WOOL MARKETS.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LVIII, Issue LVIII, 4 December 1909, Page 5

WOOL MARKETS.

LONDON SALES.

[press association.] LONDON', December 3. \ At tfoe| wood sales 102,000 bales were catalogued 1 , 45,500 being sold for thei Home) market., 45,500 for the Comtinr ant, 15,000 for the United States aed 300 hedd over. There) wa® a largie attendance till tlie; closing, with; strong Yorkshire campetitio'n. Ctoaiipaired with thei Stapteimbetr 1 sales, all cross^ breds advaimceid five) per cent. Greiasy merino® were rather irregular. The ,besfc wools lacked Ameiricaini support and closed. 5 per cent and faultier 7^ per cenoit downi, but there was strong ccwnpeititioini at these levels. Good scoured mierinioeJ Averei above) the September rates. Lambs were 10 per cent dearer. At Bradford wooi is dull and unchanged. ] (Received December 4, 8.5 a.m.) LONDON, December 3. Wool — The: sales included : Gore taps at 14£ d; the; average was ll£d. , y Cheiegei — Thei market is steady. Netw Zealand 56s per cwt.