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GRAIN AND PRODUCE :%, |i- 'J llttr:,n ; ; AUSTRALIAN MARKETS 1 ■ ' 'Crf ■!., ' t i-iiti -it |:* 1 / SYDNEY, Feb. 23. - Wheat is unchanged. i'the local mar--I^,'.prices'sironominulty 2s ;7d : a bushel, with country lots. at. 4d for hugged apci/Lli 5d for bulk, ex truck, Sydney, gcpuyalent to Is 9d for* both at -country sidings. • -*• ,« I m 4 Flour, £ll 10s a ton. Bran, £4 ss. Pollard, £5. Muize, 3s a bushel, prime 3jwMki;‘;" ' ; !£'■’■ ' f -" : - Potatoes, Tasmanian pismarka, £7 a ton';’ 1 Brownells, £7 IDs. Qnions, Victorian! globe, £3 10s to.' £1 a ton. - ■ i ADELAIDE, Feb.. 23. growers’’kits, 2i.&Jd-a- bushel. Jf!»uiv: If kbits' los, £7 25%l a itwn.f Brail, £i4‘t?s fvr. .: Pollard. £4'lbs; -Oatdi Aljtln;ijii,fwl. 2s a bushel; Barley about 4d. v y'i\ MELBOURNE, Feb. 23. ■ Wheat. 2s fkl .to 2s ;54d per-: bushel. FIohK £7 per ton. Bran,- £4 ss. i PolJaj'jj,' £4 15a. Oats, 2s 3d per bushel. r Vr!eV'. English, 2s 6d to 2s 9d. Maize, 3s Sd to‘3s Sd. • > .i <>• ■ Onions, Vquiet, £1 15s to £1 17s 6d [>er ton. ■;• >. ■' .. " THE MEAT MARKET . . ■• <K... -K <• SMITHFIELD QUOTATIONS W 1 ■ . •, r‘-' * ■‘‘•lb. LONDON, Tub. 24. ‘.r.tcst quotatiumuqu the Bmitlilleld r eat market are as follows: — ■Austrnli’lw sheep, elves; *-30 to 331 h. ■'» . v. r•-»wv.v ' &' r f ' .
Argentine sheep, -first quality, crossbred wethers, 48 to (341 b, old; (30 to 721 b, ibid. ' New Zealand lambs, Canterbury, 361 b and under, Ofll; 37 to 421 b, (i!jd; other South Island, 361 b and under, Of';tl; 37 to 421 b, 6Jd; ditto, selected, North Island, including Downs, 361 b and Under, 6.5 d; 37 to 42113, (>j[d; ditto, ojiicr North Island, Jirst quality, 361 b ami under; Gjjd. ' i Australian lambs, other States, jirst quality, 37 to 421 b, 6Jd.j Argentine lambs, first quality, 37 to 421 b, 6Jd; ditto, second quality, average about 281 b, 6d. , Australian frozou beef, ox hinds, 1601 b and under, 3§<l; ox hinds, over 1.601 b, ngd. Atgoiltiuo chilled beef, ox fores, 100 to 2201 b, 3d; ox hinds, 160 to 2201 o, ,3d. New Zealand pigs, tirst qualify, 60 to 801 b, r^d. * . ,-v ; . ■ y : Australian pigs, Jirst quality, (itTTb I.SOlb, average about 801 b, s§d; others unchanged. RAW MATERIAL PRICES LONDON, Feb. 24. Friday's closing prices' ivore:— Cotton; spot, 6.137(1; March, 0.31 d; rubber, Para, 4]d; plantation, smoked, 5 I.32(l;’jute, Fobruary-March, £l6 10s; copra, March-April, South Sou, £7 12s (id; smoked, £t» 17m (id; plantation mho,key £6.17s Od; plantation, Rabaul,
£S 7s Od; linseed oil, £2O os; turpentine,. 52s 6d. LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE LONDON, Feb. 22. The general undertone on the stock markets remains good. British Government, stocks are brighter. In the home industrials market there are several strong futures. Sales included: P. and O. deferred stock, 17s 3sd; Mount Lyell, 20s; New Guinea Gold, 5s 9d. GOLD MINE RETURNS The. wash-up at the King Solomon mine.for last week totalled ITt’oz 7dwt. The first wash-up of the Upper Shotover Gold Mining Company resulted in a return of 550 z 3.1 \vt for 15 days’ sluicing. Tht! lien Gllgour return for last. Week totalled 3Don 12U\vt lOgr, v ' : S I METALS QUOTATIONS LONDON, Feb. 25. Metals quulaliolis are: —Copper, £33 0;, 8.1, £33 4s 6d; electrolytic; £35 15s £36 10s; wire bars, £36 10s, best selected, £35 17s 6.1; American, eight cents; lead, £ll 15s; spelter, £l4 17s 6.1, £ls Is 3d; tin, £228 3s Od, £227 16s 3d; silver, standard, 20(1, fine, 221.1; pig iion, homo trade, 67s 6.1; export, nominal; antimony, British, £3O 10s; foreign, £23 15s; molybdenite, 435; wolf rum, 20s; gold, £6 10s (id.
ACTIVE' MARKET SYDNEY STOCK EXCHANGE SYDNEY, Feb. 23. There was a generally active market in which a healthy tone was evident on the Sydney Stock Exchange to-day. Sales: Commonwealth bonds, 4 per cent., 1038, £lOl ss; 1841, £IC4 15s; 1944, £lO5 15s; 1847, £lO6 12s 6d; 1950, £lO6 6s 3d; 1953, £lO5 7s 6d; 1955, £lO6 5s : 1957. £lO5 7s 6d; 1959, £107; 1961,. £lO7 10s. Bank of Now South Wales, £34 ss; Commercial Bank of Sydney, £l7 ss; Australian Gas A, £7 15s 6.1; Howard Smith, 16s 3d ; Wilcox Moillin, 12s 9d; Dunlop I’erdriau, 20s 4^.1; British Tobacco. 37s 10f>t); Tootlis, 44s 6d; Toohevs, 27s 7f,.1; Broken Hill Proprietary, 47s 3.1; Broken Hill South, 73s 8.1; North Broken Hill, 94s 6.1; Mount Morgan. 00s 0d; New Guinea. Gold. 7s 8.1; Bulolo Heiiosits, 2s 2d; Ttirauaki Oil, Is 10(1. Morning sales included: Commonwealth bonds, 4 per cent., 1941, £lO4 17s 6d; 1944, £lO5 15s; 1947, £lO6 10s: 1950. £lO5 7s 6.1; 1953, £lO6 10s; 1959, £lO7 2s 6d; 1961, £lO7 Us 3d; Broken Hill Proprietary, 47s 6.1, 47s 9d; Tooheys, 27s 9.1; Tooths, 44s 3d ; Associated News, pref., 22s 9.1; Colonial Sugar, £64: Dunlop Pcrdriaii, 20s, 20s 3d; Lustre Hosiery, 22s 9d; do., pref., 28s •3.1; Meggitts, 20s 9.1; Wilcox Mofflin, 12s 8.1. SYDNEY, Feb. 24. The Stock Exchange is. steady. Australian loans are slightly easier, and industrials are firm. Additional sales : Bonds, 4 per cent., 1941, £lO4 12s 6d; 4 per cent., 1944. £.105 12s fid; Colonial Sugar, £IC4; Bulolo Deposits, 2s 7d: Guinea Goldfields, 7s 8d; Six Weeks,
7s 9d. MELBOURNE, Feb. 23. Sales on the Melbourne Stock Exchange to-day included: Dunlop Perdriau, 20s 4d; Broken Dili Proprietary, 46s 9d; Mount Lvell. 24s 9d ; • Howard Smith. 16s 3d; Electrolytic *Zince, 27s 9d.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18332, 26 February 1934, Page 10
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