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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 307, 20 May 1913, Page 7

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LONDON MARKETS. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright London May 18. New Zealand Meats. —Sheep: North Island 4 l-16d, best brands 4 3-16 d; ewes 3%d; lambs: Canterbury, light 6 15-10 d, medium 0 13-16 d, heavy (sd; North Island b" 9-16 d, selected brands 0 11-10 d; beef, fore 3d, hinds, 3 %d. Australian Meats. —Lambs: Best brands 6 3-16 d, fair quality 6y B d, inferior quality, none offering. Beef: fores 3d, hinds 4%d. All frozen beef quotations are nominal. Other meats unchanged. Rabbits.—Dull and unchanged. HIGH COMuMISSIONER'S REPORT. By Telegraph—PreßS Association. Wellington, Monday. Following is the High Commissioner's cablegram under date London, May 17 (Note: Quotations unless otherwise specified are average market prices on spot): — Mutton.—The market is quiet and steady, with moderate demand. Canterbury 3%d North Island 4%d. Lamb.—The market is quiet, with a tendency in favour of buyers. There is good demand for all lamb. Canterbury o%d, other than Canterbury 0y B d. Beef.—The market is firmer, with better demand on account of the high prices for. mutton and lamb. New Zealand hinds ojid; fores 3%d. . ; Butter. —The market is steady with very good demand for best quality, but Is/lightly weaker with less demand for second class. Choicest New Zealand 113s, •Banish 114s, Siberian : 110s, Australian 1065.; Argentine 104s. i Cheese—The market is dull. ;for coloured at 56s Gd. There is much better demand for white, which is getting yery scarce. New Zealand white sjj», ,| ' t ~ Hem'p There, is better demand, and the market is steady and'holders'firm. New Zealand, good fair £3l iOs...'fai r r £2B' 10s,-fair current Manila £33; forward shipment New, Zealand, gijqcf ,'fiiir' £32, fair £2B 10s, fair current Mah'iUi' for the week was 15,000 bales.," Wheat.—The market is dull, toil l'Veryiittle business doing. New Zealand berried wheat ox granary per' quarter of 4901b, 395. ••"' < h " : --\ ! L Oats.—The market is stea^j'-'with',.&!> tendency""in favour of buyerßVf'SNe'w I oats, short sparro\*bTi*l«,oip.x > granary,__p_er quarter of 3841ty u22s\ Gdi !.j)anjsh, per quarter of 3201b, ios>-M.-::i>.::. l.j" ,Bejfijs'—The 'so." "NcStf ZfMlalnd bea,fis] , i.aVo,'"old°crop. per 5041!i.,-4(Js. u i« j?t ti .'l. Woo].—The' market"renf*rn^.^!imrf.; J ~,-a ''■ ''The J; River' PlatiWSMrkrtenfts..^gcgLvfj'd,; , .firing tlie'indnth'of ApMf'fe mW/i 'TJdmion.'m'utton 48|275' i; catt'ass»j feti,b,J ; •f3.rtsl 'Cafcases; LivefrpSoiJiWutW.g.lj,', L r ' .' ' lamb"hilT ; 'Hitll; 'mutton «93ff,ll$i$ 4Sn;'\ f ,|105.j li Newcastle.-mutton 7joo,damb.ni| r L ,totarj' ] "•rattt'tott '754.178, lamb'aS-Snijl %jßjin ••1012:-Mutton 217,500, &mfej '$&$&?• al ..".fc-.'iJ ~1. m'l i ii ml] trr ~ ■. J l,( . . , - . T T '.'" 9.'U fllOll &