COMMERCIAL.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXII, Issue 90, 15 April 1912, Page 5

COMMERCIAL.

LONDON WOOL SALES. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited, hare received the following cablegram from their London house, under date lltii inst:— London Wool Sales.—There was a full attendance at the opening of the sales to-day, competition by Home and Continental buyers being .active, and prices, as compared with the close of preceding series, ruled in sellers’ favour for crossbred, merino being unchanged. The opening catalogues were representative. America is operating. LONDON MARKETS. London, April 13. Rabbits are dull; best Sydney’s, ex store, Is 3d; Melbourne, Is 2d. Sheep: Nc\V Zealand ewes, 3 3-16 d. Lamb: North Island, s£d; best brands. sgd; others unchanged. Beef: Forequarters, 3 J ( d; hindquarters, 4Jd. Australian sheep: Light, unchanged; heavy wethers and owes, 3’pi. Lambs: Best brands, sd; fair quality, 4|-d; inferior quality, Beef: Forequarters unchanged; hindquarters, 3-Jd. South American sheep are unchanged. Lambs: First quality, sd; second quality, 4|d. Beef: Frozen forequarters, 3’d, hindquarters, 3 5-1 Gd ; chilled forequarters, 3£d; hindquarters, 6|d. LONDON MARKETS. (Received 15, 8.50 a.m.) London, April 11. Hemp is dull. April-June shipment £2l 15s, June-Apri 1-May £23 2s Gd. Cotton, G.285d. Rubber, Is IOJd. Cop- < ra, fair business. South Sea. bags'£2s 12s Gd. Kauri, 222 cases wore offered and 70 sold. Three-quarters scraped 127 s Gd to 140 s. Stock 519 cases: Tin plates 14s 3d and 15s 3d. Fencing wire IfiOa. Iron bars 1403. Wire netting 53k OJ-d and 2 V to 5 per cent, off list. Antimony £7. Quicksilver £8 12s Gd. W001.—2G.049 bales were catalogued and 24.031 sold to date. Prices are firm. Continental buyers are operating eagerly for merinos. Doonholm ton TOcl, average 9|d ; Mangabore 94d, 9d; Wbakaka, 10-kl, 9j?d; Ngaturi, lOd, 0,5 d ; dear, 15td, HR Wheat—Two Australian cargoes sold at 39s and 40s respectively.