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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 16122, 10 May 1923, Page 8

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(Elec Tel. Copyrlght-anned Press Assn l (Australian and N-Z, cable Association.) LONDON, May 8; ! Tho Nestor's Victorian apples at Liverpool are quoted as follows: Jonathans: 9s 9d to 12s 9d, Mumos lis 6d to 12s! 6d; others 7s 9d to lis 9d. j i Tho N.Z. Loan and Mercantile j j Agency Co., Ltd., have received . the | following cablegram from their London j house, under date 4th inst: N.Z., dairy j ' higher than, last quotations, which were; 142 sto 144 s per cwt. Market - quiet. Cheese : 94s to 96s per cwt.. Tone of | market firmer. N.Z. frozen meat. —Lamb: 10£d per lb (average). Fair demand. Mutton: Wether and maiden ewe, light 7§d per lb, heavy per lb; ewe, light s£d per lb, heavy 5d per lb. Market "quiet. Beef: m Nominal' quotations.—Ox hinds, 4;]d per lb, ox fores 2jj-d per lb; cow hinds 4,kl per lb, cow fores 2|d per lb. 1,1 , ; • | AUCKLAND PRODUCE MARKET. | i Wholesale current prices at, Auckland last week were as follows: Farm and l Dairy Produce.—Superfine creamery butter, Is 6gd per lb for prompt cash; first grade, 1» 6d; second grade Is sd; farmers' separator, Is Id per lb; cheese, firm, grade factory; medium size, 10d to, Is per lb; ham's, ICdi to Is per lb; bacon, 10d per lb net; lard, bulk B£d, pats 9d;. honey, prime grade sections from B|dl to eggs, 2s 9d to 3s per dozen wholesale. Flour, £l7 ss, less discount of per cent, per ton, in 2001 b sacks; sharps. £9 10s; bran, £6 10s; oatmeal, 25's, £25 per ton. Grain.—Oats, A grade, 4s 9d per bushel, ex store; Algerian seedi oats 7s; maize, 5s 3d per bushel, ex store; 'fowl wheat, 6s 6d per bushel. Chaff.—Best Southern, £lO 10s. Onions. —£8 10s per ton. Potatoes.*—Best quality, £8 10s per ton ox store. Maize.—A firmer tone exists in the market for maize. Arrivals have been small since last report, added to which the local demand lifts increased. Reports from Gisborne are to tho effect that practically jthe whole crop has now been used up and the new grain will not be available for another month or six weeks. Old l maize will he wanted for crushing purposes until the new grain is fully dried. , It is quite likely the price of maize will advance in the near futures , • i