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Taihape Daily Times, Issue 220, 3 July 1917, Page 4

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HIGH COMMISSIONER'S CABLE. LONDON PRODUCE MARKETS. WELLINGTON, July 2. The High Commissioner's cable ia as follows (quotations unless otherwise stated being average market quotations on spot): — j£ Meat. —All descriptions of frozen meat are in active demand, owing to short supplies. New Zealand mutton, Argentine mutton, and Argentine lamb are very scarce. New Zealand lamb has a demand in excess of supply. N.Z. mutton, 8 7-8 d; ewe mutton,. &Jd; Argentine mutton, lOd; N.Z. lamb, 10d;' Argentine lamb, lid. N.Z. beef; No supplies available. Argentine beef: Prices lower, owing to increasing supplies of Argentine chilled beef. Hinds, 12d; fores, 9|d. Butter.—Market firm. Prices higher. Danish, 206/ to 208/; N.Z., salted 194/ to 198/, u»salted 196/ to 198/; Australian, salted 188/ to 192/, unsalted 190/ to 194/; Irish creamery,, salted 190/ to IW/, unsalted 192/ to 196/; Argentine, salted ISS/, unsalted 180/ to 190/. Cheese. —No official quotation. Hemp.—The Manila -hemp market continues firm. The market in thePhillipines is active and 1 advancing, with maximum prices expected to be higher. For New Zealand flax on the spot the market is firm, but only a little business is being done in supplies; to arrive. N.Z. high point fair, exstore, £9O. J* Wheat. —The irWket continues steady. No 1 Manitoba Niisiiiem r 82/ afloat; No 2 Hard Winter, W. I I Oats.—The market closed dull, with less inquiry. Canadian, American, 63/.