Commercial.

Woodville Examiner, Volume XXII, Issue 3875, 18 May 1906, Page 3

Commercial.

LONDON WOOL SALES,

London. May 15

At tbe wool sales the following clips realised the prices stated : Tumumu and Blackhead 18£d ; Otekaike aud Merivale 14£d.

WOOL AND SKIN SALES. Napier, May 16.

Messrs Wenley and Lanauze report:—

At to-day’s sale of wool, sheepskins, etc., large catalogues were offered to a full attendance of buyers, including South Island representatives. Competition was keen at improved rates as the following quotations will show: — Wool.—Medium crossbredlOd to lid, coarse crossbred (faulty) 9£d to 10£d, stragglers and inferior fleece 83d to 9gd, locks to s£d. Good bright well picked crutcbings sold up to 9<J, which is a record price, fau Ity crutcbings 7£d to 83d, second crutcbings 7d to Bd, seedy and inferior 6d 10 7d.

Sheepskins.— Well-saved crossbreds, coarse and medium, 9d to inferior and short 7d to Bd, hoggets 7sd to B£d, pelts to 2a 6d each. Hides were weaker. Fair ox 6£d, cow s*d,

Our next sale will be held on 6th June, 1906.

FROZEN MEAT MARKET,

Napier, May 17. The C.C. and D, Company cable that tbe frozen meat market is still very weak, with no sign of improvement. Quotations: —Canterbury mutton, 4d; Napier, Wellington and North Island, 83d; lamb, first 4Jd, second 4|d;beef, hinds 3£d, fores 2|d.