HOME MARKETS

New Zealand Times, Volume L, Issue 11663, 30 October 1923, Page 10

HOME MARKETS

LONDON PRODUCE QUOTATION'S. The Bank of New Zealand, produce department, has received the following 1 advitre from its London office, under dale -tith inst : Rutter. “Extremely slow, ISSs to 190 s per cwt. Cheese. —Extremely slow ; coloured 110 s per cut, white IOSs per cut. Frozen Meat. —Market lor wethers is depressed, owing to absence of demand. Hues art* also in poor demand. l.amb market is quiet but firm, with supplies sufficient to meet demand. Meet’ market is steady. 'Wethers, light 7.W1 to Hid per ib, heavy 6\d to 7id per lb; ewes, 5Jd to did t>er lb; lamb*>, lOd to lid per lb; lambs, seconds Old to lOd per ib; ox hinds, 4-id to per lb; ox fores, 3d to 3id per lb; cow hinds, 4d to 4id per lb; cow fores, 23d to 3d per lb. Eondon wool sale* —Fixtures for next year are as follow: First series, January 22nd; second series, March Itth; third series, May dth; fourth series, July Ist. Dates for further series will be fixed later. DAIRY PRODUCE. The National Dairy Association of Neu Zealand. Etd.. have the following cable from their London office, dated Octobti ; 2Cth. 1923: liutter —Market slow and dull. New Zealand, salted lS6s to 188, unsalted 20bs to 208 s; Australian, salted 184 s to 186 s; Argentine, 17-ls; Irish, 1345; Danish, 200 s; I'reneh. 136 s.

Cheese—Market very quiet. New Zea land, white 106 s to 168 s. coloured 103 s io 110 s; Canadian, white 108 s, coloured 110 s.

BUTTER AND CHEESE

LONDON' QUOTATIONS. In his weekly, repo it on the Loudon cheese and butter markets to the Pepuriment of Agriculture, the High Commissioner states that the butter market is dull and prices lower, while the cheese market remains firm for English, but colonial is very quiet. The official quotations are: — BUTTER. j New Zealand, salted finest—October [ 28th, HBs‘ to ll>os to I*l2* per cwt (1s 8d I to Is BJd to Is Sad per lb); October 2ist> IM)< to 19(is per cwt (ls--Bici to Is 9d per lb); October 18th, 190 s to 196 s per cwt (Is to Is 9d per lb). Unsalted —October 28th 206 sto -03 s per cwt (Is 10d to is 10*d per lb); October 21st. 204 sto 206 s per cwt (Is 9jd to Is 10d per lb); October loth, 201 s to 206 s per cwt (Is 9fd to Is lOii per lb). Other qualities, salted— October 23th, 180 s to lS6s per cwt (Is 7£d to Is 7|d per lb). Australian, salted, finest—October 58th, 184 s to 183 s per cwt (Is 7jd to Is 7*fd per lb); October 21st, I&4§ to 188 s per cwt (Is 7sd to Is 8d per lb); October 13th, hS4o to 186 s per cwt (Is 7£d to Is 7£d oer lb). Other qualities—October 23th, 15’Js to 180 s per cwt (Is 4id to Is 7Jd per lb) Argentine, finest—October 28th, 170 s to 174 s per cwt (Is 6£d to Is per lb); October 28th, exceptional, 176 s per cwt (Is 6|d per lb); October 21st, 17Cs to 186 s per cwt (Is Old to Is 7Jd per lb); October 13th. 176 s to lS6s per cwt (Is to Is 7Jd per lb). Other qualities—October 28th. 116 s to IGGs per cwt (Is 3ld to Is 5Jd per lb). Danish—October 28th. 2COs to 202 s per cwt (Is Did to Is Osd per lb); October to Is per lb); October 13th. 262 s to 166 s per cwt (Is to Is XOd per lb). CHEESE. English, finest farmers.—October 28th, 135 s to 145 s per cwt (Is 2£d to Is 84d per !b); October 21*t, 135 s to 145 s per. cwt (Is 2Vd to Is 3sd per lb); October 13th, 135 s to 145 s per cwt (Is 2*4d to Is 3sd per lb). Canadian, firest.—October 28th, coloured 110 s per cwt per lb), exceptional 112 s per cwt (Is per lb), white 106 s to 108 s per cwt (Hid to llAd per lb); October 21st, coloured 114* to 116 s per cwt (Is Old to Is Old per Jb), white 112 s to l’4s per cwt (Is to Is Old per lb); October 13th, coloured 106 s to 103 s per cwt (lljd to lUd per ’h), white 104 s to 108 s per cwt (lid to llid per lb). Other qualities; October 23th, coloured 106 s per cwt per lb;, white !C4.s per cwt (Ud per lb). New Zealand, finest.—October 2Sth, coloured llGs to 112 s per cwt (ll|d to Is per ib>, white 163 s per cwt UHd per lb); October 2lst, coloured ;u$ to 116 s per cwt (Is Olcl to Is OiJ per lb), white 112 s to 116 s per cwt (3s to 1s Old per lb); October 13th, coloured 110 s per cwt (lljd per lb), white 104 s to 110$ per cwt (lid to por lb). Other qualities: October 2Sth, coloured 108 s pe** cwt per lb), white 106 s per rwt (11.Jd per lb). FREIGHT RATES Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. LONDON, October 27. The fc-oight market is seady so far as Homeward chartering for foodstuffs is concerned, with some activity in the Americ in grain market. So far no chartering of cny importance has been done for next season s Australian wheat shipments to the United Kingdom, though January fixtures to Japan are reported at 27s 6d per ton and 37s 6ri to 40s per ton have been mentioned as shippers' ideas for charters to United Kingdom; but at present own ers of tramp tonnage will not look at this figure.