WOOL, SKINS, TALLOW, ETC.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXIX, Issue 49, 5 December 1901, Page 13

WOOL, SKINS, TALLOW, ETC.

London. November 25. — Tallow — At the weekly sales 533 cables were offered, and 1(59 sold. Prices for all sorts advanced 3d. London, November 2ti. — The wool sales opened with a brisk competition. Prices chow from par to 5 per cent decline London, November 27. — At the wool sales, Messrs. Balme and Co., Buxton and Runald, and Jacomb and Son offered 10,75:> bales. It was & wretched flection. There \vi>s a large attendance and exoellent competition. Prices for pood merinos were on a par with those at the closing sales in the October series. Faulty declined 5

per cent., and medium low orossbreda 5 to 7Jd per ;cent. No fine was offered. London, November 28. — At the wool sales yesterday there_ was a better selection. Prices were very firm, for merinos especially, the finest being equal to the average obtained at last sales. Continental buyers were very keen competitors. Crosabreds were five per oent. lower than the closing sales of October, excepting in lots suitable for the American markets. The Patoka clip sold at ?Jd ; Torlesse, 15Jd. The Bradford wool market is firmer. Common sixties, !2\?. ; super, 19£ d. At the London sale? pn>e« nr*> unchanged. Best sorts aie in strong demand. Americans are buying the be«t crossbreds. London, November 29. — All wool is very firm, excepting faulty and short scoured. London, December 1. — The wool clips Tahra and Dalethorpe realised 6d and BJd respectively.