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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 165, 12 January 1914, Page 5

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LONDON MARKETS. > By Cable —Press Association—Copyright London, January 9. Copper—Electrolytic £O7 10s. ' Tin—Spot £lO7, three months £IOB lsa. Lead, flit. Pig-iron, 51s 2d. Sugar—(icrmuii 9s, first marks lis 3d. Bradford Wool—Quiet and unchanged. Fruit—There are prospects that the Australian apple season will open well. Nova Scotia, supplies will probably be cleared before the first arrival of Australian. Wheat—Steady and unchanged; 3(ls lO'/jd was paid for nn Australian parcel due to arrive early. Australian spot is dull but nominally unaltered. Flour Dull, and nominally unchanged. Butter—The market closed slow, after good trade on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. Danish 127s to 120s, choicest Australian 112s to 114s, New Zealand 118s to 120s. The colonial armals for the week exceed 110,00 boxes. Cheese—Firm and unchanged. Bacon Steady. A few Australian Cumberland!) brought BOs to 82s. Received 11, 5.5 p.m. 7. London, January 9. Copra is in small demand. South Sea bags, spot, £29 5s to £29 17s (Id. Jute—January and February shipment £24 10s. Hemp—Steady. January-March shipments £25 15s. Cotton—January-February shipment 0.75(1. Rubber—Para 3s Id, plantation 2s 2%d. smoked 2s 3%d. THE MONEY MAItKKT. Bank rate, five per cent. Short loan?, three-and-a-half per cent. Three-months' bills, 4 1-1 ft per cent. Paris, three and three-quarters per cent. Berlin, three and a quarter per cent. London, January 10. , ' Union Bank Deposits £21,334.58.9,, cash investments and remittances £lO,753,084, bills £15,010,125.