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United Press Association —By Electric TelegraphCopyright. LONDON. April 17. i. Mutton—Cross-bred wethers and maiden ewes, Canterbury 3Rd, Dunedin and; Southland 3§d, North Island 3d. LambPrime Canterbury 4Ad, fair average, including Dunedin, Southland, Wellington and secondary Canterbury, 4£d. River Plate unchanged. Hides —Heavy ox 4sd to s|-d, light 4f-d to 4£d, cow 4§d to 4|d. Messrs Dalgety and Company, Limited, have received the following cablegram from their London office under date April 15 : Frozen Meat. The market is quiet. Prime New Zealand frozen mutton (crossbred) is worth 3£d per lb for light weights, and 3d to 3Ad for heavier; frozen lamb 4-Id for best quality, and 4d to 4Ad for fair, Queensland mutton (merino) 2|d; beef, hindquarters 3f d, forequarters 2-Jd per lb. Tallow. The market is very dull and nothing is doing. We expect a decline in prices at next sales. Wheat.—The market is unsettled and dull for distant shipments as compared with nearer.
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Lyttelton Times, Volume XCIX, Issue 11557, 19 April 1898, Page 5
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