DISPOSAL OF WOOL.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21133, 16 March 1932, Page 7

DISPOSAL OF WOOL.

NEXT SALE AT AUCKLAND. AUCTION ON SATURDAY. The third Auckland wool sale is to commcnco in the Town Hull concert chamber at 4 p.m. on Saturday, and not on Monday morning, as was at first intended. The alteration has been made necessary by the intervention of Easter between the Auckland and Christchurch sales. The auction will continue on Saturday evening and will probably be completed by about 9 o'clock. Buyers will arrive from Napier tomorrow morning and will inspect the clip at the stores to-morrow, and on Friday and Saturday. They will return soulh on Sunday evening. A total of about 20,000 bales will bo offered, the exact amount in each catalogue not yet being known. The order of sale will be as follows, the auctioneers' names being given in parentheses:—Dalgely and Company, Limited (Mr. E. L. Salmon); Abraham and Williams, Limited (Air. E. H. Binney); Alfred Buckland and Sons. Limited (Mr. C. G. Brookes); the Farmers' Co-operative Auctioneering Company, Limited, in conjunction with the North Auckland Farmers Co-operative; Limited (Mr. B. J. Marque); and the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited (Mr. J. S. Duke). LONDON MARKET STEADY. GENERAL DEMAND REPORTED. LONDON, March 14. At the Loudon wool sales to-day 8018 bales were offered* including 3472 from New Zealand, and about 6672 were sold. The market was fully steady and the offerings were mostly cleared with general demand. New Zealand clips sold as follows: — Greasies: " Birchill," top price, lOd; average, Bijd. Scoureds: "Wcka Downs," 15£ d and 15Jd. The Bradford tops market is quietly steady.

AUCTIONS AT SYDNEY. VALUES HOLDING WELL. (Received March 15, 10.35 p.m.) SYDNEY, March 15. At the Sydney wool sales to-day the offerings totalled 10,124 bales, of which 9007 were sold. Also 637 bales were sold privately. Yorkshire was the chief operator, but there was fair support from France and Italy. Values holding well. Greasy Merino sold to 13^. THE LONDON MARKETS. PRICES FOR METALS. COPPER AND TIN FIRMER. (Received March 15. 10.35 p.m.) LONDON, March 14. (Quotations on March 9 in parentheses.) Copper.—Spot, £33 14s (££2 18s 9d); three months, £33 16s 3d (£33 6s 3d). Electrolytic Copper.—Spot, £36 15s (£37); three months. £37 15s (£3B). Wire Bars.—£37 15s (£3B). Lead.—Spot.—£l2 12s 6d (£l2 12s 6d); three months, £l3 (£l3 3s 9d). Spelter.—Spot, £l2 14s 4£d (£l2 15s) ; three months, £l3 3s 9d (£l3 3s 9d). Tin.—Spot, £l3O (£129 16s 3d); three months, £l3l 12s 6d (£l3l 8s 9d).

THE CITY MARKETS. t YESTERDAY'S AUCTIONS. FIRMER VALUES FOR EGGS.' There were no material changes in the values for fruit at tlio Auckland City Markets yesterday. The scarcity of bananas which existed last week has been relieved to some extent' by a shipment °f about 9000 cases brought by the Tofua on Monday. The proportion of ripe fruit was nob large enough to reduce prices by any marked degree, but supplies of ripe bananas should be more plentiful by the end of the week. Tomatoes were again hard to quit, second grade and inferior lines being almost unsaleable. The low rates for To Kauwhata grapes showed no improvement. Cape gooseberries cam© forward in large quantities and sold readily at 3d to 4d a lb. A keen inquiry existed for peaches which were in fairly short supply. Heavy stocks of cauliflower, cabbage, potatoes and beans and adequate supplies of green peas, celery, kumaras and other seasonable vegetables were offered in the field produce section. Most lines met with a fair response. There was a poor demand for average stocks of poultry and the prices remained about the same as those realised last week. With the approach of Easter the better grades of eggs are firming in price and at yesterday's sales special grade hen and duck eggS brought Is 7£d a dozen, and A grade Is 6Jd a dozen. Moderate supplies met with an improved demand. Average supplies of farme|&' butter sold readily at Bid to a lb.* Trices for average quality lines were as follows : * ' FRUIT. Blackberries, 4}d to Oil a chip: tomatoes, choice, smooth. Is 3d to 2s a ense: Hutts. 3s to Is *Jd; local, firm. No. 1, Is to Is lid (all others practically unsaleable); peaches. Golden Queen, 3s Gd to 5s Gd : Lippiatts. '2s lid to 4s; grapes, hothouse, Hamburghs, •lid to Sd a 11).; muscat. Is to 3s Id: Gros. Column. 8d to Is 3d: outdoors (in crates). 4s to os (id a case; cape gooseberries, 3d to 4d ik lb.; pears. Bon Chretiens. 3s to 5s a case: Louise Bonis. 4s to Gs; Packhnms and others, Is Gd to 3s: apples. Gravenstein, '2s Gd to 4s; C'ox Orange, 3s to 5s (id; cookers and others. Is Gd to 3s (id: Delicious. '2s to 4s; bananas. No. 1, ripe, up to '213; mediums, up to ISs Gd: seconds, us to 10s; oranges, Sydney, 12s to £1: Californian, 41s; passions, local. '2s to 3s Gd: lemons. 5s to lis Gd: mushrooms, best quality, about Is 3d a lb. (others at varying rates); quinces. 5s to 7s Gd a case; ess fruit. Is 9d to 3s. FIELD PRODUCE. Potatoes, new. "2s to 3a Gd a bap: onions. 3s Gd to 4s Gd: kumarns. local. Id to Id a lb.: cabbage, '2s to Is Gd a sack; cauliflower, 3s Gd (o Gs; swedes, Is Gd to 2s Gd a bag: pumpkins, 3s to {is lid a cwt.; citron melons. 3s to 3s Gd; green peas, 3s Gd to 7s Gd a bag: beans. Is Gd to 3s Gd; lettuce. Is to 4s a case; cucumbers, hothouse, 4d to sd a dozen: vegetable marrows. Is to 2s; water melons, 4d to Is (jd each; rock melons. Id to Gd: cabbage, loose. Is to '2s (id a dozen; cauliflower, loose, 2s to 4s Gd: celery. Gd to a bundle: spinach. 8d to 1s a dozen; pumpkins, loose, 3d to !>d each; radish. Gd to Is a dozen: spring onions, 4d to Sd a bundle : carrots, parsnips, beet find turnips, 4d to Sd a dozen: leeks, 2d a bundle. POULTRY. Cockerels, heavy breeds, prime, 2s Gd to 4s Gd ea-di: not prime, 3si (id upward; light, prime, Is Gd to 2s Gd; not prime. Is upward: fat roosters, lieavy, prime. Is 3d to 2s- light. Is to Is 3d: fat liens, heavy. Is Gd to 23; liffht. Is to Is Gd; pullets, heavy, best, 5s to 7s: ("mailer, 2s Gd tipward; light, best. 5s to 7s: smaller. Is Gd upward; drakes, young, prime. Is 9d to '2s 3d; smaller. Is upward: old. Is Gd to 2s: ducks, young, 2s Gd to 4s Gd; old, Is Gd l ° DAIRY PRODUCE. Hen eggs, special grad'?. Is 7!d a dozen: A grade, Is 6id:,B grade. Is 21d: C erade. I1}d: duck eggs, special grade. Is 7}d: A grade. Is fijd: B erade. Is 43d; C grade. Is lid. Farmers' butter. Sid to 11 jd a lb.