COMMERCIAL AND FINANCIAL HOME MARKETS.
WOOL IMPORTERS' LOSSES. By Telegraph.— Prt£s Association.— Copyright. (Received March 2, 8.2 a.m.) LONDON, Ist March. Copper.— On epot, £53 2s 6d; three months, £58 15s. ' Tin. — On spot, £130; three months, £129 ss. Lead, £13 12s 6d. Silver, 25 9-16 d. Copra. — Flat. Moderate calcs. South Sea, in bags, £16 5s (present quotation). Hemp. — Market depressed. FebruaryApril shipment is quoted at £26. Linseed oil, £25 ss. At the rabbit skins ealc3 3215 bundles were offered and 269* sold. The bulk was in poor condition and piices dcclii.cd Id to 2d. A few good winter skins brought full rates. Sheep.— North Island, 3 9-16 d; best brands, 3 11-16 d; other sorts and lambs and beef unchanged River Plate sheep, heavy, 3 l-16d ; b'ght and beef unchanged. Rabbits. — Market steady and prices unchanged. Shares.— Waihi : Buyers, £9, sellers, £9 2s 6d ; Junction : Buyers, 18s 9d ; sellers, £2]j se. The newspaper Economist estimates that wool importers in Europe and America lost fully £2,600,000 ou wool bought in Australia from July to December last . (Received March 2, 8.43 a.m.) LONDON, let March. Galvanised iron in skeleton cases is quoted at £14 15a for best and £14- 7s 6d second brands. Tin Plates.— l 3» 3d for I.C. coke, 14s 3d for J..C. charcoal. Cement, 6s" 2d for best, and 5s 9d for second brands.
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Evening Post, Volume LXXV, Issue 52, 2 March 1908, Page 6
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227COMMERCIAL AND FINANCIAL HOME MARKETS. Evening Post, Volume LXXV, Issue 52, 2 March 1908, Page 6
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