CANTERBURY LAMB.

Press, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20498, 17 March 1932, Page 12

CANTERBURY LAMB.

SALE AT 62d A LB. (PRESS ASSOCIATION TELEGRAM.) WELLINGTON, March 16, The New Zealand Meat Producers' Board, has received a cable from its London office advising that a sale has been reported of a parcel of Canterbury lamb (two's and eight's) now afloat, at Gid, c.i.f. The market is very firm. MINING. GOLDEN POINT RETURN. The mine manager reports that tho return of the mine for the month eiidr. ing March 12tli, was 109oz Bdwt smelted gold, and four, (estimated) tons of concentrates, assaying soz lOdwt 9grs to the ton, giving a further 220z ldwt 12grs. P. AND O. QUOTATION. (L'NITED PRESS ASSOCIATION—BT BL.ECTBIC TF.I EGRAPII —COPYRIGHT ) LONDON, March 15. P. and O. deferred stock is quoted at ills 9d. FOREIGN EXCHANGES.

(BItITISH OFFICIAL WIRELESS.) (Received March 16th, 5.5 p.m.) RUGBY, March 15. The following are tho current rates of excLange, compared with those of March lltli and par: Par. Mch. 14. Mch. 15. Paris, fr. to iil •• 1121.21l 1 21.21 ISiew Yolk, dol. to £1 4.8611 3.03 3.62^ Montreal, dol. to £1 4.866 4.07 4.06 Brussels, belgas to J>L .15 25.90 26 Geneva, fr. t'i £1 .. 25.226 18 '23-32 18.78 Amsterdam, fl. to X'l 12.107 SMS 8.98 i Milan, liro to £1 •• 93.4,1 b9o /!) Berlin reii'hmarken to £1 ■■ 20.48 15.20 15.22J Stockholm, kr. to £1 18.150 18 9-1B 18 5-16 Oslo, kr. to £1 .. 18.151) 18jj 18 7-16 Vienna, to £1 34.5H5 32 32 (nom.i (nom.) Prague, kr. to £1 .. 151.26 122J 122J Hclsingfors, marks to £1 .. 93.25 217J 217 i Madrid, pesetas to £1 .. .. 24.225 47 J 47J Lisbon, esctidos to £1 . 4.50 110 110 Athens, drach to £1 375 285 287J Bucharest, le> to £1 816.6 GO7J 603 Rio de Janeiro, pence to milrois .. 4.988 4 1-16 4 1-16 Buenos Aire9, pence to do!. .. .. 47,677 381 38 13-16 Montevideo, pence to dol. ..51 SOS 30i (nom.) (nom.) Bombay, per.ee to rupee .. ..16 18 5-32 18 5-32 Shanghai, pence to tae! .. .. 241 21 13-16 22 1-16 Hong Kong, pence tp dol 21 16J 161 Yokohama, pence to yen .. .. 21.85 20J 211

METALS MARKET. (UNITEP PRKSS ASSOCIATION —BT ELECTRIC TF.LKGP.AI'H—COPYItIGHT.) (Received March 16th, 10 p.m.) JjONDON, March 15. Quotations: March 14. March 15. per ton. per ton. Copper— £ s. d. £ s. d Standard, ppot .. '33 13 9 33 6 10i Forward .. .. 33 16 3 33 6 3 Electrdlytio .. 36 15 0 36 10 0 to .. .. 37 15 0 37 10 0 Wire bars .. 37 15 « 37 10 0 LeadSpot .. ..12 12 fi 12 6 3 Forward .. ..13 0 0 12 15 0 Spelter— Spot .. „ 12 13 n 12 10 0 Forward .. ~ 1339 13 0 0 Tin^— Spot .. .. 123 16 3 123 2 '6 Forward .. .. 131 8 9 ' - 129 17 6 Silver— > Standard, per oz. ■lB 7-16 d 18Jd Fine, per ox. .. 19Jd 19 11-l<sd' BURNSIDE MARKET. (PRESS ASSOCIATION TELEGRAM.) DUNEDIN, March 16. There was a slight reduction in the prices obtained for several classes of fat stock at Burnside to-day. The pig auction was better than that of the previous week. With the exception, of. two or three pens, the quality of the-yarding of 249 fat cattle was not of the best. There was a large yarding of cows and light heifers. The sale opened with prices equal to those realised at, the previous market, but towards the close values for light cattle receded about 20s per head. Top prices obtained wero: Best bullocks £l4 7e 6d, others £9 to £ll, heifers to £7, cows £4 10s to £6. Prime ox beef was worth about 28s per 1001b, "medium ox beef about 265, and heifer and cow 18s to 20s. About 2500 fat sheep were offered. The quality was much better than has been the case for some weeks past. The entry incli ded several pens of extra heavy wethers. The best prices obtained were: Wethers 20s, extra prime ewes 16s, medium-weight sheep (average) 8s 6d. These prices showed a dron on last week's high values of 3s 6d for ewes and 3s for wethers. Wethers were worth about 3Ad and ewes from lsd .to 2d per lb. The lamb entry consisted of about 900 Lead. The yarding was of very good quality. As freezing buyers were operating, a good sale resulted. In the stora cattle pens was a special line of cattle from Lamb Hill Station. This was the best consignment received for some time. Ten of the animals sold at £9 10s, 12 at" £8 12s 6d, 12 at £7 15s,' and 12 at' £6. The balance of the entry waß made up of tows and young steers, which sold from £1 10s to £5 per head. In the pig section 110 fats and 32 stores were forward. Competition was keener than usual, and there was a rise of 5s for porkers and Vs 6d for baconers. Top price for porkers was £3 9s and for baconers £2 10s. Baconers were worh about 5Jd per lb and porkers about per li>.