OVERSEAS MARKETS.

Auckland Star, Volume LXV, Issue 307, 28 December 1934, Page 4

OVERSEAS MARKETS.

BRADFORD VERY FIRM. VALUES AGAINST BUYER. (Received 11 a.m.) LONDON, December 27. Bradford quotations arc very firm, tending against tlie buyer. Following are to-days quotations compared with those of previous weeks:— Dee. 0. Dec. 13. Dee. 20. Dec. 27. I'or lb. Per lb. Per lb. Per lb. (1. d. d. (ISeventies .. 27 28 28 Sixt.v-foura . 241 "I, ? % $ f ]? Forty-sixes''. 103 10J 10| 10J Forties .... i'S •>* Ji

| BUTTER MARKET FIRM.

(Received 11 a.m.) LONDON, December 27. Butter.—Danish, 120/ per c\vt. Ihe Dominions' product is firm and active. New Zealand, best, salted, /5/ to io/. Australian, 74/ to 75/; unsaltcd, New Zealand, 77/; Australian, 76/. Cheese. — New Zealand, white and coloured, 46/'; Australian, none offering.

PRODUCE REPORTS.

Messrs. A. S. I'aterson and Co., Ltd., have received the following cable hom their London principals, Messrs. J. and J• Lonsdale and Co., Ltd.:-Butter: ihe Continental butter market is steadv on increased German buying. . c°lom.il market is improving. Danish. 100/ 1-o.b. (121/ landed); New Zealand, 75/ to 70/, Australian, 74/ to 75/. Cheese: Ihe cheese market is firmer, owing to lactones hold ing. New Zealand, white and coloured, 4G/'G; Australian ditto, 44/ to 45/. Mr. L. McCartney to-day received the following cablegram from Messrs. Henry \. Lane and Co., Ltd., London: Buttei. 75/. The market is active. Cheese: white and coloured, 46/. 'Ihe market is firm. JANUARY SUGAR. (Received 11 a.m.) LONDON, December 27. Sugar for January is quoted at 4/2Vi. AUSTRALIAN PRODUCE. (Received 11 a.m.) MELBOURNE, this day. Wheat, new 2/8 V&, old 2/7%; Hour, £72/0; bran, £4 15/; pollard, £5; oats, 1/11 to 2/; barley, English, 3/1 to 3/3; maize, 3/7; potatoes; old £9 to £10, new £12 to £13; onions, Spanish, £4 15/ to £o; Globes, £7 to £7 10/. SYDNEY, December 27. Following are to-day's quotations on the Sydney produce market:—l'lour, £7 •>/. Bran, £5. Pollard, £5 5/ Potatoes: Tasmanian> £10; Victorian, £8 10/; local, new, £8. Onions: Victorian, Brown Spanish, £S 10/; Queensland Globes, £ ■}■ Maize: Yellow and white, 3/3. Wheat is 1 not quoted. AMERICAN WHEAT. CHICAGO, December 20. Wheat.—December, 98% cents a bushel; May. 90% cents; July, 03% cents. The New York price for cash is 1 dollar ■ 7% cents. EGGS ARE WEAK. ! (Receiver] 11 a.m.) LONDON, December 27. Eggs are weak owing to heavy English i and Continental supplies, which are due . to the continued mild winter. Australian, fourteens 9/6, fifteens 10/3, sixtcens 11/. PRICES OF METALS. LONDON STEADY. LONDON, December 26. Following are to-day's quotations on the London metal market, compared with those of December 21: — Dec. 20. Dec. 21. Per ton. Per ton. £ s. d. £ s. d. Copper, stan., spot 28 8 9 28 0 10| ■ Copper, stan., 3 mos. 28 10 101 29 lo Ji ■ Copper, electrolytic 31 10 0 31 10 0 to to 32 0 0 32 0 0 = C °b P a P r"' . el f?V.. Wl . re 32 0 0 32 0 0 ■ Ijead, soft, spot .. 10 7 6 10 8 9 ) Lead, soft, forward 10 10 0 10 8 9 ' .Spelter, spot .... 11 13 0 11 13 9 Spelter, forward . 12 1 o 1- 1 Tin, stan, spot . . 227 18 0 2-7 13 O Tin, stall., 3 mos. 228 t> o 2-8 t> d PRICE OF GOLD. (Received 9.30 a.m.) LONDON, December 27. Fine gold is quoted to-day at £7 0/10% an ounce, compared with £7 0/11 on the i 21st. j WHEAT CARGOES. (Received 12.30 p.m.) LONDON, December 27. Cargoes are quietly steady. Parcels are quiet. Futures:—London: February, 20/3 . per quarter; April, 20/10: June, 21/2. ' Liverpool: December, 4/8 1 / 4 per cental; ' March, 4/11%; May, 5/2%; July, 5/3%.