BRADFORD TOPS

Evening Post, Volume CXXI, Issue 138, 12 June 1936, Page 12

BRADFORD TOPS

SLIGHTLY BETTER INQUIRY (By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyrigl lrc l (Received June 12, 11 a.m.) led BRADFORD, June 11 , There is small business on the Br; 10 ford tops market, but there is sligh Jht improved inquiry. Bd, Latest quotations are as follows:Merinos. lis- May May May June Ji: he 14. 21. 28. 4. on d. d. d. d. ial Seventies .. 35 35 344 34 es. Sixty-fours . 33 33 32A 32 Sixties .... 32 32 31J 31 Crossbreds. he Fifty-eights 26 26 25J 24 i 24 ac- Fifty-sixes . 21A 21 20 V 2C 8 Fifties .... 16J 16} 16| 16" 1C ed Forty-sixes . 14£ 14J I4i 14 14 he Forty-fours . 13]j 13J 13\ 13J 12 ed nd Wright, Stephenson, and Co., Lt a and Abraham and Williams, Ltd., i er port having received cable advice frc er their Bradford agent reading as f nt, lows: —"Merino tops are id. to 'at down. Low prepared crossbred to nt are Arm, but other crossbred tops a §d down. There is only a little bu L. ness. Users are buying only to mc el " immediate needs." AUSTRALIAN WOOL NEXT SEASON'S ESTIMATE y, ■ a " (By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyrigh 3: MELBOURNE, June 11. Ii At a joint conference of the A\ le tralian Woolselling Brokers' Couni -f and the Australian Woolgrowers' Cou Qf cil a statement was read estimatii u the Australian wool clip for 1936- " at 3,036,000 bales compared wi t" 3,140,000 in 1934-35. The average ba in the new season's clip will be 305 " compared with 3031b last year. It is estimated that 18 per cent. e the new clip will consist of crossbri _ and strongwool breeds with the i mainder merino. _ It is expected that 2,760,000 bales w: " be received through brokers' stores £ " over the Commonwealth. The sellir season is opening at Sydney on Augu 31 and there are now more th; 1,420,000 bales offering before Chris 17 mas. ■ - ADELAIDE WOOL SALES )0 ID (By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright >2 ADELAIDE, June 11. Prices for all good quality fleece ; the Adelaide wool sales today wei from 5 to 7£ per cent, lower than Fe ruary levels, and inferior lots droppt by 10 per cent. •' Lack of Japanese competition wi not responsible for the fall in bettc types, which at times enjoyed kee s, competition, but their absence wj noticeable with inferior lots, of whic Japan usually buys large quantities. | DAIRY MARKETS jj BOTH REPORTED QUIET | Cabled advice from London, undc date June 11, gives the following ma i ket prices as ruling at the close i j business on Thursday, 11th install t:1 Butter: The market is quiet. Nc I Zealand finest, Ills to 112s a cwt; Ne' Zealand firsts, 110s to Ills; Australia choicest, 110s to Ills; Australian fir: grade, 102s to 110s; Danish (spot), 118; Danisn (f.0.b.), 100s. Cheese: The ma ket is quiet. New Zealand white, 61s ) cwt; coloured, 625. BUTTER MARKET STEADY y . »• STILL AT 112/- PER CWT i. l. \ Joseph Nathan and Company, Ltd 4 have received from their principal; Trengrouse and Nathan, Ltd., Londoi the following cabled advice, dated Jun 11:—New Zealand butter, 112s per. cw The market is steadier. New Zealan cheese, 61s 6d per cwt. The market i quiet. FIRMER TENDENCY FROZEN LAMB MARKET Cathie, Dempster, and Co., Ltd;, re ceived the following frozen mea i market report by cable from their prin cipals, Sheed, Thomson, and Co., Ltd, London, today:—Lambs, 2's 7 l-8d t( lid a lb, B's 6 5-8 d to 6Jd, 4's 6|d t< 6id, seconds 6Jd to 7}d; wethers, l's 7's 4 3-8 d to sd, 3's, 9's, s*s 3 5-8 d t( f 4 l-8d; ewes, l's, 7's 3£d to 4d, 3's, 9's ; s's 3 l-8d to 3Jd; ox beef, hinds 3 5-8 c * to 4}d, fores 2Jd to 3d; cow beef, hind: 3 l-8d to 3id, fores 2 l-8d to 2}d ' porkers, 51 d to 5 5-8 d; baconers, 53 c ] to 5 7-Bd. Lambs: With better demand I market has firming tendency. Wethers | Market steady. Ewes: Market steadj with improved demand. Beef: Pricef nominal. Porkers; Market steady anc ! looks like getting firmer. Baconers: ; Market quiet. GEAR MEAT INTERIM DIVIDEND. The Gear Meat Preserving and Freezing Company of New Zealand, Ltd., yesterday advised the New Zealand Stock Exchange Association that at a meeting of the directors held yesterday it was decided to declare an interim. dividend of 3d per share, which will become payable on June 25. The interim dividend is at the same rate as that of a year ago. The distribution for the year ended November 30, 1935, was 7i per cent. PRICE OF EGGS. Eggs were quoted wholesale in Wellington today at 2s 3d to 2s 4d a dozen, first grade.

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