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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIV, Issue 88, 9 December 1912, Page 5

COMMERCIAL.

LONDON MARKETS. (By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.! (United Press Association.) London, December 6. Copper.—Spot £75 2s 6d, three months £76 15s; electrolytic £Bl 12t Gd. Tin.—Spot £226 15s, three month: £225 10s. Lead, £lB 2s 6d. Iron, 67s 3d. Spelter, £26 10s. Sugar.—German 9s 7d, first marks lie 9d. Bradford wool.—The market is very firm and restricted; 64.’s 29|d, super 66’s 28kl, common 60’s 27£d, 56’s 23d, 50’s 21 id, 46’s I7*d, 40’s 16d. Wheat.—Steady and firmer, owing to reports of damage done to crop; in Southern Argentine. Australia! January-February 36s 9d, March-Apr. 1 36s 6d. Liverpool futures: December 87* cents, March 871 cents. May 81 cents. There is a fair supply of Australian spot, for which sellers want 40s. New Zealand spot is dull at 375.

Flour.—Slow; Australian patents 28s 3d ex store. Oats.—The market is flat, owing tc excessive supplies; “A” Cartons spo'i nominally 26s 6d to 275, Sparrowbilh 25s 3d to 25s 9d, La Plata Decern be i 16s. Beans.—There is a good demand; 39s 6d ex store, 38s 6d on passage. Peas.—Dull; stqpks arc large. Butter.—The Morea’s butter was landed in excellent, condition. Then is a good demand for all descriptions of choicest, and a poor demand for secondaries. Danish 128 s to’ 131 s. choicest Victorian Ills to 116 s, New South Wales 112 s to 114 s, Queensland 110 s to 112 s, New Zealand 120 s tc 1235, Argentine 110 s to 112 s, Australian secondaries 106 s to 108 s. Cheese.—Firm ; New Zealand white 61s, coloured 02s. Bacon. —The market is steady.-

WOOL SALES. London, December 8. The wool sales closed with well sustained competition, opening rates being fairly well ma ntained, except for average top-making and wasty greasy sorts, which showed a slight decline. Good scoureds remained at October rates, and faulty scoureds advanced ten per cent. Crossbreds and slipes were 5 to 7) per cent higher. Newton King’s Stratford Weekly Report, At the haymarket on Saturday there was a very large attendance, also a big yarding of pigs, practically every class being represented. Prices ruling were about par with last sale and a clearance was effected at the undermentioned prices. I quote: Weaners 11s to £1 7s 6d, slips £1 7s to £1 9s 6tl, small stores £1 11s 6d to £1 16s, medium to good do. £1 18s to £2. On behalf of Mr Thos. Webb, pedigree boars £2 5s to £3 10s, pedigree sows £3; sows £3 2s 6(l,.calves 2s to 10s. At the mart. —Poultry: Roosters Is 5d to Is 9d, hens Is 5d to 2s Id, chicks Bd, potatoes (new) Ifd per lb, onions 2Jcl, peas 9d to Is peck. Furniture, drapery and sundries at usual rates. Newton King’s Monthly Horse Fair Report.

On Saturday 1 hold my monthly horse fair, the entry being over 100 horses, and also the plant and harness in the estate of It. Jakes, of Whan gain onion a. There was a large attendance, but with the exception of Jakes’ plant competition was slow, especially on the heavier class. Prices ruled as follows: Unbroken ] -draughts £9 i to £l6 10s, lighter class to to £9, broken -} to •;} draughts £l9 to £23 milk carters £lO to £ls. Hacks £3 to £9. weeds from 20. s up. Horses in Jakes’ estate from £2 to £l3: 3-horse team and harness £7O, Cortland C 9, gigs £1 to £7 10s, trap £6 ss. Harness and sundries sold at satisfactory | prices.