WOOL.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXX, Issue 20, 15 May 1902, Page 13

WOOL.

London, May <5 —The wool sales opened strong liut irregular, at an advance of £rom 5 to 10 per cent London, M-av 7 — At the third series of London and colonial wool sales coinptM/ition was brisk, prices ruling at the o/penmg sale of the present series being fully maintained

At the tallow auctions 1225 casks were offered and 800 sold. Mutton : Fine, 37k 9d ; medium, 32s 6d. Beef: Fine, 34s (M ; medium, 31s 6d. Messrs. Buxton, Balms, and Jacomb's joint catalogue consisted of 12,5(51 bales, comprising a good selection of cross'breds and fair merfnos There was a large attendance and keen competition from all quarters. Everything advanced irregrlarly Compnvinl with March closing rates merinos were 5 to 7£ per cent and crossbreds 5 to- 10 per cent higher. London, May 8 —The Brance(peth a<nd Bowla,nds clips .sold at 5-Jid. At the wool sales there was brisk competition All sorts were firm. London, May 9 — Wool is very firm , especially for best qualities. The Wharna clip sold at SJd, and the Omarama at 9jjd. The Bradford: market is q,uiet and imchapgod. Topmakers are advancing their quotations' .London. (May 11 — At the wool siles c rossbi'cds aie firm b|it unchanged, and merinos are hardening. To date Tor the present sales. 7427, biilea hu\c been catalogued, aJid 56,548 sold .London, May 12 — The wool sales' to-day, owing to the darkness and conseq/ienti rain and a heavy fog, viero postppneid.