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LAMB PRICES HIGHER. [BY CABLE —PRESS ASSN. —COPYRIGHT.] LONDON, May 9. Despite a record arrival of two and a-hSlf million lambs at Smithfield during April, prices improved during last week. This is attributed to there being less mutton en route than for the corresponding period last year and to (he regulation of New Zealand shipments. WOOL MARKET. LONDON, May 10. M. Devereaux reports that the easier market this week in London was partly due to the reduced French demand, owing to fears of a strike by the operatives, also the difficulties of maintaining the prices of tops and yarns. All centres show a general fall of 5 per cent, compared with the opening prices, both in merinos and cioos breds. The fall was mostly experienced in scoured merinos, shortscoured sliped, and medium coarse crossbreds. The Bradford market is stagnant with little now business offering. STOCKS AND SHARES. AUCKLAND, May 11. j New Zealand Breweries 34/3, Willson’s Cement 40/3,
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Greymouth Evening Star, 11 May 1931, Page 5
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