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Taranaki Daily News, 13 September 1920, Page 2

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FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES. By Tolejrraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. London, Sept. 9. Foreign exchange rates are: Paris, 52.20 francs; Stockholm, 17.32 kroner; Chriotiunia, 24.25 kroner; Calcutta, 22y 8 d; Yokohama, 34>,id; Montreal, 3.90' A dollars; New York, i.54',4 dollars. ENGLISH MARKETS. London, Sept. 9. Wheat.—Fair business; Australian cargoes (passage paid) hold at full official rates. Flour.—Brisk; Australian Is In good requost. Oats.—Dull; La Plata, landed, 525. Beans and peas.—Quiet and unchanged. Sugar.—Granulated, 112s; free white Mauritius (spot) sold at 117s to 117s. Copper, £97 7s 6d; electrolytic, £ll2 and £llß. Lead, £35 15s and £35 10s. Spelter, £39 and 40. Tin, £207 5s and £273 7s 6d. Silver, 58% d. WOOL MARKETS. London, Sept. 9. The Bradford market Is quiet, A small amount of business is being done to cover immediate requirements only. Nominal quotations are for merinos and crossbredß: 64'9 99' d to 102 d; 56's, 63d; 50'S, 51d; 46's, 32d. ANTWERP WOOLS. Antwerp, Sept. 10, At the wool sales, 12,800 bales of Australian were offered and 8800 sold. There were many buyers from all countries, and animated competiton, good qualities making a 10 per cent, advance in prices.—Aua.-N.Z. Cable Assn. HIDES AND SKINS SALE. The Farmers' Co-op. Auctioneering Co. Ltd. (Hamilton) report as follows on the sale of hides and calfskins, hold on Tuesday, September 7, 1920. Competition was on a par with the previous week, all lots being disposed of at tho following prices: Hides: Ox heavy, 16% d; ox medium, 15% d; ox light, 12% d; cow, best, I2d; cow, seconds, 10% d; damaged ox and cow, 7d to 9d; kips, 13d; calf, best, 20d; damaged, at relatively lower prices. Bones, dry, up to £9 ton. Horse hair, long, 2s 2d; seconds, long, la fid; mixed, Is Bd lb. Cow tails, large 23 per dozen; small, Is 4d per dozen, LONDON MARKETS. Dalgety and Co. Ltd,, advice having received the following cablegram from their London office, dated September 8:—Tallow: Market firm for edible descriptions. 1200 casks were offered and 700 sold. Prime beef tallow 80s, prime mutton 78s, good color mutton 755, good color mixed 725, mixed, noncolor, 04a, gut 60s. ,