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Taranaki Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 16822, 21 August 1920, Page 7

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METAL MARKET. By Telegraph—Press Assn—Copyright. (Received August 21, 8 a.m.) LONDON, August 19. Copper.—Spot £93 12s 6d, three months £95 2s 6d; electrolytic £lll and £ll7. Lead.—£3s 10s and £36. Spelter.—£49 and £42 10s. Tin.—£27s 10s and £282 ss. Silver.—6ld, SALE OF AUSTRALIAN WOOL. LONDON, August 18. A total of 8650 bales of Australian tvool was auctioned at Hull; There was a good attendance, and fair competition. Prices were about the same average ae recent London auctions. Crossbreds were somewhat neglected. A fair number were withdrawn. Carbonising sorts advanced slightly. Greasy Merinos were 5 per cent, easier.—Aus.N.Z. Cable Assn. AUSTRALIAN MARKETS. MELBOURNE, August 20. Hides are firm; heavy, good-condi-tioned show id advance; other sorts are firm at late rates. Barley.—English 6s, 6s 3d; Cape 6s 9d, 6s KHd. Oats. —Algerian 5s 6d, 4s lOd. Potatoes. —£13 to £l3 10s. Onions. —£15 to £l6. CANADIAN WHEAT MARKET. WINNIPEG, August 18. Open trading in wheat “futures” has been resumed for the first time since the war. Export houses made fair purchases of October deliveries, —Aus.SuZ. Cable Assn. THE PRICE OF GOLD. Per Press Association. WELLINGTON, August 20. The High Commissioner for New Zealand, under date August 18, cables as follows: “The official price of gold to-day is £5 14s nominal.”