LONDON MARKETS.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 3046, 17 November 1908, Page 5

LONDON MARKETS.

Received November 16, 8.10 a.m

* LONDON, November 15

Tin.—On scot, £138; three months, £139 15s. The decline in prices of tin and copper is due to speculators taking the profits, but reports from America predict an expansion of trade. Lead, £l3 13s 9d. Tin Plates.—l.C. coke, 12s B£d; I.C. charcoal, 13s BJd. Fencing wire, £6 6s 3d. Angle steel £5 10s. Tram rails, £4 19s. Antimony, £9 10s.

Copra—Maniel and South Sea, in bags, £l7. Hemp- Market quiet. October-. December shipments, £25 10s. Linseed oil, £24 ss. Rabbits and Hares—The trade, both in England and on the Continent, is being checked by high prices. Sheep—Canterbury light, 3£d; heavy, 3fd.

Lambs—Canterbury light, 5 9-16 d; medium, s|d; heavy, 4fd.

Prices for Southland and North Island sheep and lambs are unchanged. New Zealand Beef—Forequarters, 3Jd; hindquarters, 3|d. River Plate Sheep—Unchanged. River Plate Beef—Forequarters, 3£d; hindquarters, 3§d.

WHEAT AND FLOUR. ' Received November 16, 8.46 a.m. LONDON, November 15. The wheat and flour afloat for the United Kingdom is 2,095,000 quarters, for the Continent 1,750,000; Atlantic shipments, 455,000; Pacific, 40,000. The total shipments to Europe aggregate 1,165,000 quarters, including 42,000 from the Argentine and Uruguay.