PRODUCE MARKETS

Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXVII, Issue 19759, 28 March 1934, Page 16

PRODUCE MARKETS

NORTH CANTERBURY. By Telegraph—Press Association CHRISTCHURCH. March 27. There is no volume of business pass- | ing in the grain and produce markets, i and alterations on late rates are | slight. Potatoes are not offering freely. En- | QUiry from the north is not very great. 1 and farmers are loath to accept below '£3 a ton on trucks for whites. The ; Waimarino is due to leave for Auckland to-morrow, taking a quantity of potatoes. The exact amount will not be known until her hatches are closed, but because of rain to-day digging may have been interrupted and the quantity shipped may be less than anticipated. The onion market is in the doldrums at 35/- on trucks. Partridge peas are slightly weaker, the quotation falling from 4/- to 4/a bushel f.0.b., s.i. which is equivalent to 3/4 to 3/5 a bushel on trucks. The demand from the United Kingdom Is negligible, and the crop is heavy. The small seeds business is slack. The North Island demand, at no stage keen, has disappointed. No other sections show activity. GERALDINE STOCK SALE. There was a yarding of approximately 3000 head of fat stock at the Geraldine sale yesterday, when prices were well up to schedule rates. Bidding was keen and every lot found a buyer. Sales were:— Fat Lambs.—26 at 21/9. 21 at 21 9, 14 at 22 5, 14 at 21/7, 18 at 22/2, 17 at 21/4, 11 at 23/8, 8 at 17/1. 1 at 22/-. 1 at 20/-, 15 at 22/-, 31 at 21/6, 65 at 20/8. 64 at 21/10, 90 at 21/2, 54 at 22/9, 61 at 22/7, 64 at 20/-, 37 at 21/10, 68 at 22/6, 102 at 20/4, 122 at 21/9, 100 at 21/1, 48 at 22/5, 52 at 21/-. Fat Ewes—s at 12/-, 6 at 10/6. 3 at 11/6, 2 at 2/6, 2 at 21/9, 11 at 13/4. 3 at 6/6, 5 at 12/9, 5 at 13/9, 3 at 12/4, 7 at 14/5, 10 at 12/10, 10 at 13/11, 46 at 13/-, 34 at 12/11, 21 at 24/6, 24 at 12/11, 41 at 12/2. Fat Wethers.—4 at 23/7. CURRENCY QUOTATIONS. United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright LONDON, March 26. The current price of the dollar is 5.09 S to the pound. The franc is quoted at 77 i to the pound. SYDNEY STOCK EXCHANGE. United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright (Received March 27, 9.20 p.m.) SYDNEY, March 27. To-day’s operations on the Stock Exchange were exceptionally heavy. Investors appeared anxious to obtain holdings before the Easter vacation in expectation that the market would continue to advance after the holiday. Gains were general and losses were few, being mostly insignificant. Eastern tin dredging concerns continue to forge ahead. Rawang shares were a medium of particularly heavy dealings at higher rates. Larut also were in active request. Sales: Bank of New South Wales, £34/15/-; Bank of New Zealand 48/-; National Bank (£5 paid) £6/10/-; Colonial Sugar £65/15/-; Howard Smith 15/-; Burns Philps7/-; British Tobacco 38/-; Associated News, 23/11, (pref.) 23/-; Goldsbrough Mort. 33/105; Winchcombe Carson, 29/-; Wilcox Mofflin, 14/1; Millaquin Sugar, 28 41; Farmers’ Trading, 19/3; .Anthony Hordern, 15/101; Lustre Hosiery (ex div.;, 24/6; Standard Cement, 17/10*; Henry Jones, 34/9; G. J. Coles, 45/6; Tooths Brewery, 43/-; Tooheys Brewery 27/71; Carlton Brewery*, 45/-; Mount Morgan 20 3; Mt. Lyell, 24/11; Broken Hill Proprietary, 45/3; Kuala Kampar 16/3; Six Weeks, 16/5; Larut. 15/-; Malim Nawar, 17/-; Rawang Tin 9/-; Six Weeks 9/2. Melbourns Sales: Australian Iron and Steel (pref.) 21/-; Nestles (pref,) 35/101; Electrolytic Zinc, 26/9, (pref.) 34/; Huddart Parker, 33/-; Dunlop Perdriau, 19/4; Mt. Lyell, 24/-; South Broken Hill, 70/6.