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Evening Star, Issue 19457, 15 January 1927, Page 9

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LONDON MARKETS, Dalgety anil Co., Ltd., Lave received the following cable from head office, fjondon. dated 13th inst.:—Market for New Zealand lamb weak, demand limited. Market for New Zealand mutton firm, demand runs principally on light weights. Market for New Zealand beef nominal, demand nil. Market for Australian lamb weaker, demand poor. Market for Australian mutton quiet, demand moderate. New Zealand prime cross-bred lamb: Canterbury, Light, I0|d; heavy 7ld, Good average quality cross-bred lamb, Australian, light, Bd. New Zealand prime cross-bred mutton— Canterbury, fight, (>£-d; North Island, (id; Canterbury, heavy, ssd; North Island, heavy, sd. Good average quality cross-bred mutton, light, 4Jd. New Zealand prime ox beef hinds, 4d; fores, 33d. Trade generally extremely * dull; last season’s New Zealand stock practically cleared. Pork unchanged. Market report for butter very, quiet; market report for cheese steady, but quiet. Danish butter, 178 s. New Zealand Dairy Board minimum price for finest butter, 1745; New Zealand Dairy Board minimum price for first grade, 1725. Australian finest unsalted, 1765; salted, 172 sto 1765. New Zealand Dairy Board minimum price finest cheese-white 945, colored 955, first gi'ad” cheese—white 935, colored 945. Canadian spot cheese—white 92s to 98s, colored 92s to 98s. The total butter imports into the United Kingdom last month were 459,000 cwt, against 493,000 cwt for the same period last year. SALES ON ’CHANGE: THIS DAY, Christchurch.—Sales reported: Bank of Australasia, £l4 2s od (3); New Zealand Insurance (cum div.), 37s 6cl (3). On ’Change: Henry Jones Co-op., 4?a.