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Taranaki Daily News, 27 March 1922, Page 5

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LONDON WOOL SALESGOOD COMPETITION. Received March 26, 5.5 p.m. London, March 24. At the wool sales, the offerings included poor selections of Merinos and a fair lot of crossbreds. There was good, general competition at full prices, crossbreds being especially firm. LONDON MARKETS Received March 26, 5.5 p.m. Lofidon, March 24. Cotton.—The Liverpool quotations for American middling Upland, April delivery, is 10.28 per cent-, per pound. Rubber.—Fine hard Para 10|d per pound, plantation, first latex crepe’, BJd, smoked ribbed sheet B£d. Jute.—Native first marks, AprilMay shipment £25 15s per ton; New Zealand hemp, March-May shipment, £33 Is; copra, March-May shipment, £24 10s per ton. Linseed oil £37 5s per ton, eqital 2s II id per gallon. Turpentine 67s 3d per cwt., equal to 5s Id per gallon. Wheat.—Freights are easier, steamer being offered for South Australia and Victoria at 48s 9d. z Sheep.—Canterbury light B.jd, medium Bd, heavy 7d, Southland, none offering. New Zealand, ewes 6|d, Australian !i firsts 6£d, South American light 7gd, heavy JxiTnhs.-- Canterbury, light and medium ll%d, heavy 1 l%d, seconds 11 id, Southland, none offering; South American light lOd, heavy 9|d. | Frozen beef.—Argentine fores 3%d, 'hinds 4%d; Uruguayan fores 3d, hinds 4}d. Chilled, Argentine fores 4d, I hinds 7sd; Uruguayan, none offering. Other meats unchanged. AUSTRALIAN LOANS. Received March 26, 5.5 p.m. London, March 24. The Western Australian Government does not desire to float a loan immediately. and the New South Wales issue has been deferred pending the result of the elections.