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Press, Volume LXII, Issue 12365, 2 December 1905, Page 10

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United Piess Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright. LONDON, November 30. Wool Strong competition for e!l sorts. Prioes are tuiJv maintained. The average price realised for the fleece portion of the "Kapai" clip was 7Jd. 31ELBOURNE, December 1. Hides are very etsong, and are ad--1 vancing. ! The tailow market hae declined ss. TIMART7 WOOL SALE. The fiist wool eaie of tho season opened at Timani on Thim-uuy night, when 6000 bales were offered? Bradford, Continental, American, and coloniaJ buyers were repievented. B.dding was brisk, especially tor wools fit for tne Amer.oan market, and good prices were obtained; 12 jd was the top price, this being paid for halfbred. The range of prices was as follows :—Halfbred, choice 12d to 123 d, Buper lid to Hid. medium IOJd to lid, inferior 9H to lOJd; three-quarterbred, choice lljd to ll£d. super IOJd to lljd. me<f.um 9Jd to lOJd: fine crosebred, lOd to IOJd. coarse BJd to 9Jd; merinos (only a few bales forward), 9d to 9jd. Messrs Ddgety and Company, Limited, have received the following cable message from their London office, under date 30th November: — "Since our last telegram prices of frozen mutton Mid lamb are unchanged. Prices of frozen beef aro hi<cher by Jd to i<l per lb. The sales continue firm for all good wools, but wasty, earthy greasy wooLs are on the average 5 per cent, lower than closing nates of last series."