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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 154, 25 November 1914, Page 2

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LONDON MARKETS. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright. London, November 23. Copper.—Spot. £55 2s 6d t> £55 5.i; t'.irce K.onths, £55 7s 6d to £55 10#; olcc'.vclji,ic, £57 Js to £57 las. T n.—Spot, £139 to £U3 IDs; i'-.tlo tuontlis, £137 las to £l3B. Pig iron, 50s lOd. ■Lead, £lB 7s od. Spelter, £25 5s to £25 10s. Silver, 22 5-8 d per ounce. "Wheat.—Very quiet; prices unchanged.

1 SYDNEY WOOL SALES. Sydney, November 24. At the wool sales the better grades of crossbreds met with keen competition at a slight advance; others sold at par with last week. DAIRY PRODUCE. Messrs. E. Griffiths and Co. are in receipt of the following market report from their London principals, Messrs. 'Mills and Sparrow, dated London, 9th October, 1914: Butter. —Tiie market continues firm for all grades, and there has been a considerable advance in under-priced goods. Best grades are generally about 4s per cwt. advanced on the week. Danish advanced 3 kroners (3s 6d). Current quotations: Danish, 142s to 1465; Siberian, 120 ato 1245; Australian, salted 124s to 128s, unsalted 126s to 1345. Arrivals this week of Colonial: S.S. Demosthenes, 2075 boxes of 'Australian; s.s. Malwa, 7fio boxes of Australian; s.s. Cufic, 558 boxes of Australian. Cheese.—Stocks are shrinking considerably, and quotations for the week arc Is to 2s per cwt. better. Current quotations: Canadian, 75s to 775; New Zealand, not quoted. Bacon.—Wiltshire Cut: With a continuance of heavy supplies from Denmark, Holland, and Canada, prices are a little easier on the week. The demand is excellent. Cumberland Cut: This cut is in very small supply, and relatively dear.

Mams.—Very little demand for hams, owing to the largo quantities of gammons from Wiltshire cut sides. WOOL, HIDE, AND SKIN SALE. Messrs. L. A. Nolan and Co. secured excellent prices for wool at their monthly wool, hide and skin sales yesterday. This was practically the first wool offering of the season locally, and the auctioneers were gratified to sec fine wools selling up to last year's prices, "while coarser wools brought fully a penny to l'/ 2 d better than at the corresponding sales last year. The prices ranged from o%d to lOy.d; and average wools brought !)%d to 10d. All but one or two lots we're cleared at the hammer or ' immediately afterwards. Sheepskins sold up to fld per 11)., which is as high as has ever been secured at this sale, and calf skins up to Is 2d, the best price of the day's Taranaki sales. Hides were in good demand, and one line of good stout ox sent forward by a local butcher brought 10d per lb.