HIGH COMMISSIONER'S REPORT.

Press, Volume LXII, Issue 18888, 31 December 1926, Page 12

HIGH COMMISSIONER'S REPORT.

The Department of Agriculture has received the following: cablegram. dated December 24th, 1926, from the High Commissioner for New Zealaiid, London:—

BUTTER. Market quiet. Sew Zealand: Finest Salted. (New season's.) December 24th —170s to 172s per c»t (Is 6Jd to Is 6Jd per lb). December 18th —170s to 172s per cwt (Is Sid to Is 6Jd per lb). Other Qualities. December 24th—160s to 164s per cwt (Is 5d to Is 5Jd per lb). December ISth—l62s to 164s per cwt (Is 5Jd to Is 5Jd per lb). Finest Stored. December 24th—160s to 164s per cwt (Is 5d to Is 5Jd per lb). December ISth—l64e to lG6s per cwt (Is s£d to Is 5Jd per lb). Other Qualities. December 24th —154s to 158s per cwt (Is 4Jd to Is 4?d per lb). December ISth—ls6s to 158s per cwt (Is 4Jd to Js 43d per lb). . "New Zealand Control Board omcinl minimum prices are: Finest, 172s per cwt (Is 6id per lb); first grade, 170s per cwt (Is Gid per lb). Australian: Salted. December 24th—164s to 170b per cwt (Is 51(1 to 3s 6Jd per lb). December 38th—166s to 170s per cwt (Is ssd to Is 6}d per lb). Unsalted. December 24th —168s to 172s per cwt (Is 6d to Is 6Jd per lb). December 18th—168s to 172s per cwt (Is 6d to Is 6Jd per lb). Other Qualities. December 24th—140s to 162s per cwt (Is 3d to Is std per lb). December 18th—140s to 160s per cwt (Is 3d to Is 5d per lb). Canadian. December 24th—104s to 165s per cwt (Is SJd per lb). ~ December 18th—164s to 165s per cwt (Is 5Jd per lb). Other Qualities. December 24th —160s to 162s per cwt (Is 5d to Is 5Jd per lb). Argentine: Unsalted. December 24th—154s to 160s per cwt (Is 4}d to Is 5d per lb). December 18th—156s to 160s per cwt (Is 4Jd to Is 5d per lb). Other Qualities. December 24th—136s to 152s per cwt (Is 2Jd to 3s 4Jd per lb). December 18Ui—136s to 151s per cwt (Is 2Jd to Is 4id per lb). Danish. December 24th—178s to 182s per cwt (Is 7d to Is 7Jd per lb). ' December 18th—186s to 188s per cwt (Is 7Jd to Is 8d per lb). CHEESE. The Canadian market is steady, and New Zealand slow. Official quotations are:— English: Finest Farmers'. December 24th—108s to 112s per cwt (11 Jd to Is per lb). December 18th—108s to 112s per cwt (Had to Is per lb). Canadian: Finest Coloured. December 24th—94s to 96s per cwt (lOd to lOjd per lb). December 18th—94s to 96s per i;wt (lOd to 10Jd per lb). Exceptional. December 24th—98s per cwt (10Jd per December 18th—98s per cwt (10id per lb). White. December 24th—94s to 98s por cwt (lOd to 101 per lb). New Zealand: Coloured and White December 24th—95s Ito 96s per cwt (lOd to IOJd per lb). • December 18th—95s to 90s per cwt (lOd to 101 d per lb). Control Board minimum prices are: Finest, 96s por cwt (10id per lb), first grade Gss per cwt (10d per lb). Australian coloured: 93s per cwt (93d per lb). Australian white: 95s per cwt (lOd por lb). TALLOW. Murket quiet but steady. Better prices expected. No auction this week owing to Christmas holidays.

EGGS. Prices lower, but very little business being done. Present quotations arc:— English, Dutch, Danish, 24s to 2is por long 100; Belgian, 20s to 22s per long 100; Australian, 18s to 18s 6d per >°"S 1?°: Argentine, 15s to 16s per long 100; Polish, Chinese, Egyptian, 9s 6d to 13s 6d per long 100. HEMP. Mnnila market dull but firm. ".I" grade afloat sold £4B 15s per ton. NovemberJanuary shipments quoted lit £4B per ton. Sisal, quiet and easier. . Nominal value, Tanganyika and Kenya No. 1, £4l 17s. Position New Zealand quiet, with high-points nominally 15s per ton choaper. lair, £36 por ton; common, £33 6s; DecemberFebruary shipments afloat, parcels 10s above these figures. Stocks of Now Zealand hemp in London on November 30th were 11 tons, as against 98 tons at the same time last ye " r - TOW.

Market slow on the basis of .£26 10s per ton for No. 2, WOOL. No change. Prices same as last quotation. AUSTRALIAN MARKETS. (BT CABLE-PRESS ASSOCMTIOH-COrYHIGHT.) (AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION.) (Received December 30th, 0.55 p.m.) SYDNEY, Decemoer 30. Wheat-48 Oid a bushel at country stations, equal to 5b 5d ex trucks Sydney. Flour—£l3 10a a ton for export, £l2 5s f.o.b. sack basis. Oats—Taamanian White Giants 4s ?.d V> 4s 5d a bushel, Algerians 3s lOd to 4s. Potatoes—£24 to £26 a, ton. Onions—£9 a ton. Owing to the rain, prices of green vegetables have fallen heavily. ADELAIDE, December 30. Wheat—Growers' lots, December 5s o*d a bushel, January 5o 3d. Parcels arc nominally 5s 4d. Flour-Bakers' lots £l4 to £U a ton. Oats—2s 4d to 2s 6d.

CARS. ORDER FOR 10,000. It was announced during the week (says the Sydney "Daily Telegraph of recent date) that an order lor over 10,000 British cars and trucks had been placed in England for the Australian market during 1927. The announcement was made by Mr S. A. Cheney, of S. A. Cheney Motors Proprietary, Ltd., one of the largest motor-car farms in Victoria. Some idea of the magnitude of the order can be gauged from the fact that it is lb in excess of the total export of British cars to Australia during last year. Included in the order are 9000 Morris cars and trucks. Mr Cheney stated that the firm had recently purchased a controlling interest in Williams Bros., Ltd., the New South Wales distributors of Morris cars and trucks, for £150,000; •the Franklin Motor Co., of Adelaide, for £89,000; and F. MeCowen and Co., for £120,000: also the Australian Distributors Proprietary, Ltd., of Melbourne, a subsidiary organisation, which will handle Austin cars, for £87,000. , r . This huge order of 9000 Morris cars and trucks will be distributed as follows : _New South Wales, 2850 cars and 1400 trucks; Victoria, 2500 cars and 1250 trucks; South Australia, 750 cars and 250 trucks. The total value of the cars and trucks to be imported nest year, it is expected, will exceed £3,000,000. Mr Cheney said that the firm's order would be a net gain for British products, as previously it had handled only American products, and that he had maintained on his return from England, in September that the salea for British cars would be five times greater this year than previously. The progress made by the motor industry in Britain, he said, was a revelation.

A pioneer in the motor industry, Mr Cheney first started in the trade in 1903, and in 1915 was associated with the Dodge organisation in Adelaide. Later he went to Melbourne, where he obtained the Chevrolet agency. Prior to going; into business on his own account, he was associated with Lane's Motors, Ltd., in Melbourne. It is expected that the two senior Williams brothers will retire from business, but the two younger members, Messrs R. and P. Williams, will remain on the board of direotcrs. Messrs S. A. Cheney Motors Proprietary, Ltd., have a working capita] of £650.000, and a nominal capital of £1,000,000.