The Wool Market;

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume XXXVII, Issue 11901, 8 December 1893, Page 3

The Wool Market;

[Bt Electric Telegraph— Copibioht.] (Peb Press Association. Sydney, December 7. In wool a large business has been do a during the week, aud late rates were wll supported. BiddiDg was keen and lively. Greasy crossbreds brooght 6£d to lOd ; scoured fleece, 10£ d to Is s£d. Melboubne, December 7. 3?or wool tbe competitior is exceedingly brisk, especinlly for greasy merinos, which are very firm. The tendency of prices, however, for crossbreds and faulfciea is somewhat irregular. London', December 6. k At the wool sales prices occasionally tend in buyers,' favour. The local manager for the New Zealand land Association Limited (Air. John Stevenson) reports as follows :— London— Our last cable states that the sales are progressing firmly, especially for crossbred wools. iMerino wool, however, is quoted at par to -/£ per lb lower. Christchurch— The opening sale for the season was held on the 24th ulto., when the associated brokers offered some 8,000 bales to an increasing attendance of Home Dud local buyers. Fine half-bred wool ruled somewhat lower than last year, -/9 being the best obtainable. This is accounted for by the change of fashion in manufactured woollens, which now demands wool of a stronger and coarser fibre, hence crossbred?, and especially the lustrous sorts, sold freely and had brisk competition, making up to -/BJ. The Land Association's offering represented wool from 101 independent owners. The next local Bale will be held on the 14th December. Wellington — The opening sale took place on the Ist hist. Owing to the broken ■weather farmers were unable to get their clips forward as early as usual, and in conBequence the catalogues offered were in ysomewhat smaller bulk than at first sales in previous seasons. The attendance of English buyers was greater than usual, several new faces being to the fore. Competition was keen for good wools at about last year's level. In medium and intorior qualities, the values ruled somewhat higher than last season. The next sale takes place on the 20th inst. Wanganui — Private sales are limited. We understand tbat over -/7 per lb. has been paid for some local clips. The Land Association despatched to London from Wanganui lu}> month I,242' bales. This wool wiltajpfe in time for tbe February Albani, the day she sings, never speak: above a whisper, she eats sparingly, and not for some hours before the concert and she never sings for friends 1 Patti top, guards her marvelous organ a; jealously as a miser his treasure. Wliei: she tings at the Albert Hall in winter shi is usually lifted from her carriage intc the building, her head encased in a thicl lace wrapping. But Patti will sing for i friend. At a recent dinner at Lord Kotlis child's, at which she was the honouree guest, she eang bewitchingly in the afte evening.