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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXII, Issue 62, 8 March 1912, Page 5

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LONDON REPORTS. (Received 8, 8.45 ami.) London, March 7. Copper (forward) £65 16s. 3(1, electrolytic £67 15s. The recent advance in prices is due to the rapid decrease of the- visible supply through large European consumption. The sheepskin sales have been postponed indefinitely owing to the strike. At the rabbit-skin sales 2579 bales were catalogued. There, was strong demand from Australian fair to good which were a halfpenny dearea-, and common and inferior a penny and occasionally twopence. New Zealand fair to good averaged a halfpenny dearer and the lower sorts a penny to three halfpence. Furrier descriptions were irregular at a penny to twopence dearer. ft ~ MELBOURNE PRODUCE. (Received 8, 9.45 a.m.) Melbourne, March 8. Wheat 3s 9?,<1 to 3s 93d, flour £8 10s, bran £5 15s, pollard £6 ss, barley (English) 6s 4 id, Capo 5s 2d, Oats (Algerian) 3s Id to 3s .2Jrd, maize 4s 3Jd, potatoes £2 10s to £,5 15s, onions £6 15s to £7..- 1 t M SHEEPSKIN SALES. i The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited, have -received the following cablegram from their London house; under date sth instant Sheepskin salek have been, postponed sine die.