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Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXV, Issue 9794, 20 March 1908, Page 4

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HOAIE AIARKETS. (Per Press Association.) Wellington, Alarch 19, The - High Commissioner cables as follows frqm London, under date the 18th 'Jhe wool sa.les-have commenced. There was, 'a '■ large attendance of buyers, but competition is - ntoderatp. The selection catalogued is - comprised largely of inferior.'jots, fine, .crgssbreds not being represented- Compared with the prices at the closing of last sales merinos are 5 to 10 per cent., and crossbreds 10 to 15 per cent, lower, the fall being heaviest in the coarse grades.