WOOL, SKINS, TALLOW, ETC.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXIX, Issue 3, 17 January 1901, Page 13

WOOL, SKINS, TALLOW, ETC.

London, January 9.— The arrivals for the London wool Bales opening on the 15th, total 250,000 bales ; 41,000 have been forwarded to the manufacturers direct, leaving 339,000 available for The second wool sale of the season was held in Dunedin on last Friday. There was a large attendance of Home, colonial, and local buyers. Competition was fairly brisk, but most of the wool was purchased by the representatives of the local mills. For merino and fine first cross and halfbred wools there was very keen competition, and although they did not show any material advance in values they fully maintained the prices realised at the opening sales. The coarse wools did not meet with so much competition Nevertheless prices were quite on a par and in some cases made a slight increase on last sale. Pieces and locks were also in Btrong demand. Prices ruled as follows :— Super merino, 8d to 9kl • medium 7d to 7f d ; inferior, 6|d to 6Jd ; super half bred, 7M to* Bijd ; medium, 6.1 to 7d : inferior, fid to fifd ; bright crossbred! sjd to 6d; other, 4«d to s*d ; pieces, 4d to 6d ; bellies, 2* d to 4M • locks, l^d to2jd. *• ' London, January 9.— W001 : The Antwerp sales have opened and show an increase of 10 to 15 centimes compared with the previous sales. r