LONDON WOOL SALES

Timaru Herald, Volume CXLIII, Issue 20669, 6 March 1937, Page 6

LONDON WOOL SALES

BROKERS’ ADVICES Dalgety and Company, Ltd., Timaru, have received the following advice from their London Office:—Wool sales opened active with large attendance and keen competition. Average selection. Home trride principal operators, with fair support from Continept. As compared with closing rates of last series— Greasy merino, unchanged; scoured merino, unchanged; greasy 1-bred, unchanged; scoured J-bred, par to Id higher; greasy crossbred, tine, par to Id lower; greasy crossbred, riiedium and coarse, unchanged; scoured crossbred, par to 3d higher, sllpes, unchanged; greasy lambs, change, if any, is in favour of sellers. The N.Z. Loan and Mercantile Agency Company Ltd., have received the following advice from their London House:—The second Series of wool sales opened with keen general competition. Yorkshire chief buyers. Prices unchanged compared with close preceding series; biit with firm tone. Representative selection.

Pyrie, Gould, Gulnnes, Lt, Timaru, have received the following cablegram from their London woolbrookers with reference to the opening of the March series of the London wool Saibs:—“At the sales there was a very large attendance, the market was animated, and competition general. The Home trade and continent Were the principal btiyers, with Russia also operating. There was a fair of all N.Z. greasy wools on offer, but no representative selection of merino or fine halfbred 56/58. The following is a comparison with the closing rates at the January sales:—Merino, firm; 56/58, no representative offering to quote; 50/56, Id to Id lower; 46/48, firm; 40/44, firm." The National Mortgage and Agency Company of New Zealand Limited have received the fqlidwirig message from their London Office with reference to the series of wool sales which have just opened:—The auctions Opened with a large attendance of Home and Continental buyers; competition very keen particularly Home Trade. Compared With closing rates of last Skies we quote: Market unchanged generally but sdriietlmes in favour of sellers; AS at present ai-ranged the sales will close on March 12.

p.m.) for Auckland; Rangatira (7.50 p.m.) for Lyttelton. LYTTELTON, March 5. Arrived: Wahine (6.40 a.m.) from Wellington; Port Waikato (7.15 a.m.) and Wakakura (7.25 a.m.) from Timaru. Sailed: Port Waikato (6.35 p.m.) and Wahine (8.35 p.m.) for Wellington. w ! DUNEDIN, March 5. Arrived: Breeze (5.30 p.m.) from Bluff; Wingatui (7.20 p.m.) from Lyttelton. OVERSEAS SYDNEY. March 5. Sailed: Monterey (noon) for Auckland. SUVA, March 5. Sailed: Niagara (11 a.m.) for Auckland. LONDON, March 4. Arrived: At London. Trojan Star and Port Alma; at Balboa, Norfolk. Sailed: Taranaki, from Las Palmas; Karamea, from Table Bay. OVERSEAS SHIPS VESSELS DISCHARGING SYDNEY MARU (Federal Co.), left Moji Jan. 25 for Auckland (arr. Deo. 12), Wellington, Lyttelt n (arr. Feb. 19) and Dunedin (Feb. 24). SURREY (Federal Co.), I'ft New Vorx Jan. 13 for Auckland (arr. Feb. 12>, Wellington (arr. Feb. 19), Lyttelton (due Feb. 25) and Dunedin. WEST MOOR (N.Z.S, Co.), left Antwerp Dec. 24 for Auckland (arr. Feb. 16) apd. New Plymouth (due Mar. .). CAMBRIDGE (Federal Co.), left I.verpool Jan. 11 for Auckland (arr. Feb. 22), Wellington (due Mar. 3), Lyttelton and Dunedin. ' DOMINION BOUND MONTEREY (Burns, Philp and I. & W. Young), left San Francisco, Feb. 9 and Los Angeles Feb. 10 for HbriblUlu, Pago Pago, Suva. Auckland ;due Feb. 26) and Sydney. KEIFUKU MARU (Wright, Stephenson), left Miike Feb. 4 for Auckland (due Feb. 26), Wellington (due Mar. I) Lyttelton and Dunediri. ARAWA (Shaw, Savill), from London, left Southampton Jan. 22 for Wellington, passengers only (due Mar. I>, Lyttelton (dug Mar. 2), Dunedin and F’uff. PORT GISBORNE (Port Line), left London Jan. 23 for Wellington (due Feb. 28), Auckland and Napier. CITY OF GLASGOW (Federal CbJ, left Halifax Jan. 31 for Auckland (due Mar. 3), Wellington (due Mar. 8). Lyttelton and Dunedin. SIMNIA (Shell Oil Co.), left Singapore Feb. 13 for Lyttelton (due Mar. 4). PORT DENISON (Port Line), left New York Jan. 31, via Philadelphia and Newport News, left Feb. 5 for Auckland (due Mar. 5); Wellington (due Mar. 10), Lyttelton an '. Dunedin. HAUFAKI (Union Co.), left New Westminster Feb. 9 for Papeete, Auckland (due Mar. 6), Wellington (due Mar. 11), Lyttelton, Dunedin rind Australia. NIAGARA (Union Co.), left Vancouver Feb. 17 tor Honolulu, Suva, Auckland (due Mar; 8), and Sydney. THORHILD (Union Co.), left Oeban Feb. 14 for Wellington (due Mar. 8). PORT HOBART (Port Line), left Liverpool Jan. 31 for Auckland (due Mar. 8). Wellington (due Mar. 15), Lytteltor Dunedin and New Plymouth. RANGITATA (N.Z.S. Cd.), left London Feb. 4 for Wellington (due Mar. II) and Auckland. BOSWORTH (N.Z.S.) Co.), left Immingtiam Jan. 2 for Auckland (due Mar. 6) and New Plymouth (due Mar. 12). HERTFORD (Federal Co.), left Glasgow in ballast for New Zealand (due about Mar. 6).

RARANGA (Shaw, SaviT'' left Antwerp Jan. 23 for Auckland (due Mar. !>)) and New Plymouth. Via Cape of Good Hopp. GOLDEN COAST (Burns. Philp), le"; Lbs Angeles, Feb. 17 for Auckland (due Mar. 16), Wellington (due Mar. 22). and Australia. RIDLEY (N.Z.S. CO.), left Antwerp Feb, i for Auckland (due Mar. 16>, Wellington (due Mar. 22) and New Plymouth. FERNMOOR (N.Z.S. Co.), left Antwerp Jan, 37 for Auckland (due Mar. 17) and Wellington. OPAWA (N.Z.S. Co.), left London Feb. 11 for Suva, Dunedin (due Mar. 24), Lyttelton, Timaru and Nelson. ' IATAROA (Shaw, Savill) from London, left Southampton Feb. 19 for Wellington (due Mar; 27) and Auckland. KUMARA (Shaw, SavilJ), left Glasgow Feb. 6 in ballast for New Zealand, (due Mar. 27), via Cape of Good Hope. PORT TAURANGA (Holm and Co.), left London Jan. 17 for Lyttelton (due about Mat. 14).