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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 16339, 13 May 1927, Page 8

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VICTORIAN PRODUCE (PRICES (Elec. Tel. Copyright—United Press Assn.) (Received May Jo, noon.) MELBOURNE, May 13. Ihe wheat market is quiet, buyers being cautions. Quotations: 5s 6.j,d, 5s 7d : flour. £l2 15s, £l3; Oats, milling. 4s 3d; feed, 3.s lid, 4s; liar ley, English—--4s 3d, ds dd: potatoes, £4 10s, .Cbp onions, £3 ss, £3 10s.

CHICAGO WHEAT PRICES (Received Slav 13, 1 p.m.) CHICAGO', Mnv 12. Wheat quotations: May 141| “cents., July 135 J cents., September 132;j cents. Messrs Murray, Roberts and Co. are in receipt of the following cable message from their London house:—“improved competition all descriptions; greasy and scoured merino show hardening tendency; crossbred greasy fine, best description no change ; medium doscriptions par to 5 per cent, advance; crossbred scoured except inferior par to 5 per cent, advance; slipe crossbred advanced 5 per cent.” Ilnlgety and Co. have received the following cable message from their head oflice, London, dated May 12:—“London, frozen meat market: N.Z. prime Canter-* bury lamb, 28/361 bs, 9'd ; N.Z. prime North Island lamb, 28/361bs, 8.U1; N.Z. prune Canterbury lamb, 36/42fbs, 8/d; N.Z. prime (North Island lamb, 36/421b5,: 8RI; N.Z. prime Canterbury lamb, second quality, B|d; N.Z. prime North Island lamb, second quality. B|d; N.Z. prime Canterbury lamb, 42/501bs. Bjd; N.Z. prime North Island lamb, 42/501bs. 8d; Market for Now Zealand lamb weaker, demand runs on light-weights: N.Z. prime Canterbury mutton, 48 551bs. 6jd; N.Z. prime North Island mutton, 48 561bs, 6d; N.Z. prime Cantei'hury mutton, 66/641 bs, sijd; N.Z. prime North Island mutton, 56/64lbs, spl; N.Z. prime Canterbury mutton, 64/721bs, 4JM; N.Z. prime North Island mutton, 64/72Ibs, 4/d; N.Z. prime Canterbury ewes, 48/64 lbs.. 4<l; N.Z. prime North Island ewes, 48/641bs, 3gd; market for New Zealand mutton weak, demand limited; N.Z. prime ox beef, hinds 4d, fores 3pi; Argentine chilled, binds 4pl, fores 2/d; market for New Zealand beef unchanged, demand limited; English porkers, 80/100 lbs., lOd; N.Z. baeoners, 120/170lhs, 7d, 1701 bs and over 6/d.”

Dalgcty and Co. have received the foliowing cable message from their head office. London, dated May 12:—“Butler: Market is steady at present prices. Quotations; Danish hutter, 160 s per cwt.; Australian finest butter, unsalted' 1665,• salted 156 s to 158 s; finest N.Z. butter 158 s to 160 s. The total butter imports into the United Kingdom last month were 428,0000 wt, as compared with 55’,000cvT for the same period last year.”