COMMERCIAL.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LVI, Issue LVI, 5 September 1908, Page 5

COMMERCIAL.

TRADE AND FINANCE.

[PKESS ASSOCIATION.]

(Received September 5, 11.48. p.m.)

LONDON, September 4.

Bank rate 2£

Consols 85J. New South Wales and New Zealand threes 88. Tasmanian threes 88^. - Queensland three halfs 99|., Westralian three halfs 99£, rest unchanged.

Wheat — The markets are quiet and firm. Cargoes are steady, 38s 6d being asked for Adelaide August-September, on spot 40s

There is an easier tendency in flour. Australian in London 255, in Glasgow 26s 9d.

Butter — The market is flat. Danish 117s, 119s. No c.i.f. transactions are recorded, buyers considering the prices asked are too high. Bradford wool — Quiet and firm.