BASE METALS MARKET

Dominion, Volume 32, Issue 180, 28 April 1939, Page 12

BASE METALS MARKET

Prices Generally Firmer By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. LONDON, April 26. The official London (middle) quotations compare with those previously cabled as

Dunedin Rabbitskin Sale Dominion Special Service. DUNEDIN, April 27.. I'bere was a large offering of rabbitskins at today's auetiou. Um niarket showed an improved tone, competition generally being keen for all descriptions. A few orders were on the market, lor die United Stales and Australia. Local lurriers also gave support. , (’omparijj with late quotations hatters and inferior grades sold at from par to a shade firmer, while turners are quoted Id. to 2d. higher. . The official range of prices is as lol]()WSSmall, 7ld. to 9hl. a lb.; runners, 15|d. to 16U1.; light racks, 20d. to 20h1.; prime racks. 17M. to IS)d.; summers, 13d’. to 14)d.; dawny autumns, 19)d. to 21)d.; first* early autumns, 25id. to 29d.; first late autumns, 36Jd. to 40Jd.; first incomings, 36d. to 45)d, ; summer broken, 12d. to 14d.; autumn broken. 17? d. to lS)d.; hareskins, 9sd. to 12d.; first hareskins, to 16d.; summer black. 10}d. to 11 Jd.; autumn black. 17d. to 21 id.; summer fawn, 30d. to 32d.; autumn fawn, 40d. to 42Jd.; horse hair, 16d. to 20d.

follows Apr. 25. \ L’er ton Apr. 26. L’er ton. d. £ 8. d. CopperStandard, spot ... Ditto, forward ... 41 41 10 16 7* iol 41 12 15 1 o '<* 101 0 Electrolytic to 48 0 1$ 10 0 48 . > 0 IS 10 0 bead14. 8 14 14 9 11 4* 10* 14 10 7'4 14 SpelterSpot 13 11 13 10* 1* 13 13 15 15 0 74 Tino ...» 17 o 223 1.5 0 Spot 220 6 221 0 81 Standard, an ox. . Flue, announce ••• 20 1 215 -16d. s -Sd. 20 l-16d. 21 5-8d.