HEAVIER BUTTER STOCKS

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXV, Issue 19758, 12 October 1938, Page 8

HEAVIER BUTTER STOCKS

X.Z. INCREASE 1428 TONS

Stocks of New Zealand butler in London showed an increase of 1428 tons last week over the figure for the previous week, and totalled 5277 tons. Deliveries during the week reached 1343 tons, compared with 2456 tons the previous week and 2197 tons a year iigo New Zealand stocks held a year ,go aggregated 4980 tons. Australian stocks last week declined by 70 tons to 4110 tons, the inure a year ago being 1124 tons. Deliveries last week totalled 2040 tons, tin increase of nearly 100 tons from the previous week, while a year ago ihe deliveries totalled only 781 loos or the week Slocks of New Zealand cheese increased hist week by nearly 4000 ■•rates to 37,104 crates, compared with 19 32(1 crates a year ago. Deliveries ■ist week totalled 10,413 crates, ,5350 rates fewer than the previous week. The rales ruling at the end of last week were the same as the previous -, eek. New Zealand salted being at !(js per cwt, compared with 130 s at he corresponding date last year,

OPOTIKI STOCK SALE

■OOR CONDITIONED STOCK •\t the Opotiki stock sale there was i i;ood average yarding and a good ittendance of buyers, which kepi the bidding brisk throughout. A noticeable feature was the number of very poor-conditioned ■attic which came forward, this being lue to the wet winter and the lateless of the spring growth of grass. <\ number of young Jersey bulls came to hand and sold under keen com-