LONDON MARKETS

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 80, Issue 256, 28 October 1937, Page 11

LONDON MARKETS

TALLOW, HEMP, EGGS AND FRUIT. The Department of Agriculture has received the following cablegram, dated October 23, from the High Commissioner for New Zealand, London:— Tallow: Little more business, but prices 6d lower. Hemp.—Manila: Market quiet and easier. Closing values “K” grade for October-December shipment £25 10s. Output January 1 to October 18, 1,112,000 bales, agains 1,064,000 bales for the same period last year. Stocks in United Kingdom on October 1, 8286 bales, against 13,200 at the same time last year. Stocks in Manila on October 18, 173,000 bales, against 153,000 at the same time last year. Sisal: Market quiet and easier. OctoberDecember shipments quited sellers £24 15s. New Zealand: Market quiet with sellers on the basis of fair £26, but no business reported owing to the absence of buyers. Stocks in London on October 1, 46 tons, against 59 tons at the same time last year. Eggs: Market quiet. English, national pack, 16s 6d to 2ss; English, ordinary pack, 18s to 19s; Danish, 13s 6d to 15s 3d; Australian, 12s to 13s 6d. Apples: Market weakened, but during x'ie last few days demand is improving. Current prices are:— Californian Newtown, 10s to 12s 6d; Delicious, 8s 9d to 9s 6d; Rome Beauty, 8s 6d to 9s 3d; Washington Jonathans, 9s; British Columbian Cox's Orange Pippings, 8s to 11s 9d; Mackintosh Red, 7s to 9s. Pears: Fair demand. Californian Doyenne du Cornice, 17s to 19s; Beurre Bose, 13s to 13s 6d; Beurre Hardy, 11s to 16s 6d.