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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXII, Issue 76, 26 March 1912, Page 2

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THE MEAT MARKET. (By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.) (United Press Association.) (Received 25, 8.35 a.m.) London, March 24. Sheep: North Island 3|d, best "brands 4d, New Zealand ewes 3 l-16d, lambs (North Island) sgd, selected brands . 5 5-1 Gd. Beef: Fores 3-Jd, hinds 4d. Australian Sheep: Light, not offering; heavy, 3-Jd; ewes, 3d, lambs (best brands) 4;Jd, fair quality 4id, inferior quality 4gd, beef fores 3d, hinds 3 9-16 d. South American sheep: Light, not offering; heavy, 3 jd; lambs first quality 4|d, second quality Igd; :! beef chilled fores 3-id, hinds sd. Other meats unchanged. ; ! FANNING ISLAND, LIMITED. (Received 25, 9.15 a.m.) London, March 24. Fanning Island, Limited, with nominal capital of £200,000, is issuing a 125,000 shares. The object of the company is to develop phosphates, copra, and cocoanuts. HIGH COMMISSIONER’S REPORT Wellington, March 25. Following is the High Commissioner’s cable, dated London, March 23: %G eneral.—There is : uo (change in the strike; ’ 1 * ! 1 ? I ' s .;, ;Mqtton/—There is better demand, ' especially for ‘light weights, which are;'scarce.'■ Canterbury, small supply, nominally 4fd, North Island 3;fd. Lamb,—The ; market is firm. The supply of Canterbury falls short of the demand.; Prices (nominally), Canterbury sgd, other than Canterbury, 5Jd. Beef.—The market is firm. Stocks of New Zealand beef on hand are light. Supplies of American drilled beef are small. N.Z. hinds 4d, fores 3id. Hemp.—The market is quiet. Small business lis doing on spot. N.Z. good fair grade £2l 10s, fair grade C2O, fair current Manila £2l IDs, forward shipment N.Z. good fair grade £2l 15s, N.Z. fair grade £2O ss, fair current Manila £2l 15s. The output from Manila for the week was 28,000 bales. Kaurj Gum.—The market is very quiet and nothing is deling. Nominally there is no change in prices, viz., dark brown selected rescraped £6 to £7 10s per cwt, dark brown 31s 4d, scraped; 85s to 95s per cwt, dark brown c-Jiijj;-drossy 30s to 35s per cwt, rcscraped pale amber’ £lO to £2l per cwt, threequarter pale scraped £7 to £8 per cart. Thi stock is 132 cases’. Diggers’ t chips good 4os per cwt. ! Wool!—The market is firm, with an 'improved, demand. Current quotations 4 : 6r Bradford tops: 36’s low Is Id,' 30’s low It’s niedium ls lijcl,, 6Q’:S halfbfeds Is sd, 56’s quarter bred,s Is 7Ad, 60’s meifinos 2s Old. Newton King’s Stratford Weekly '' " Report. ‘ At the Haymarket on Saturday there was a large attendance of buyers. A moderate 'number of pigs i were, penned, the 1 wholb bf Vliicli ; were ; cleared at.;-the hftmnier, ! ' prices' ’ruling ,5 showing an advance' l; dn last weik’sf prices.i I >quote: Slips and weahers’ 7s 6d to 17s 6d, small stores 19s 6d to £1 3s, medium porkers £llss to £2 2s; on behalf of Mr Thos. Webb • P.B. boars £3 to £3 7s 6d, p.b. sows £2 10s. Harness and sundries at usual rates. At the Mart—Poultry: Only a moderate entry of birds came to hand. Hens Is 3d, roosters Is, turkeys 4s to 4s sd, geese 3s Gd, ducks Is sd. Potatoes 6s to 7s cwt, onions 2d per lb. Largo quantities of furniture and sundries at usual rates. Fruit: About . 900 oases came to hand during the week. Peaches No 1 3s 9d to 4s 6d and No. 2 3s to 3s 3d, plums Is 9d to 3s Od, pears, dessert No. 1 3s 3d to 4s and No. 2 3s to 3s 6d, cooking 3s to 3s 3d, apples, dessert No. 1 2s 9d to 3s 3d and ’No. 2 2s 6d, cooking Is 6d to 4s, quinces 2s to 4s 6cl, tomatoes 4s 3d to 6s/ according to size of case and quality.