RAW MATERIALS

Southland Times, Issue 23735, 6 February 1939, Page 3

RAW MATERIALS

(Received February 5, 6.30 p.m.) LONDON, February 4.

Quotations for raw materials with the prices of a week ago also shown, * are as follows:—

Cotton. —5.13 d per lb (5.10 d March delivery, 4.78 d (4.78 d Rubber.—Para, 6;' a d per lb (6%d); plantation smoked, 7%d (7 11-16 d). * Jute.—February-March delivery, £22 5/a ton (£2l 12/6). Copra. —February-March delivery, South Sea, £9 12/6 a ton (£9 10/-); smoked, £9 10/- (£9 7/6); plantation Rabaul, £lO 10/(£lO 5/-). Linseed 0i1.—£26 a ton (£25 10/-). Turpentine.—£l 15/- per cwt (£1 15/-). GOLD-MINING RETURNS (United Press Association) GREYMOUTH, February 4. The Blackball Creek dredge return was 75 ounces for 120 hours. The Bundi Dredge secured 69 ounces for 80 hours on 8211 yards. The Argo Dredge reports a return of 49 ounces for 120 hours’ work on 11,000 yards. WAIHI GRAND JUNCTION MINE (United Press Association) AUCKLAND, February 5. Cabled advice has been received by the New Zealand attorney, Mr R. G. Milligan, that a circular has been issued from London to all shareholders of the Waihi Grand Junction Gold Company, Limited, that in the opinion of the directors the time has arrived when it is desirable to liquidate the company and to distribute the assets -among the shareholders. Accordingly notice has been given of an extraordinary general meeting to be held in London on March 1 for the purpose of considering and j-ssing, if thought fit, the necessary special resolution to put the company into liquidation. THE ~RIALTO William Todd and Co., Ltd., report for the week ended Saturday, February 4, as follows: — Pigs.—Small inferior weaners, 7/6 to 10/-; medium, 11/1 to 16/-; wellgrown, 17/- to £1 5/-; stores £1 to £1 17/-; porkers £2 3/- to £2 5/-; boar £3 3/-; empty sow £1 11/-. Poultry.—Hens, lid to 1/6; heavy breeds, 1/6 to 3/3; ducks, 1/7 to 2/1; small pullets, 3/1 to 5/-; well-grown, 6/2 to 7/3; Light Sussex pullets, 5/- to 6/5; hens and chicks, 5/3; geese 3/-. Bacon Pigs.—Good demand for prime bacon weights, 120 to 1501 b, at 6£d per lb, delivered to factory. Produce.—Table potatoes, plentiful supplies, freshly dug, 8/- cwt.; onions, scarce, 20/- cwt; chaff, £5; straw, £3 10/-; oats, 14/- to 15/-; barley, 19/-; crushed oats, 9/6; oatdust, 5/-; pollard, 9/-; bran, 7/-; wheat, 25/- to 29/-; molasses, 13/6. meat meal, 11/-, rock salt, 8/6; Moose Meal, 21/6; Moose Nuts, 20/6; Lucerne Meal, 13/6; boneflour, 14/-; oyster shell grit, 6/- cwt. Miscellaneous. —Barbed wire, 30/- a cwt; No. 8 galvanized, 25/-; fowl netting, 14/6; rabbit netting, 26/-, tanks, £2 10/-; timber, 14/- to 17/-; droppers, 16/-; stakes, 35/-; posts, £7 10/a 100; horse covers, 27/6; cow covers, 9/6; collars, £2 5/-; winkers, 21/-; Downee rabbit traps, 22/6 dozen; Lane’s Ace rabbit traps, 18/6 Ceylon tea, s’s 13/6, 40’s 2/5J per lb. Vegetables.—Cabbage, 2/- to 6/-; Cauliflower, 8/~; lettuce, 2/- to 3/- a dozen; carrots, turnips, beetroot, 2/to 3/- a dozen bunches. Grass Seeds.—Perennial ryegrass, 5/6; Italian, 4/6 a bushel; white clover, 9d to 1/3; cowgrass, 1/2; Timothy, 9d; dogstail, 9d; cocksfoot, 8d to 1/3; lotus major, 1/9 to 2/-; mixtures of ryegrass, clover, cocksfoot, 3d per lb.

Holland just got in in a “blanket” finish. Time, 0.10 3-5. 135 YARDS LUMSDEN SHEFFIELD. First £8; second £3; third £1; fourth 10/-. (10 entries). —F. G. Pickering (s|yds) 1, J. Holland (10yds) 2, A. McPherson (3yds) 3. Won by a foot. Time, 0.13 4-5. Second heat: E. Sizemore (91yds) 1, W. E. Baldwin (4yds) 2, R. Pickering (71yds) 3. Won by two feet. Time, 0.13 2-5. Final F. G. Pickering 1 R. Pickering 2 Holland 3 Sizemore 4 The field rose to a splendid start, with Sizemore and F. G. Pickering showing out. Twenty yards from the tape Sizemore was leading, but F. G. Pickering came up fast over the last 15 yards and won by a yard. Sizemore appeared to be a good second, but the judges placed him fourth. There was little between second, third and fourth. Time, 0.13 3-5., 220 YARDS MOSSBURN HANDICAP. First £3; second £1; third 10/-. (12 entries).—E. Sizemore (11yds) 1> J* Ferguson (11yds) 2, R. McKenzie (Byds) 3. Sizemore led all the way and won by two yards. Inches separated second and third. Time, 0.23 4-5. • 440 YARDS PRESIDENT’S HANDICAP. First, £3; second, £1; third, 10/-. (Seven entries).—F. G. Pickering (scr) 1, R. McKenzie (14yds) 2, T. Heads (syds) 3. Pickering put in a great run in the straight and shot past McKenzie and Heads, winning by a yard. There was little between second and third. Time, 0.52 1-5. 120 YARDS CONSOLATION HANDICAP. First, 25/-; second, 10/-; third, 5/-. (Seven entries).—R. McKenzie (9yds) 1, R. Pickering (6yds) 2, J. Ferguson (9yds) 3. McKenzie led all the way and won by inches. Time, 0.12 3-5. CYCLING EVENTS HALF-MILE HANDICAP. First, £3; second, £1; third, 10/-. (Ten entries).— A. Shepherd (15yds) 1, T. Smith (scr) 2, L. Carroll (20yds) 3. The backmarkers caught the limit men early in the first lap and a great struggle followed. Smith put in a splendid finish, just failing by a length to catch shepherd. Carroll was two lengths further hick. No time was taken. ■ ONE MILE HANDICAP. First, £3; second, £1; third, 10/-. (Seven entries). —R. Swain (170yds) 1, J. A. Robertson (170yds) 2, B. G. Heath (170yds) 3. The limit men had the race to themselves, the back-markers gaining little, if anything, on them. Swain won, easing up, by a length. Time, 2.43 4-5.

TWO MILE HANDICAP. First, £5; second, £2; third, £1; fourth, 10/-. (Seven entries). —T. Smith (scr) 1, L. Carroll (50yds) 2, J. A. Robertson (220yds) 3. In the last lap, Carroll came up fast on the inside and Shepherd struck his wheel and crashed, bringing Hoffman down with him. Smith won by three lengths. The third man was well back. Time, 6.56.

NORTHERN DISTRICT SCHOOL COMPETITION Boys’ Events 100 YARDS, under 15.—8. Sinclair 1, L. Soper 2, W. Soper 3. Time, 0.12 4-5. 100 YARDS, under 13. (Fourteen entries).—G. McDonald 1, H. McLister 2, C. Whittaker 3. 440 YARDS RELAY, under 15. (Teams of four). Four entries.—Dipton 1, Five Rivers 2, Lumsden 3. 440 YARDS RELAY, under 13. (Four entries). —Dipton 1, Five Rivers 2, Lumsden 3. HIGH JUMP, under 15. (Cup donated by Mr T. Reidy for winner). Six entries.—C. Stevens 1, W. Soper 2, L. Soper 3. HIGH JUMP, under 13. (Fifteen entries). —H. McLister and G. McDonald 1 eq., Whittaker and Malone 3 eq. Mr G. Tomlin’s trophy for boy gaining most points.—G. McDonald. Girls’ Events 100 YARDS, under 15.—M. Orr 1, E. Soper 2, F. Swinney 3. 75 YARDS, under 13. (Ten entries).P. Cowie 1, M. Sherriff 2, J. Marshall 3. 440 YARDS RELAY, under 15.— Lumsden 1, Five Rivers 2. 440 YARDS RELAY, under 13.— Lumsden 1, Balfour 2. Dr Brown’s trophy for girl gaining most points.—M. Sherriff. DANCING EVENTS SWORD DANCE, under 8. Trophies for first, second and third. (Seven entries). —M. Thomson 1, J. Milne 2, N. McKinnell 3. HIGHLAND FLING, under 8. Trophies. (Seven entries). —J. Milne 1, B. Smith 2. HIGHLAND FLING, under 10. Trophies. (Eight entries). —J. Milne 1, B. Smith 2. HIGHLAND REEL, under 12. Trophies. (Five entries). —M. Leebody 1. M. Thomson 2. SEANN TRIUBHAIS, under 14 and over 10. First, 10/-; second, 5/-. (Two entries). —J. Cunningham 1, M. Leebody 2. SWORD DANCE, open. First, 15/-; second, 5/-. (Three entries). —N. ”arshall 1, Isobel McDonald 2. HIGHLAND FLING, open. First, 15/-; second, 5/-. (Three entries).— Isobel McDonald 1, N. Marshall 2. SAILOR’S HORNPIPE. First, 15/-; second, 5/-. (Three entries). —Isobel McDonald 1, N. Marshall 2, J. Cunningham 3. IRISH JIG. First, 15/-; second, 5/-. (Three entries). —Isobel McDonald 1, N. Marshall 2. Brass Brothers’ prize for competitor gaining most points.—lsobel McDonald. PIPING EVENTS A GRADE MARCHES. First, £2; sc-ond, £l. (Three er'.ies).—D. Bow-

man 1, G. Elder 2, E. Ashby 3. STRATHSPEYS AND REELS. First, 25/-; second, 15/-. (Three entries).— D. Bowman 1, G. Elder 2, E. Ashby 3. B GRADE MARCHES. First, £2; second, £l. (Four entries). —G. Elder 1 E. Ashby 2, C. Sutherland 3. C GRADE MARCHES. First, 30/-; second, £l. (Four entries).—A. Mortimer 1, J. Torbet 2, B. Thomson 3. D GRADE MARCHES.' First, £1; second, 10/-. (Four entries).—A. Mortimer 1, B. Thomson 2, J. Torbet 3. Selby Memorial Cup, for most points in marches, strathspeys and reels.—D. Bowman. CLAY BIRD SHOOTING 15 BIRDS HANDICAP. First, £lO and order H. and J. Smith’s Ltd., 10/6; second, £3; third, £2.—H. Burgess 1, R. J. Buchanan 2. MINIATURE RIFLE SHOOTING LUMSDEN MATCH, 20 yards. First, 15/- and order A. and W. Hamilton fin 10/6; second, 10/-; third, 5/-. (Sixteen entries).—A. G. Christie (Mossburn) 78.6 1, L. Wilson (Makarewa) 77.5 and J. Brass (Mossbum) 77.5 3 eq. MOSSBURN MATCH, 25 yards. First, 15/-; second, 10/-; third, 5/-. (Sixteen entries).—J. E. Healey (Mossbum) 80.5pts 1, C. M. Dore (Mossbum) 79.6pts 2, P. Mcßride (Mossburn) 79.5pts 3. SOUTHLAND CHAMPIONSHIP, aggregate of two matches. First, £1 and Publicans’ Cup; second, 10/-; third, 5/-.—C. M. Dore 156.9pts 1, J. E. Healy and P. Mcßride 156.8pts 2 eq. MEETING AT RUGBY PARK HANDICAPS ANNOUNCED Following are the handicaps for the amateur athletics meeting to be held at Rugby Park tonight:— \ 100 Yards A Grade Scratch Event.— First heat: L. W. Smith, G. Henderson, R. Doulton, A. Sutherland, G. Geddes, D. Robb. Second heat: P. McMullan, R. M. Atley, J. N. Sinclair, K. Laidlaw, W. B. Donaldson, J. Chaplin.

100 Yards B Grade Scratch Event.— First heat: N. Bennie, E. Bell, A. McClean, C. Busby, W. Russell. Second heat: G. McLachli., J. Miles, K. Kennedy, J. D. Chisholm, D. Hillis. Third heat: G. Henderson, R. M. Atley, A. Breen, T. McCormick. 440 Yards Invitation Scratch Event.— G. McLachlin, L. W. Smith, J. D. Chisholm, C. F. Harvey, F. W. Mayne, R. Dalton, G. Geddes, J. Chaplin. 880 Yards Handicap.—M. Von Tunzelman, J. Rubber scr, G. McLaJilin F. W. Mayne 10yds, J. Metcalfe, R. Dixon 25yds. 440 Yards Hurdles Handicap.—C. F. Harvey scr, D. Jenkin 12yds, A. J. Harvey 24yds, P. McMullan 24yds, K. Kennedy 34yds. 75 Yards Women’s Handicap.—H. Eunson scr, N. Jenkins 4yds, R. Gough 6yds, L. Cook Byds, M. Peate 10yds, F. Stewart 12yds. Hop, Step and Jump Handicap.—A. Walker scr, R. Jenkins scr, G. Metcalfe Ift, P. McMullan 3ft, J. Harvey 3£ft, K. Kennedy 4ft, P. Windle sJft. Shot Putt Handicap.—l. R, Muirson scr, G. Metcalfe 3ft, D. Stewart 3Jft, J. Harvey sft, K. Kennedy sJft. 220 Yards Junior Handicap.—J. N. Sinclair scr, K. Laidlaw 2yds, G. Webb 3yds, W. Russell 4yds, R. McClean 4yds, C. Busby 12yds. 880 Yards Junior Handicap.—A. Edwards scr, W. Eastlake syds, J. R. McClean 12yds, W. Russell 12yds, C. Shirley 70yds, K. Young 70yds, D. Whyte 70yds, I* Dalton 80yds. Women’s Relay.—Technical Tennis Byds behind scr, Thomson and Beattie Ltd. scr, Pirates Basketball 10yds, H. and J. Smith Ltd. 20yds, Herbert, Haynes 35yds, Broad Small Ltd. 40yds, W. H. Boyes 42yds. Men’s Relay.—E.ues Football Club scr, P. and T. syds, Lomeville 10yds, Star Football 12yds, G. Poole and Son 15yds, Boys’ Brigade Old Boys Soccer 16yds, Calder McKay Co. 20yds, Broad Small 28yds. BOOT WINS MILE AT SYDNEY MISS NORMAN BEATEN IN SPRINT (United Press Assn.—Telegraph Copyright) (Received February 5, 6.30 p.m.) SYDNEY, February 4. Leading all the way, V. P. Boot (New Zealand) won the mile championship of New South Wales at the Sports Ground with the utmost ease. From halfway he had to make his own running. He finished with a long sprint, but was well within himself, his beautiful striding undisturbed. Boot’s time, 4min 17 l-ssec, was 4 3-ssec under A. J. Hillhouse’s Australian record, but R. Alford (Wales) registered 4min 11 3-ssec at the Empire Games, which is still awaiting official recognition. The Sports Ground track, with five laps to the mile, has not such a fast surface as the Cricket Ground; moreover, conditions- were breezy on Saturday afternoon.

The sensation of the meeting was the defeat of Miss Decima Norman, the Empire Games title-holder, in the 100 yards. She held an apparently commanding lead after 90 yards, but Miss Joyce Walker, with an irresistible finish, equalled the world’s record of llsec and won by a foot. Miss Norman had consolation in easily winning the broad jump and subsequently winning the hurdles in 12 l-10sec, breaking the Australian record by one-tenth of a second.

Brian Dunn, who is still a junior,

won the 100 yards senior championship in 9 3-ssec (in both his heat and the final), which equalled Carlton’s Australian record, but is unlikely to be recognized as there was a strong assisting breeze. The results included:

ONE MILE: V. P. Boot (New Zealand) 1, J. Gleeson (New South Wales) 2, S. Hickson (New South Wales) 3. Time, 4.17 1-5. 100 YARDS (women): Miss Joyce Walker (New South Wales) 1, Miss Decima Norman (Western Australia) ’2, Miss Eileen Wearne (New South Wales) 3. Time, 0.11 (equal to the world’s record). 90 YARDS HURDLES (women): Miss Norman 1. Time, 0.12 1-10 (an Australian record). 100 YARDS (men): D. B. Dunn (New South Wales) 1, W. J. Burfein (Queensland) 2. Time, 0.9 3-5. BROAD JUMP: D. B. Dunn 1. Distance, 24ft 6|in (one-quarter of an inch under the Australian record).