COMMERCIAL.

King Country Chronicle, Volume VIII, Issue 707, 26 September 1914, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

HIGH COMMISSIONER'S CABLEGRAM. The High Commissioner's cable, dated Septemer 19th, is as follows: — a Mutton. —The market is firmer, partly owing to purchases for the Government. Canterbury, for light weight, heavy weight s£d;North Island, s£d for light weight ;ewes 5Sd. Lainb.—The market is weaker and slightly lower, the demand having considerably fallen off on account of high prices. Canterbury, twos, 6 13-16 d; other than Gantetbury, 6§a foilight weight of vsry best quality, 6£d for fair average quality. Beef.. —The market is firmer, owing to Bhort supply of chilled. New.Zealand hinds, 6|d; fores, sfd; chiliad hinds, 7*d fores, sgd. Butter. —Ths market is quiet for best quality. The supply falls short of the demand. Danish, steady, 128s to 130s; Siberian, fair demand, 1.14s to 118s; Australian -sD"-all supplies coming forward, 116s to 120s; Irish creamery, very slow, 112 ato 118s; Argentine, 116 a to 118s. Cheese. —The market is quiet, but steady. Canadian, slow, 75s to 765; English cheddar, quiet, 76g to S4s. HIGH MEAT PRICES. Dunedin, Wednesday. There was a marked advance in the price of beef at Burnside sales to-day. Tuere was a small yarding. It is an open secret that export buyers are operating freely. It is probable there will be a real shortage of cattle. Prices at times to-day were as high as 50s per lOOlbo, the highest price ever paid at Burnside. Retailers had to buy at what they consider excessive prices. They regard the advance of the retail prices as certain.