AROUND THE MARKETS

Northern Advocate, 7 May 1930, Page 8

AROUND THE MARKETS

wholesale prices. (Special to “Nnntliom Advocate.”) AUCKLAND, This Day. The following quotations wore announced on the city’s wholesale market yesterday;— Butter.—First grade factory, booked, 1/4.1 per lb, and 1/4 for prompt cash. Second grade factory, booked, 1/2 Id per lb, and 1/2 for promptcash. Farmers’ separator, lid per lb. Cheese.—First grade factory, medium size, mild, B'Jd to Slid per lb nee; loaf, 9jd per lb net. Chesdale, (lib liars, 1/3 per lb; 7oz packets, !)/*> dozen.

Bacon.—Hams, 1/1 per lb; rolled hams, 1/4 per lb; cooked ham, 1/5 per ib; cooked pressed hams, 1/10 per lb; bacon sides, lid to 1/1 per lb; rolled sides, 1/11 to 1/3 per lb; middles, 1/2 to 1/4 per lb; shoulders, 9d to 10d per ib; rolled shoulders. Lid to 1/ per lb. Lard, bulk, 8d to 9d per lb; pats, 9d to lOd per lb.

Flour.—Local, 2001 b sacks, £lB per ton; 100’s, £lB 15/ per ton; 50’s, £1!) 5/ per ton; 25’s, £2O per ton; 121 *s, £2O 17/(5 per ton; OJ’s, £2l 17/(5 per ton. -Southern: 2001 b sacks, £.lB per ton; 100’s, £lB 15/ per ton; 50’s, £l9 per ton; 25’s, £l9 10/ per ton; 121’s, £2O 5/ per ton; (i ; j ’s. £2O 17/(5 per ton. All less 21 per cent, discount.

Linseed. Whole, 24/ per cwt; ground, 30/ per 1001 b. Malt. —Crushed, .10/3 per bushel; whole white, 9/9 per bushel; whole black, 13/ per bushel. Twines.—Seaming-, 3/(5 per lb; binder, 8d per lb. Peameal —12/ per 1001 b. Linseed Oil Cake Nuts—ls/ . per 1001 b. Linseed Meal—l 7/ per 1001 b.

Bluestone. —37/0 per cwt. Pollard and Bran.—Mill prices: Pol lard, £9 10/ per ton; bran, £S per ton Merchants’ Prices.—Australian pel lard, £lO per ton. Bran.—£B 15/ to £9,

Oats.—Feed: B Cartons, 4/10 per bushel; A Cartons, 5/; clipped Dunns, 0/9; clipped Algerians, 0/(5; clipped Cartons, 5/3. Fowl Wheat.—7/10 per bushel. Maize. —7/, ex store. Barley.—Feed, 5/9 per bushel. Seed: Cape Barley, 0/0 per bushel. Maize Meal—l 4/ to 14/0 per 1001 b. Barley Meal—l 3/ per 1001 b. Chaff. G.b.0.5., £lO 10/ per ton, Blenheim or Canterbury; Tasmanian, £lO. Potatoes.—£7 to £7 5/, ex store. Onions,—r-£5, ex store.

TALLOW, HEMP AND FRUIT,

Tihe Department of Agriculture lias received the following cablegram, dated May .1, from the High Commissioner for New Zealand in London:— Tallow. —(Poor demand at auction this week, and an easier tendency. A total of 13til) casks was offered, and 200 sold. Present spot quotations arc; Mutton; Pine, .'l7/ to per ewt; fair to good, 111/ to 35/(5; dark to dull, •M/() to 32/. Beef: Sweet and/or mixed, 3(5/ to 42/; fair to good, 33/ to 35/; dark to dull, 31/ to 32/. Mixed: Pair to good, 32/6 to 34/(5; dark to dull, 31/ to 32/. Gut, etc., 28/ to 31/6. Hemp. Manila; Market easier under selling pressure and want of support. J. grade, April-i June shipment, sold at i £27 10/; May-July shipment, closing values, £27. «isal: Market dull and easier. Small speculative sale reported. March-May shipment, fair average quality, No. 1, £32; April-June shipment quoted at .sellers, £32 5/; No. 2 at £3l, with buyers holding back. Good marks, nominally, 10/- more. Mexican: .Sisal, good white, still nominally £37 10/, but no business being done. ■Stocks accumulating .anl big reductions expected. New Zealand market dull. Nominally no business reported. Orders telegraphed for fair, at £27, e.i.t. Continent, refused by shippers, but business has been done in the London market.

Apples.—Market steady. Of the Taraaroa. shipment Willie Sharp and London Pippin show bad brown spot. The former an- selling at 10/ to 11/(5, and the latter at 9/0 to 11/. The Cumberland consignment, practically eloared. Cox’s Orange made .14/ to 18/; Dunn’s Favourite, 10/ to 12/; Jonathan, 12/ to 14/; Parl'in -Beauty, 11/ to 13/; Delicious, 13/ to 14/, The Port Brisbane- has just arrived. The apples are cold, but so far are in good condition. The opening ptriees are: Cox’s Orange, 15/ to IS/; Jonathan, 12/ to 14/; Dunn’s Favourite, 11/ to 13/; Delicious, ,13/ to 14/. Wool.—The 'Bradford market is firmer, with both Merino and crossbred moving well. Conditions favour an increased consumption as soon ms the strike has been settled. Present quotations for tops are: —‘(ills, warp, 2/5; (54’s, average, 2/4; s(s’s, 1/Si to 1/9; 50’s, .prepared, 1/5?,; 40’s, prepared, 1/31. Oats.—Market easier and consumption slow. English: In fair supply. Best white offered at 19/.- Plate: Shippers pressing. Afloat offered at 12/9, and May shipment at 13/. Chilian: June shipment sold at 13/(5. Nominal value of New- Zealand A grade Cartons, May-. Tune .shipment, 22/,