HOLIDAY MARKET

Evening Post, Volume CXXVIII, Issue 42, 18 August 1939, Page 12

HOLIDAY MARKET

BRADFORD TOPS VERY QUIET

(By Telegraph—Press Association —Copyright.) (Received August 18, 10.30 a.m.) LONDON, August 17. No quotations for Bradford tops are available owing to the annual holiday, but the machinery is active. The market is very quiet. Recent quotations are:—

Merinos. July July July July Aug. Aug. G. 13. 20. 27. 3. 10. d. d. d. d. d d. Seventies .. 26 V, 2S 2S 2S 2S 28 Sixty-fours .. 25% 26Vi 20V2 2GV 2 26V 2 26V 2 Sixties 241-2 25V 2 2DVa 23% 23% 25% Crossbreds. Fifty-eights .. 22V. 23 23 23 23 23 , Fifty-sixes . . 20% — — — — ~ Fifties ..:... 19 — — — — — Forty-sixes .. *17% — — — _ — Forties ..... *17% — — — — — •Nominal. SLIGHTLY FIRMER

LONDON BUTTER MARKET (By Telegraph—Press Association —Copyright.) (Received August 18, 10.30 a.m.) LONDON. Augtist 17. The butter market is slightly firmer. Choicest New Zealand salted and unsalted, 117s a cwt; Australian. 107s to 108*; Danish, salted, 124s to 1255. The cheese market is slow. New Zealand, white and coloured, 56s to 56s 6d, and Australian, 545. PRICES OF METALS (By Telegraph —Press Association —Cnpvrlzht.) (Received August 18, 10.30 a.m.) LONDON, August 17. The official quotations on the London metal markets compare with those previously cabled as follows:— Aug. 16. Aug. 17. Per ton. Per ton. £ s. d. £ s. d.

GLEN AFTON COLLIERIES * The operations of Glen Alton Collieries. Limited, were reviewed*recently by Mr. C. J. Pariane, genera) manager of the New Zealand Co-operative Dairy Company, Limited. He said that the sales of coal amounted to 259,700 tons, an increase of 20,400 tons, and were as follows:—Public, 136,600 tons; New Zealand Dairy Company suppliers, 12,600 tons; New Zealand Dairy Company factories, 53,300 tons; railways, 57,200 tons. The gross value of the turnover was £206,638, compared with £176,272 in 1938. After making adequate provision for repairs, maintenance, depreciation, and all outgoings, including income and social security tax, amounting to £17,850, and rebates to suppliers and factories of £14,371. the net profit was £16,636, which had been added to the balance brought forward from the previous year. The total net profit therefore amounted to £31,007, compared with £22,857 for 1938.

— Standard, spot 44 6 104 Ditto, forward 44 8 14 • Electrolytic .. 50 5 0 to 50 15 0 Wire bars ... 50 15 0 44 0 74 44 3 14 50 0 0 50 10 0 50 10 0 jead— Spot 15 15 lh Forward ... 15 13 14 15 10 74 15 14 44 Jpelter— Spot 14 9 4i Forward ... 14 13 14 14 8 9 14 12 6 'in— Spot 229 18 9 Forward ... 225 7 6 229 18 9 225 2 6 silverStandard, per oz 17 l-16d Fine 18 7-16d 17d 18 5-16d