OVERSEAS MARKETS.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIV, Issue 98, 28 April 1933, Page 4

OVERSEAS MARKETS.

BRADFORD TOPS STEADY. ADVANCES MAINTAINED. (Received 10 a.m.) LONDON, April 27. At Bradford consumption of Merinos and fine crossbreds at late rates is maintained. Recent top quotations are appended:— April April April April 6. 13. 20. 27. Per lb. Per lb. Per lb. Per lb. d. d. d. d. Seventies ... 23£ 23J 231 24 Sixty-fours .. 22i 22i 22i 23 Sixties 21 21 21 21J Fifty-sixes .. 171 17i 171 18 Fifties Hi HI HI HI Forty-sixes .. 81 Si 81 8J Forties 8 8 8 8 SYDNEY WOOL SALES. SYDNEY, April 27. At the closing wool sales in Sydney today 7591 bales were offered and 6837 were sold. Also 1831 bales were sold privately. There was very keen general competition and the market was exceedingly firm for all descriptions, and a hardening tendency was again evidenced. Greasy Merino sold to 144AUSTRALIAN PRODUCE. SYDNEY, April 27. Wheat. —Quiet. Country rates 2/3% for bagged lots and 2/3 for bulk on sidings, equal to about 2/10% and 2/11 ex trucks Sydney. Flour, £9 15/. Bran and pollard, £4 15/. Potatoes: Tasmanian, £6 10/ to £7; Victorian, to £6. Onions:. Victorian, Brown Spanish, £5; Globe, £4. Maize: Yellow, 3/10; white, 4/1. Adelaide prices are:—Wheat: Growers' lots, 2/8 to 2/8%. Flour: Bakers' lots, £8 5/. Bran and pollard, £4 17/6. Oats, 1/S. (Received 10 a.m.) MELBOURNE, this day. Wheat, 2/11 per bushel; flour, £8 per ton; bran and pollard, £4 10/; oats, 2/ to 2/1 per bushel; barley, English, 2/4 to 2/6; maize, 4/11. O'uions: Globes, scarce and firm. £2 to £2 2/6; Brown Spanish, dull At £2 15/; occasionally £3. QUOTATIONS FOR METALS. AN ALL-ROUND INCREASE. LONDON, April 26. Following are to-day's quotations on the London metal market, compared with those of April 25: —

I * American, 6.50 cents a lb, compared with 6.43 cents on April 25. TIN QUOTAS FIXED. (British Official Wireless.) RUGBY, April 26. The International Tin Committee met at the Hague yesterday and examined the monthly statistics as to exports. The signatory Governments agreed to the following quotas for export and production, to take effect as from Ju'.y 1: — Bolivia, 1224 long tons; Dutch East Indies, 1068 long tons; Nigeria, 286 long tons; Malaya, 1927 long tons. The next meeting will be held in Paris on May 23. LONDON TALLOW MARKET. The Bank of New Zealand has received the following advice from its London office, under date of 26th inst.:—Tallow: There is a good demand. Current quotations: Good mutton, 23/ to 23/6 per cwt; good beef, 19/6; good mixed, 19/6; gut, 15/6 to 17/6. THE PRICE OF GOLD. (Ueceived 10 a.m.) LONDON, April 27. Gold is quoted at £6 1/i per otmcs

April 26. April 25. Per ton. Per ton. £ s. d. £ s. d. Copper, atan., spot. 30 15 7i 30 8 0 Copper, stan., 3 mos. 30 18 1J 30 11 10J ♦Copper, electrolytic 31 15 0 34 15 0 to to 35 10 0 35 0 0 Copper, elec., -wire bars 35 10 0 35 0 0 Lead, soft, spot ... 11 3 9 11 1 3 Lead, soft, forward 11 7 6 11 5 0 Spelter, spot 15 6 3 15 0 7J Spelter, forward .. 15 10 0 15 7 6 Tin, stan., spot . .. 164 1 S 162 18 9 Tin, stan., 3 mos. . 164 13 9 163 12 6