ENGLISH MARKETS

New Zealand Times, Volume LIII, Issue 12453, 22 May 1926, Page 6

ENGLISH MARKETS

DOMINION AND FOREIGN PRODUCE LATEST QUOTATIONS. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Received May 21, 8.15 p.m.) LONDON, May 20. Butter.—Tho maximum prices fixed during the strike have been removed. The market is quiet, with holiday trade. New Zealand, choicest salted 168 s to 17Cs. Australian, 166 s to 168 s. unsalteds. 2s premium. Danish, 1765. Cheese.—Market slow.. New Zealand, 935; Australian, 90s to 9ls. „ Sugar, granulated 30s lid. ltabbitskins.—At the safes 2285 bales were offered, anil 1100 sold. There was a good demand for the best sorts, chiefly from America. Low gvades were neglected, and were largely withdrawn. Furriers' sorts, thin-pelted, unchanged; stout-pelted, 10 to 15 per cent, above the March rates. Hatters* sorts, best and medium, par to 5 per cent, advance; low grades, 15 per cent, decline. Wool tops.—The Bradford market is very quiet, the holidays and the coal strike retarding business. Quotations arc firm for both merinos and crossbreds Wheat.—Cargoes are steady, with prices practically unchanged, in view of less depressed Continental exchanges. Parcels are steady, and fairly active; sales at 58s 3d to 625. Liverpool futures: May, nominal? July, Us 4£d; October (sellers), 10s 7d. The spot trade is quiet. Australian, ex ship, 64s 6d. Floui is firm. Australian, ex store, 46*s 6d to 47s 6d. Oats, peas, and beans are quiet. Metals.—Silver, standard 30$d an ounce, fin© 82fd; lead, spot £2B 8s 9d a ton, forward £2B 18s 9d; spelter, £32 2s 6d ami £32 10s; tin, £267 7s 6d and £265

BARLEY GROWERS

MEETING OF DELEGATES HIGHER PRICE WANTED. Per Press Association. BLENHEIM, May 2i. In the long standing dispute with the brewers in regard to the price whuen should b© paid for barley for growing contracts, the Blenheim branch of the runners* Union, which is acting hb spokesman for the growers of Marlborough. has aroused the co-operation of tho Canterbury and Otago growers. Lurlv this month representatives of the branch met Mr W. w. Mulbolland, representing the Canterbury growers, in Wellington to discuss the price which should be asked for the coming season. Nothing definite was agreed on, though the delegates agreed that there was an insufficient margin to the grower at the existing nrirc of 5s Gd a bushel. The delegates examined the possibility of brewers importing American barley, and came to the conclusion that on Mnrch quotations it could be landed in the. Dominion at 5s Id a bushel. They decided to procure a sample of the American article with a view to deciding whether brewers were likely to use it The branch is also asking the Government for statistics to the areas under barley in various districts of the Dominion, and the price to be asked will be fixed later. DAIRY PRODUCE Messrs Dalgety and Co., Ltd., report having received the following cablegram from their London house, under date of the 20tli instant:— Butter—Market dull. New Zealand finest salted, 168 s: Danish. 1765; Australian finest salted, 1665, unsalted 168*. Choose—Market dull. New Zealand white, 335, coloured 935; Canadian, spot, 108 s. FROZEN MEAT Messrs Dalgety and Co., Ltd., report having received the following cablegram from their London house, under date of tlie 20th instant : Market unsettled. Board of Trade maximum price removed. Prices nominally unchanged. CUSTOMS REVENUE The Customs revenue received at the port oi Wellington yesterday aggregated £IGGL