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Evening Star, Issue 17923, 20 March 1922, Page 8

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o Ptbh» Asaociation—By Telegraph—Copyright. LONDON MARKETS. LONDON, March 18. ■ Cotton.—Liverpool quotation, American middling upland, April delivery 10.37 d per lb. Eubber.—Fine hard Para, lOg-d per lb; plantation, ilrst latex-crepe, 8d; smoked, ribbed sheet, Bd. Copra.—South Sea bagged, March-May shipment. £24 10s per ton. Jute. —Native first marks, March-April shipment, £26 2s 6d por ton. New Zealand hemp, March-May shipments, £53 10s por ton. Linseed oil, £36 5s per ton, equal to 2? lOfd per gallon. Turpentine, 67s 3d per cwt, equal to 5s per gallon. Sheep.—New North Island, 7jJ-d; best, 7|d; new New Zealand ewes, 6jd. Australian seconds, 6£d. South American light, ewes, 6d; Patagonian light, Lamb.—Canterbury and Southland, none offering. Frozen Beef.—Argentine fores, 3/ c cl; hinds, 43-d. Chilled Argentine fores, 3£d; hinds, 5-Jjd. Uruguayan fores, 3Jd; hinds, 4§d; others unchanged. (Note : All quotations are for wholesalo quantities doJivered to Smithfield Market,) Wheat. —Cargoes firm, in sympathy with the American advance. There is good Continental inquiry, and sellers are asking 6d. extra. The Yoseric's cargo was sold at 56s per quarter. Sellers require Is advance on most, descriptions. Australian wheat afloat is quoted at 57s 6d per quarter. Parcels of March shipment 58s per quarter. —A. and N.Z. Cable. LONDON WOOL SALES. LONDON, March 18. At the wool sales there was a fair all round selection. There was a strong demand from all quarters, both merinos and cross-breds making full lata rates. Slipos wore firmer.—A. and N.Z. Cable.