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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 131, 27 October 1914, Page 2

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LONDON MARKETS. C l!y cable. —Press Association.—Copyright London, October 25. Wheat—Wry ftrm. Sixpence advance' is asked and very little is offering. The wheat and Hour allout for the United Kingdom is '2,075,000 quarters, for t tin: Continent l,:i-l"i,00fl quarters, Atlan- t tie ftliipwcntit o:i!),i!rti) quarters, Pacific, < 15,000 <i iiartor.s. The total to Europe, * this trt was 960,000 quarters, including 1 India 124.000 quarters, and sundries 11f J 000 quarters. i, JuU —October. £lB. | 1 Hemp— Inactive. Good fair Octo- i * licr-.UeCember £22 10s. Rubber —I'ara 2s 7'/>d, plantation 2s i .Id, smoked 2s 'ld. ■ j Galvanised iron, £l9 IS a and £l6 sa. > Angio steel, 122s Oil. j Electrolytic copper, £O2 10s to £63. Tin—Straits, cash irregular, betweeiT £l2O and £ ISO 10.;. 'Lead —Soft foroign, spot £)s. ' Quicksilver —Nominal, 2103. ! Silver, 22y a d per ounce. j Tlll-i MKAT MARKET. , London, October 21. Canterbury sheep-bight Gd, medium 5 ID-1 fid, heavy 5 l;5-l(id; North Island, best brands, o Ki-lOd; New Zealand ewes, 5 li-lfid. licet--Fores 3%d, hinds G l /,; Argentine, frozen fores 5%d, hindo O'/id; chilled fores, 5»/ 2 d, hinds 5%d; Uruguay | frozen lores s'/.<l, hinds chilloii. fuiu-j s'/i, hinds H'/ s d. I Other meats unchanged. ■ Rabbits—Steady and unchanged. COLONIAL. BANK OP AUSTRALIA. Melbourne, October 23. The half yearly report of the Colonial Bank of Australasia shows a net prolit to September 30th of £28.224; brought forward, £4485; dividend, 7 per cent; can led to res. rve, £10,000; carried for- ' ward £ii334.