THE LONDON WOOL MARKET.
London, October 5. The colonial wool auctions closed to-uay. The total quantity sold <? iring the series amounted to 250,000 and the quantity held over to 3^,000 bales. The following are the closing rates for the various descriptions, as compared with the previous sales : — Finest greasy, rather higher ; medium grea<— ', halfpenny lower ; inferior greasy, ha* penny to a penny lower ; medium to good scoured, about one penny lower; faulty scoured and fleeces, twopence lower; greasy crossbreds, one halfpenny lower; fine scoured crossbreds, one penny to one penny halfpenny lower. London, October 6. Murray, Roberts, and Co. nave received the following cable from their London agents, dated October 5th .— " The sales have closed doll. Faulty descriptions neglected. For merino and best descriptions of crosibred the market shows no change from last advices. 35,000 bales have been held over.
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Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume IX, Issue 1749, 8 October 1887, Page 2
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140THE LONDON WOOL MARKET. Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume IX, Issue 1749, 8 October 1887, Page 2
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