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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIII, Issue 350, 18 March 1922, Page 3

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! Dalgoty and Company, Limited, report j having a very good entry of sheep and a, 'Fir” ya’‘din<.r of catlle at their Feilding sale on, Friday, the 17(h inst. There was a . good domain) for stieep, lint battle were [dull of sale. Quotations:- Forward ewes i 9s Bd, mixed age owes ss, 9s 6d to 11s 6(1, 4 and 5-yr ewes 13s 4d, 13s 7d, 16s to 17s, fat; lambs 16s 6d to 19s 6d, 2-th Romney rams 22gns, 2(h Southdown rams 6 to Bgns. store cows 15s to 20s, bulls 17s 6d. 55s to £2 7s 6d, 4yr bullocks (rough) £4 7s 6d, light fat heifers £3 7s 6d, light fat steers £3 15s to £4 10s,. LONDON MARKETS. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Lid., Palmerston North, have received the following cablegram Irom their London house under dale 15th hist.:— ■ Tallow.-—lienor market; quotations unchanged. Last quotations 8/3/22; I' me mutton 42s 3d per ewt, good heel 41s 3d per cut. mixed 35s 9d per cwt. New Zealand frozen meat. —No change in market. Last quotations; 8/3/22: Lamb 10Jd per Hi, new season lljd per lb; wether and maiden ewe, light 7ad per lb, heavy 6,(0 per lb; ewe, light 6»d per lb, heavy 5Jd per lb. Beef (1/3/22): Ox. hinds 4^l per lb. fores 2,'d per lb; eow, hinds old per lb, fores 2d per lb. LONDON M KAT M ARK FT, 1 talgcly and ( 0., Ltd., report ha ring re ceived tiie billowing cablegram Irom their London house under dale of 16t1 1 ins!.: — “Quotation New Zealand prime crossbred lamb, Nortit Island, heavy lid, light l2d; active demand, market very linn. Quotation New Zealand prime crossbred million, Canterbury, heavy light 73d; North Nand, heavy 6d. light 7d; demand mils principally on light weights, market firm. Qimiaiion New Zealand prime ox heel, hinds: 4d, fores 2^<i; demand poor, prices mniinal Quotation g.a.q. crossbred lamb, Australian, heavy 93d, light 10/,d; mutton, heavy 5/al. light 6d; demand for .Australian lamb good, motion poor; quotalimts for lamb are new season's.’ AUSTRALIAN MARKETS. A!FLIiOCRNF, Match 17. Parley. English 4s 4d, Cape 3s to 3s Id ; oats, ?s: 3d to 5s 6d ; potatoes, £4 to £4 10s; onions, £6 5s to £6 10s. —Press Association. FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES. LONDON, March 16. Tiie foreign exchange rales are as billow; Paris, 48.50 Ira ties to £1; Stockholm, 16.73 kroner; Christiania, 25 kroner; Copenhagen, 20.65 kroner; Peiihi, 1177 marks; ('aletiil.i, 15,3 dto rupee; Yokohama, 26id to yen; Hongkong, 29A1 to dollar; Mon ti-o.ii, 449 cents to £1; New York, 434 cents. — A. and N.Z. cable.