LONDON MARKETS

Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 956, 26 April 1930, Page 13

LONDON MARKETS

lk METAL PRICES LONDON, April 24. (Quotations on April 21 in parenf theses.) Copper.—Spot, £55 10s (£SB 18s id); three months, £55 2s 6d (£SB 17s .fd>. ■Electrolytic Copper.—Spot, £65 (£65); three‘months, £66 (£65). Wire Bars. — £66 (£65). Bead. —Spot, £lB Is 3d (£lB 6s 3d) ; three months, £IS 2s 6d (£lB 7s 6d). Spelter.—Spot, £l7 10s (£l7 16s •30|d); three months, £lB Is 3d (£lB •a 3d). Tin.—Spot. £162 3s 9d (£165 Is 3d); three months, £164 11s 3d (£167 Gs 3d > Silver.—Standard, 192 d (19 11-16 d) in ounce; fine, 21 5-16 d (21id). New Zealand Pears The Tamaroa’s New Zealand pears ■old as follow: —Trays, Comico, 4s 6d to 7s. Half-bushel boxes, Packham, 3s 6<t to 4s; Anjou, 4s 6d; Keiffers. and Beurrediels, 4s; Capualments, 4s to 5s 6d. Bradford Wool The Bradford tops market is firm, and prices are hardening. Combers are practically at a standstill, but several spinners are working. Quotations are: Sixty-fours, 28 jd; sixties, 27d: fifty-sixes, 21d; fifties, 18d; forty-sixes, 155 d; forties, 15Jd. Wheat, Flour, and Pulse Wheat.—Cargoes opened steady, sellers asking an advance of 6d, but buyers were slow in responding. Parcels firmed 6d. Trading was small. Futures: London, May 36s 9d a Quarter; July. 36s lOd. Liverpool: May, 7s 9 l-8d per cental: July, 7s 11 3-8 d net; October. 8s 23-8 d net. Spot trade alow and prices easier. Australian, ex ship. 41s 9d. Flour.—Quiet. Australian, ex store, 31s. Oats. —Easier. Peas and Beans. —Steady. Beet Sugar.—May, 6s 10Jd. AUSTRALIA’S DEBTS £10,000,000 LOAN MOOTED Reed. 9-5 a.m. SYDNEY, Friday. The Federal Government will shortly approach the Australian market for a £10,000,000 loan, which will be used to meet commitments falling due. HERD-TESTING RETURNS Prom Our Own Correspondent HAMILTON. Friday. The returns of the New Zealand Coeperative Herd-testing Association *how that 84.184 cows were tested in March, and that the average yield was 5781 b milk, and 27.581 b fat. The test was 4.7. For the corresponding month last year, 68,611 cows were tested, and they gave an average yield of 4UUb. milk, and 20.191 b. fat. The test was 4.9. The increase in the yield this year is due to the more favourable autumn and the continued growth of pasture.