COMMERCIAL

Southland Times, Issue 24112, 29 April 1940, Page 3

COMMERCIAL

FREEZING SCHEDULE INCREASE IN ALL CLASSES TODAY An increase of Jd per lb in the freezing schedule for lambs and wethers and l-8d per lb for ewes will operate from today. The amended schedule is as follows:— LAMBS

(Received April 28, 6.30 p.m.) LONDON, April 27. Stock Indices Compiled by The Financial Times October 15, 1926 — 100

FOREIGN EXCHANGES (Received April 28, 6.30 p.m.) LONDON, April 27. New York, dollar to £1 4.03 Paris, franc to £1 176% Montreal, dollar to £1 4.45 Amsterdam, florins to £1 75.55 Switzerland, franc to £1 17.90 Stockholm, kroner to £1 16.90 I Athens, drachmae to £1 540 l Lisbon, escudo to £1 16.80 Kobe, pence to yen 13 3-64 I ng Kong, pence to dollar 4% Shanghai, pence to dollar 4% Brussels, belgas to £1 23.825 Romr, lire to £1 24.175 Tokyo, pence to yen 20.37 Copenhagen, kroner to £1 18.56 Milan, lire to £1 69 Oslo, kroner to £1 17.70 Argentine, pesos to £1 17.175

TELEGRAPHIC RATES The following telegraphic rates on oversea centres on Saturday have been supplied by the Bank o£ New South Wales, Dunedin:— Buying Selling

THE METAL MARKET (Received April 28, 6.30 p.m.) LONDON, April 27. Silver.—Standard 20 3-16 d an ounce, fine 22 7-16 d. Tin.—Spot, £255/10/- buyers, £256 sellers; forward. £250/15/- buyers. £251 sellers. Pig Iron.—£s/11/- a ton. Antimony.—British £lO6 to £lO7, foreign £B2 to £B7. Molybdenite.—4s/6 to 47/6 a unit (nominal). Wolfram.—so/6 to 60/6 (nominal). RAW MATERIALS (Received April 28, 7.30 p.m.) LONDON, April 27. Friday’s closing prices were:— Cotton.—Spot, 8.07 d per lb; May delivery 798 d. Rubber.—Para, 14d per lb; Plantation smoked, lid. Linseed 0i1.—£42/10/- a ton. Turpentine.—£2/13/- per cwt. THE RIALTO William Todd and Co., Ltd., report as follows for the week ended Saturday:— Pigs.—We had an entry of 143. Prices for small weaners were lower. Small weaners, 7/6 to 10/-; well grown, 11/to 16/-; small stores, 16/- to £l/10/-; porkers, £l/14/- to £2/18/6. Poultry.—Hens, 1/- to 1/9; heavy breeds, 1/9 to 2/7; small pullets, 2/3 to 3/10; vzell-grown, 4/- to 8/2; ducks, 2/to 3/6; geese, 4/6. Produce.—Table potatoes are in heavy supply and the demand is slow. King Edwards, £6 a ton; chaff, £5/5/to £5/10/-; straw, £3/5/-; hay, £4/15/-; oats, 14/- to 17/6; wheat, 19/to 21/-; oatdust, 5/-; huskless oats, 20/-; pollard, 14/6; bran, 7/6; meat meal, 11/-; molasses, 19/-; rock salt, 10/6; coarse salt, 9/6; Moose Meal, 20/6; Moose Nuts, 20/-; boneflour, 14/6; sorrell, 2/6; oyster shell grit, 6/- per cwt; onions, 11/- a cental; burnt lime, 4/6; carbonate of lime, 3/-; K.P. super, 6/6; bleed and bone, 10/6. Miscellaneous.—Cement, 6/8; wheel-

barrows, 30/-; meat safes, 35/-; tanks, £2/12/6; pumice boilers, £B/5/-; pumice washtubs, £2/15/-; cement pig troughs, 21/-; sheep boxes, 12/6; timber, 14/- to 18/— a 100 ft; stakes, £2; droppers, 18/-; posts, £8 to £9 a 100; totara strainers, 12/6; horse covers, 30/-; cow covers, 11/6; horse collars, £2/15/-. hames, 10/6; winkers, 23/-; bridles, 15/-.

Vegetables.—Cabbage, 1/- to 2/-; cauliflower, 3/-; lettuce, 2/-; carrots, parsnips, beetroot, Id to ljd per lb. Grass seed.—Cowgrass, 1/2; timothy, 8d; dogstail, 9d; Montgomery clover, 2/9; cocksfoot, 8d to 1/3 per lb; ryegrass, 5/6 to 7/6 a bushel; mixture of clover, ryegrass and cocksfoot, 34d per lb.

1940 d. 1939 d. 361b and under 9 7 371b to 421b 85 62 431b to 501b 8* 61 511b and over 8 61 Second quality— 361b and under 8g 61 371b and over 75 61 WETHERS 481b and under 6 41 491b to 561b 51 32 571b to 641b 51 31 651b to 721b 5 3 731b to 801b 4g 2.1 Seconds— 561b and under 51 22 571b and over 45 3A EWES Under 641b 3| 21-12-Over 641b 31 11 -11 111!. — STOCK INDICES

Govt. Securities Home IndusRails trials Gold mines. March 26 108.3 54.9 98.0 193.1 March 27 108.1 55.2 97.5 193.8 March 28 108.2 55.4 97.5 194.7 March 29 108.3 55.4 97.9 195.4 1 April 3 108.6 56.2 99.2 196.6 April 4 108.7 55.8 98.5 196.5 April □ 108.9 56.1 99.0 197.2 April 8 108.8 56.1 99.1 198.5 April 9 108.2 55.3 97.9 195.3 April 10 107.8 54.6 97.0 193.6 April 11 108.3 55.3 98.1 197.1 April 12 108.2 54.7 97.6 195.1 April 15 108.2 54.6 97.7 196.4 April 17 108.2 54.8 97.5 195.1 April 18 108.3 53.6 97.1 193.6 April 19 108.5 53.5 96.8 193.6 April 22 108.7 53.5 96.5 192.5 April 24 109.7 55.8 96.5 199.6 April 25 110.1 55.8 97.1 198.8 April 26 110.1 55.7 96.8 197.9 NEW YORK Dow Jones Averages 1926 = 100 Sales 20 Rail30 Indus1000 roads. trials. shares March 26 29.98 145.86 620 March 27 30.55 147.25 1020 March 29 30.66 147.54 840 April 1 30.73 147.72 750 April 2 30.59 147.92 830 April 3 31.32 149.65 1730 April 4 31.86 150.41 1990 April 5 31.82 150.36 1260 April 8 31.96 151.29 1260 Ap-il 10 31.20 149.59 1290 April 11 31.28 149.98 890 April 15 30.98 149.72 1260 April 17 30.59 148.35 900 April 18 30.30 147.15 1210 April 19 30.37 146.80 1150 April 22 30.63 148.01 S70 April 23 30.75 148.93 880 April 25 30.97 148.56 820 April 26 30.68 147.73 850 April 27 30.73 148.12 850

hew York — Dollars to £1 3.2542 3.2050 Montreal — Dollars to £1 3.603!) 3.5290 Belgium— Belgas to £1 19.173 18.898 France — Francs to £1 142.05 141.05 Greece— Drachmae to £1 424.33 Holland — ' Florins to £1 6.099 5.979 Italy— Lire to £1 53.34 Java — Florins to £1 G.051 5.931 Switzerland — Francs to £1 14.416 14.216 Hong Kong— Pence to 1 dollar 18% 18 27-32 India & CeylonPence to 1 rupee 22 19-64 22 45-64 JapanPence to 1 yen 21 1-16 Manila — Pence to 1 peso 36 9-16 37 7-16 ShanghaiPence to 1 dollar 5 51-64 Singapore— Pence to 1 dollar 34 13-16 35 9-16 —