COMMERCIAL AND FINANCIAL. LONDON MARKETS.
BUTTER TRADE AT A STANDSTILL. U. Telc?iapli.— Press Association. -Copyright. (Received February 27, 8.50 a.m.) LONDON, 26th February. Copper-— On spot, £58; three months, £58 lCs Tin— On spot, £130; three months, £120 ss. Lead, £13 15s. Iron, 5Cs sd. Tho bultor trade is at a standstill, buyers holding off in tho hope ofsccuring a considerable reduction. It ia impossible to quote colonial till trade has been resumed, but the nominal value is about 140s. The retailers are pushing mar- | gerine. i At the tallow sales 1516 casks offered and 358 sold. Mutton, fine, 33s 9d.; niedium 30s. Beef, fine 31s 6d, medium 295. Da'cetv and Company, Ltd., Wellington, have received the following cable messages from their London hoube, under date 25th ipstant :— Butter— Business is at a standstill in consequence of heavy decline in consumnt on. Diniph butter is offering at 136s prr cut, bat there are no buyers at this price. The market for hides and leather is dull. Basils — Prices are dearer.
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Evening Post, Volume LXXV, Issue 49, 27 February 1908, Page 6
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