BRITISH TRADE.

Hokitika Guardian, 16 September 1921, Page 1

BRITISH TRADE.

HIGH COMMISSIONER'S BEI'oBT. WELLINGTON, Sept II I The Department of 'Agriculture has. i-,-.-. ivisl the following eahlogram. dal-j ed September I", from the High missiuuer for New Zealand. London :- j ' MEAT. The mm inn market is quiet ■ Ihe . lamh market is didl and prices aiC| easier. The market is alieeted by 1 large supplies ol fresh lamb and heavy, arrivals of imported. Buyers are hold-I ing oil'. Beef maintains a linn tone. I hill there is no improvement iu the. demand for inferior quality. Quota -j tie,is are:-New Zealand mutton, best j light-weight N',tl, heavy-weight lijd. j light-weight ewes (in slightly hotter 1 demand) Aid lamb, light-weight LsUld.j heavy-weight lid: heel', prime ox hinds} lid, lores ltd; Argentine chilled heel. I hinds Itl'.il, lores old. BI'TTEB. j The market is very ciiliet at the de-l-line. and prices are again lower. | I, isli. salted .-low of sale). '-’l'Js to o 0().. owl : Danish .'demand quiet ami prices irregular, production report- i ed to be keeping up well). Tills to •dlls per ewt : colonial dragging sales ; a, easier prices). New Zealand, 22tis j to AF-s per ev t; Australian, lftfts to j itiA- per ewt: Argentine, ISAs tn ' !, ' s per e'L . i Government revised ex store pi ice. - , New- Zealand, lirst and second grade. o-.Ms; Australian. THL: Argentine, salted and unsalted. li)0s per evv t. CHEESE. English till small siipjily and dc'iiumd „|,,u . I,imst farmers’, l-'i-is to H"-" p" owl. Colonial again choapet). t anadian. while I l'Js lo I Ills, coloured lifts to Ills pel ewt tqmitalions e.i.l. K»' best section have been as low as H'Ss ~,vt. Imt the market closed firmer with a better tone at DDs to lib’s pel ewt); New Zealand-, white 1 1-s to libs, coloured KMs to lifts per ewt. So.-ks, l.cnicloii. September S :—C'llllia, 1 L'tA.b.M crates, against Li.LS las, year: New Zmk.mL os imainst IJ.ldHl crates last year. CASEIN. The ma 1 Let is quid. u-001 is quoted at L'liO per ton. I-reimh at Loll per ton, Argentine laetie at {\*>o pvr ton. IIEMB. The market is very quiet, and values ii,.,. oasiei in the absence ol buyers. -I" ..rude, .1 ulv-SeptembcT shipment, is quoted at €37 ,h'.' ton. August-o,-toller and September-Novemhei shipments are quoted at €37 per |, v sollet s. The New Zealand market is steady, with a moderate inquiry, hut no business is reported. Quotations. dual, are: -Sellers, spu . high-points € lA. fait 0.7 P-u ion; Ycqit uni her-No vein her shipment. €3 ~„d €33 per toil respectively. w.lh possible Imyei's at about €A per ton less. WOOL. TI,,- sales continue strong, and competition is keen for all "lassos. Mcrim.es and line eross-hreds are u„w -0 per cent higher than clo-mg ra es o last series, and low ,-,-oss-l..v,ts aio B» pot' ccm higher.