LONDON WOOL SALES

Manawatu Times, Volume LII, Issue 3576, 6 April 1927, Page 12

LONDON WOOL SALES

Messrs. Murray, Roberts and Co., Ltd., are in receipt of the following wool market cablegram from their London agents dated April 1: “Sales have closed firm. Compared with closing rates of' last London sale, greasy Merino, best descriptions par to 5 per cent, advance; other descriptions advanced 5 per cent. Scoured Merino, good to extra good advanced 5 per cent.; scoured Merino, skin wool advanced 5 per cent, to 7£ per cent.; scoured Merino, - pieces and locks —wool suitable for carbonising advanced 5 per cent. Crossbred greasy fine par to 5 per cent, advance; medium and coarse advanced 5 per cent.; medium—wool suitable for Continent advanced 7'i per cent. Crossbred greasy lamb* advanced 7i per cent, to 10 per cent. Crossbred scoured advanced 71 per cent; crossbred slipie advanced 5 per cent” I Quotation (January-Fobruary prices in parentheses: 56’s yielding 60 per cent, 23Jd (23d); 50’s yielding 65 per cent., 19 Jd (19d); 44/46's preparing yielding 74 per cent., ,153 d (15d); 44/46’a carding yielding 72 per cent., 142 d (14d); 40/44’s yielding 73 per cent, 144 d (13Jd);.' 36/40’s. yielding 75 per cent, 13id (125 d).