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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XII, Issue 239, 21 September 1922, Page 7

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LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE. London, September 19. The improved Near East outlook had a good effect on the Stock Exchange and the tone is better all round.—(A. and N.Z.) QUEENSLAND WOOL SALES. . Brisbane, September 20. Prices showed a sharp rise compared with the preceding wool sales-. Fourteen thousand bales were offered, the French being the biggest buyers. Italy and Germany bought heavily. Increased prices ranged from 10 to 15 per cent.—(A. and N.Z.) FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES. „ London. Sept. 18. Ihe foreign exchange rates are as follow

10 to gold £ 15gd 15£d Determined by the price of silver. LONDON PRODUCE MARKETS. Jhe Bank of New Zealand has received the following advice from its London office under date 15th. inst : - ! Butter: Steady; 214/- to 218/- per cwt. Cheese: Fair inquiry; coloured 88/to 90/- pea- cwt ; white 90/- to 94/per cwt. Frozen meat- Market for wethers is firm with upward tendency. Good demand for ewes. Lambs, market closed firm. Beef, quiet but firm. Wethers, light, 6|d. to Bd. per lb.; heavy. 6d. to 6£d. per lb. Ewes. 4sd. <to 64. per lb. Lambs, light, to 12d. pei’ lb.; heavy, 9|d. to 10jd. per lb.; seconds, lid. to 11 |d. per lb. Ox hinds, 4sd. to sjd. per lb.; fores. 3d. to 3sd. per lb. Cow hinds, 4d. to 4|d. per lb; cow fores, 2jd. to 2sd. per lb. STORTFORD LODGE STOCK SALE. The Hawke’s Bay Stock Brokers’ Association report having held their usual weekly sale at Stortford Lodge yards yesterday, when a good yarding of sheep and cattle was offered to a good attendance of the public. Prices ranged as follows:—Dairy cows up to £lO, dairy Heifers £3 17/6 to £9 10/, fat bullocks £5 to £7 11/. fat cows from £4 2/6. empty heifers from £2 2/, empty dairy heifers £3 12/6, fat wethers and maiden ewes 23/ to 27/3, fat ewes 18/8 to 25/9, fat hoggets up to 19/5, f. and f. wethers 25/, ewes with lambs at foot up to 31/6. f. and f. ewes 12/6 to 16/, empty store ewes 8/6 to 12/6, m.s. hoggets from 12/10 to 19/6.

Loudon on Par Aug. 28 Sent. 18 Paris, ft. io £1 ... Christiania, kr. to 25.225 58.00 58.60 £1 18.159 26.30 26.13 Copenhagen, kr. to £1 18.159 20.70 21.07 Stockholm, kr. to £1 18.15916.18 16.73 Berlin, marks to £1 2043 6550 6550 Rome, lire to £1 4.86$ 102$ 1053 Montreal, do!, to £1 4.86«( 4.471 4.42 New York, dol. to £1 4.8634.41| Hong Kong, dol to £1 31d 31d Yokohama, st. to yen Calcutta, st. to rpe. 21.50 253d 26id