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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 204, 18 August 1908, Page 3

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LONDON MARKETS. London, August lfi. Frozen Meat.—Canterbury lamb, light 5 !)-10d, medium 5%d, heavy sd. Bee!: Fores 3%d, hinds 4%d. River Plate Beef: Fores 3d, hinds 4>/id. Hemp. Market nuict. Prices unchanged. Rabbits. Market hardening, with more enquiry. Large' Melbournes are j retailing at 13s to 13s (id. j Shares.—Waihi Hold: Buyers £t) 3s •Jd, sellers £!) (is 3d. Junctions:. Buyers 31s 3d, sellers 32s (id. Silver, 2s 3%d. Copper. —On the spot £OO, three months £OO 15s. Electrolytic copper £O3. Tin. —On the spot £l3O, three months £l3O 15s. Lead, £l3 8s Art. Copra. There is large business u coma. South Sea iu bulk £lO 17s Od. Wheat and Flour. The quantity afloat for the United Kingdom is i 1,M0,000 quarters; for the Continent, 1,110,000 quarters; Atlantic shipments, 370,000 quarters.

lUOII COMMISSIONER'S CABLI'

By 'i'el&grapli.—Press Association. 1 Wellington, Monday. r The Department of .Industries and 1 Commerce has received the following s cablegram from the High Commissioiitr t at London, dated 15th August: i Frozen Meat—The mutton market is i steady. There is not muck demand, but i prices are firm. There is a scarcity o. prime quality mutton. Current quota- i tions: Light-weight Canterbury 4 1 / s .l, ■ North Island 3%d, heavy-weight Canter- i burv 3%d, North Island 3'/ 2 d. The lamb market is quiet, with moderate business doing. There is only dull sale for heavj carcases, but a good demand for lightweights. There is no change in prices to report. The beef market is firm, with more inquiry. Only small supplies are coming forward. Hindquarters 4y 4 d, forequarters 3>/ B d. Butter. —The market is steady, ani prices are well maintained. Choicest New Zealand brands litis (nominal), Danish 1225, Siberian 109s per cwt. Cheese.—The market is firm, with an upward tendency. Sew , Zeal«ul whito makes tils, colored 59s lid pel cwt. Hemp—The market continues dud. No change has occurred in prices, iast week's output from Manila amount® a to 10,000 bales. . Cocksfoot Seed. The market i» fiin. r but little is doing. Bright, titan i seed is quoted at 7'Js per cwt. i Wod —Following- are current quotations for Bradford tops:—Thirty-sixes > (low crossbred*) 10d, forties (low cross- " brcds) 10'/»d, forty-fours (medium «ros»brcds) ny 3 d, fifties (hcUtbreda) Is 34 , * fiftv-jjises (quartcrbrcdsi) Is 1 fe tmerinoi) Is lid. The market to quiet, with a tendency, ui tavoi

market is quiet, witli no alteration in prices. Crop piospeUs .irfavorable.

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