THE WOOL SALES.

Clutha Leader, Volume XXXVI, Issue 62, 21 January 1910, Page 5

THE WOOL SALES.

, ItISE IN DUCES. INVh'tROATiGILj,, January I!). At the wool sales tliero was; strong competition, i; : ii .the whole prices word a halfpenny better than at the December sales. The greatest rise was inline cross-bred hogget and ha.i-'bred. Prices mrised : Finn cross-brwl, lip to 12.U1 ; hal. r-red, I'3| ;, cross-bred pieces, KM; hail-bred pieces-, lid. More half-bred of a better ipial.ily was forward, and prices were Id to lid better. LOXLOX WOOI, M'RKET. LONDON, January IS, The wool sales opened brisk. Crossbreds advanced 5 to 10 per cent.. The New Zealand Loan and M.A. Coy., L'milc: 1 , >s in receipt of the following cable advire from its London olliee regarding the opening of the first srru's of wool sales on the IStli inst "There was a full attendance at the opening of the wool sates to-day, competition by Home, Continental and American buyers being active. "The opening catalogues were fairly representative. As compared with 1 last sales' closing rates, prices _ara higher by about 10 per cent for, medium and coarse greasy crossbi'e:l, and higher by about 5 to 7J per cent for crossbred slipe. For merino and line crossbred the market is very firm."