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Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXI, Issue 8787, 15 April 1907, Page 2

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London Markets

Press Association —Copyright. London, April 12. Wheat market quiet, but steady. There is a continental demand for cargoes, and fears are current of the crop damage : .1.1 dhtaiuing values, despite some p; -ssure to ' sell. River Plate wheat is in little demand. Australian, spot, dull, 32s Cd to 335; flour, slow, unchanged. Sugar, German, 9s 8d ; first marks 10s lOd. ~ . Bradford Wool Market.—Merinos firm, crossbreds dragging. Fortysix’s ISJ^d. . Butter, flat; Danish, nnchangd; colonial declined Is to 2s, chiefly In secondaries. Large supply. Good Siberian is about 88s to 90s, and -is affecting secondary values.

Messrs Dalgoty and Go., Ltd., Wellington, have received the following cable from London; — Frozen Meat: New Zealand frozen lamb, prices are higher by 3iid to Ud. There is slightly better demand for heavy weights. Frozen mutton, lower by %d per lb. . Butter: The Copenhagen official quotation is unchanged. The total imports of butter into the United Kingdom for the week ending the Cth instant amounted to 94,000 cwt., as compared with 98,000 cwt for the corresponding week of 1905. Market dull. Salted, 98s, uusalted 100 s. Tallow; Prices "generally are lower by Is Gd per cwt. Very little sold. Buyers show little or no disposition to operate.

High Commissioner’s Report Per Press Association.. W:f,lli:>gtox, April 14. The Department of Industries and Commerce has received the following cablegram from the High Con 1" missioucr, dated. April 13-The mutton market is quiet, with a slightly £ bet ter demand at reduced prices. '’Average price of Canterbury mutton SJ-s'd,.- North Island B%d, Australian River Plate 3%d. There is * a good demand for all lamb. A better tone has been experienced this week. Supplies fall short of demand as far as light weights are concerned, witch average .w*'d, Canterbury heavy weights are quoted at and 5d is asked for similar weights in other than Canterbury brands. There is better demand for beet, owing to short supplies of chilled shipments. New Zealand beef is quoted fat 3J£d rand B%d for hinds and fores respectively. “ The flutter market is dull . and declining. Buyers are holding hack expecting prices to go lower. Some holders arc forcing sales, there being heavy supplies on hand. Choice New Zealand is quoted at 9Ss, Australian 955, Danish 105 s. Supplies are increasing from Siberia. Butter from that country is quoted at 91s. The cheese market is quiet, with"a tendency in favour of flayers, flat good business .is being done at 635. The hemp market is dull, and only poor ‘business is done. New Zealand good fair grade ou spot is worth £34 10s, April-Juno shipments £34 per ton, Fair curont Manila is quoted at £3B. There has been no alteration in the cocksfoot seed market since last week. The wool market remains firm. Following are the arrivals from River Plate daring March, 190 T, Mutton: London 80,959, Liverpool <57,896, Hull 9033, Newcastle.! 807, Cardiff 8487, Manchester 4GBI. Lamb: Liverpool 1230, Hull 1100, Newcastle 1100. ' Feildin g Market Report,

Messrs A.£L. Atkinson and Co. report:—>A smaller entry than usual of 80 pigs came to hand on Friday. The hulk were weauers and slips, for which an easy demand existed. Good stores sold at high rates. A moderate entry of poultry sold at late rates. There was a good entry of produce. Potatoes were slightly firmer. Quinces were in heavy supply and prices easier. Quotations : —Horses Hacks and light* harness £3 his 6d'to £5, pigs, weaners 4s to 8s fid; slips, 9s !)d to 11s, small stores 11s to 14s, for ward store" to 235, light porkers 20s. , Produce: Potatoesßs to 10s por sack, onions Id to IJJ per lb, pumpkins y,{ 1 per lb, pie melons }:U\ to %d per lb, quinces jdd per lb, apples /hjd to l%d per lb, bananas 3s pc: ; ilf case, cauliflowers, inferior, Is • (id half sack, cabbage 2s por half sack, factory, bacon sides hams 7%d, rolled hams Bd.