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Southland Times, Issue 17483, 26 July 1915, Page 4

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LOUDON WOOL SAL3S. CP.y Telegraph.—Press Assn. —i ’opyright) I.OXPU.V, .Inly f!. Keeeived July XV, A..'> p.m. Tin- wool saios v-iosed steady. Palos sold are: 1 lotne marltet, IVL'.in'i'; Continent, ! f,, e e 11 ; i’nitcd States. .'.IKM’I; held ov. r. TA"di. tlood. eonihiits; merinos fully mail’ tn* ined tin 1 opening advance. The Knssian- wore ot.eraling free!..’. Prices generally were from 7 b to in tier cent, above those of Alay and shabby and faulty were A per coni, below the lowest prices it. May. h'itter crossbreds met with a strong French demand, and fully tnaia.ta 1 nt'd the biubest level "1’ the year. Shabby coarse lost me opening advance and dropped fully in per cent., hut re-co.-.u-'d this week and closed with a penny deeliue compared with .May. Piner sooumls were strong; coarser declined P..d to XL Slipes declined Id to XI front the highest |U ices. Merino lambs’ was scuta e. I test v> its per cent, dearer. Cross I u-e. Is declined fully 10 tit I '.* c--nl. I'ntil there are combing and carbonising machines in Prance and Pelginm again, and those countries are buying, there is little hope for faulty ami shabby wools. 'The lethargic support of the Home market is due to financial considerations. Owing to congestion on the railways a long time 1- taken over combing wool, and th. !'.- is serious delay in converting it Into mnii-y. It is deplorable that every eomb is not working day and nigh.!, esp.-eiallv as the machinery in Kngland is ina ieqnalc for coping with army

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