OTHER REPORTS

Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 10, 13 January 1932, Page 12

OTHER REPORTS

The ißank of-New Zealand (produce department) has received the following advice from its London1 office, under date 12th January:— . • "The'sales have opened -with strong competition and large, attendance of buyers.: There is an active demand by Home and; German-buyers. There is a good demand1 for all-kinds of -wob'llV Compared with the: close of last sales prices for greasy, coarse, and medium crossbreds and scoured merino are unchanged. Fine crossbreds a farthing higher." ... Messrs/Levin and: Co., Ltd., have received the following" table from, their London agents, dated 12th January, 1932:— ; . "The auctions opened..here- to-day with! a- large of buyers. Corapeti-; Won is ie'eri, particularly'from Home trade, and Germany: ■' Compared -with closing! rates of. last series, prices on an average were firm, with fine halfbreds, 56's quality,; %d higher, and-all'other descriptions firm,! if anything in favour of sellers." 1 • Dalgety and Company's report is as follows:—: ■

Sales opened active, competition ani-; mated, -large attendance of ■buyers, fairi selection;;- ; : Home trade principal opera-! tors. Continental" buyers fairly active.' Merino firm at unchanged prices. Pieces' and bellies par ; t0.,5 per cent.: higher. Fine: ?.r °s?"red/ change if any is in favour of1 sellers. . Keen demand for 50's. arid above. Medium ' crossbred.,' unchanged; ' coarse; crossbred, change if.'any is in favour of buyers. ; ■ ■'"■•■ " ■ ; ' •■• .■■

'KG/Anderson, Ltd., have received the following report:— ;"TVoql sales opened with.good competition. Crossbreds are par to s'per cent, dearer. There is keen general demand." .Messrs. -Wright,- Stephenson, and—Go*' Ltd., ami Abraham, and Williams, Ltd report iliaviiig./rr'eceived' . the. following cabled advice, from their London houso:— ; Wool-sales opened; Average attendance;of buyers. Competition animated Continental arid j Bradford buyers chief operators.'- Average •. selection; Greasy ? n aJT bl'e^ WWs yielding 67 per ce.nt., I"d,-,. Greasy- three-quarterbred, > 48/50's.' yielding.73 per cent.,' 7%d. Australian merinos, prices par to 5 per cent, iigher. Slipe market .unchanged^ December prices well maintained." '

The New Zealand Farmers' Co-op. Distributing- Company, Ltd.'s, London office, dated'l2th :Jariti&ry;;l932, reports:—: v "!Wp?l- ?»|eß : opened., to-day, and prices compared withl last London.'. series' becasionally;against:the buyers, but prices generally unchanged, market very: firm. Anticjpate .179,000 bales will be offered." New.Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Comr/ahy, Limited, has; received the follqwing-.Vadyjce ifrom -its -, London: office, dated' 12th-instant:— "*' ' •' ' :: f There yas a,;gpodU.attendance the opening1; of. the'*feales( "to-dayj • competition' by Home and German buyers being fairly active, arid ■■•prices; asfcompared with pre-: ceding auctions, were in sellers' favour for good greasy "nienno"'aiid fine greasy" crossbred, otherwise market:firm.'The.opening catalogues were fairly representative. " .'.Messrs^Murray,.Epberts,., and Co.;. Ltd.,; have' 'recdyed^ths: following:,cablegram from their' Londbti agentsy'dated !l2tli instant:—Sales have opened firm, competition' brisk." Yorkshire principal buyers, aid operating- > freely. :■' Cbiitinental ' -buyers' operating moderately. -'■Comparedwith last •London,; sale's closing rafes greasy meriao finer advanced" 5 • per- xent;-greasy- merino, other descriptions, and scoured merino; market shows-no. material:.change;.- crossbred greasy fine, market.firm.and shows a' hardening fendencyj crossbred greasy^ medinm, • and coarse, market -shows-no. materialf-cha,nge.i" crossbred seoured;'market shows .'no' change's""slipe crossbred, par to 5i per cent, decline. '