SYDNEY WOOL SALES.

Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 12593, 8 September 1906, Page 11

SYDNEY WOOL SALES.

(Received September 7th. 11.53 p.m.) SYDNEY, September 7. There was keen competition, at tho wool sales. Twelve thousand baled wore catalogued during the week, and 9,800 sold. Prices were on a par with lafib season's opening rates, and at times exceeded them. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Company. Ltd., held a grain wale yest-eriLav. The enlos totalled about iOOO sacks grain. Pxioes weire about on a par with the Compajiy'e August salt , , but there was no enquiry tor chaff. Second milling wheat and good whole fowl wheat brought from 3s to 3s 3d, seconds wheat 2.5 9rl to 2s 10d, Canadian and Garton oate 2s Id to 2s 4<], Dun oate 2s 2d to Us 3d, DanLsli oats 2s Id to 2s ljd, potatoes up to £10 i>cr ton.

Jles'srs Dalgety «nd Company, Limited, liave received the following cable mossages from thoir London office, under date Gtli instant:— '•The demand for frozen lamb and beef continues. Poor demand for mutton. Priecß of frozen lamb are unchanged!; mutton market is Tiealter, and prices ■»* boef are firm. New Zealand prime crossbrefl lamb, Canterbury, heavy 4d, lipcbt 4i<l. NottJi Inland htain.4d, light 4|d, New Zealend prime cit>:*hred mutton Canterbury, hoary SJd. ligbt- 3id, North Island heavy 3d, light 3}d. Now Zvitlnnd prime ox beef, fores 2gd. hinds 3Jd. Pork 5d." ''Tlie butter market is firm. CopenHapen officinl quotation is 1 kroner higher. Total imports into the United Kingdom for ivoek ending Ist Auprust veto 81,000cwt., «s compwed with 99,000ewt. for corresponding period last year."