LONDON WOOL SALES

Evening Star, Issue 22818, 29 November 1937, Page 8

LONDON WOOL SALES

BANK OF M.2. REPORT The sales closed with fair competition. Alerinos are steady, and crossbreds have an easier tendency, Zealand greasy merinos, super, 60-64 a quality, 14d to 15d per lb; New Zealand greasy merinos, ordinary, 60-64 s quality, 12Jd to 13Jd . per lb; New Zealand greasy merinos, inferior, 60-64’b quality, IOJd to lid per Jb; New Zealand greasy half-breds, quality, 13d to 13Jd; New Zealand greasy half-breds, 56 s quality, 124 d to 123 d; New Zealand greasy halfbreds, 50-56’s quality, lljd to 12d per lb • New Zealand greasy cross-breds. 60’s quality, lljdto■ lltf; New Zealand greasy cross-breds, 48-50 s quality, . 10id to lid per lb; New Zealand, greasy cross-breds, 46-48 , s quality, lOid to 10id per lb: New Zealand greasy crossbreds. 44-46’s quality, lOd to IOJd per lb; New Zealand greasy .crossbreds, 40-44 V quality, lOd to lOid per lb • New Zealand greasy cross-breds, 3&4o’s quality, lOd to 10Jd per lb. LCAL AGENTS’ REPORTS. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company Limited has received the following advice from its London house under date 26th instant; —The sixth series closed to-day; 73,000 bales were offered, 54,000 sold. Yorkshire and the Continent were the chief buyers. Prices as compared with fifth series were 3d to 4d per lb lower for medium and inferior merino, inferior scoured merino, and lambs’ wool; 4d per lb lower for super greasy merino and coarse scoured cross-bred; 4d to 6d per lb lower for super and medium scoured merino, medium cross-bred, and coarse greasy cross-breds; 5d per lb lower for fine cross-bred; 6d to 6d per I.> lower for, medium and coarse cross-bred slipc; 6d to 7d per lb lower for fine cross-bred slipe. Market weak, with little prospect of improvement. The demand for seats for Miss Lily Stevens’s recital at His Majesty’s Theatre on Saturday afternoon and evening next is plainly evident by the large booking. Seats and reserves are obtainable at. the. D.I.C,