HOME MARKETS

New Zealand Times, Volume L, Issue 11436, 5 February 1923, Page 10

HOME MARKETS

BUTTER AND CHEESE. Dalgety and Co., Ltd., report having received the following cablegram from their London house under date Ist instant: Butter.—Market quiet. We quote New Zealand, salted 1965; Australian, G.A.Q. 184 s; Danish, 2065; finest Australian, salted 190 s, unsalted 1925. Cheese.—Martiet steady. New Zealand, 130 s; Canadian, 130 e. FROZEN MEAT. Dalgety and Co., Ltd., report having received the following cablegram from their London house under date Ist instant: — New Zealand prime crossbred lamb. North Island, light 13d; demand checked by increased prices asked, market full, but sellers are firm. New Zealand crossbred mutton, North Island, heavy 9d, light 9(d; demand limited, prices nominal. New Zealand ox beef, hinds 4Jd, fore 9 4td; demand runs principally on forequarters, market weaker. G.A.Q. crossbred lamb, Australian, heavy 91d, light lOJd; mutton, heavy 7d, light Bd. Less demand for Australian lamb. Demand for Australian inutton is steady. Good quality River Plat® lamb offering at low prices. No forward sales reported of New Zealand mutton and lamb, buyers more than ever refuse to operate. WOOL SALES. Dalgety and Co., Ltd., report having received the following cablegram from their London house under date Ist instant :

Wool sales continue active and compotion brisk for all crossbred wools,, but merino wools suitable for Continent rather lower. Merino wools of other descriptions unchanged. Messrs Murray, Roberts and Co., Ltd., are in receipt of a cable from their London agents, dated 2nd instant- reading as follows:—Merino, market irregular; greasy merino and scoured merino, wool suitable for the Continent, declined 5 per cent; crossbred, market firm, and shows a hardening tendency. LATEST PRICES. The New" Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., have received the following cablegram from their London house, under date 2nd instant: New Zealand Butter—No change In market. (Last quotations, January 19th, salted 196 s to 198 s per cwt, unsalted 198 s to 200 s per cwt.) Cheese, 126 s to 130 s per cwt; market steady. , I ?, ew ,. i /? eal , and frozen Meat.—Market j little demand, quotations unchanged. (Last quotations, January 26th, lamb 12fl per lb; mutton, wether and maiden ewe, light 9sd per lb, heavy Bid per lb; ewe, light 7|d per lb, heavy 71 d per lb; beef, ox, hinde 4|d per lb, fores 44d per lb; cow, hinds 44d per lb, fores 38d per lb.) Messrs A. H. Turnbull ana Co. report as follow:—“We are to-day in receipt of a cablegram from our principals, Messrs W. Wendel and Co., Ltd-, dated London, February Ist, regarding the dairy produce market, as follow:—Butter-. Danish, 204 sto 206 s per cwt; New Zealand finsalted, 198 s to 200 s; New Zealand, salted, 196 sto (98s. Market quiet. New Zealand cheese, coloured, 126 s to 130 s; white, 126 sto 130 s. Market steady."