BASE METALS MARKET

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 83, Issue 53, 4 March 1939, Page 15

BASE METALS MARKET

RECOVERY IN PRICES LONDON, March 1. The official London (middle) quotaions compare with those previously abled as follow:

THORSHOV (Union Co.), left Sumatra Feb. 12 for Wellington (due Mar. 3). CAPE OF GOOD HOPE (G. H. Scales. Ltd.), left Bunbury Feb. 17 for Auckland (due March 5), Wellington (due March 12), Lyttelton and Dunedin. WAIMARAMA (Shaw, Savill), left London Feb. 21. in ballast, for New Zealand (dim Mar. 27). TROJAN STAR (Blue Star Line), left Liverpool Feb. 2G for Auckland (due April 5), Wellington (due April 12), Lyttelton, Dunedin and New Plymouth. GLEN MOOR, left Ghent Feb. 14 for Auckland (due April 1), New Plymouth and Bluff. ADELFOI CHANDRIS, left Sfax Feb. 11 for Auckland (due April 8), and New Plymouth. FRANKFURT (Gollin and Co.), left New Orleans Dec. 31 for Australia, Auckland (due March 10), and Wellington (due March 16). NIAGARA (Union Co.), left Vancouver Feb. 15 for Honolulu, Suva, Auckland (due .'..arch 6). and Sydney. OTAIO (N.Z.S. Co.), left Liverpool Feb. 27. in ballast, via Cape of Good Hope, for New Zealand (due April 11). KARITANE (Union Co.), left the Tyne Feb. 22, via Safago, for Wellington (due end April). VESSELS DISCHARGING. ANHALT (Gollin and Co.), left New Orleans Dec. 23 for Auckland (arr. Jan. 25). Wellington (arr. Feb. 4), Lyttelton (arr. Feb. 8), Dunedin (arr. Feb. 12), and Wanganui (arr. Feb. IS). KENT (Federal Co.), left Liverpool Dec. 17 for Auckland (arr. Jan. 28), Wellington (arr. Feb. 10) Lyttelton (due Feb. 16), Dunedin (arr. Feb. 19), and Bluff (arr. Feb. 22). CITY OF GLASGOW (Federal Co.), left Halifax Jan. 5 for Auckland (arr. Feb. 6), Wellington (arr. Feb. 13), Lyttelton (arr. Feb. 17), Timaru, Dunedin (arr. Feb. 23), and Bluff (arr. Feb. 25). PIERRE L.D.,’ left Ghent Jan. 1 for Auckland (arr. Feb. 8). CITY OF DIEPPE (Federal Co.), left New York Jan. 10 and Newport News Jan. 14 for Auckland (arr. Feb. 10). Wellington (arr. Feb. 16) Lyttelton (arr. Feb. 24), and Dunedin (arr. Feb. 26). DUNEDIN STAR (Blue Star Line, owners; N.Z.S. Co., agents). loft London Jan. 11 for Wellington (arr. Feb. 12), Dunedin (arr. Feb. 17) an.l New Plymouth (arr. Feb. 23). FORRESBANK, left Nauru Island Feb. 2 for Auckland (arr. Feb. 12). New Plymouth (arr. Feb. 17), and Wanganui (arr. Feb 22). WINDSOR WOOD (Holm and Co.), left Ghent Dec. and Devon Dec. 25 for Wellington (arr, Feb. 13), and Auckland (arr. Feb. 19). ADELFOTIS, left Sfax Dec. 19 for Auckland (arr. Feb. 15). and New Plymouth. CELTIC MONARCH, left Java Jan. 29 for Auckland (arr. Feb. 17). OPAWA (Federal Co.), left Liverpool Jan. 14), for Auckland (arr. Feb. 20), Napier (arr. Feb. 26). Wellington (due Mar. 1). Lyttelton and Dunedin. KAIMATA (N.Z.S. Co.), left Halifax Jan. 22 for Auckland (arr. Feb. 22), Wellington (due Feb. 27), Lyttelton, Timaru, Dunedin, and Bluff. PARRACOMBE, left Nauru Island Feb. for Lyttelton (arr. Feb. 22), and Dunedin (arr. Feb. 26). MATAROA (Shaw, Savill), from London, left Southampton Jan. 20 for Auckland( arr. Feb. 24), and Wellington (due Mar. 5). KOMATA (Union Co.), left Immingham Nov. 10 for Auckland (arr. Feb. 25), and Lyttelton. LOADING FOR OVERSEAS. BENLEDI (G. H. Scales, Ltd), at Bluff Feb. 18-21 ; and Dunedin Feb. 22-24 ; thence to Dunkirk, London and Antwerp. DURHAM (Federal Co.), at Lyttelton Feb 19-23 ; and Wellington Feb. 23-March 1 ; thence to London, Avonmouth, Liverpool and GlasRUAHINE (Federal Co.), at Wellington Feb. 19-26 ; and Napier Feb. 27-March 6 ; thence to London, Avonmouth, Cardiff, Liverpool and Glasgow. TAMAROA (Shaw. Savill), at Wellington Feb. 18-24: thence to Southampton and London, via Panama Canal. WAIRANGI (Shaw. Savill). loads at Auckland Feb. 20-25 ; Wellington Feb. 27-Mar. 4 ; and Port Chalmers Mar. 6-8 ; thence to London, via Cape Hohn. TONGARIRO (N.Z.S. Co.), at Wanganui; Port Gilmers Feb. 22-23 ; thence to Southampton, l/Tidon, and Newcastle-on-Tyne, via th? Panama Canal. EMPIRE STAR (Blue Star Line), loads at Port Chalmers Feb. 23-24 ; Auckland Feb. 27Mar. 3 ; Napier Mar. 5-8 ; Wellington Mar. fl--14; and Lyttelton Mar. 15-18; thence to London, via Capo Horn. KENT (N.Z.S. Co.), loads at Bluff, Mar. 1-4 ; Oamaru Mar. 6-7 ; Wellington Mar. fl--11 ; Wanganui Mar. 13-15; and Timaru Mar. 17-20; thence to London and Hamburg, via Panama Canal. PAKEHA (Shaw, Savill), loads at Auckland Feb. 20-24 ; Port Chalmers Feb. 27-28; Timaru Mar. 1-2: Wellington Mar. 3-7; and Wanganui Mar. 8-11 ; thence to London, Avonmouth, Liverpool and Glasgow, via Panama Canal.

Feb. 28. Mar. 1. Per ton. Per ton. Copper— £ s d £ s d Standard, spot 41 13 15 42 6 10J Ditto, forward 42 0 75 42 13 15 Electrolytic ... 47 0 0 47 10 0 to 48 0 0 48 10 0 Wire bars .... . 48 0 0 48 10 0 Spot 14 K 75 14 5 75 Forward 14 5 14 10 0 Spelter Spot 13 10 0 13 11 105 Forward 13 14 45 13 17 6 Spot 213 15 R 214 17 6 Forward 213 7 6 214 7 6 Silver — Standard, an oz. 20 9-16(1 20 7-16d Fine, an oz. . 22 3-16(1 22 l-16d