OVERSEAS MARKETS.

Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 237, 6 October 1928, Page 4

OVERSEAS MARKETS.

DAIRY PRODUCE. -. Butter Dead Quiet. Amalgamated Dairies, Ltd., have received the following cable from, their London manager Tinder date October 4:— Butter:-Anchor, 18G/. Market dead quiet. No demand. Danish, 190/, f .o.b. Cheese: Prices unchanged. White, 114/; coloured, 112/. Market steady. SYDNEY WOOL SALES. SYDNEY, October 4. At the Sydney -wool sales there was a in the market, and prices for all good wools showed a hardening tendency on the opening rates. Dusty and unattractive wools met with' indifferent competition. Greasy Merino fleece sold to 26% d: ■;' '■ * . ■ LONDON TALLOW SALES. (Australian and N.Z. Press Association.) LONDON, October 3. At ihd London tallow sales to-day 883 casks were offered and 64G sold. There was keen demand for good sorts. Fine muttons advanced 6d. Fine edible beef tallow fetched extreme prices, and others were 1/ dearer. Prices were: Mutton, fine; 44/6; medium, 40/6; beef, fine, 46/; medium, 40/6. AUSTRALIAN PRODUCE. SYDNEY, October 4. The following are to-day's quotations on the Sydney produce market: — Wheat.—Farmers' bagged lots at country stations, 4/; ex truck, Sydney, 4/7%. Flour—Export trade lifeless; local, £12 10/. Bran, £7; pollard, £7; oats, Tasmanian Algerian, 4/9; white, 4/3; maize, yellow, 4/6; white, 4/6; potatoes, Tassmanian, £5 10/ to £5; onions, Victorian, £10. Adelaide prices are:— Wheat, growers' lots, 4/7; flour, bakers lots, £11 15/; bran, £6 2/6; pollard, £7 2/6; oats, 3/3. - . POTATOES LOW IN PRICE. (Australian and N.Z. Press Association.) MELBOURNE, this day. Wheat is quiet at 4/10 per bushel. Flour slow at £12 7/6, bran and pollard steady at £6 5/. Oats are steady at 3/9 to 4/. Barley, English, 4/9 to 5/3. Chaff steady at £5 15/ to £6 5/. Potatoes dull at £2 15/. Butter, 1/8 per lb; cheese, 10d. TALLOW MARKET. UPWARD TENDENCY. The! New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency, Company, Limited, received the following cable from their London house, under date October 3: — We quote present c.i.f. and valuee for the following descriptions o£ tallow: Fine mutton, 43/6 per cwt; good beef, 44/; mixed, 41/9. The market has an upward tendency.' .:.'V'\. ' ■ . I FROZEN MEAT. Messrs. Dalgety and Co. have received the following cable from their London house, dated October 4:— Frozen Meat: The market for New Zealand lamb is -weaker. Demand moderate. Quotations are: Prime .Canterbury lamb, 28-361b, 10% d per lb; prime North Island lamb, 28-361b, 10d; prime Canterbury lamb, 36-421b, 10' Ad; prime Nnrth Island lamb,. .36-421b, 9%d; prime Canterbury lamb, second quality, 9%d; prime North Island lamb, second* quality, 9%d; prime Canterbury, 42-501b, 9%d; .prime North Island; 42-501b. 9%d. Mutton: Prime Canterbury, 48-sGlb, 7%d; 'pririie North Island, 48-561b, 7%d; prime-. Canterbury, 56-641b, 7%d; prime North Island; 56-641b, 7%d; prime Canterbury, 64-721b, 7d; prime North Island, 64-721b, 7d; prime Canterbury ewes, 4S-G4 lb, 5%d; prime North Island ewes, 48-6.1 lb, 5%d. ■ - iJeef :-N.ew Zealand prime ox beef, hinds (market weaker), s'Ad; fores (market firmer), 4d; Argentine chilled, hinds, VAd; fores, iVii'. • -. ■ . . Pork: 'English, 80-1001b, 0d; New Zealand; SO-1001b,.7%d; 100-1201b, 7Ud. ;. CHICAGO WHEAT VALUES. (Australian and N.Z. Press Association.) ..";.'''.: v. (Received 10 a.m.) CHICAGO, October 5. Wheat' for delivery- in December is qudte'd'Cat' Chicago at $1.18% 'per bushel. For March delivery the rate is $1.23%, and for'May'sl.2s%. N : ' THE METAL • MARKETS. ; ■-~.- :-.. y. LONDON, October 4. ." ((Juotations on.Oetober 1 in parentheses.) Electrolytic Copper—Spot, £71,5/ (£7l 5/); three months. £71 15/ (£7l 15/). • ; Wire Bars.—Spot, £71 15/ (£71.15/); three months, £71 15/ (£7l 15/). Copper.—Spot, £64 19/4% (£64 13/1%); three months, £05 0/7% (£65 3/1%). : £21 18/9 (£2l 15/); three months, £2110/.(£21 11/3). ■ / - Spelter—Spot, £24 (£24 1/3); three months, £24 5/'(£24 7/6). ■ . Tin.—Spot, £222 12/6 (£227 17/6); three months; £220 8/9 (£223 12/6). Silver.—Standard, 26 11-16 d (26% d) per 07.; fine,2Sl3-16d (23% d).... . 4> , P. AND O. SHARES. ■P. and O. deferred etock is quoted at i" ''■■-■'■• WHEAT, FLOUR, PULSE, ETC. r. Wheat.—Cargoes are quiet, mostly 3d lower. Parcels are quiet at late rates. Liverpool ' Futures: .October delivery, 9/o% per cental; December, 9/4%; March, 9/5%; May, 9/5%. v ' '': Oates. —Easier. •/ : Peane and Beans.—steady. . ' '■ ; . Sugar.—Granulated, 25/4%. •- '.' .:_ V MELBOURNE HIDES. , ■ . • MELBOUEXE, October 5. At the Melbourne hides sales,stints and kips were unchanged. .Other grades were from %d to Id lower. -■ ■