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A RAID ON NATIONAL CURIOSITIES. ENGLISHMEN WHIMPERING OVER GERMAN ACTIVITY. PARIS EXHIBITION'S DEFICIT A FLEABITE. FROZEN MEAT QUOTATIONS. SHEEPSKIN SALES: PRICES HARDENING. (United Ppess Association. — By Electric Telegraph — Copyright.) LONDON, Dec. 16. A quantity of valuable , South Kensington curios, lent to the West Ham Museum, have been stolen. Obituary : Lady Darling, widow of Sir Charles Darling, third Governor of Victoria. ■ Englishmen in China condemn the mischievous activity of the Germans. The Paris Exhibition accounts show a deficit of two million francs. Frozen meat quotations — Crossbred wether and maiden ewe : Canterbury, 4|d ; Dunedin and Southland, 4|d ; North Island, 4|d. Lamb, none offering. River Plate crossbred or merino wether, heavy, 3d 15-16ths ; light, 3f d. New Zealand beef, 1 80 to 2201 b, fair average quality ox : hinds, 3d 10-16ths per lb. At the sheepskin sales 4264 bales were offered and all sold ; combing merinos and fine crossbreds advanced a halfpenny to five eighths ; clothing merinos a halfpenny ; crossbreds, a farthing.
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Southland Times, Issue 14816, 18 December 1900, Page 3
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162British and Foreign Southland Times, Issue 14816, 18 December 1900, Page 3
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