LONDON WOOL SALES.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1036, 27 January 1911, Page 8

LONDON WOOL SALES.

YORKSHIRE COMPETING. By Telezrapu—Press Association—Copyrijrht. London, January 23. Tho wool sales included the Piako dip, which realised 10d. per lb., top price, and 9*d. average. There \va3 strong Yorkshire competition at the wool sales for all good combing merinos, which had a hardening tendency. Faulties were rather irregular. (Eec. January 26, 11.30 p.m.) • London, January 26. . At the wool sales the Green Hill's top price was 22d., and tho average 21ga.; Tautene made 12jd. a-ud lid. I Messrs. Abraham and Williams, Ltd., have received tho following cablegram from their' London agents,' under dato January 25:—Prices for iine, medium and coarsecrossbred and merinos, a3 compared with the middle rates of last series, nre from par to 5 per cent, down; market firm. Messrs. Levin and Co., Limited, have received tho following cable from their agents in London, dated January 25:— ."There is a hardening tendency in the market. American buyers are operating sparingly." TIMAETJ WOOL SALES. (3y Telegraph-Press Association.) ! _, Timaru, January 26.' The third wool sale of tho season was held to-day, when 6200 bales were offered, and most of it sold. As a whole the offering was only of medium ouality, no really first-class woo! being catalogued. Compared With the previous sale fieeco wool showed a drop of id. to 3d., and pieces Id. to Hd. Generally speaking, the prices realised; exceeded anticipations. Quotations: Good halfbred.'lOJd. to 133 d.; medium do., 83d. to Sid.; inferior do., 6Jd. to Bd.; medium cross-bred,-7Jd. to Bid.; inferior do., 53d. to 63d.; three-quarterbred, BJd. to 91d.; medium do., 7d. to 83d.; merino. 7W. to 9JI; halfbred pieces, 74d. to 9d.; three-quarterbred pieces, 6Jd. to 7Jd.; bellies, s»d. to 7d • locks, sjd. to 7d.; looks, 2?d. to 4d.

PAL3IEBSTON MARKET REPORT. str. Harry Palmer, of Palnietston, reports as followar—After the spell of holidays, which always disorganises the markets, business ,has now recovered, and in steady. For .the last two sales wo havo had exceptionally big entries of pigs, principally weancrs, slips and stores. These have found a very dragging sale, the rapidly diminishing milk supply in a sreat measure being responsible. On Saturday last there was a keen demand for good porkers and big stores, consequently these lines showed a decided advance in price. Poultry has a!eo been coining forward in exceptionally largo numbers, which is rather surprises con-idoring the abnormal numbers cold during Christmas week. The demand is good, more particularly for big cockerels suitable for table use. Produce is moving slowly. Potatoes havo apparontly found their level at from Js. to 6-;. for a good round and rin»'uamnln. T'-- t---. ket has been practically glutted with inferior and blighted camples, which has tended to make the prices unsteady. Onions are firm at 3s. to 9s. cwt. Ruubarb is practical y finished. Qabbage:is plentiful; all other vegetables scarce A lot or business is, being done.in/fruit. Plutn3 aro plentiful, and tho market is practic. ally glutted. The quality, more particularly m English plums, is better than in former years. Apricots aro finished fa far as Ilawkc's Ray is concerned, but there is still an odd line coming forward Cram kelson. The end of the week, however, will possibly see 'the last of thera. Peaches and nectarines are scarce, and we have an exceptionally keen demand: Pear 3 aro now coming in in fair quantities. Very line samples of apples aro coming in, and are meeting with a ready sale. We' quote as follows:—Woaners. 3s. 6d„ 45., 65., 65., 75., 7s. 6d.; slips and small stores, 65., Bs. 9d., 10s., lis.. 3d.; big stares, 12s. 9d.. 155., ,18s. 6d.; porkers, 205., 245. 265. 9d.; ducks, 3s. 6d. to '&:' 6d:; ducklings, Is. 6d. to 35.; cockerels, prime, ta. HA. to 6s. 6d.; halfKrowu, 2s. Cd.to 3s. Gd.: chicks. Is. to 2s. 6d.; hens, 2s. to 35.; turkeys (in cood demand), gobblers. Bs. to 145., hens'6s. 6d. to Es. 6d.; goese, 2s. 6d. to 45.; potatoes, gooa, ss. to 65.; inferior, '3s. 6d. to 45.-6:1. per cwt.; cabhvro. 25.; rhubarb, 3s. per doz.; peas, small bags, 2s. to 35.; beans, in cases, \r.. to Is. 6d.; onions; Bs. to 9s. per cwt.; chaff. £6.lCs. to £7 per'ton; barlev, 10s.; wheat, 14s. t/i 10s.;'pig notatoos, 2s. 6d.; bacon, 6d. to 7d. per lb.; peaches, 4s. 6(1. to 7s. 6d.j nectarines, 4s. to '65.: nluins, Janancse Is. 6(1. to 2s. 6d„ English 2s. to 35.; greengages, 3s. to 55.; tomatoes. 2d. to 3d. n«r lb.; anplos, Id. to 3d. ner lb.; cucumbers. .Is.: 6d.. to 2s. 6d. per "case,; anricots, 7s. 6d. to 9s. fid.; raspberries, ss. per bucket.

The Now Zealand Rubber Company, which comraeurcd operations somo three months ago in Hastings, is already turning out some excellent work in tho shape of belting, vehicle and perambulator' tires, motor car tire covers, tiled floorings of any design or colour, stairtreads. boot soles and heels, and cups for milking machines Specimens of tho tiled foorings have been forwarded to tho Government Vostal Department for examination purposes, with the idea that the material may bo utilised ultimately for the Wellington and Auckland Poet Offices. At the uresont time the company's manufacturing possibilities havo been handicapped somewhat through' a special form of material not coming to hand, but this trouble will be surmounted in'tho course of a few weeks, and then, to use the words of the managing director (Mr. Land), "We shall bo able to turn out in any' quantity an thins; which can be mnda in the way of ruober." . The firm will exhibit at the Wellington Industrial Exhibition of New Zealand-manufactured goods, which is fra he held, in May, June, and July of the present year.