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Auckland Star, Volume XLVI, Issue 67, 19 March 1915, Page 2

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LONDON MARKET. (By CaMe.—Press Association.—Copyrfg».) _ LONDON, March 18. i Copper. Spot, £67 to £67 10/; three mo_ths, £67 10/ to £67 18/. Electrolytic 5°ES«*,«? "■«/ '<> *••* 5/- Tin: Spot, £187 to 1187 10/; three mouths, £173 10/ to £174. Pig iron, 63/. Lead. ±22.13/ to £23 10/. Spelter, £44 to £44 10/. Silver, 23|d Sugar "s unchanged in price. Butter is very strong, and colonial is in short supply. Choicest Australian brings 140/ -to 142/-, New Zealand, 144/ to 146/. Cheese is firm,"Sew Zealand bringing 94/. Flour.—Steady and unchanged. -,Q Ba I" c "AT Australian Chevalier, o&i to -40/. Oats.—Firm. New Zealand. 35/ to 37/. Peais.—Quiet and unchanged. Beans.—Quiet. New Zealand. 42/, 43/. (Received 2.45 p.m.) LONDON, Marc- 18. Wool Sales.—At the wool • sales to-day there was good competition for all sorts, prices of Australian wools being unchanged. Folk—ring were the prices rea—tied for the fleece portion of the clips —a - ted:—Kiwi, top lSd, average 17" d; Napier, 18d and l7jd; West Ho, 18} d and 17|_; Waewaepa, 19d and 17|d. At BradSard spot lota were very dear. ' -Sheepskin Sales.—At the sheepskin sales there wae a good attendance and excellent competition. 7JOO Australasian, 700 Capes, and 1,900 Pantss were offered, and the bulk cleared. Compared with January, all combings averaged three farthing*! dearer, the greatest advance being in New Zealand croasbreds and clothings, -which were a farthing to a halfpenny deaded; lambs, a farthing dearer; merino pelts, unchanged. The next auctions -mill be held on May 6. TALLOW. The N.„. Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., have received the following cable from their London office, under date 17th inst. :— Tallow.:—We quote present spot values for the following descriptions: Pine mutton 41/3 per cwt; good beef, 40/3 per cwt; mixed, 37/6 per cwt. The market is dull, with downward tendency. . -COLONIAL "STOCKS. (Received 12.0 p.m.) LONDON. -March 18. Victorian. 4 per cents £90,'' 3 per cents - £T9, 3* per cents £85 o/: New Sooth -Wales, I 4 per cents £99 5/, ten years* debentures £97 2/6, 3 per cents £80 15/, 3}' per cents £87 5/; Tasmanlan, 3J per 'cents £89; New i Zealand, 4 per cents £97 7/6, 3} per cents I £87 2/6, 3 per cents £77 15/; Weßtrslian, 31 per cents £89 10/, 3 per cents £83 15/.