LONDON MARKETS

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXI, Issue 18821, 11 July 1923, Page 8

LONDON MARKETS

♦ ■ ( LONDON WOOL SALES. J Received July 10. 8.10 p.m. LONDON, July 9. I At, the wool sales practically no mei rinos were offered, but there was a I good offering of average quality crossbreds. New Zealand sales were: — Kaiwarra, 24d: Agbrooke, 23Jd; 25<1. The Bradford market is very quiet, with little inquiry; crossbreds and merinos are stagnant. LONDON METALS MARKET. Received Jul.- 10, p.m. LONDON, July 9. | Copper. Spot, £65 Is 3d per ton; ’. forward, £65 13s 9d. Lead, £24 2s 6d I and £23 12s 6d. Spelter, £2B 7s 6d and I £2B 1.7 s Gd. Tin, £lBl 8s Vd and £lB2 13s 9d. Silver, 31 3-Bd.

FROZEN .MEAT. I Dalgety and Co., Ltd., report liav- j ing received the following cablegramj I I rom their London house under date of j I the sth inst.: — | ! Lamb.—New Zealand prime crossbred lamb, Canterbury heavy, lOJd; light, I ! Hid; North Island heavy, lOjd light, | li'Jd. Less demand for lamb, market I i ill IU. I Mutton. —New Zea and prime cross-] | bred mutton. Canterbury, heavy, 6.d;| light, BJd, North Island, heavy, Old; light, Bd. Demand for mutton limited, market steady. Beef. —New Zealand prime ox beef, hinds, 4Jd; fores, 3d. Demand for beef better, market firmer. Australian Frozen .Meat —Good average quality crossbred lamb, heavy, ofd; light, l”d Demand limited. I Good average quality crossbred mutton, I heavy. ssd, light, s|d. Demand I limited. I Beef firmer owing to the temporary ' shortage of chided during the strike at ] the deck. Little business going forward I for frozen lamb and mutton. The spot market is quiet, forward buyers nerv--1 OUS. j TiJlow.—7ls casks of tajlow were offered. and 300 casks sold. Prices unchanged. LONDON WOOL SALES. Messrs Levin and Co.. Ltd., have i received the following cable from their ] London agents, dated sth July, 1923: I The following prices are current for average farmers’ lots at the sales now proceeding:—Greasy merinos, 23d to | 28d per lb; scoured merinos, 4s Id; I gieasy super halfbreds. 56’s, 22d to 26d; ; greasy fine halfbreds, 50 to 561bs, 18d ] tu 21 d- greasy halfbreds, 48 to 50Ibs, 13d to 15£d; greasy flue crossbreds, 46 to 481bs, 12d to 13d, greasy medium crossbreds, 44 to 461bs, lOd to Hud: greasy coarse crossbreds, 40 to 441bs, !>ld to 10id; greasy low crossbreds, 36 t > 40:bs, BJd to 9Sd • greasy crossbred I pieces, 8d to 91d; greasy crossbred bellies, 8d to SJd; greasy crossbred locks, 5d to 5Jd.