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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 136, 4 December 1911, Page 5

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LONDON MARKETS. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright. London, December 1. Butter.—Firm and unchanged, except for Australian unsalted, which ds quoted at 130s to 1325. Small arrivals of colonial butter were readily cleared. Argentine is arriving in excellent condition, the quotation for it being 130s to 1325. Received 3, 5.5 p.m. London, December 2. At the wool sales the Hillersden clip sold at 10s top, average 9%d. Tallow—The stock amounts to 3711 tons; imports, 3108; deliveries, 2818. Copper—Spot, £59 2s fid; three months, £5.0 17s Gel. Supplies, 36,203 tons; deliveries, 39,416; stocks, 58,682; afloat, 6350. Tin.—Spot, £203 10s; three months, £192 15s 6d; stocks, 17,391 tons; spot, 6181; afloat, 4817: deliveries, 21G7. Lead, 15 13-lGths. Copra.—Moderate business at £24 15s to £25 13s Dd. Rabbits.—Firm and unchanged. Ha res. —Neglected. Hemp. Quiet. November-January shipments sold for £2O ss; June, December, January, £l9 15s. Rubber, 4s 4d. Cotton.—December-January shipments 4.87 d. Hdes. Firm. Small lots offering. Basils, firm. New Zealand, 17% d. •Received' 4, 1.15 a.m. London, December 3. At the wool sales there was a good selection of merinos, andi there was brisk sale. Competition was general. Fortythree thousand nine hundred and fortyfour bales were catalogued and 41919 sold. The Gear dip brought top price 14 1 / s d, average 11% d.