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THE HL GH COMMISSIONER'S RE-s^i..^.-«i r ; ,:PORT..--- <r . - ; The followx cable message has. been received JbjutlfcJk of Industries and Commerce fx the High. Commissioiier dated London Ft 3rd :—The/giutton market, is ve» v unsettled, River Ijlate muttdn being in la r S e supply. Stocks |of New. Zealand mutU oa hand are: ligkt. b." Canterbury . mutton » quoted, ..'per clb :. -fore-light weights, '; ovwhich there is a ; supply and 4a per lb for heavjr. ;;; weights,- . North . Island . mutrton 3|d per o. • The- lamb, market i. \ quiet, .stocks on : • jhand-.being heavy. . Ta, : s season's ' New Z.eaiaud ..-:lamb 5d (nnmm ;' Australian . Jamb .4.(1 per lb. The beef:, market is very 3id per Ik - forequarters £ , 2|d. (bgihT noihirial). .The Ik '-tt er market Bas coUapsed, and mixtures being in'lafge' supply ana 1 seriously -affecting the market which is Hold- . ers die anxious to- sell, but buyers: »are 'hold,j»g back : exjiecting prices' to gori- lower. Choicest "New Zealand butter l£fe r owt, panish 114s. • TBe cheese, marieir is \ quiet prices being slightly weaker aisd 4raA.<sac- ,. tions very - limited, : New Zealand bei % ..j at 60s per cwt.: . The . hemp miirfe* fc .., firm, light-shipments".being expected fmat. . . Manilla. -Gnod fair : Wellingtou is i *lfe' - , J '£33 ; '; ''Manilla -hemp, j fair '-current grade, - for I <(ockSfbiot -sefid more freely-. -and stocks on " .light; -bright ..cle&n New Zea- _ stand seed*? 54a„ per -.cwt. The wool salejr- > ■ ".'closedc -with, a firmer, market and air' vjK _tgidf9wy> prices being fully-..fetjafdly 1 ■ •sfti-toGiJiis- dosong rates -of last salt T'",*. "fchmated .:-Y.a-!ne&— —liie ■ f grades Is. ld ; to is 3d per lb. ' crossbreds all); grades lid' to Is 1;1 ;ei lb, coarse erossbreds all grades 9Ad to Ojd per lb, superior merino Is Id to • -Is 3jd per. lb, medium lid to Is Id per lb„ inferior 8d to per lb."
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Timaru Herald, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 12896, 6 February 1906, Page 4
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297COMMERCIAL. Timaru Herald, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 12896, 6 February 1906, Page 4
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