COMMERCIAL

Evening Post, Volume CVI, Issue 149, 21 December 1923, Page 3

COMMERCIAL

.WOOI, FIRM AT LONDON SALES. ■. - (ONIIBD PRISB A!SOCIATION.I_COPTMGHT.) (AUSIRAimHIBW ZEAIASD CABLE ASSOCIATION.) „... , LONS OIf > mh December. At the wool «ale» there was. miscellaneous selection. The market was nrov'for all sorts The sales close to-morrow. . ' Messrs. Murray, Roberts, and .' Co., it* have received the following wool market cablegram from their London agents dated 20th December:— r ' . ' 4 ' - ■ . "Sales firm. Compared with opening rate« v meriio, suitable for Continent, advanced 5 to"'----10 per cent.;, merino, suitable for America advanced, sto 10 , per. cent; merino, suitable for Yorkshire, advanced 5 per cent.;- cropsbred, greasy fine; advanced 5 per cent.; crossbred, greasy, medium, advanced 5 to 10 per cent.; crossbred* greasy, coarse, advanced 10 per cent.; crossbred, scoured, advanced 5 per cent.; crossbred, slipe, advanced 5 per "Quotations. Closing of present' series: 60 to 64's liew Zealand merino, yielding -IS per $2?>',SB? (27l?); S?> yieldinS <* Per cent, 27id (26d); 50's, yielding 65 per cent., 2"i (20d); 44 to 465,. preparing, yielding 74 per cent., 15} d (123 d); «to 46!s carding, yiel&ine 72 per cent., 14|d (14} d ; 40-44's, yieldinz <3 c^. eV(iU uld): 3Mo's yieldins 75 per "Closing of November, series in parentheses." , ■-........" MELBOURNE HIDES MARKET,'' V MELBOURNE; 20th December. The hides market wag animated and' Values were fully a farthing better, notably, light classes. Sloppy Hues . were unchanged. AUSTRALIAN PRODUCE. SYDNEY, 20th December. ' Oats, Tasmanian. Algerian feed, 4s 9d per bushel, white 4s lOd. Maise, South African, Us 8d to 6s 9d per bushel. Potatoes, local £5 ■ per ton, Tasmanian £10, West Australian £10 - to £11. Onions, Victorian, £9 to £10'ner ; ton; .-.■■' . ADELAIDE, 20th December. : Oats, Ss*2d to 3s 3d per bushel. .. \ FROZEN MEAT POSITION. Messrs. Dalgety and Company, Limited report having received the following cablegram from their London house under date of the 20th December:— , "Lamb—New Zealand prime crossbred lamb v Canterbury, heavy. Old; light, lid; North Island, heavy, gjd; light, 10{d. Demand for New Zealand lamb limited, market quiet Mutton.—New Zealand, prime crossbred mutton, Canterbury, heavy, not quoted; light not quoted; North Island, heavy, 7d; light.'7id Demand for New Zealand mutton moderate.' Market firm. Beef—New Zealand, ox beef hinds, 4{d; fores, 3Jd. Demand for New Zealand beef better. Market steady. Limited demand for frozen mutton and frozen lamb owing to Christmas."