AUCTION DIARY

Dominion, Volume 29, Issue 185, 4 May 1936, Page 12

AUCTION DIARY

TO-DAY. ' s Willcston St.. 12.30 p.m.-Furniture (E Johnston and Co.). , Johnsonville store and dairy stock snle 1 p.m.—Mixed stock (11 right. StephenROn) ' TO-MORROW. At the slnlion homestead. old Bushy Park Kill Iwi Wanganui. at 10.30 a.m.— Frank Moore’s Bushy Park annual Hereford sale of purebred run Polled Hereford bulls and horned run Hereford heifers. Over 10 head of these splendid animals will bo offered for sale without reserve (Messrs. Murray Roberts and Co.. Ltd.. Dnlgoly and Co ■Ltd (incorporated in England). Now Zealand Lorin Slid Mercantile Agency Co Ltd (incorporated in England), anil Wright. Stephenson and Co.. Ltd.) Levin sale. 1 11.30 a.m.—Mixed flock. Masonic Hail. 3S The Terrace. 12.30 p.m.Radlo auction (Kirkbock and Co.). s Willcston St.. 2 p.m.—Typewriters, etc. iE. Johnston mid Co.). WEhNESDAY. Musterton Sales, 10.30 a.m.—1.100 Sheep and 125 Head Cattle. At the homestead, Carterton, 11 a.m.— “Middle Run" Jersey dispersal sale, a/e Messrs. W. IT. Booth and Sons (Wright, Stephenson). Folding llor.se Fair, 12 n00n. —75 horses, comprising draughts, half-draughts, spring carters and hacks. Johnsonville fat stock snle. 1 p.m.—Mixed stock (Wright, Stephenson). s Willcston St.. 1 pm.—Slightly damaged earpet (E. Johnston and Co.). 153 Featherston St., 2.30 p.m.—Salo of property. situated in Domain Rond. Otaki (Gordon Harcourt).

London Hides Market Quiet

Bv Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright. (Received May 3, 6.30 p.m.) London. Mny 2. Hides: Little business is doing, and all quotations are nominal. Meatworks, dry-salted. Queensland: .35 to 4()1b., 6 3-Sd.; 30 to 401 b.. 6 3-Sd.; 25'to 351 b„ 6]d.; 20 to 301 b., 6 1-Sd. New South Wales: 35 to 451 b.. 6 i-Sd.; 30 to 401 b., 6 7-Sd.; 2i> to 3olb„ 6Jd.; 20 to 301 b.. 6?d. Wetsalted. Queensland: ;>0 to (>Oll>., 45d.;' 4() to 501 b., 44d. New South Wales: 50 to 6011).. s|d.; 40 to uOlb., ad. Vftrtorian abattoirs: 50 to 601 b., 4}d.; 40 to 501 b., 4|d. Base Metals Market By Telegraph—Press Assn. —Copyright. (Received May 3, 9.30 p.m.) London, May 1. The official London (middle) quotations for Fridav. as reported by the Australian Mines and Metals Association, compare witli those enbied ae fol-

Prices of Other Metals. To-day’s quotations for other metals witli' those of April 17 in parentheses, are as follow:— Pig-iron: Home trade, £3/10/- n tou (same): export. £3/10/- a ton (same). Antimony: British. £72/10/- a ton (same): foreign. £4B/10/- a ton (£47/10/-) Molybdenite: 36/0 a unit (same). Wolfram: 33/9 a unit (34/-). Osmlridiuin : £9 te tlO an ounce (same). Minimum F. 0.8. Prices The New Zealand Dairy Hoard has fixed tile minimum prices for f.o.b. mid e.i.f. sales on tile basis of: Rutter, 11<I.; elieese, sjd. The minimum prices are subject to agents’ selling commission of 11 per cent. The prices are equivalent to S!)/l c.i.f.c. for butter and 49/7 c.i.f.e. for cheese.

low April 30. Per ton May 1. Per ton. Copper— Standard, spot . 8. 18 d. 1A £ 37 8 3 d 11 Ditto, forward . 37 4 44 37 9 4j Electrolytic 41 0 0 41 • t 0 41 10 «o 4'1 1.) 0 Wire bars Lend— 41 10 0 41 15 0 Id 0 0 10 0 0 1(1 0 0 16 1 3 shelter— 1-1 Spot 14 IS 9 15 0 n IS (1 15 0 0 Spot 207 17 0 207 17 6 Forward Silver— 202 5 0 202 20 r 0 Standard, per oz. 20 5 -1fld. -idd. Fine . 21 1 5-lGd. 21 1 1-ltid.