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Otago Daily Times, Issue 18446, 6 January 1922, Page 4

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SUTTEE AND CHEESE. Messrs Dalgety and Co. report having reoedved the* following cablegram from Xxmdou, dated December 30; —“Batter price® are, irregular, but there is a slightly better demand. Danish, £7 14a to £7 18a J Australian tmsalted, finest, £5 14a to £5 18s; salted. £5 to £5 8s; secondary* £4 10s to £4 18a; inferior, £3 16s to £4 4fl; Now Zealand finest, £6 to £6 10s; secondary, £5 10s to £5 15a. Government is neglected, and prices ore nominal, , “ Cheese irregular, but the demand is improving. New Zealand colour, £4 6a to £4 I2s; white,' £4 Gs to £4 10s; Australian colour, £4 2s to £4 4s; white, £4 to £4 25.” ’ ■ <[,, > 1 ', '• TALLOW SALES. f LONDOIJ, January 4. At the tallow sales 2400 oasis wore offered and 821 sold. 'Price* declined about" Is compared with those obtained in December. Fine mutton, 44s per cwt; medium, 38s 6d.—A., and N.Z. Cable. Messrs Dalgety and Co. (Ltd.) report having received the following cable from London, dated, January 4:—“Tallow very inactive. Since our last wire prices are par to la per cwt lower; fine mutton, 43s to 44a per cwt; good mixed, '39s per cwt; gut, 33s per cwt." AUSTRALIAN MARKETS. SYDNEY, January 6. (Received Jan. 5, at 11.5 p.m.) , Oats: Algerian feed, 3a 3d to 3a fid; white, 4s Id to 4b 2d. Maize; Yellow, 6a 9d to 6a; white, 5s fid. Potatoes; Tasmanian, new, £lO 10s; local, £8 to £lO. Oniona: Local, £7; Victorian, £7. ADELAIDE, January 5. Oats; New season’s Algerians, 2s id. ISHEEPSKIN MARKET REPORT. The Dunedin. Wool brokers’ _ Association "(Messrs Dalgety .and Co., National Mortgage, N.Z. Loan and Mercantile .Agency Co., Otago Farmers’ Co-op. Association, Donald Reid and Co., '’Wright, Stephenson, and Co.) report:— A sheepekin sale was held yesterday (Thursday), when ' large catalogues were offered. There was a small attendance of buyers. Competition was poor, and prices showed a decline from those ruling at the- last sale hold on December 6. Quotations: Merino, 4|d to SJd; halfbred, s£d to 63d; fine crossbred, 4Jd to 5Jd; crossbred, 3|d to 4d. Half wool: Merino, 3d to ijd; halfbred, 4Jd to BJd; crossbred, 2Jd to BJd- Quarter wool: Halfbred, Ijd to 3gd; crossbred, IJfd to 2Jd. Dead skins; Halfbred. 2|d to 4jd; hogget, 3d to 4d. Lambskins, 2d to 3^d; salted skins, 2s 3d to Bs.