CITY EDITION. PUBLISHED AT 4 P.M. COMMERCIAL.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 8002, 4 May 1904, Page 3

CITY EDITION. PUBLISHED AT 4 P.M. COMMERCIAL.

United Press Association— By Electrio Telegraph-rCopyright. • (Received- May 4, 9 a.m.) -.."■/ LONDON, May 5. Copper-— On. spot £58 18a 9<i per toa, three mo_tb_' £58 17s 6d.per ton. Supplies, 29,281 tons j deliveries, '28,751 tons; stocks, 12,026 tons; advised afloat, 2925 tone. T-in.— On spot £127 12s 6d per ton, three months' £127 2s 6d per ton. Stock, 15,974 tons; on spot, 3252 tons; afloat, 3099 tons ; deliveries, 2708 tone. Lead.— £l2 3s l_d per ton. Tallow.— Stock, 8475 casks; imports, 4404 casks; deliveries, 3101 casks. (Reoeived May 4, 1Q.52 a.m.) SYDNEY, May 4. Wheat.— Chick 2s 5d to 2s 7d_ milling 2s lld Flour. £7 15s' to £8. Oats.— - Tasmanian Algerian le 7d to ls 9d, white 2s, New Zealand 2s 4d_ Tartarian 2s 7d. Barley.— Cape 2s 4d to 2s sd. Maize, Is 9d to 2s. Bran' 6_d. Pollard, 7_d. Peas, Prussian Blue 3s 9d to 4s. Potatoes, Tas- , manian £1 15s to £2. Onions t Victorian £2 5s to £2. 7s 6d. Butter, Bd. Cheese, 4_d. Baoon, 744 (The ahove quotations are those ruling between merchant and retailer, aud do not represent the slightly lower values obtained by the recognised broker.) /.-... ' MELBOURNE. May 4. Wheat, 2s ll_d. Flour, £7 5s tp £7 10s. Oats, seed Is 4d to Is sd, milling ■is2dto ls 3d. Barley, feeding Is lOd to 2s Id, Cape malting 2$ 6d to 3s. Maize, Is lld. Bran and pollard, 7£d eaoh. Potatoes, £1 15s to £2 2. od. ADELAIDE, May 4. Wheat, 2s lld. Floury £7 10s. Bran, 7d. Pollard, Bd. SHIPPING. (Received May 4, 10.45 a.m.) LONDON, May 3. Arrived — Turakina, from Wellington. Eyerton Grange, from Timaru. Star of Victoria-, from Napier. Wellington, from Lyttelton. Sailed— --Star of Ireland-, for New* Zealand, ~^ The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited, has received the following cable mtessage'Jirom its London ofiice, dated May 3 :— Wool.— The sales opened at an average advance over last sales of _d per Ib for coarse, greasy crossbred; from par to £d per lb on medium greasy crossVbred; and from _d to Id pei lb for greasy cross-bred lambs. The market for r_erino wool is firmer. WOOL SALES:The National Mortgage and Agency Company has received ' the following cable mes* sage from its London/ office :— The woo] sales opened firm for merino of all descriptions ; cross-bred, fine and n^edium, have a firmer tendency ; coarse crossibreds show an average advance of 7£ per ceiit on last series.