LONDON PRODUCE MARKET

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 770, 17 September 1929, Page 10

LONDON PRODUCE MARKET

HIGH COMMISSIONER’S CABLE Press Association WELLINGTON, Monday. The Department of Agriculture has received the following cablegram. dated September 14, from the High Commissioner for New Zealand, London:— Tallow.—No auction this week on account of insufficient arrivals. Market quiet, but steady at last quotations. Eggs.—Market firm for the best, but poor demand for cheap sorts. Present quotations are: English. ISs to 22s a long hundred: Dutch and Danish, 14s to 17s 6d; French. 12s 6d to 16s; Belgian, 16s 6d to 14s; Polish, 9s to 11s. Hemp.—Manila: Quietly steadv, and buyers operating cautiously. Closing values for J grade. September-November and October-December shipments, £37. Output from January 1 to August 31, 1,122,000 bales, as against 915.000 for the same time last year. Stocks of Manila at August 31, 229,000 bales, as against 165,000. Stocks of English, 15.555, as against 15,519. Sisal: Market very quiet, with sellers for fair average quality, September-November shipments. No. 1. at £39, and good marks at £4O ss, but no buyers within 10s of these rates. New Zealand: Very quiet, but shippers show no anxiety to sell. Nominal comparative values unchanged. Wool.—Bradford market quiet. No speculative forward buying in tops, and hand-to-mouth policy continues. Present quotations are: 64’s, warp, 3s Id a lb, averages 2s lUd to 3s: 56’s, 2s 4d; 50’s, prepared, 2s; 40 's, prepared, Is 9d.