HIGH COMMISSIONER’S CABLE.

Shannon News, 20 July 1923, Page 4

HIGH COMMISSIONER’S CABLE.

The Department of Agriculture has received the following cablegram, dated July 14, from the High Commissioner for New Zealand, Loudon:---Meat. —Market quiet and very little -business owing to extremely hot weather and dockage strike.; Prices nominally unchanged. mutton, Canterbury, 49/561b. Bia. 57/641b Bd., 65/721b. 7f1., North .Island, ordinary, 49/561b. Bd., 57/641b. 7&d. 65'/721b. 62d. Ewes, under- 641 b. sJd. :> New Zealand )aanb, Canterbury, 29/361b. Hid., 37/421b. Hid., 43/501b. 10id., second class 10id.’North Island best, 10jd., second class 9!d. Chilled beef fores 3Jd. to 3 2 d., (hinds 65 d. to ■7id/' New Zealand beef, fores 2 2d, hinds 5 Jd.

Butter. —Market quiet; Buyers apparently anticipate early termination of dockhge strike, and that prices will decline. At present, the position is unchanged. Following are the vessels still waiting discharge: At Manchester, Whakatane; at London, Mahia, Port Nicholson, Raranga, Hurunui', Kaikoura; shipments New Zealland arrived this week iby the Rotojrua; ,now due, Westmeath. Official quotations are: New Zealand (salted) 3 56/ to 158/ per cwt. (1/42 to 1/5 per lb); exceptional, 180/ per cwt. (1/si); unsalted 158/ to 160/ (1/5 to 1/54). Australian, salted (finest) 146/ to 150/ (1/31 to 1/4); unsalted 146/ ito 150/ (1/31 to 1/4); other qualities, salted 120/ to 140/ (1/1 to 1/3); unsalted, 120/ to 136/ (1/1 to 1/25). •.rgentine, 130/ to 140/ (1/2 to 1/3). •Irish, salted, 148/ to 1.52/ (1/32 vo 1/41); linsalted, 150/ to- 152/ (1/4 to a/41). Danish, 154/ to 158/ (1/45 to 1/6). ;

Cheese. —-Pair demand for goods actually available. Official- quotations ! are: English (finest farmers), 112/ to 114/ per cwt. (1/ to 1/01 per lb.). Canadian, coloured 93/ to 94/ (10d.), jwhite 93/ to 94/ (10d.). New Zealand, coloured 94/ to 96/ (lOd to 101 d); Wihite 96/ to 98/ (101 to 10J). market quieter. 1‘ G ” grade August-October shipment now quoted sellers £36 10/ per ton, f‘ J ” grade £3l 5/ per ton. Nets Zealand market quiet, at about quotations already g) »en fo ! r “ fair,” but no business done- Reported that " good fair ” has been sold at spot £32 per ton. I Wool.—No sales this week or next, I on account of dockage strike. Series recommence July .24 .if circumstances permit. I Eggs.—Dockage strike holding bade I Supplies. Only small business has l been done. j