LATEST LONDON PRICES.

Feilding Star, 5 April 1909, Page 3

LATEST LONDON PRICES.

AVHEAT, MEAT, METALS, FINANCE. £bY KtMIBIO IBtMBAPH—OOPnUOHX.] [PKE PEKBB ASSOCIATION. J (Received April 5, 8.26 a.m.) London, April, 4. New South Wales scrip is selling at -5 per cent, premium, and Queensland at i per cent, premium. Wheat.— 12J500 quarters of Australian January-February shipment sold at 40s 10id; a cargo of 13,000 quarters of January-Jb'ebruary shipment at 4ls ldj three cargoes and 12,000 quarters of April-May shipment at 41a 6d. ,n Rabbits are flat. Large MclBournes are retailing at 15s to los; Sydney, 16s to 17s. Sheep.—Canterbury are unchanged. Island, 2 9-16 d} other sorts, unchanged. Lambs — Canterbury, light, 4 11-16 d; medium, 4*dj heavy, 4d; Southland, not quoted;' North Island. 4£d; selected, 4}d. Beet is unchanged. Australian meat.—Sheep, heavy, uachanged; light, 2 7-16 d; lambs, unchanged. . , Beef .—Forequarters are unchanged; hindquarters, 3 l-16d. I River Plate meat.—Sheep, unchang■ed. Lambs, unchanged. Beef, forequarters are unchanged; hindquarters, 3id. Hemp is steady. April-June shipment, £23. Copper, spot, £67 12s 6d; at three •months, £57 18s 9d; electrolytic, £69. Tin spot, £133 15s; at three months, £135. Lead, £13 15s; antimony, £8. Shares.—Waihi, buyers, £8 18s 9d; sellers. £9* Is 3d. Junction, buyers, 28s 9d; sellers, 32s 3d. Silver, 23 7-16 d. Tin plate, 1.0. coke 12s 3d, I.C. charcoal, 13s 3d. Wire netting is quoted at 60 per cent, and 2} per cent; off the 4ist.