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New Zealand Herald, Volume LI, Issue 15626, 4 June 1914, Page 5

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■•■■:•; ~-♦ ■. .■,.■:■■-■; ■■', > LONDON MARKETS. ) - ' . , —« . "Eyr' Tele«r»ph-|-Pr«s»s - Association-— Copy risht. ." : "'.-*• l£frecai-r*<s June '3... 6 ; rjn.; '-.v ■ .'•.■.■.'■■ liONBONy June 2.';. ; FROZEN MEAT. - ' ; ini-'Birer-Kftte shipments for' the week ! total:—Mutton, . 147,000'. carcases; 'lamb, '42,500: ctircMW 5 '■ frozen beef, 73,0b0 .<p*«ttorsj chilled beef, 344,500' quarters."'/'"'.: ■, • c ':., ■■' : ' ; ' SILVER. Bar silver is quoted at 2a 1 13464 per standard ounce. - ' ' : - PRICES OF METALS,; '" . : Confer, £62 5? to £62 175 6d.« Tho suppfies ; amount I to / 51,447 tons; 'and the deliveries to 48,558.' * Stocks total ' 26,670; afloat, 4000; visible supply, 32,370. y Tin, £138- to £140; stocks,' 2039 tons ; spot] 5114 tons; afloat, 5359 :> to/risi deliveries, 2961: tons, ;. '•■* Lead, £19, '■' ; ;;•-.,'-■/ Vf, ''-'■ .;■•'••;'", '.;. .TALLOW. ', . '' 'The tallow stocks/amount to 3095 casks. Imports total 3083, arid ;3eliverio¥ 3671. . •■;';•■ :■ -..;. -WHEAT. . '.. ; ■ l >. Wheat is ' quiet and .unchanged, .'■ There is little bidding. -, The American visible supply is 58,495,000 bushels.

f<'.'MM; TENNIS .balls:': v';. [rapir OTJR own COBBESrONDENT.] y." London, April 29. --In future the- Lawn Tennis Association proposes annually to authorise such makes, of halls as they are satisfied are suitable for use"•}at open .meetings,;" matches,' ( or other. oompetiwoM, vAt • present there is a monopoly of one make, and the demand of the public is for B>reductioa.in'firstcla|sß prices. . '- Lawn: tends bells are- of an qualities, and. it-is not denied that a variety of prices, eveni by! the. .leading . makers, .is. offered to. the public;'-:; But the first-class, player knows the playing value- of the best'.' ball; he knows ; that;tho higher-priced ball retains its proper weight, is mora durable, and can be better controlled than the cheaper make. Like the first-class golfer,': he Wants. : tho "best" ball, in the market. But it .does riot follow that throe or,:four, or .even; halfa^o«eh;flrtts: cannot supply this article. At present the price of *:good tournament bail,4f purcluiSed by ; tlKCprivate individual, averages lls each in some cases a little more; -Tjw dealer's profit is something like; 2s6dperdoien, • , •

/ - BOOT TRADE OPENINGS.

[POM OtW OWN OOBBrarONDENt.] ''„. -'\ ■.''.. TENDON, April 29, Plenty of opportunities: exist in; Ipatia American countries-for the jawifliufftoiuT^iOfhoots,, Along ,the west coast, United States makers have the trade almost entirely in...-'their: "ownvhands,, although in Chili some English boots of the beat class I are found. - There are local factories, but tie people of taste seem to prefer imported i footwear. fin: Peru, in fact one.might say everywhere, there is a brisk 'demand for a, -high-laced boot. A brand of good appearance is made in tho United States, with a i 17m leg. - It sells f,o,b,;«t the port of fshipment 1 at ;25s a; pair. A mining boot should be reinforced at the back to protect ;it in going down bills.. Tho regular. calls \ for no* particular stole, <:• an ordinary smart-looking boot will sell-if .it; cajirc^ropeto'.- in priest Boots are preferred to .shoes as & , rule, and both black and brown leathers •re required. ; The only point worth mentioning is that the average Latin American foot: has a high instep. Patent leather is very ? popular among ; native-born Latin

"LINEN" COLLARS. , ~ [rabit otm own-coBKMroNDSST.J \' ", ''•/" London, April 29. j ,AiPimlico:firni has been heavily fined at the; instance of the. Irish Department of Agriculture for. applying; a false trade description to cotton goods, and selling goods' to which such description is applied. The manager said if*;:-woman- wanted a stiff collar she usually . said linen, but he had neyer known a customer to say: "Are. these all 4 linen?' 1 If the question was asked they would^say" "No." readmitted that he put .the; ticket* on the collars in. the window. > The owner oi the shop said the only reason be could give for the. sale of these goods was that during the. 40 years he had. been a draper these things had been '. known as linen collars. It was a trade 1 ' term, and a very old trade custom. ' j