THE WOOU SALES.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 13897, 21 January 1916, Page 3

THE WOOU SALES.

BETTER PRICES RECORDED. , ■' ■ . - V:' .'. Iti'l'. (Press Assn.— By Tdejrraph—OoDyrifflit.) LONDON; Jan k - IS. At the wool sales 7578 bale* *%we offered, whereof 573 were New -Zealand. There wa» a large attendance and .good general competition, the United States and Continent ; operating. Merinos, of which therp was a good Selection, w-ere- five per cent, above:,.December closing rates. Slipes and cr&ssbreds advanced five per. cent., and greasu crossbreds were extremely scarce ■■V:'-- ■ LONDON, Jan,-20. At # tl;e wool sales there was a better selection of greasy crossbreds.- "Prices were, harder. Merinos" mairitameS- -full opening rates. . . SYDNEY, Jan.- 20. The wool sales, reflecting the London market, closed animated and strong &t the 'highest rates for the 'week ;ahd an advancing tendency. Scoured crossbred fetched a record, of 25£d. , I (Special to the Herald.) „ ■\i »/■ NAPD3R, th4 day. Messrrs Murray, Roberta -and Co have received tiie following cablegram from their London houw; llessrir' Sanderson, Murray and Ot). :— "Fine crossbred has advanced 5 per cent. 1 • and coarse crossbred 10 per eent... ; :-.;..,.., Dalcety and Co., Ltd., We received a cable from their head office , London, stating that greasy crossbreds, .fine, were, five per cent, lugher; medium coarae' five per cent, to seven ahdi^half per -cent; scoured crossbreds five, per cent; lambs, firm, unchanged^ »" « . Tlie New Zealand Loan and Mercanli C6> « W '' recei ved the foUowing oable z~ "Wool sales opened; market strong compared with 23rd December. Merino greasy par 5 per cent; scoured, as well as crossbred, slip© 5 to 7£iW£her; greasy and scoured, crossbred, barely represented"^^^^ - -■. -