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LONDON MARKETS. The Department of Agriculture has received the following cablegram, dated December 17 from the High Commissioner for New Zealand, London:— Tallow: Quiet demand at auction. Eight hundred and eighteen casks offered of which 258 sold. Present spot quotations are:— Mutton—Fine, 27/- to 27/6; fair to good, 23/6 to 26/6; dark to dull, 21/to 22/-. Beef—Sweet and/or mixed, 24/- to 28/-; fair to good, 22/- to 24/-; dark to dull, 20/- to 21/-. Mixed—Fair to good, 22/- to 23/-; dark to dull, 19/- to 21/-. Gut, etc.—l 9- to 21/-. Hemp: Manila—Market quiet and barely steady. Closing value for “K” grade for December-February shipment, £l6 12/6. Sisal—Steady demand at about last rates quoted. New Zealand—Nominal owing to the absence of demand on the basis of Highpoints for January-February shipment, £l4 10/-. Eggs: Market firm. English, national pack, 16/6 to 22/-; English, ordinary pack, 16/6 to 17/6; Danish, 13/3 to 19/-; Australian, 12/- to 13/6; New Zealand, 15 to 171 b per long hundred, sold 12/9 to 14/-; 181 b per long hundred, slow, 14/- to 15/-.
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Southland Times, Issue 21894, 21 December 1932, Page 7
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179LATE COMMERCIAL Southland Times, Issue 21894, 21 December 1932, Page 7
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