LONDON DAIRY PRICES.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20958, 22 August 1931, Page 7

LONDON DAIRY PRICES.

BUTTER MARKET FIRM. NEW ZEALAND 114s TO 116s. LONDON, August 20. The butter market is firm and fairly active. Danish is quoted at 1365; choicest salted, New Zealand, 114s to 116s; Australian, 110s to 112s; unsalted, Is to 2s premium. The cheese market is firm. New Zealand, white, is quoted at 62s to 635; coloured, 64s to 655; Australian, white, 60s to 61s; coloured, 61s to 625, Merchants have received the following cablegrams from thfcir London houses, dated August 20 A, S. Patorson and Company, Limited. —Butter: The market is quietly steady and unchanged. Buyers are clearing stocks. New Zealand, 115s to 116s; Danish, 1335; market weak and declining; Australian, 110s to 112s. Cheese: White, 6.35; coloured, 64s to 655. The market is steady. Dalgety and Company, Limited.—Butter: New Zealand finest salted, 114s to 116s; Danish butter, 134s to 1365; Australian finest unsalted, 110s to 112s; Australian finest salted, 110s to 112s; Australian general average quality, 100s to 108s. The market is firm. Cheese: New Zealand, white, 62s to 635; coloured, 64s to 655; Canadian, white, 62s to 645; coloured, 62s to 655; c.i.f., 62s to 635; Australian, white, Vis to 625; coloured, 62s to 635. The market is firm. Norden and Company, Limited. —Butter: New Zealand, 114 3 to 116s ; equivalent to 11.93 d a lb. F.o.b. Auckland. The market is quiet. Cheese; White, 62s to 635; coloured, 63s to 655; equivalent to 5.81 d and 6.02 d respectively f.o.b. Auckland. The market is steady. THE LONDON MARKETS. PRICES FOR METALS. TIN AGAIN WEAKER, (Received August 21, 9.15 p.m.) LONDON, August 20. (Quotations on August 17 in parentheses.) Copper.—Spot, £32 6s 3d (£32 18s 9d); three months, £33 3s Igd (£33 IBs ); Electrolytic Copper.—Spot, £35 10s (£35): three months, £36 10s (£37). Wire Bars. —£36 10s (£37). Lead.—Spot, £ll 15s three months, £ll 18s 9d (£ll lis 3d). Spelter.—Spot, £ll 18s 9d (£ll ls f 3d); three months, £l2 16s l0«d (£ll 13s 9d). Tin.—Spot, £llss 3s 9d (£lls lis 3d); three months, £ll7 13s 9d (£llß Is 3d). Silver—Standard, 12 11-16 d (12§d) per ounce; fine, 13 11-16 d (13fd). BRADFORD TOPS. On the Bradford market there is very little business. Prospective buyers would get concessions. . _ WHEAT, FLOUK, PULSE, ETC. Wheat.—Cargoes are steady.' Parcels are in fair request. Futures; London, September, 17s 5d a quarter; December, 18s 2d; February, 18s lOd; Liverpool: October, 3s ll£d a cental; December, 4s Id; March, 4s 3§d; May, 4s 6d. The spot trade is moderately active and occasionally lower; Australian, ex ship, 20s to 22s 6d. Flour.—Quiet; Australian, ex store, 16s 6d to 17s. Oats.—Steady. Peas and Beans. —Quiet. Beet Sugar.—September, 5s Bid. THE CITY MARKETS. YESTERDAY'S AUCTIONS. FURTHER DROP FOR EGGS. Large quantities of apples sold at very low rates at the Auckland City Markets yesterday. Island tomatoes also realised low values, while passions, lemons and Poorman oranges were very dull of sale. Heavy stocks of oranges were disposed of at cheap prices. There was a decreased demand for pears. Ripe bananas were exceptionally cheap. Potatoes, onions and celery were in heavy supply, while there were good stocks of cabbage, cauliflower, kumara and all other vegetables in season. A fair demand existed for most classes. All grades of hen and duck eggs have further decreased in value. Special grade eggs brought Is a dozen. Plentiful supplies met with a dull demand. Farmers' butter continued to sell readily at the unaltered rate of lid to Is. Id a lb. Prices for average quality lines were as follows: —■ FRUIT. Apples, Delicious, 4s to 5s 6d a case; Munroes, 4s to 5s 6d; Ballarats, 5s to 6s 6d; Jonathans; 5s to 6s; Stunners, 6s to 6a 6d; pears, P. Barrys. 6s to 8s; email, 4s to ss; Nelis and Cole, large, 9s to 9s fid; small, 5s to 7s; Josephine, 6s to 6s Pd; tomatoes, hothouse, 3d to 9d per lb; Island. 4s to 4s 6d a 15lb case; passions, local. 4s to 5s 6d a case; Australian, 6s to 7s; mandarins, 5s to 7s; lemons, 5s to 7s; oranges, Navels, 7s 6d to 10s; Island, lis to 13s; Poorman, large, 5s to 5s 6d; small, 2s to 3s; tree tomatoes, 2s to 5s 6d: black, 7s 6d to 8s; bananas, repacked ripe, No. l's, up to 10s; No. 2's and mediums, to 13s. „„„„„ FIELD PRODUCE. Potatoes, Southern, 8a to 9s 6d a sack; new, lid to 2Jd per lb; onions, Australian, Gs per cwt; Californian, 15s a cental; Pukekohe, 5s fid to 6s 6d a bag: kumaras. Island, 14s per cwt; Tauranga, 15s to 17s; cabDnge, 5s to 12s a sack; cauliflower, 6s to 14a; swedes, 2s to 2s 6d a bag; pumpkins, 7s to 14s per cwt; citron melons, 7s to 9s; sprouts, 3d to 4d per lb; beans, 9d to Is 3d; lettuce, 3a to 9s a case; cucumbers, hothouse, 5s to 7s 6d a dozen: vegetable marrows, 3s to 4s; cabbage, loose, 3s to ss; cauliflower, loose, 3s to 10s; celery, Is to 3a a bundle; rhubarb, 4s to 6s dozen; spinach, Is to 2s; pumpkins, loose, Od to 2s 6d each; radish, 6d to Is a dozen; spring onions, 4d to 9d a bundle; carrots, parsnips, beet and turnips, 6d to lOd a dozen; leeks, 3d to 6d a bundle. DAIRY PRODUCE. The wholesale net cash selling prices for lien , and duck eggs were Special grade. Is lid a dozen; A grade. Is osd: B grade, llld, Farmers' butter, lid to Is Id a lb.