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Timaru Herald, Volume XIIC, Issue 13490, 11 January 1908, Page 5

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THE LONDON MARKETS. Precs Afisociatiou-Bv Telegraph-Copvright ' LONDON, Jan.' 9. Silver, 2s 1 15-16 d per oz. Copper, on spot, £6l IBs per ton; three months. £62 ss; • electrolytic, £64. Tin. on spot. £l2l 5s per ton; three months. £122 ss. * Lead, 142.5" 6d per ton. The Air.eiican visible supply of wheat is 68,155,000 bushels. BRITISH TRADE WITH NEW ZEALAND. R.Ccivi-d 10.43 p.m., January ICth. LONDON, January 10. The Board of Trade's advisory committee basing their conclusions chiefly on Milt. J. Jt-lfray'o report., -Unity ih-i't ii j s serious mistake to nnd.-i itiniai .• ibe <x-t-eiit- of foreign competition in X -\v Xm land or iir; < xpaiision. Although British manufactuiers may contemplate tile present position with some satisfaction th.-y cannot alford to relax their vigilance or to be lulled into a feeling of security by a preferential tariff. The United Kingdom might supply the few classes of goods at prrtTi-nl almost, entirely held by foreign traders, but excepting certain American. French, German and Belgian .specialities, most of the oilier foreign goods are cheap lines which British manufacturers cor.r-Jdere d unimportant. Th? committee considers that with reasonable vigilance and attention to tin- di sirtu and prejudices of Hi;- cewiumeis the British traders should maintain anil even improve their position. The wheat majkets are firm on the r,trengfh of unfavourable weather from t.lie Argentine, and - cargo: s are hardening ; ll.OOOqrs of .South Australia January shipment have bron sold at 41s 3d. Flour i-. firm, but quiet ; Australian 30s.

The. butter market i* very firm : Danish 124s to 1265: colonial is unchanged. Theie is a strong demand specially for (secondaries. which arc vow scarry-.

The Bradfcrd wool market is quieter. All class-es ar ; - firmer: 40's 13d. 46>s 14Jd. common 60's 25Jd. super 26Jd.

The .National Mortgage and Agency Company of New Zealand. Limited, have been advised by cable from London that there is a hardening tendency in the market for merinos and cross-breds generally. Messrs Webb and Kempt-home have received the following cable message from the Colonial Consignment and Distributing- Company's London office:—The frozen meat market continues weak and there 5s a further fall ill the value of mutton. To-day's quotations are:—Canterbury mutton, SJd: Napier. Wellington and North Island. 3gd: beef, hindquarters. :>2rl: forequarter.s, 2?d. Mes\-ir, Dalgftv and Co. report under date, London. .January 9th: —"'Prices of frozen meat are ab: ill th? i-:am; as last reported, with the exception of secondary mutton and lamb, which are a shade earsier. Butter prices are unchanged ; the market is linn. The Copenhagen official quotation is one krr n:-r higliir. and we expocl no immediate change in pvic.n." CLEANSE YOUR INSIDES. TAKI-: AX OCCASIONAL. l)OSK OF T)R EX SOU'S TAMER JUICE. What- happens when a house drain is stopped up? You clian.-e if. YOll remove from it all obsl 1 in.tilons. and litake a clear passage from end tic end. What happ.-ns when a lamp chimney be crime:: dirty ? If you want light and comfort you wash ami cl,-aii:-e ii. And a good t !eai:,-;ing th ■ only iliing to pioduie the resul: tie sire.l. .lust so wi'li th • li idy. When the vauons organs become clogged with iindiir ■;; ,-c' foot you niusT c!ean>e them if von wi:-h to retain pel feel health. H.adachc-s. liiliou.-nihemnaiic pains, constipa-ion. sour srorvuteh. piles, inditivs tion, pimples. lioils. ale all Ilie result of doiTjf.-d organs. Or. Elisor's Tamer .I nice helps the stomach 1... dige.-i f..od thoroughly. It remove.'. from th - -y:te:n a-! the wast:- that is 1101 re'iuii <!. [t I;- ens each and every in tin.- condition, li coaxes the stomach to do grotl work, k.eps th.. liv.r ac ! live, and the bowels in legular ord -r.