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United Press Association—Per Electric Telegraph—Copyright. LONDON, February 18. . Copper, spot, £77 15s per ton"; three months, £7B. Lead, £ls 17s 6d per ton. Silver, 2s 6 11-16 d per oz. Quicksilver, £7 7s 6d. Antimony, £69 to £7O per ton. There is a better trade in rabbits, especially in young sorts, which sell at 12s 6d to 13s. At the rabbit-skin sales 2176 bales were offered. There is a strong American demand. Two thousand one hundred forty-seven bales were sold. New Zealand winter skins are unchanged. Others advanced Id to 2d, and occasionally 3d. Mutton and beef of all sorts are unchanged. Thirteen thousand quarters of Australian February-March shipments of wheat have been sold at 30s 7£d.
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Timaru Herald, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 12906, 20 February 1906, Page 5
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118COMMERCIAL. Timaru Herald, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 12906, 20 February 1906, Page 5
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