LONDON WOOL SALES
FURTHER DECLINE RECORDED. (Australian and N.Z. (-able Assn.) LONDON, February 22. The wool sales opened slow, and prices show from 10 to lu per cent, dc- ! cline". Then 1 was a good attendance. ! There were 7315 bales of free wool offered. There was a good average selection of merinos, of which 2." i nt- sold at I I.) per cent helow ' 1 "sl closing.l r;t|es. The decline was most marked h inferior and shabby sorts. There was a pom' selection of crossbreds, mostly j suitable Tor the Continent, and these j declined similarly. On behalf of the j Wool Realisation Assi eiation 0199 baJ.cs were offered. The reserves were slightly higher than those for free wool, and not quite in suet: good condition. About half were sold. The average realised for crossbreds showed fully a 10 per cent, decline. The lower sorts did not sell. A few lambs were offered, but were withdrawn.
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Waikato Times, Volume 94, Issue 14599, 24 February 1921, Page 7
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