OVERSEAS MARKETS.

Auckland Star, Volume LXV, Issue 56, 7 March 1934, Page 4

OVERSEAS MARKETS.

DAIRY PRODUCE

The New Zealand Producers' Co-opera-tive Marketing Association to-day received the following cabled advice from their London office, dated March 6: — Butter weak and very inactive. Cheese quiet. Butter: New Zealand, 6S/ to 80/ per cwt; Danish, 07/ to 98/. Cheese: White, 42/ per cwt; coloured, 44/. Messrs. Joseph Nathan and Company have received the following cable from their London principals. Messrs. Treugrouse and Nathan, Tooley Street: Butter: 69/ rer cwt. Cheese: White, 42/ per cwt; coloured, 44/. Both markets weak. SYDNEY WOOL SALES. SYDNEY, March 6. At the Sydney wool sales to-day 12,171 bales were offered, and 10,340 were sold. Alfio, 1124 bales were sold privately. The market continued firm at recent rates. Greasy Merino sold to 24% d for eight bales from Bendemeer, and seven from Armidale. PRICES OF METALS. LONDON, March 5. Following are to-day's quotations on the London metal market, compared with thoee of March 2: — Mar. 5. Mar. C. Per ton. Per ton. £ s. d. £ s. d. Copper, stan., spot 32 13 7J 32 9 4J Copper, stan., 3 months 33 0 7i 32 14 4J * Copper, electro. . 35 10 0 35 12 6 to to 36 5 0 35 17 6 Copper, elec.. wire bars 36 5 0 35 17 6 Lead, soft, spot . 11 12 6 11 10 0 Lead. soft, forward 1118 9 1117 0 Spelter, spot .... 14 13 !> 14 12 6 Spelter, forward . 15 1 3 1418 9 Tin, stan., spot . 220 15 0 229 3 0 Tin. stan.. 3 mos. 228 8 9 22S 8 9 •American, 8 cents a lb.