COMMERCIAL CABLES

New Zealand Times, Volume XLII, Issue 9694, 23 June 1917, Page 2

COMMERCIAL CABLES

By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Recoivedo June 22, 7.25 p.m.) LONDON. Juno 21. Butter —The market is steady but quiet. The maxima will probably not be alterea Danish is quoted at from 198 sto 202 s per cwt.; Australian choicest salted fiom 180 s to 181 s, unsalted from 186 s to 188 s: Now Zealand, salted from 190 s to 1945. unsalted irom 196 s to 198 s. It is understood that the Government requisitioned a cargo of 40,000 boxes of Australian butter. Cheese —There is nothing doing in cheese pending the Government's distribution, which is expected to be made early in July. Tallow—At the tallow sales 1091 casks were offered and 316 wore =ald. Prices: Mutton, fine 04s, medium 565. Beef, fiue 63s 6d, medium 565. Metals—Copper, cash £l3O 5s per ton, forward 26129 10s; electrolytic JC I -1 9 . Lead, cash £3O 10s per ton, forward ,£29 10s. Spelter, cash £54 per ton, forward £SO. Tin, cash £248 17s 6d Per ton, forward £216 17s 6d. Bar silver, 39|d per ounce, standard. Wheat—None offering. Sugar—Prices are unchanged. Flour Market .quiet. Australian patents 795. . Oats—Slow of sale. Tasmanian 33s Gd per SGllbs. Peas and Beans—Market dull. No New Zealand sorts offering. AUSTRALIAN PRODUCE. Press Association. MELBOURNE, June 22. Barley, Chevalier, 4s 3d to 4s 6d per bushel: Cape, 3s to 8s 2d. Oats, milling 2s 4d to 2s 6d; feed, 2s to 2s 2d. Potatoes, £3 10s to £4 5s per ton. Onions, £5 to £5 10s per ton. LIVE STOCK SALES AUCTIONEERS’ REPORTS. Dalgety and Company. At the monthly sale at Waikanae on Thursday we offered a good yarding of sheep and cattle. There was a representative attendance of buyers, bidding was brisk, and the whole entry was sold at satisfactory prices. Quotations : Light fat ewes 2% 2d, f.m. ewes in lamb 20s, shorn lambs 16s 7d to 18s, cull lambs Us 6d, 2-year steers £ll 10s, springing heifers to £ll, springing cows £7 7s 6d to £lO ss, cows and calves £7 Is to £9, cows in milk to £9, yearling steers £5 ss. weaner steers £2 Igs. SOUTHERN GRAIN AND PRODUCE. Press Association. CHRISTCHURCH. June 22. No wheat anil only odd lines of oats are coming on the market. There is a good inquiry for oats, but supplies are very scarce. There is a good demand for' ontsheaf. chaffy for shipment to Wellington and the West Coast, no freight being available to Auckland,, where there is a market for chaff. Prime samples are worth £4 a’t country stations. Potatoes are etill quiet, as growers an? preferring to pit their crop rather than accept £3 10s or £3 15s at country stations. Buyers are indifferent about operating as it is difficult to obtain fresh orders. Seed potatoes ore in good demand.