FOUR QUIET MARKETS

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 551, 2 January 1929, Page 2

FOUR QUIET MARKETS

TALLOW, WOOL, EGGS AMD HEMP tal ' ow " and hemp marof t the n da°ys are *“ QU ‘ et °" aCCOUnt „J he Department of Agriculture re“bl<>sram dated December 29 New Zealand High CommisSl< 2? er ln Lon< ion. It said: Tallow.—No auction this week Th« changed/ S and urn . Hemp.—The market is quiet. Manila moot” 1 ' J srade ’ January-March shipments. are quoted at £3B 10s. V Sisal.—The market is steady at about last quotations. New Zealand- The market is quiet but firm. Closing values, January-March shipment, hlghpoints £36, fair £r3, common £3l, relented £29 10s. Eggs.—The market is quiet, and demand is slow. Supplies are plentiful. Present quotations are: English, 21s to 26s a long 100; New Zealand, 18s to 19s; Belgian. 17s to 19s; Australian and South African. 15s to 17s; Polish and Russian and Argentine, 12s to 13s 6d ■ Egyptian, 8s 6d to 8s 9d. Wool.—The Bradford market is quiet. Top makers are rejecting low offers, current quotations being below replacement values. New business is expected to develop early in the New Year. Present quotations are; 64's. Merino, warp 4s a lb, average 3s lOd to 3s lid; 56’s. super-halfbred, 2s 10Jd; 50’s, prepared, 2s 4id; 40’s, prepared. Is lOd to Is IQld.