TIN CONTROL

Evening Post, Volume CXXV, Issue 144, 21 June 1938, Page 12

TIN CONTROL

NEW QUOTA FIXED

(British Official Wlrelesa.t (Received June 21, 11.15 a.m.) RUGBY, June 20. The International Tin Committee met in London and fixed the quota undei the tin control agreement for next Smrter at°3s per cent of the standard tnnnnees augmented in the case oi Malaya and the Dutch East Ind.es by committee discussed and settled Iho revised draft of the buffer stock scheml which, as finally agreed, was 'signed by all the delegations present ! There are no material .variations as compared with the original draft. The committee fixed as a contribu-l JnVthe 1 buffer stock scheme for the "f X^rT^nn\^es ot %°rV East Indies. BRITISH WAR LOAN. (British Official Wireless.) (Received June 21, 12.30 p.m.) RUGBY, June 20. The British War Loan, 3} per cent., is quoted at £101 16s 3d.

SILVER MARKET. (British Official Wireless.! RUGBY, June 20. Price of Silver.-Spot, 18 13-lGd per oz; forward, 18id. BRADFORD TOPS.

(By Telegraph-Press Assn.-Copyright.) (Received June 21,12.30 p.m.) LONDON, June 20. The Bradford tops market is quiet and quotations are unchanged.

NEW YORK PRICE OF TIN. (By Tekgraph-PrlsTA.sn.-Copyright.) 1 (Received June 21, 12.30 p.m.) NEW YORK, June 20. Tin is quoted at 41.50 cents a lb.

WHEAT FUTURES. (By Telegraph-Presa Am-Copyright.) K (Received June 21,12.30 p.m.) LONDON, June 20. Wheat cargoes are lower. Parcels are ea &es:-London, August 355,3 d a ffiS&TSSi "er, L ss 9 ¥-8* December, 5s 8 7-8 d ■ _g cents a |buKfep F teS; 79 U c y ents; December, 80 5-8 d cents.

PRODUCE IN LONDON. £ K Commteioner lor New Z. lm T*,lS-irtrt VSues *»let on to Fmlt —The Port Chalmers discharged JShmhiirff the Port, Dunedm .and RarSftane at London, the Cambridge! at Spool, and the Middlesex at G fflS -Market steady. The followins are the market values of soundSSditoSffrSit of the variety mentinnpd the range of prices generally reßresenting the difference between the several grades and/or counts. Variable conditioned fruit of similar varieties proportionately less in value. DouGhertV apples, 12s, las, cranny Sm ttTTos 6dl3s 6d; Golden Delicious, 11™, 12s; Delicious, Stunner, Rokewood, Yates 10s 6d, 12s; Statesman, 10s, 6d, lis Id; Ballarat, 10s, lis; Dunn's Favourite, 8s 6d, 10s 6d.

PIGS, POULTRY, AND PRODUCE. The Dominion Auctioneering ComDanv Limited, Palmerston North, reports' that, due to the Winter Show, small yardings of both pigs and poultry came forward at their usual weekly fair last Thursday. Pigs were still in demand, however, good..porkers realising to 44s 6d each, and slips from Ids 6d to 18s 6d. There was a shortage in poultry, resulting in high prices ruling m all lines. Ducks realised up to 8s per pair and heavy hens also to 8s per pair. Quotations: — Pies—Slips from 10s 6d to 18s each; stores to 25s 6d each; porkers to 44s 6d —Best W.L. hens from 5s to 6s per pair; lighter hens from 4s to 5s per pair; heavy 8.0. hens from 6s 6d to 8s per pair; heavy cockerels from 7s to 9s per par; light cockerels from 6s to 6s 6d per pair; ducks from 7s 4d to 8s 6d per pair; roosters from 5s to 6s per pair; turkeys, hens, from 5s to 7s each, gobblers to 9s each; pullets to 4s 6d each. Produce.—Tomatoes, hot-house, from Is 3d to Is 6dperlb; apples, Delicious from 4s to 7s per bushel, Jonathans from 4s 6d to 7s per bushel, Ballarats from 3s 9d to 5s per bushel, cookers from 3s to 4s, Granny Smiths from 5s to 6s 6d; "pears from 4s to 8s per 3case; lemons from 6s to 10s per case;

lettuce from 2s 6d to 8s per case; cauliflower from 12s to 16s: cabbage, Savoy from 12s to 15s, Drumhead from lis to 15s per sack; carrots from Is to 3s per doz.; parsnips from 2s 6d to 4s per sugar bag; potatoes from 5s to 6s per cwt; pumpkins from 3s to 7s per sack; beetroot from is to 2s per case; marrows from 2s to 3s per case; swedes from 2s to 3s 6d per sugar bag; kumeras from 4s to 6s per hag; rhubarb [from 3s to 6s per dozen; brussels sprouts from 6d to 7d per lb.

The wholesale price of eggs in Wellington this week is quoted by the Wellington Egg Marketing Committee as follows:—Special grade, 2s 7d a dozen; A grade, 2s 4d; B grade, 2s 2d. The market is firm. A grade duck eggs are 2s 4d and B grade 2s 3d.