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Clutha Leader, Volume XXXVI, Issue 51, 7 December 1909, Page 5

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Messrs Donald Reid and Co. Ltd./ report having sold on account of Mr Jas. Morrison, Stirling, his farm situated near Stirling to Mr Samuel lil. liot, of Owaka, at a satisfactory price. Mr Elliot is to be congratulated on securing such a nice property. LONDON WOOL MARKET. The N.Z. Loan and M.A. Company is in receipt of the following cable advice from its London Ollice regarding; the closing of the sixth series of sales : "The sales closed with good competition. The number of bales sold was 97,000 (taken for the Continent 48,000, taken for America 1,500) and 3,000 bales were held over. "As compared with last saW closing rates, prices are about 5 per cent, higher for lambs, medium and coarse greasy crossbred, scoured crossbred and "fine crossbred slipe ; about 5 per cent to li per cent for coarse and.medium crossbred slipe. Scoured merino super and fine greasy crossbred are about the same, while medium and inferior merino are about 5 per * cent lower, and greasy- merino super about pav to 5 pw oeati lowes,'*,