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Taranaki Daily News, 29 November 1920, Page 2

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tONDON MARKETS, By Telegraph.—Press Asan.—Copyright. Lodon, Nov. 25. Wheal and Flour.—Quiet, demand small. Oats.—Weak; La Plata, spot 425. Peas and Beans.—Quiet and tending to be easier. Sugar.—Unchanged. Bradford Wool.—Quiet; C 4's, IS3d; 56's 44d' 50's, 36d; 46's, 22d. Annings' report on rabbit skins states that 3600 packages were offered and 1000 sold. Furriers' qualities declined 40 per cent., other sorts 55 to 00 per cent. Buyers are holding off as much as possible. Supplies of • home and Continental skins are very large. ' METmTmTrKETS . i London, Nov. 25. Copper.-Spot £7B 7s fid; three months £79 2s 6d; electrolytic £9O to £Bl 109. Lead, £2B 5s and £29 5s Spelter, £32 15s and £34 !i». Tin, £229 7s 6d and £232 17s 6d. Silver, 4'Hd per ounce. AUSTRALIAN MARKETS. Sydney, Nov. 20. I Owing Id heavy supplies, the new local j potato market slumped, selling down to £5 I per ton. Brisbane, Nov. 26. j The wool sales have Hosed. There was I .1 slack demand, will:, an easing tendency in prices 10 to 30 per cent, below the appraisement scheme values. The top price was -greasy 38*4 d. LONDON TALLOW MARKET. The N.Z. Loan and Mercantile Agency Cc. Ltd., have recieyed the following cablegram) from tl:elr London house under date 24th Inst,:— \ Tallow.—We quote present spot values for the following descriptions: Fine mutton £3 is per cwt.; good beef, £3 per ewt.; mixed £2 7s per cwt. Large supplies. Small demand. INGLEWOOD STOCK MARKET. There was a b.'g yarding on Wednesday for the Farmers' Co-operative sale, and a good attendance, though ii was in some ways a dragging sale. Most, of the lines submitted found buyers. Sheep apparently were less affected by the dullness noticeable than cattle. Woolly ewes and lambs sold for 345, a 1 line of shorn ewes with lambs for 31s. and a line of purebred Itomney ewe hoggets for 38s; 15-month heifers made from £4 10s to £6 7s 6d, Jerseys up to £lO os, steers £3 17s tid, empty hclfcis from £6 to £B, store cows £7 to £9 15s, 3-year bullccks up to £7 4s, springing heifers sold at from £8 to £l4 10s, and cows from £lO to £22.—Record.