se—N.Z. White .. 7.1/- 07/3 70/- ss/Coloured OS/- 00/O 07/- uS/Canadian— White . . 00/(5 00/0 71/- SS/Coloured 00/- 00/0 71/- 00/8 KEPORTS FROM MERCHANTS DETAILS OF QUOTATIONS Merchants have received the following cablegrams, dated October 1, from their London principals:— Mr. Leslie McCartney from Henry A. Lane and Company. Limited:—Butter: 101s. The market is quiet at the advance. Cheese: White, 70s; coloured, 675. The market is steady. THE CITY MARKETS FAIR DEMAND FOR ORANGES AUSTRALIAN SHIPMENT AWAITED Island oranges were only in fair demand at the City Markets yesterday, most buyers preforrino; to wait for the arrival of the large .shipment of South Australian oranges which is expected to arrive by the Wanganella next week. Hothouse tomatoes again met with a keen inquiry with slightly heavier supplies available. Apples were slow of sale, while lemons and New Zealand grapefruit also met with a poor demand. Californian grapes have shown a firmer tendency lately, but a further shipment arrived by. the Mariposa yesterday. It is expected that the fruit ! will sell to a keen demand. New potatoes were marketed in increased quantities in the vegetable sec- ' tion with prices lower than last week. Cabbages and cauliflowers also were in heavier supply with prices firmer for the last-named vegetable. Carrots also brought high rates, while peas an<3» beans wore in good supply with values practically unchanged. There was a keen inquiry for kumnras and good quality pumpkins,. but swedes and celorv constituted a glut on the market. Poultry again was marketed in medium quantities, the demand being keen for table birds. Values for both hen and duck eggs remained unchanged, and there was no alteration in the prices charged for farmers' butter. Values were:— 1 FRUIT ' Apples, Delicious, local, 2s to 4s Od a case; i Hawke's Bay, 6s to 10s; Dougherty, 3s to Os fid; Grannv Smith, os to Os; Munro, 4s to ; Os; Rome Beauty, 8s to Os; Statesman, 7s to i !>s; Sturmer, Os to 8s; Winesap, Os to 10s; • pears, Peter Barry, Os to 7s Od; Winter Coles ■ and Winter Nelis Os to Os; tomatoes, hothouse, 1s Od to Is 11 d per lb; tree tomatoes, new, black, 4s to Os; orancres, Cook Islands, 22s Od to 27s Od; grapefruit. New Zealand, • extra choice, Os to Ss; others, 3s to r>s; Cali- , fornian, 355; lemons, choice, cured, Ss to 10s; others, 3s to 7s; bananas, ripe, 225" to | i 335; pines, Queensland, 12s Od to Kis; grapes, Californian, Red Emperor, 25s to 30s; white, ! 245; black, 255; mushrooms, Is Od to 2s Od ' i per lb. FIELD PRODUCE Asparagus, Od to 10/ id a bundle; beet, 6d : ! to Is a dozen; celery, cooking, 3d to Od a ! ! bundle; dessert, Od to 2s Od a bundle; carrots, Is to 2s a dozen; cauliflowers, 2s Od to , 4s Od a sack; on benches. 6d to is 6d a dozen; cabbages, 2s to 7s Od a sack; on , benches, Od to Is Od a dozen; cucumbers, hothouse, 4s to 7s Od a dozen; French beans, hothouse, Sd to Is id per lb; green peas. -Id to Is per lb; kumaras, Tauranga, 7s Od to its a bag; Island, 18s a cwt; leeks, 6d to Is 3d a dozen; lettuce, Od to Os Od a case; onions, 2s to 4s Od a bag; potatoes, new. No. 1, 2d to per lb; No. 2. Id to 2V : d per lh; Southern, Os Od per cwt; pumpkins, choice, sound Triumble, 20s to 30s per cwt; parsnips, Od to Is Id a dozen; radish, Is to Is Od a dozen; rhubarb, Is 3d to os Od a dozen; spinach, Od to Is Od a dozen: spring onions. Od to lOd a bundle; swedes, 18 to i 2s a bag; turnips, 3d to 4d a dozen. ' rOULTRY Cockerels, heavy breeds, prime, -is to 6s; > not prime, 2s <ki up; light breeds, prime, , 3s to ss; not prime, 2s up; fat roosters, heavv breeds, prime, 2s Od to 3s Od; light breeds, Is Od to 2s; fat hens, heavy breeds, 1 2s Od to 3s Od; light breeds, 2s to 2s Od; pullets, heavy breeds, best, 4s to os: smaller, Is Od up: light breeds, best, 3s Od to 4s Od; smaller. Is Od up: drakes, young, prime, 2s ' Od to 3s Od; smaller, Is Od up; old, Is 6d i to 2s Od; ducks, young, 2s Od to 3s 6d; old, Is Od to 2s Od; cockerel chicks, heavybreeds, 2d to Is; light breeds, Id to 6d; day-old chicks, Black, Orpington, 4d to 7d; ; 1 Leghorn, lY 3 d to 4d; ducklings, 5d to 7d; ! j guinea fowls, 4s to ss. | ! FARMERS' BUTTER AND EfiGS 1 Eggs, hen, first grade. Is OV~d a dozen; il B ffratle, 11 v ?d; C grade, duck, first ! prade, Is OVad a dozen; B grade, ll 1 /ad: C ! prrade, OV 2 d; farmers' butler, JOd (o Is | per lb. CANTERBURY MARKET WEAKNESS IN POTATOES [IIV TELEGRAPH —rRF.SS ASSOCIATION] CHRISTCHURCH, Friday Grain and produce markets have remained quiet throughout the week with little change in any section. Potatoes are very weak as there has been practically no interest at all by the North Island. Occasional orders have come from outports, but deliveries to Aucki land and Wellington have recently been heavy and markets there appear to be satisfied in the meantime. No definite decision has yet been reached to make another shipment to South America and until something: is known about this the market will probably remain dull. The small seeds trade remains steady although there is no great volume of business passing. Undergrade wheat has been in fair demand and the trade has been reasonably brisk at unchanged prices. Graded wheat is quiet, but maintains the lower price of the beginning of the week. Chaff is still weaker with practically no demand.