LONDON WOOL SALES
MARKET FIRM FOR CLOSE (Australian Press Association.) Received Dec. 6, 5.5p.m. LONDON, Dec. 5. At the wool sales the catalogues totalled 111,800 bales. It is estimated 37,800 were sold at Home, 57,500 to the Continent, 3000 to tho United States and 13.500 wore held over. The sales closed with the market firm, all prices being above October rates. Greasy merinos maintained the full opening advance of five per cent, except for second-hand lots, which were slightly irregular. Scoureds advanced five per cent, and pieces and locks generally 10 per cent. Greasy crossbreds, after showing a fully 10 per cent, advance, closed about seven and a-half, scoureds five to seven and a-half, slipcs seven and a-half to 10, lambs (Merinos) fully 10, crossbreds five to 10. AGENTS’ REPORTS Messrs Murray, Roberts and Co. Ltd. 1 are in receipt of the following wool market cablegram from their London agents, dated Dec. 5: “Sales have closed firm, competition good and general. Good clearance, compared with last London sales closing rates. Greasy Merino, best descriptions, advanced b per cent; greasy Merino, medium to good, par to 5 per cent; greasy Merino inferior, market irregular and show’s no change; scoured Merino, best descriptions, market shows no change; scoured Merino, other descriptions, par to o per cent advance; crossbred greasy fine, advanced 5 per cent, crossbred greasy medium and coarse, advanced 74 per cent. Crossbred scoured advanced 5 to 7J per cent; slipc fine crossbred advanced 5 per cent, slipe, medium and coarse, crossbred, advanced 74 to 10 per cent. Quotations: 60-63’s (N.Z. Merino) yielding 48 per cent. 21d; 56’s yielding 60 per cent 23d; 50’s yielding 65 per cent 21 d; 44/46’s preparing yielding 74 per cent .18'd* 44/46’ s carding yielding 72 per cent. 18d; 40/44’s yielding 73 per cent 16 4d; 36/40’s yielding 75 per cent 15d. Messrs Murray, Roberts and Co., Ltd. are in receipt of the following wool market cablegram from their London agents, dated October 5: Sales have closed firm; competition good and general; good clearance. Compared with last London sales, closing rates: Greasy merino, best descriptions, advanced 5 per cent., greasy merino, medium to
good, par to 5 per cent, advance, greasy merino, inferior, market irregular and shows no change, scoured merino best, market shows no change; scoured merino, other descriptions, par to 5 per cent, advance; crossbred greasy fine advanced 5 per cent; crossbred greasy me dium and coarse advanced 74 per cent; crossbred scoured advanced 5 to 74 per rent; slipc fine crossbred advanced 5 per cent; slipe medium and coarse crossbred advanced 7-4 to 10 per cent. Messrs Levin and Co., Ltd. have received the following cable from their London agents, dated December 5: “The auctions closed here to-day, with a good tone. Home buyers arc operating sparingly. Continental buyers arc operating freely, particularly in greasy crossbred. As compared with the opening rates of this series we quote: Greasy merino, best, Id per lb lower; greasy merino, average, Id per lb lower; greasy fine halfbreds, 50/5Gs, no change; greasy halfbreds, 48/50s, no change; greasy crossbreds, 46/48s, no j change; greasy crossbreds, 44/465, no change; greasy crossbreds, 40/445, no change; greasy crossbreds, 36/40s, no • change. Slipc w’ools generally, par to 5 per cent, higher
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 71, Issue 290, 7 December 1928, Page 9
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