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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 6, 26 May 1914, Page 7

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LONDON MARKETS. By Cable—Press Association —Copyright London, May 24. Wiheat. —Steady; Australian is quiet, sellers holding for previous prices. The wheat and flour afloat for the United Kingdom is 3.075,000 quarters; for the Continent 2,750,000 quarters; Atlantic shipments 590,000 quarters. Pacific 11,000 quarters. The total to Europe is 1,750,000 quarters, including Australasia 29,000 quarters. Antimony, 2s 7%d. Cotton—May-June 7.2 d. Hemp.—Steady; high point fair MayJuly £24 15s. Rubber—Para 2s o'/ 2 d, plantation 2s I 3>/ 2 d; smoked, 2s 3%d. i Copra.—Steady demand; South Sea bags, spot £25, three months £25 2s Gd. j HIGH COMMISSIONER'S REPORT. Wellington, May 25. , Following is the Hi|h Commissioner's I market report, London, under date 'May 23. (Note—Quotations, unless otherwise specified, are averago market price on spot):— j Mutton—Trade is fair, but prospects | are rather less enouraging on account ; of 'heavy stocks on hand, and holders | ftre becoming wore anxious to realise. ' There is dull sale of heavy carsases of ! mutton. Canterbury 4%d per lb. for I light-weights, North Island 4y a d. 1 Lamb.—The market is firm, with im--1 proved demand. Canterbury 6 5-lGd, ; heavy-weights 6 1 -lfid, other than Canterbury (t'/sd. I Beef. —The weather has lately been , unfavorable to the sale of beef and there ,i 9 less demand. Now Zealand hinds 1 4'/.d, foirea 3%d, chilled hinds fores , 3%d. j Butter.—The market is steady and prices well maintained. Danish quiet, ll'3s to 115s per cwt.; New Zealand firm, 106s to 108s, unsalted 114s to 11-6s; ■; Australian quiet, 100s to 104s; Argeni tine quiet, lflfls to 102s; Siberian steady, 1 08s to 102s; Irish creamery slow, 107s ' to I.los. I Oheese. —The market is quiet. Cana- ' dian per cwt. OSs to 70s; New Zealand j : in steady demand, white sfis to lite, col- | ! ored 62s 6d to 63s fid; Australia 1 .), white : 57s to 58s, colored 59s to tils. | Hemp.—Tho market is quiet, with a , general feeling of uneasiness on account of heavy receipts from Manila. New I Zealand good fair per ton £2ti 10s, fair ' I £23 10s, June to August shipments good ! fair £27. fair £24. Manila, fair eur- ! rent per ton ;C2fi 10s, June to Auu'M | shipments £il. The output; from Manila ■ for the week was 20,000 hales.