COMMERCIAL.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 8779, 16 November 1906, Page 3

COMMERCIAL.

THE WOOL MARKET.

[Per Press Association*.} j T\'ELLINGTON, Novembef 16. The. Department of Industries and Commerce has rrco-ived the following cable message • > the High Commissioner, under d« ! >. London, November lor — The wool market is firm, with, a hardening tendency. There is a general and active demand for all grades, and the rectent decline in prices has been recovered, and future prospects are good. Current Bradford quotations for tops are — SG's (low croes-brede) Is 4d per lb, 40' s (low cross-breds) Is sd, 44's (medium crcss-breds) Is s£d, 50's (half-bred.s) 1© 9d, 56's (quarter-bred^) 2s OJd, 6()'s (mcrinoos) 2s 2|d. (The High Commissioner's latest previous cable, dated London, November 11. gave the current quotations for Bradford tops as — 36 's (low cross-bred*^ Is 3sd, 40's (low crces-breds) Is 44<i. 44's (medium crcss-breds) Is sd, 50's (half-breds) Is Bd, 56's (quarter-breds) Is llsd, 60's (mehnoes) 2s 2£d.)

Messrs Dalgety and Company, Limited, have received the following cable message from their London office, under date November 15: — "Since out last telegram prices of New Zealand frozen mutton are lower by &d to Jd per lb. Prices of frozen lamb are tn« changed. Prices of frozen beef are lower by Jd per lb. The wool market is firm, with an upward tendency, especially for greasy cross-bred."