WHEAT TRADING.

Press, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20731, 16 December 1932, Page 12

WHEAT TRADING.

CARGOES, PARCELS, AND FUTURES. (VKITBD I'SEbS ASSOCIATION—3T ELKCTEIC TCLEGaAPH—COPYRIGHT.) (Received December 15th, 7.30 p.m.) LONDON, December 14. Wheat cargoes—The demand is poor. Priees are threepence to sixpence down, except Australians, which are not pressed for sale. Rio Diamante —245. Parcels are in fair demand, but following the low record of Winnipeg options, prices fell threepence to nine pence. Unnamed, all ports, December and January—23s 10*dj February—--245. Futures are quoted:— Dec. Vt. Dec. 14. s. d. s. d. London (per quarter)— December 22 3 . 10 February .. 21 9 21 4 April .. 21 8 -21 4 Liverpool (per cental) — March .. 4 10 J 4 10 May .. 4 11* 4 10$ MILLING WHEAT. IMPORTS FROM AUSTRALIA. ITHE PRESS Special Seniee.] WELLINGTON, December 10. To assist local millers through till next season owing to tho shortage of Dominion supplies, three shipments oi Australian wheat, totalling nearly 10,000 tons, will arrive within tha next few weeks. Tho first cargo oi about 4180 tons will be lifted at Sydnoy by the steamer Kairanga. This will be for Auckland, whero millers are very short of wheat. A small shipment of about 540 tons will be brought to Wellington from Sydney by the -fcoalandia next week. Tho third shipment, of about 4200 tons, will bo brought from Geelong next month. SYDNEY MARKETS.

(VKITED PSiidS ASSOCIATION— HI KLIiCTBIO TSLEGBAPn—COPTBIOHT.) * (Received December loth. 8.55 p.m.) SYDNEY, December 15. Silo wheat is selling at 2s 83d. Bagged wheat is quoted at 2s B}d. Country rates are:—Bagged. 2a Id; silo, 2s 011 sidings; equivalent to 2s 8d ex trucks. Market prices are:— Flour, £U 10s. Bran. £5. Polla'r.d, £5 10s. Potatoes: Tasmaniun. £5 los; Victorian, £4. Onions: Victorian globes, to £8; Queensland, £B. Oaten hay. £7. Maize: Yellow, T>B 6d to 03 ltd; white, to os s<l. ADELAIDE, December 15. Wheat-growers' lots: 2s Bd. Flour: Bakers' lots, £7 12s fid. Bran, £5 7s 6d. Pollard, £5 17s 6d. Oats, Is 5d to Is 6d. TALLOW SALES. (UKHBI» PRESS ASSOCIATION—SI EMCT»IC TELEGRAPH —COPXBIOHT ) (Roceived December 15th, 5.5 p.m.) LONDON, December 14. At the tallow sales 818 casks were offered and 247 were sold. There was sixpence decline in quotations. Mutton—Fine, 2Cs £>d; medium, 22s 6d. Beef—Fin a, 27s 6d; medium, 22s 6d. The Bank of New Zoaland has received the following advico from its London office, under dato December 14th: Tallow—There is a, fair demand. Current quotations:- Per cwt.. m. d. e. d. Good mutton .. .. 2G 6 Good beet .. .. 2« 6to 04 0 Good mixed .. -. 23 G Gut .. .. 19 oto 21 0

FOREIGN EXCHANGES. (BBITIBH OWTIdjO. KUIEIJISS.) (Eeceived December 16th, 5.5 p.m.) RUGBY, December 14. Par. Dec. 13. D«c. 14. Paris, Jr. to £1 .. 124.21 68J 84* Now York, dol. to £1 4.666 0.274 3.28 Montreal, dol. to £1 4.866 5.79J 3.79 Brussels, celgaßto£l S3 23.644 Geneva, fr. to £l' .. 25.2315 17.024 17.07 Amsterdam, fl. to £1 12.107 8.15 8.17 Milan, lire to £1 .. 93.43 64 1-16 613-16 Berlin, reichmarken to £1 .. .. 20.43 18.74J 13.794 Stockholm, kr. to £1 181.59 13.30 i 18.324 Copenhagen, kr. to £1 18.153 19.294 19.30 Oslo, kr, to £1 .. 16.169 19.404 ™- iQ Prague, kr. to £1 .. 164.25 110J 1105 Warsaw, par zlotys to £1 .. .. 43.38 Vienna, schg3. to £1 84.585 27i 274 (nom.) (nom.) Helsingforis, marks to £1 .. .. 193.28 22S 2284 Madrid, pesetas to £1 .. .. 23.2215 40 3-16 40 6-16 Athens, drach to £1 875 „ SO2J 600 Lisbon, escudoa to £1 .. .. 110 108 1084 Bucharest, lei to £1 818.6 6524 560 Belgrade, dinars .. 25.2215 Kio de Janeiro, pence to ruilreia .. 5.892 54 51 (nom.) (nom.) Buenos Aires, • pence to dol. .. .. 47.577 nom. nom. Montevideo, pence to dol 51 SO 30 (nom.) (nom.) Batavia, guilder .. 12.107 Bombay, pence to ru>?ee .. ..13 18 3-16 18 8-16 Shanghai, pence to tacl .. .. * 205 20 7-16 Hon? Kong, pence to dol. ..'..* 15"? 15 5-10 Yokohama, pence to yen .. .. 8158 15 3-16 15?; * Determined by price of silver.

METALS MARKET. (Received December loth, 5.5 p.m.) LONDON, December H. Quotations:— Dec. 18. Doc. 14. Per ton. Per ton. Copper— £ s. d. £ e. d. Standard, spot .. 23 0 74 27 15 "4 Forward .. .. 2S 8 9 28 1 10* Electrolytic .. 3."? 12 6 33 0 0 to .. .. 34 0 0 33 10 0 Wiro bars .. 31 0 0 S3 10 0 American electrolytic: 5 cents per lb. Lead —• Spot " .. .. 11 0 0 10 18 9 Forward ~ .. 11 8 9 11 7 6 Spelter — Spot .. .. 15 1 3 1" 1 3 Forward .. .. 15 3 9 15 3 9 TinSpot •■ .. 149 13 9 14« 7 R Forward .. .. 150 16 3 .149 7 6 SilverStandard, per 03. 17 5-ied 17Jcl Fine, vet or.. .. 1811-lGo' 18* d Concerns merchandising products ot rood quality can develop the unparalleled sales opportunities in Canterbury most effective!? and most economically through the advertising coloumna of Tins Pbess. — °