FARMING AND COMMERCIAL

Manawatu Standard, Volume LIII, Issue 28, 30 December 1932, Page 5

FARMING AND COMMERCIAL

DAIRY PRODUCE. LATEST QUOTATIONS. The Now Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited, have received the following advice from their London office, dated December 28: Dairy produce (last week’s quotations in parentheses) : Butter, New Zealand choicest salted, 84s per cwt. (84s). Cheese, white, 51s per cwt. (51s-525); coloured, 57s per cwt. (565-575). Very quiet owing to holidays. FROZEN MEAT. MARKET STEADY. M. A. Eliott, Ltd., have received cablo advice from Gordon, Woodroffe and Co., Ltd., London, of tho following Smithfield prices for the week ending December 29, 1932 (these prices aro on tho “delivered” basis,- that is, including storage charges, cartage, etc.) :■ —Best North Island prime lambs, under 36, 36-42, 42-50 not quoted; ordinary North Island lambs, under 42, not quoted; second quality, under 42, not quoted; best North Island wethers and/or maiden ewes, 48-56, 56-64 4jd, 64-72 and over 72 4fd; ordinary North Island wethers and/or maiden owes, 48-56 and 56-64 4jd, 64-72 and over 72 4jd; North Island ewes, under 64 3gd, 64-72 and over 72 2Jd;. New Zealand prime ox betf (equal fores and hinds) 160-220 , 3£d. New season's lamb not yet quoted; light wethers, no change; heavy wethers, id higher; owes, par to id lower; wethers, lambs and owos, market steady, with fair business doing. GRAIN AND PRODUCE. SYDNEY MARKETS. SYDNEY, Dec. 29. The wheat market remains unchanged over the holidays. Bulked is quoted, buyers 2s 7 3-4; sellers 2s 8d; baggod buyers 2s 7Jd; sellers, 2s 3d. Buying limits for shippers’ or growers’ lots are 2s for baggod, and 2s 7 3-4 d for bulked, ex trucks at Sydney : Tho equivalent is 2s Oid for baggod, and Is 11 3-4 for bulk lots at country stations. Flour, £9 15s a ton. Bran, £4 15s a ton. Pollard, £5 10s a ton. Potatoes: Tasmanian, to £8 a ton; local, £4 to £5 10s a ton. Onions, Victorian Globes, to £7 a ton. Oaten hay, £7 a ton. Maizo, yellow, 5s 8d; white, to 5s 6d . a bushel. FRUIT’ AND VEGETABLES. WELLINGTON, Dec. 30. The following prices were realised at yesterday’s morning’s sales: — Apples.—Stunners 10s to Us, Dohertys 5s to 6s bushel. New seasons: Cookers 2s 6d to 3s 6d, Beauty of Bath 3s 6d to 4s 6d per half ease. Californian oranges 36s case. Peaches: Highs Early 5s to 7s, Biggs 5s 6d to 6s 9d, Triumphs 4s 2d to 5s half case. Plums: Wright 2s 6cl to 3s 3d, Cherry 2s 9d to 3s, Sharps 4s 6d to ss, and Santa Rosa 5s to 8s per half case. Raspborries, 5s to 5s 6d per tin. Gooseberries, 3s to 3s 6d half case Tomatoes. —Nelson Red 4s 6cl to 5s 6(1, coloured 4s to ss, Levin 6s 8d per half case. Black currants 3s- 6d to 4s quarter case. Pukekohe new potatoes 2s sugar bag. Local potatoes 3s to 3s 6d Ling. Green peas 43 to 5s bag. Canadian onions 4s 6d to 5s crate. New laid eggs Is 2d to Is 3d, seconds Is to Is Id per dozen. Separator butter 6jd to 7d per lb. Walnuts 6d per lb. FOREIGN EXCHANGES. POSITION OF STERLING. LONDON, Dec. 28. The following rates on foreign exchanges wore current to-day, compared with par: Dee. 23. Par. Now York, dol. to £1 ... 3.33 4.866 Montreal, dol. to £1 3.75 J 4.866 Paris francs, to £1 85 5-16 124.21 Brussels, hel. to £1 23.975 35.00 Geneva, francs to £1 17.30 25.225 Amsterdam, florins to £1 8.282 12.107 Milan, lire to £1 65 92.46 Berlin, marks to £1 13.175 20.43 Stockholm, knr. to £1 ... 18.305 18.159 Copenhagen, knr. to £1 19.295 .-18.159 Oslo, knr. to £1 19.40 18.159 Vienna, schgs, to £1 ... *28.50 34.585 Prague, knr. to £1 112.375 164.25 Hel’fors, marks to £1 ... 229 193.23 Madrid, pes. to £1 4013-16 25.225 Lisbon, esc. to £1 109.50 110 Athens, drach. to £1 ... 625 375 Belgrade, din. to £1 245 276.31 Bucharest, lei to £1 565 813.60 Warsaw, zloty to £1 llio de J., p. to mil. ... *SJ 5.899 B. Aires, p. to peso *— 47.62 M. Video, p. to peso ... *3O 51 Calcutta, p. to rup 192 18 Shanghai, p. to t.uel 19J 11.-Kong, p. to dol 15 1 Yokohama, p. to yen ... 15 3-16 24.582 Batavia, gl. to £1 ‘Nominal. BASE METALS MARKET. NO IMPROVEMENT IN PRICES. SYDNEY, Dec. 29. The official London (middle) quotations for Wednesday as received by the Australian Mines and Metals Association, compare as under with those previously

cabled : — Dec. 21. Dec. 28. Per ton. Per'ton. Copper— £ s. d. £ s. d. Standard, spot 23 4 44 28 11 3 Standard, forward 28 11 104 28 18 9 ‘Electrolytic 33 15 0 33 15 0 to 34 5 0 34 5 0 Wire bars 34 5 0 34 5 0 Lead — - Spot 11 1 3 10 15 0 Forward 11 8 9 11 3 9 Spelter— Spot 15 6 6 15 8 9 Forward 15 6 3 15 8 9 Tin— tSpot 148 17 6 148 8 9 Forward 150 3 9 149 17® 6 Silver— Standard, per oz .. 16 ll-16d 16jd Fine, per oz 18d 17 13-16d ‘American, 5 cents a lb. +American, 22.10 cents a lb.