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Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 60, 10 September 1907, Page 3

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* I LuNDON MARKETS. London, September 8. Copper On the spot, C 73 7s (id; three months, JC7J 15s. i'in-Ou the spot, £IOO 5»; three mouths, £HjO. Lead, £lO 15 S . Copra—The market is weak. .South ■Sea, £lO 7b (id. Now Zealand licmp—Tile market is quiet, but slightly lirmer. Linseed oil, £2O lus. _\\'heat— A cargo of Australian sold at 37s Od. Eight thousand quarters of \ ictorian, .September-October shipment brought 40s. Rabbits—The demand is improving, liest Melbourne are retailed at 12s Od to 13s; Sydney, 13s to 14s. Babbit skins—At the rabbit skin sales 3200 bundles were offered, and 3110 sold at par to a penny advance. Cement—Best (is 3d, second brands ~>S Od. r , )■,:: Frozen mutton Canterbury IMil 4'/,d, medium i 3-l(id, heavy 3%d. Sonh Island best brands 3 l-10d. New Zealand lamb—Canterbury light and medium unchanged, heavy 4 3-lfid other sorts unchanged. ' New Zealand beef—Ox fore? •> 11-lfid ox hinds 3 13-l(id. River Plate meat-Sheep unchanged Beef—Ox fores 20-10 d, ox 3%<1. THE HIGH~COMIIISSIONER'S CABLE. Per Press Association. Wellington, September 9. Hie Commerce Department has receded the following cablegram from the High Commissioner at London, dated September th:— -Miiltim—The market is steadv. There is a moderate demand for Cauierburv mutton. Worth Island, 3%<1. The lamb market remains firm. Can- 1 I ' ( ' r,mr y» 5%d; other than Canterbury, '< Jieef-The market is a shade weaker. Hindquarters, 3%d; fores, 2%d. The hemp market is not much changed. There is a tendency slighr.lv in favor of sellers. Good fair grade'on (he '•pot, £32 10s; October-December shipments, good fair grade, £32; fair grade, liutter—The market is rather quiet. Iluyers are. holding back. There is no! change in prices. Chcesc-The cheese market is tempo, inly excited. It is reported that a huge operator has been speeulatini I heavily, hoping to corner the market, i ■>■-«• Zeaalnd while cheese. (Ms; colored 01s; Canadian white, flfis; colored 00s. Kauri gum—Ordinary to fair threequarter scraped, jgo., per cwt; fair halfscraped, 112s per cwt; brown fir half to three-quarter scraped, 90s per cwr A much better demand is prevailing for L fine quality. ' r Mr. Newton Kiupr has rceeivul a Cable . from his Sydney ugonl that hides are '/, d lower.