THE WOOL SALES.
Press Association—By Telegraph-Copyright. LONDON, January 5. River Plate tops are quoted at Antwerp: January delivery, 6.40 franca per kilogram ; June delivery, 655 francs. At Roubaix : January delivery, 6.50 fiancs ; June delivery, 6.77£ francs. The second Timaru wool sale (held yesterday) from the catalogue comprised 6,768 bales. Half-bred and cross-bred wools were decidedly easier thau at the first sale, and a good quantity was passed in. There was very keen bidding fof merino wool, and it brought quite U higher than at the last sale. SoouriDg wooh (piecep, etc.) eold very well; half-bred sold up to 12M : crosa-bred, KHd; three-quarter-bred, merino, 13|d ; scoured, lSd ; merino pieces, 10£ 1; bellies, 9d;. locks, 4d. The catalogue was the largest ever offered, with the exception of 1894.
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Evening Star, Issue 11132, 6 January 1900, Page 4
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126THE WOOL SALES. Evening Star, Issue 11132, 6 January 1900, Page 4
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