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Press, Volume LXVI, Issue 20092, 22 November 1930, Page 12

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BRADFORD MARRft (USITED Pas 88 ASSOCIATION, '■ tilegbaph—copnuost.j (Received November 21«t r. ' 5,5 My LONDON. Novumv In the Bradford to'ps ness in merinos is quieter. tions arc firm. * Crossbreds £tre weak, Quotations are as under —.- 64,3 •• .. 4 60 'a ~ ' * * Z{ •36's .. _ ••22 00 's . . "I? 40's .. "* 13} 40's " U - M - A Auckland wool sale LTH2 PBESS Special Ssrflcj,] t, O i.cw season will be held iS** next Tuesday. The total offeiia. Sf? about 20,600 bales. * GENERAL MERCHANDISE GROCERIES.

V/hoUsale houses experienced t r period during the week, and there ii indication oi a brisk time next season's Roods are starting to |m. . these will Lc distributed to tl-ship w* as promptly as possible. 8 0IM goods were so!u on contracts t>u»d . cuango ruling at tae time ol bookin. «£ tuen substantial advances have frifom* especially in foreign exchanges, and lore any extra excaange the merchant* 1 ? 1 been called 011 to pay will .be r oganwi tlio retailer. The same ren2r piies to tne extra duty which, U vided for or anticipated at the time was made, must be paid by the buy« ecmo growers think that they .i&otud: called on to pay the extra dutiea lerttf i is advisable to call attention to th <v toms Act, which states that any in duties payable after a contract shall be payable by the buyer, even £ such increases were not contemplated*!! consequently made after the contiict X completed. On the other hand, tat J part is not generally known, any J in duty made alter a contract haabeeoiX! (based on a higher rate) must be crriS or allowed, to the buyer, even thoariiS contract showed a duty paid delivered®!! It will thus be seen that t&e CnatonujS is fair to both parties, and not one-sideta some retailers recently have coiuidereu it be. " The egg market is still over-supplied, m lower prices are expected to Wl« A Christmas. Export has*now ceased,-iatTfa only salvation seems to be through the Jk ing method. The over-eupply o| year is stated to be due to the fager aS ber of men of the artisan cbtt irb gone in for fowls as a means of aaistat their income. This is the opinion >B%! from shopkeepers, and hundredi of uuSb in and around Christchurch are no* ifo ing fowls end pouring eggs oa to thg Bn. ket each season. Like the native prefaces of rubber in Malay, these egg prodoeeti i* an unknown quantity, and it is difficult to forecast from year to yea b they will influence the market. Farmers' butter, both dairy and lepfcafe is difficult to sell, in spite'of j&a low prig at- which it is being offered. WUk butter as low as Is Id retail, it is diSts to get more than lOd per lb fa tl faturf butter by retail shops in the tsitf#4 New season's cheese is now on the a*' ket, and quality is up to the nanal There is very little old season's cheese inS able, and any parcels of matured cheeteai readily be sold by holders. The T-rtjj; cheese market offers a much better fiflfel than butter, that is, on * butter-fit ha Cheese is worth to-day in Xondon abend per cent, more than butter based on tat* fat content. This is made Clear by & pay-out for batter-fat. by some Sew Zetta factories who operate, some in. butter* some in cheese. Cheese, factories hvt \ some cases paid ls and ls ld lb, whiUt* butter factories have paid as loir as lOd lb. "This will naturally force in milk into cheese than butter, and it is b| that the cheese outlet will assist 1M butter prices, which art from the sir*grf point of view far too low. Last week's tea auction in duced a catalogue of 1,700,0001b, 1 tat vm there was a spirited demand, cheaper grades, some of which shoved a m advance. Other grades, inchdiag ?n£ lines, were firm at previous prices. Bluest quality was not eagerly tata:Bft r H wme lines were, neglected. There ii i tendency in this tea market for the denfli to centre round commons, Pekoes, aid lu quality 8.0.P., leaving the highe&t gika with limited demand. This is ttoflgii-te bo due to the world at large seeking cfceqcr teas than formerly. A shipment of onions from San Iraacatf recently, landed show a very fine sample, tad met with a keen demand. The ouoni m beautifully clean and well harvested, bei they do not possess keeping qualities. Ja anjr caifk grocers auould not sioek too many ,nspoilii onions at present high prices, as aoeot Year the nrst shipments of: iiottii islasdr grown onions will be on the market.. Singapore pines, cubes, slices, and Tboil are worm buying to arrive in January it present quotations. These will land waeato demand is good, and with low prices the take should be greatly assisted. To assist saies one line of cigarettes the market has been reduced by 2a per & This wiit not interfere with the retail ptiet as 2s per lb is toe small to pass on, MO4 only id per packet, but it will «be aa petus to the retailer to push the line.. , Ivetailera who have not yet piae«a ttjj orders for sago and tapioca for delivery of next direct steamer from Singapore, ww lose no tipie in going into the matter. direct steamer Narbada is scheduled to km Singapore for Lyttelton on December 11*! This ship la due in Lyttelton (based wjj i usual sailing period), about the second ] in. January. Prices for both sago and are at present very low in Singapore, and w s present looks like a favourable time to ; | sider covering requirements. As pointed j previously, the prices for both sago_*» 1 tapioca constitute a low levei record. WW buying in September October caused pi®« J rise somewhat, only to fall again this ®°s to a level which must be abont the cwt production, if not below it. / v. Hew season's dates, both Khadriwi ijj Siars, are now due to leave London. . I*" were sold at extremely low prices, and » arrival here in January should be avails)We - grocers at below 20s per cwt. ex snip* -" fully fifteen years since dates hate such a low level, . • <■■ |i Christmas stockings to retail at to ss. each have arrived, and the cwjr lines are selling freely. Xn the puti • stockings have contained confection* well as toys, but this year moat-«W|fIMJ» contain toys only. This is not due W . action by New Zealand confectionery . as some grocers have thought, but the fact that if confectionery .is the duty is higher than if toys onjr present. The higher confectionery dntyjis payable on the total value of * of stockings if the least quantity oi, fectionery is included. This loads cost, hence the toys only in most iw this Christmas. A well-known line of pork sausages locally and packed in. lib fjvitf phane packets is selling very, weU every satisfaction. In the pastx grocer to rely mainly on a line brought the North Island, with attwoMf through shipping. Now supplies tm - a few hours after manufacture, ana *■ sures freshness and prompt dell***?' CALL MONEY BATE. SEW YOKK, NovembW The call money renewal rate £*o ff per cent, ell day. %

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