COMMERCIAL.

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXVI, Issue 18532, 14 July 1922, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

LONDON PRODUCE MARKETS. The Bank of New Zealand report having received the following advice from London, office, under date 7th instant;— Butter.—Dull, 220/- to 222/- per cwt. Cheese.—Slow; coloured 90/- per cwt.; white, 92/- per cwt. Frozen Meat. —The market for wethers is dull. There is little demand for ewe mutton, and the market is depressed. (Lambs are steady). Improvement in beef is maintained. Wethers, light, 61d to 71 d per lb.; wethers, heavy, 5d to 6d; ewes 41d to 5Jd; lambs, 103 d to Hid; lambs, seconds, lOd to 10‘Jd; ox hinds 4d to 4Jd; ox fores 2Td to 3d; cow hinds 3ld to 3 3d; cow fores 2Jd to 2ld.

Messrs. Dalgety and Co., Ltd., report having held their usual fortnightly stock sale at Wanganui on Wednesday* 1 2th Instant, when they oftered a good entry of sheep and cattle to a large attendance of buyers, both local and outside, many coming as far afield as Wairara.pa, Hawke’s Bay. Palmerston North, Feildlng and Hawera. Competition was keen throughout, practically every pen being sold ui'.der the hammer. The following is a range of the prices realised:—<F.F.M. ewes in lamb to Romney rams 22/, f.f.m. ewes in lamb to Southdawn, rams 24/l>, Hereford breeding cows jin calf £3 13/ and £3 7/, mix sex Hereford weaners £1 12/6, 18 month Hereford steers £2 4/, ditto heifers £1 16/6, 3% year Hereford bullocks £4.