WHOLESALE MARKETS.

Northern Advocate, 3 May 1933, Page 10

WHOLESALE MARKETS.

CURRENT PRICES

{ (Special to "Non hern Advocate.**) I A ['('ELAND, Tuesday

The following prices were (pioted on the wholesale market to-day:—

Bolter: —First grade factory, booked, 10M per lb and lOd per lb for prompt cash; second grade, factory, hooked, Old per lb, nod Od per lb for prompt cash; farmers’ separator, Md per lb.

Cheese. —First grade factory (SlCs), (ijd to (l;|d per lb net; best quality medium (40’s), Old to 7jd per lb; first quality, f>9<l per lb; loaf, 7Ad to S;Jd per lb; tinfoil half-lb pats, 1/0 per lb; bars, lld to 1/ per l.b net.

Honey. —Bulk, white, lid per lb; light amber, 4d per lb. Bacon. —Ham, 1(M to lid per lb; rolled ham, 1/1 per lb; cooked whole ham, !/•• per 1b; cooked pressed ham, 1/5 per lb; bacon sides, Sjd to Od per Hi; rolled sides, 10d to lid per lb; middles, 1 Oil to lid per lb; shoulders, 7Ad per lb; rolled shoulders, Old per lb; lard,- bulk, 7d per lb; pats, Sd per lb.

Linseed. —Whole, .1(1/0 per ewt; linseed meal, 1(5/11 per lOOlbs. Flour. —Local, 2001 b sacks, £l4 12/(1 per ton; 100’s, £ls 10/ per ton; 50’s, £1(1 per ton; 25’s, £1(1 15/ pci- ton: 121’s, £l7= 2/0; d|’s, £IS 2/(1..

Malt. —-Crushed, 11/0 per bushel* whole white, .11/ per bushel; whole black, 12/(1 per bushel. Twines. —Seaming, first quality, 2/0 per lb; second quality, 2/0 per Jb; binder, 50/ per ewt.

Pea Meal. —10/ per lOOlbs. Blnestnne. —0(1/0. per ewt. Linseed Oil Cake Nuts. —12/0 per lOOlbs.

BONDS AND SHARES. ALSTb’ALIAN TRANSACTIONS. SYDNEY, May 2. On the Sydney Stock Exchange today the market again was very active, and the turnover covered a wide variety of stocks. Prices generally were firmer. Morning- sales included: Commercial -I per cent bonds, 100 S, £lO4 5/; 1050, £lO4 (1/0; 1050, £IOO 12/(1; * National Bank, £5 paid, £5 10/; Goldsbrough Mart, -20/; Tooth’s Brewery, ofi/(i.

Afternoon sales included: Bank, of New South Wales, £29 to/; Commercial Bank of Sydney, £lo .12/(1; National Bank, £5 paid, £'> .19/; Associated News, 8/; ditto preference, 18/41; Australian Bus, A shares, £7 0/(1; ditto, B shares, £7 0/0; British Tobacco, .‘l4/9; Dunlop Pordreau, .10/104; Coldsbrough Mort, 2.‘1/; Tooth’s Brewery, .‘l(s/0; Henry Jones, ,‘l7/(5; Pairymed? Sugar, 20/0; Electro Zinc, preference, 29/9; Broken Hill I* t y., .‘l2/0; . Zinc Corporation, 27/101. t Melbourne sales included: Ooldsbrough Mort, 20/; Dunlop Pordreau, 10/.11; Ml. Lyell, 20/41. GOLD AND SILVER. LATEST QUOTATIONS. LONDON, Alay I. Pine gold is cpioted today at £0 9/0 an ounce, compared with £0 2/9 on April 29. Silver is>quoled ai 201 dan ounce spot, and 20 9-1 (id forward, compared with 19 7-Bd, both positions, on 29. 'Tlio quotation for silver at per lino ounce is 22 1-Sd, compared with 21 9-K>(l on April 28.

POUND STERLING RATE. ShUMI’ ON PA HIS BOU RS E. PARIS, .May 1. The pound sterling was quoted on. the Paris Bourse today at S4.(JO francs, and later touched S 4, the lowest rate since December. This Is attributed to heavy selling of sterling by the Exchange Equalisation Fund. Some financial observers say it was done to convince the United States that Britain is determined to counteract the depreciation of the dollar. BANK OF NEW SOUTH WALES. QUARTERLY DIVIDEND. A quarterly dividend of o/ a share, Australian currency, has been declared by the directors of the Bank of Now •South Wales. It is payable at head office, Sydney, on May ,‘K'i, and at branches upon receipt of advice.

The distribution is l‘or the second quarter, ended March Ml, of the hank’s current lin:mci;il year, and is nt the same rate as (hat paid for the previous four quarters. SOUTH BROKEN HILL, D 1 VI ORXi) DKCLAJMTD. (Per Press Association.— Copyright.) WLLI.IXOTOX, This Day. ('aided advice received yesterday from broken Hilt South, Ltd., by the Slock Kn eh tinge Association, staled a dividend of 1/ a share has been declared, payable in Melbourne on June d.'h STANDARD TIN. mav m:i.ivLi;v goes it*. XKW VOLK, May I. Tin, standard, May delivery, is quoted today nt MO.dll cents a lb., compared with L’N.OO cents for April delivery on April 110.