LONDON MARKETS.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 13820, 28 November 1908, Page 4

LONDON MARKETS.

LONDON, Nov. 27. ~ Wheat. — . The markets are quiet. Prices are x>raeticnlly unchanged j 38& was asked for an Australian November shipment, 38s 9d for. January-Febrjl-' ary shipment by sailer, and 37s for> k January-February steamer shipment^ Flour. — The market is firm. Austral lian is ofWing freely. v JanHarjrJfe^ ruary-March shipment is. quoted, at 28s 3d to 28s 6d at Glasgow, "but buyers ar© not inclined to operate. Rtfbbitskins.— The markets are good. There is keen demand from the Continent and America. - Prices Show o» average advance of Xsd. • Butter. — The market is flat. Owing to extraordinary "open" weather ifi some parts of England the factories are producing more than in June. Many of the retailers are ' unable to take 'colonial supplies as they still hold stores of Siberian which they purciiasjed when reports of an Australian short^ age were current. Quotations : —Dal:- * ish 112s to 120s; choicest Australian 108s to 112s; New Zealand 114s. Cheese.— New Zealand 58s, Canadian 59s to 61s. „«„ ,- xi Copper.— On the spot £63 15s, thre* months £64 12s 6d. Electrolytic cop- v 4>er £66 ss. * „ , ' _ Tin.— On the spot £135 l*s 6d, three months £137 12s 6d. Lead, £13 8s 9d. Silver. 22|d. _ . Iron, 49s 6d. * . , , n Sugar. — The market is steady, uorman 10s 3d, first marks 12s. Wool.— The Bradford wool market is dull. Common sixties 23£ d, s"P e J. 24 * cl * Kauri Gum.— At -the sales oti cases were offered and 120 sold at full recent rates or higher. Throe-c^uarter-scraped 16d.