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London, July 3
At the wool sales, crossbreds sold extremely well with a slight upward tendency. Only a few lots of merinos Mrere offered; scoured met with eager competition. To date 53,594 bales have been catalogued, of which 3323 were withdrawn
Victorian wheat, on the spot, is selling at 40s; early May shipments are offered at 31s 6d.
At the wool sales merinos are very firm; crossbreds, unchanged. The Oreti clip realised 7£d, Clyde Vale B*d. At the Kauri gum auctions 1535 cases were offered and 776 sold at a slight advance; three-quarter scraped 105s; half scraped 755. Hides are in small supply, with firm demand. Queensland cow hides, Leather firm, but prices are unchanged; Frozen Mutton. —Cross-bred wethers and maiden ewes: Canterbury 3fd, Dunedin and Southland 3£d, North Island 2sd. Lamb: Prime Canterbury 4|d fair average, including Dunedin, Southland, Wellington and second Canterbury 4 3-16 d. River Plate cross-breds or merino wethers : Heavy 2fJ light 2&d. • Sydney, July 4. The wool exported from the colony for the season just ended totalled 722,000 bales, compared with 817,000 for the previous season.
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Thames Star, Volume XXX, Issue 9112, 5 July 1898, Page 4
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