LONDON WOOL SALES

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21912, 22 September 1934, Page 7

LONDON WOOL SALES

MARKET STILL STEADY SUSTAINED COMPETITION LONDON, Sept. 20 At the London wool sales to-day 10,094 bales were offered, including 2883 from New Zealand, and about GSBO were sold. There was sustained home and Continental competition, and rates were steady. Withdrawals were only noticeable in the case of inferior sorts. New Zealand clips sold as follows: Scoureds: "Algidus," 23d; halfbred lambs slipe, "Eclipse," top price 12u, average 11ad. GREASY CROSSBRED SHORT GOOD SrOT DEMAND The Bank of New Zealand has received a cablegram from its London office, under date of September 19, advising that possibly owing to the small offerings of greasy crossbred there is good spot demand and brisk competition. The future outlook is obscure. BRADFORD TOPS QUIETNESS OF MARKET LONDON. Sept. 20 The Bradford lops market is quiet, users being well covered. Following are to-day's quotations and those of the three previous weeks: —

THE CITY MARKETS TONE PREVAILS BANANAS IN SHORT SUPPLY Dull conditions prevailed at the Oity Markets yesterday, most lines being hard to quit. Kepacked ripe bananas were in short supply, and Bold at high rates. There is a fair demand for South Australian navel oranges, prices remaining steady at 16s to 24s a case, according to count. Apples and pears are in good supply, but the demand is slow.

French beans made, their first appearance yesterday, an 4 small supplies of green peas and broad beans also were available. New potatoes are becoming more plentiful, but there are still large supplies of Southern. The supply of poultry was medium and the demand fair, values being unaltered. . Prices were:—- ■'*. FRUIT

Apples, Delicious, Hawke's Bay. 5s to 7s; local, 3s tc 4s; Stunners, 6b 6d to 7s 6d; Granny Smith, 5s 6d to 8s; Munroes, 3s Gd to 6s; Dougherty, 4s to 6s; Statesman, 4s 6d to 7a; Rome Beauty, 6s to 7a 6d; pears, Coles, according to quality and case, 6s to 9s; Nelis, 6s 6d to 9s;'P. Barry, 6s to 7s; passions, 8s to 18s; mushrooms, Is 6d a lb; plums, Californian, 19s a case; oranges. South Australian, according to count, 16s to 245; lemons, cured, 5s to 8s; others, 2s to 4s 6d; mandarins, Australian, according to quality, 21s to 27s 6d; grapefruit. New Zealand, large,- 6s 6d to 7s Gd; small, 3s to 6s; Californian, 32s 6d; tomatoes, Island, 10s to lis; hothouse. 9d to is 4Jd a lb; bananas, 18s to 255; trte tomatoes, 3s 6d to 6s 6d; pines, Queensland, 9s to lis; grapes, Californian. reds, 2Gs to 27s fid; black, 28s; white, 255; coconuts, 14s a sack. 1" FIELD PRODUCE

Potatoes, new. No. 1, lid to 2}d a lb; No. 2, 3s to 4s a bag; southern. 4s 6d to 5s Gd ft cwt.; swedes, local, Is 6d to 2s a bate; Ohakune, 2s 6d to 3s; onions. 3s 6d to 4« 3d; kumaras, local, 7s to 8s a bag: Island. 18s to 22s a cwt; cabbages, 3s to 6s a sack; on benches, 2s to 3s a dozen; cauliflowers., 4s to 7s a sack; on benches, 3s to 4s a dozen; pumpkins, pood, sound, 20s; others, 15s to 16s; cucumbers, hothouse. 5s to 7s a dozen; Island. 6s to 8s a case; carrots, bags, 3s to 4s 6d; on bench, 9d to Is a dozen; parsnips, bags, 4s to ss; on bench. Is to Is 3d a dozen; beet. 6d to Is; turnips, 6d; radish. Is; spring onions, la a bundle; spinach, Is to Is 3d a dozen; leeks, 4d to Gd a bunch; green peas, 1b to Is 6d a lb; French beans, 2b to 2s 6d a lb; broad beana, fid a lb; lettuce, 4« to 7s a case; celery, cooking, 4d to 9d ft bundle; dessert,<s la fld to 2s; rhubarb, 3a 6d a dbzen; asparagus, 6d to la. POULTRY Cockerels, heavy breeds, prime, 4s fid to 6a; not prime, 3a up; light breeda, prime. 3a to 4s 6d; not prime, 2a 6d up; fat roosters, heavy breeda, prime, 2a to 2a fid; light breeda, la 6d to la 9d; fat hens, heavy Breeda, 3a to 4s; light breeds, 2a to 2b 9d; pullets, heavy breeda, best, 8a to 4a 6d: smaller, 2s up; light breeda. beat, 2s 6d to 4s; smaller, la Gd up; drake*, young, prime, 2a 3d to 3a 3d; amaller, la 6d up; old, la fid to 2s; ducks, young, la 9d to 2a 9d; old, la Gd to 2a; turkey hena, 4a to Ga; gobblers. 6a Gd to 14a; cockerel chicks, heavy breeds, 9d to la. 6d; light breeds. Id to 7d; day-old chicks. Black Orpington, 8d to B}d; Leghorn, 6d to 7d; guinea fowla, 8a to 4a 6d; ducklings, about 9Jd. PRICES OF METALS SHARP RISE IN TIN ('Received September 21, 7.35 p.m.) LONDON. Sept. 20 Following are to-dav's quotations on the London metal market, compared with those of September 19.

GOLD AND SILVER » QUOTATIONS IN LONDON LONDON, Sept. 20 Fine'gold is quoted to-day at £7 0s 9d an oz., compared with £7 0s 8d yesterday. Silvor is quoted at 21Jd an oz. spot and 21 15-16 d forward, compared with 21 13-16 d and 21$ d yesterday. The quotation for silver at per fine oz. is 23j|d, compared with 23 9-16 d yesterday. Following is a summary of the fluctuations in the price per ounce of fine gold this year:— £ a d

BARTHOLOMEW TIMBER CO. [from our own correspondent] HAMILTON. Friday The 29th annual meeting of shareholders of the Bartholomew Land and Timber Company, Limited, was held in Hamilton yesterday, Mr. A. H. Tompkins, chairman and managingdirector, presiding. The directors' recommendation that a dividend of 2 J per cent be paid, and the annual report and balance-sheet, details of which have been published, were adopted. The retiring director, Mr. A. L. Tompkins, was re-elected.

Aug. 30 Sept. 6 Sept. 13 Sept. 20 Per lb. Per lb. Per lb. Per lb. d d d d Seventies . . 29% 28% 28 27% Sixty-fours , . 28 27 26 25% Sixties . . 26 25 24 23 Fifty-sixe# .. 20% .20 20 19% Fifties . . 15 15 15 14 Forty-sixes . . 11% 11 11 11 Forties . . 10 10 10 9%

Sept. 20 Sept. 19 Per ton Per ton £ s d £ s d Copper, stan., spot . . 27 11 lOi 27 10 71 Copper, stun., 8 mos. 27 18 li 27 16 3 'Copper, electrolytic.. 30 15 0 30 7 to 30 17 6 6 Copper, elee.. wire bars 30 15 0 30 17 6 Lead, soft, spot 10 10 0 10 6 3 Lead, soft, forward . . 10 13 6 10 10 0 Spelter, spot 12 10 0 12 7 6 Spelter, forward Tin, -stnn., spot 12 13 9 12 11 3 230 7 6 228 17 6 Tin, stan., 3 mos. . . 228 1 3 227 3 9 'American, 9 cents a lb.

Highest price, Sept. 3 . 7 1 7 Lowest price, Jan. 9 . 6 6 81 Sept. 14 0 «» Sept. 15 0 5 Sept. 17 .. 0 6i Sept. 18 .. ,. 0 6 Sept'. 10 •. 0 8 Sept. 20 .. .. 0 9