The Archive · 1939

British Commodities

Friday's Closing Quotations

London, Dec. 1.

Among commodities, cotton was active with movements irregular. ihe market closed slightly lower, London Rubber: Spot, buyers 11% sellers 3.—14; January delivery buyers 11%; sellers 1143; Liverpool Cotton: American Cotton: Jan.

153—4; Mar.—1; May—2; July 744

Egyplian Futures (Giza, F.G.F. No. 7)

No. 2 Contract: Jan. 822 unc.; Mar 829—1; May $35 unc; July 838 +1; London Metals: Tin, Standard, cash quoted £230 unchanged; 3 mths quoted £230 unchanged.—Reuter We were billeted in a cottage. One day the sergeant passed and looked in, "Nice smell in here, my "What is it?" "Roast Well, you see, it just walked in ere and give itself up."

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