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Evening Star, Issue 17928, 25 March 1922, Page 4

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RABBITSKIN SALES,

LONDON, March 25,. (Received March 25, at 10.30 a.m., At the rabbitskins eales 2,200 bales wers offered and 1.500 sold. There was a fair attendance. Furriers operated sparingly. Most of tho New Zealand skins were withdrawn for homo business -after tho sales at about January rates. Australian furriers' sorts were in smaller supply, and were well competed for. Prices were about unchanged. Hatters’ sorts brought fair general competition at about 10 per cent, decline, which was most marked on tho outgoing spring sorts and least on summers and kittens,—A. and N.Z. Cable,

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Messrs Dalgety and Co._, Ltd., report having received the following cable from their head office, dated London, 23rd hist. Prime cross-bred lamb : Canterbury, heavy, 11 j?d; light, 121 d; North Island, heavy, lid; light, demand active. Prime crossbred mutton ; Canterbury, heavy, 6|d to ,6J-d; light, 7|d to 8d ; .North Island, heavy ,_ 6d; light, 7-„ L d; demand fair. N.Z. prime ox beef : Hinds, 4d; fores, 2|d; demand poor. N.Z. lamb ; Any change in prices is in favor of buyers. N.Z. mutton : Firm. N.Z. beef : Prices nominal. Australian good average quality crossbred heavy, fljd; light, lOid; mutton, heavy, shd; light, 6d; demand for lamb fair, for mutton poor.

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The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Ltd., has received tho following cablegram from its London hoiiflc, under dale 22nd inst. Tallow : Wo quote prerent spot values for tho following descriptions Fine mutton, 42s 3d per owt; good Iboof, 41s 3d; mixed, 365; market quiet. New Zealand frozen meal: No change in market.