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Manawatu Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 2213, 9 December 1920, Page 2

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Tlu> Department of Agriculture fas received ilie .foliowin**; cablegram, dated 4tli inslant. from tin; High Commissioner .for New Zealand, London: —

Afeal, —English; Supplies again small, but sufficient for moderate demand, and trade quiet. Average prices are: Beef Is -Id, mutton Is Sd, lamb Is lUd per lb. Imported; Trade quiet but steady.

Cheese, — Government allotment only slowly applied for, trade preferring to fill their with free Canadian, which can be obtained at lower price. English slow; moderate inquiry for (inesf; farming at 07 lbs in .09 (is per cwt. (Is Id to Is 8d per lb.); Canadian dull and easier for lower quality; best steady. While, spot,, 07 8s to 07 1 (is per ewl. (Is 3'(d to Is 4;, ; d per lb.): coloured 07 Ids lo £8 per ewl-. (Is -PM in Is 5d per lb.). Hulter. —Government ration will be increased lo 2 ounces per head from (itb December; no change in price. Pair arrival Dutch this week on Government account. C.S.A. market less attractive to Denmark with decline in exchange, and in Denmark quotations tend io decline. Irish very irregular; creameries offered 024 10s per ewl. (4s 4Ad per I!).). Prices are declining. Wool, —East Government sales this year open London 7lh December. In addition In Government offerings, 27,(i0() bales privately owned wool principally River Plate, Australian 1 and Cape Colony, and including 300 bales New Zealand, will be offered for sale.