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Lyttelton Times, Volume CXVII, Issue 17288, 2 October 1916, Page 9

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LONDON MARKETS. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. WHEAT. - LONDON, September .29. Chicago wheat September options aro qubk ed at 157$ centß. to 154 cents; December, 146 J cents to 154 cents, WHEAT. LONDON, September 30. Wheat is hardening on stronger American advices. Australian wheat is quoted at 70a. Wheat and flour afloat are for the Unitcu Kingdom, 2,2(36,000 quarters; the Continent, 2,956,000. Ihe Atlantic shipments to. a) >66!),000; Pacific nil; total from Europe, 1,150,000; Russia, 20,000; India, 219,000; Argentine, 60,000; Australasia, 19,000. RABBITS. Rabbits aro firm and fairly active. New South Wales blues ex store, 24s 6d to 255-6 d; October arrivals, 25s c.i.f. FROZEN MEAT. New Zealand mutton is BJd to.6Jd, Australian BJd, South American Sd to Sid. South American lambs 6ed to 9d. Other meats are unchanged. MISCELLANEOUS. Hemp is steady. December-February shipmeat £l9 10s. Rubber—Para, 3s 3sd; plantation, 2s 4idj smoked, 2s 3Jd. Coprft—September-October shipments 530 ss. ' ■ ..",.•'• SHARES. Union Stoam Ship of New Zealand, 52s 6d. LONDON TALLOW SALES.. - Tho Now Zealand Loan'.and Mercantile Agency Company, Ltd., has following cablegram from London: —Tallow— Wo quote present spot .' values. for the following descriptions:—Fine? mutton 43s per cwt, good beet 42s 3d per cwt, mixed 87s 6d per cwt. Market dull, with downward tendency.