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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 160, 6 January 1914, Page 2

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1 LONDON MARKETS, i ■ By Cable—Press Association—Copyright 1 London, January 4. , Copra—Dull; South Sea bags, spot, ; £3O: three months £3l) ss. ' Cotton—January-February, G.69%d. t Hemp—Quiet; January-March, £25 15s. Rubber—Para 3s l'/>d, plantation 2s 3 3d, smoked 2s 4d. Kauri gum—Stock, 44S tons. Antimony, 2s 9d. t Galvanised iron, £IG and £l4. l Tin plates, £l2 9s to £l3 9s. Iron 'bars, 1555. Angle steel, 107s Gd. Fencing wire, l£os. I Tram rails, 113s (Id. Wire netting, G2y 2 , 3% to 5 per cent, l Cement, 5s lid and 5s l%d. Aluminium, £Bl and £BS. i Quicksilver, £l5O. Wheat—Steady and unchanged. The i wheat and (lour afloat for the United t Kingdom is 1,010,000 bushels, for the 8 Continent 1,470,000 bushels, Atlantic s shipments 407,000 bushels, Pacific 05,000 bushels. Tlio total to Europe is 1,200,0 000 -bushels, including Australasian 74,000 buslwls. 1 HIGH COMMISSIONER'S REPORT I Wellington, Mondar. The following is the High Commissioner's market report cabled under date London, .January 3. (Note: Quotations, unless otherwise specified, are average market prices on spot): ■Mutton—The market is firm, owing to reduced supplies, and quotations are nominal. There is no change in prices-. Lamb— I The market continues inactive, , hut demand and prices have advanced , sinuc telegraphing on account of the difficulty of obtaining supplies. Canter- ' bucy <i%d. heavy weights 5%d. Beef—The market is steady. New Zealand binds 4'/J.d per lb, fores Id. chilled hinds 4%d, fores 3 13-lfid, Butter--The market is quiet at the decline. For some time past a feature of the trade has been the scarcity of best-quality butters, but of late* the high price lias checked a genuine demand. Danish 130s to 1335.. New Zealand USs to 1235, Australian 110s to 110s, Argentine 120s to 121s, SiV-rfaw 108s to 114s. I Cheese.—The market is firm on 4 steady and higher prices are anticipated. Canadian white, per cwt., 07s to OSs, colored GRs to 09s; Australian, 02s to <IGs; New Zealand, white Oos to 08s, colored llfis to G7s. Prices arc nominal for New Zealand. There is no change in prices for English, cheddar. It h estimated that Canadian cheese stocks at London, Liverpool and Bristol on January 2 were 223,{Jt)0 cases, against 300,000 at th« same time last year. New Zealand and Australian stocks at London and Bristol were 7000 cases, against 1G;>,000 at the same time last year. Hemp—'The market is quiet, but rather steadier, although business is dull. Niesv Zealand good fair per ton £25 10s, fair £23 10s; Manila fair current on spot £27. forward shipment about the name; Hops—The market prospects are favorably and holders are firm. English ISO* per cwt.. California!) 150s. Wool.—The market is /Inner, and there is more demand. j THE WHEAT MARKET. Tlio New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Lid., have received the following cablegram from their London house, under dale January Ist:—"We liar,. sold an Australian parcel at 355, net '.-.i.f. T here is very Utile demand owing to buyers holding ofi'. and the out. fool; is uncertain. I ■■ 1