OVERSEAS MARKETS.

Auckland Star, Volume LXVI, Issue 145, 21 June 1935, Page 4

OVERSEAS MARKETS.

DAIRY PRODUCE. BUTTER FIRM; CHEESE STEADY. (Received 10 a.m.) LONDON, June 20. Butter is firm, and selling well. Danish, 102/ per cwt; choicest salted and unsalted New Zealand, 89/* to 00/; Australian, 86/. Cheese is steady. New Zealand, white 44/0, coloured 44/ to 44/6; Australian, white 42/ to 43/, coloured 42/ to 42/6. MERCHANTS' CABLES. The following cables have been received this morning by local produce dealers from their principals in Tooley Street, London: — Messrs. A. S. Paterson and Company (Messrs. J. and J. Lonsdale and Co.). — Butter: Market firm owing to lower production Colonial and adverse weather Europe. Danish, 102/ to 103/; New Zealand, 89/ to 90/; Australian. 86/ to 87/. Cheese: Market is slow. Heavy stock and large production England. White, 44/6; coloured, 44/. Messrs. Joseph Nathan and Company (Messrs. Trengrouse and Nathan). — Butter: 89/ per cwt. Firm. Mr. L. McCartney (Messrs. Henry A. Lane and Co.). —Butter: New Zealand, 89/. Market firm. Cheese: New Zealand, white, 44/ to 44/6; coloured, 44/. Market steady without animation.

WHEAT QUOTATIONS. LONDON AND LIVERPOOL. (Received 10 a.m.) LONDON, June 20. Cargoes are lower and parcels easier. Futures: —London: June, 23/5 per quarter; September, 22/5. Liverpool: July, 5/2% per cental; October, 5/3%; December, 5/3 a /4; March, 5/3. Spot trade is quiet. Australian, ex ship, 27/9. Flour is quietly steady. Australian, ex store, 21/ to 21/3. Oats are firm. Peas and beans unchanged. BRITISH ACREAGE INCREASE. (Received 11 a.m.) LONDON, June 20. The standard price committee has reported to Mr. W. E. Elliot that the wheat acreage in Britain is now 1,866,000, compared with 1,250,000 in 1931, and is thus restored to the pre-war average. The committee is unanimous that it is not desirable to alter 45/ as Hie standard price. CHICAGO VALUES. (Received 11 n.m.) CHICAGO, June 20. Wheat for delivery in July is quoted at Chicago at 80% cents per bushel. For September delivery the rate is 81 cents and for December 83% cents. PRICES CF METALS. TIN FIRMER AGAIN. LONDON, June 19. Following are to-day's quotations on the London metal market, compared with those of June 18; — Juno 19. • .Tune 18. Per tou. I'erton. .t 8 (1. £ s. d. Copper, stnn., spot 30 3 1J 30 4 -IJ Copper, stun.. 3 mos. 80 10 7 J 30 11 10 1 Copper, electrolytic 33 10 0 33 10 0 to to 84' 0 0 34 0 0 Copper, elec, wire bars 340 0 34 0 0 Lead, soft, spot . . 13 11 3 13 8 9 Lead, soft, forward 13 11 3 13 10 0 Spelter, spot .... 1339 13 7 (i Spelter, forward . 13 6 3 13 10 0 Tin, Stan., spot .. 229 32 0 228 15 0 Tin, stau., 3 mos. 217 7 6 210 7 0

BRADFORD TOPS FIRM. (Received 11 a.m.) LONDON, June 20. At Bradford the market is firm and tending higher as a result of the strength of the Australian market. Following are to-day's prices and those of recent weeks: Mny 30. Jne. 0. Jne. 13. .7ne. 20. Perlb. I'erlb. Perlb. I'crlb. d. d. d. d. Seventies ....29 29 29JS, 30 Sixty-fours .. 1271 27J 28' 28 Sixties 20 2(i 201 27 Fifty-sixes ... 18J 181 181 JBS Fifties 14 14 14 ]4i Forty-sixes .. 11 II 11 111 Forties 10 10 10 101 AUSTRALIAN PRODUCE. SYDNEY, June 20. Following are to-day's quotations on the Sydney produce market: —Wheat: At country sidings, bagged, 2/6; bulk, 2/5%; equal to about 3/1 and 3/1% ex trucks Sydney. Flour, £11. Bran and pollard, £5. Potatoes, Tasmanian. £11 to £14; Victorian, £11. Onions, Victorian Brown, £10 10/. Maize, yellow and white, 4/3. Adelaide prices are:—Wheat: Growers' lots, 3/. Flour, bakers' lots, £11 12/6. Bran, £5. Pollard, £o 2/6. Oats, Algerian, 1/10. Barley, 2/7.

(Received 10 a.m.) MELBOURNE, this day. Wheat, 3/2% to 3/2% per bushel. Flour, £11 2/6 per ton. Bran, £4 15/. Pollard, £5. Oats, 2/4 to 2/6 per bushel. Barley, 2/7 to 3/. Maize, 4/11 to 6/. Potatoes, £8 15/ to £9 5/ per ton. Onions, £8 5/ to £8 15/. SUGAR BEET. (Received 10 a.m.) LONDON, June 20. Sugar beet is quoted at 4/6 per cwt for July delivery.