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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLVIII, Issue XLVIII, 12 July 1915, Page 7

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The New Zealand Loan and- Mercantile Agency Company, Ltd., have received the following cablegram from then* Lpndon house under date, 6th June, 1915: '$ I London.. Wool Sales.—The market;-is. better, and, as compared' with those Tilling at 20th May. pi ices are higher for Merinos, 10 per cenk to 15 per cent, ior superior and medium, 5 per cent, to'lo per -cent, for inferior qualities, and. 5 per cent, for lambs. Fine gieasy crossbred has advanced 10 per cent, coarser sorts and scoured 5 per cent, to 7jr per cent., greasy lambs 5 per cent., slfpe combing and lambs par to 5 per cent., and. short 124 per cent. WELLINGTON WOOL, SKINS,-AND HIDES SALE. Messrs E. Buxton and Co., Ltd., report on the sale held at Wellington on Friday last as follows : n ' The third of the season's sales or crutchings was held in conjunction, with the Tegular fortnightly sheepskin and Slides .'sale, -when full catalogues of all lines were offered'. There was a large attendance of buyers, and it.was appar- ' ent from the outset that they held sftjne , very good limits. 'Crutcliings showed a i recovery of the decline recorded at the June sale-, and sold fully on. a par with {tie opening sale of the winter', superior lots bringing >up ito and in one. in- i stance a record- price of 15£ d for crutchings in the grease was established. Fleece wool and lambs' wool were also *reely bought at advanced prices, fins crossbred* ruling u,p to 12d'per lb. Hides also maintained recent sale rates, super heavy ox running up to lid per ]b. The following is the list of prices current: —i Wool. —Crossbred 13d to 16d ; pieces | and bellies 8d to llsd ; locks and inferior | pieces 4d to 7^d; crutchings, super 13jjd to, 15£ d; medium to .good llgd to 13-Jd ; seedv, Jieavy 3id to lOd ; lambs 10W to ISidVdead wool llJfcd ,to f lsd., . • .-Sheepskins. —Fine, crossbred 10§d to 13d; medium, to coarse 10d to, Ll^d; short to half-wool 7 ( d to lOd; dead and damaged 6|d to 10£ d ; inferior and badly damaged 3d to 7d; lambs -9d to 12d; damp, 'green,, and .salted 3s to 12s- 5d each.; lambs 4s. 6d .to 5s 6d each. -Hides.—'Ox heavy IQgd, to lid 3 medium ,lo£d to 'light to 10M; —-.-v. heavy 9A-d to 10^-d; medium and light 9£d to lOd ; damaged s£d to Qjjd ; bulls s§d to 7J«d; calf, good to super, 9& to 103 d; damaged 3d to &2d. ' Tallow.—Casks 24s to 26s 6d ; in tins 12s to 22s 6d>. The following lots -were sold- on account of NTelson clients: —AD to .15.3d.- AW.\NUI'I4Jd: 00 14W and 12Id: AIJ 13id : WHB 13d;- FES 13d ; JT over H 124 d ; WHS 10& d'; FF. JC. BO over \Y: TH over IS at -0d ; pieces, etc., CJ over E 8d ; Kilpotlces B=id. -