LONDON WOOL SALES.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1080, 20 March 1911, Page 8

LONDON WOOL SALES.

SPIRITED COMPETITION. By Selegra-ph—Press Association—Copyright London, March 17. At the wool sales there was spir.tea competition- Prices for merinos showed a hardening tendency. Continental buyers were very keen. .Whakaponi realised top price, iusu.: average. lOid.; Gear, top price, 15Jd.; average, - 13d. , A STRONG DEMAND. (Rec. March 20, 0.30 a.m.) London, March 19. The demand at the wool sales was very strong, but prices arc unchanged. Continental buyers were keenly competing lor merinos and fine to medium crossbrefls. Me°=rs. Levin and Co., Ltd., report having received a cablegram from tlieir London agents, which Kivcs the following prices as realised at the sales now current:—To Hoe. Alfredton, lOid.; BK ovei Ohau, Ohau, 9Jd.; Waihora, Maryborough. 9*d.: Ashley Lodge, Waneanui, 85a.; bit over Kariri, Foxton. 9d.; )i over Fernlands. Hasterton, 91d.; R.A.V. iiastcrUm. 9 1-lGd.; N.M.K., Masterton. 9Jd.; tt-II.S. (scoured), Otaki, 11 7-16 d.; C.E. over Clare-l-ont Fojcton, 9id.: A.K.A. over hamoi. Masterton, 8 13-16 d.; Manawa, Tenui, Bid. "iessrs. Murray. Roberta, and Co., Ltd.. have 1 received the following wool market cablegram from their London agents. Messre. Sanderson. Murray and Co., dated karch 17, 1911"Market strong. Compared witli last. London sales' closing rates merino, par to 5 per cent., advanced. Combing merino greasy show the greatest advance. Scoured merino, fau.ty and inferior, long staple, advanced 5 ,p;r cent. Scoured merir.o, faulty and inferior, short staple, market shows no material cliango. Fino greasy crossbreds, par to 5 per cent, advance Medium creasy crossbred closfn" rates o f 'a«t series barely maintained. Coarse greasy crossbred advanced a shade." LONDON MARKETS. By Telegraph-Press Association-Copyricht ! (Rec. March 19. 5 p.m.) London, March 18. ' at Cotton.-~The Liverpool quotation for. mkldliug upland American cotton is 7.55 ad. Fine, hard Para rubber, 6a. 5Jd. I,l Kairi Gum.—At the sales 257 cases were offered!' and 29 sold. Prices were unchanged. THE METAL' MARKETS. 'By Telegraph—Press Associatkm-Copyrieht - ; V . .(RecX March. 19, 5 p.m.)' London, March 18. Copper, on spot, £54 135.; ,9d.. per ton: three months, £55 6s. 3u. • ■ ~ Tin, on spot, £177 ss. per ton; three months' £176 15s. Lead, soft foreign, £13 2s. 6d., per ton. Silver.—Bar silver is Quoted at 24 5-lca. per ounce standard. FROZEN MEAT. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Ltd., have received the following cablegram from their London house, under- date March 17:—Frozen mutton, market weaker; frozen lamb, market depressed; frozen beef (sides), market, slightly better. NORTH OTAGO GRAIN MARKET. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) Oamaru, March 19. A fair amount of wheat has changed hands during the week at slightly in advance of the previous week's Quotations. For the most part the sales were of comparatively small lines, but several exceeded 20C-0 bushels. Velvet was most sought, and, for that variety, the prices given wero 2s. lljd. and 3s. net at country stations, the lusher rate being tho more general. Oats are scarce, and prices arc about a penny above the previous week's level, 2s. and 2s. Id. net at'country stations having been given. The discovery that potatoes aro pretty widely affected by a destructive erub has at onco checked business, and sent up the value - of 60und tubers, £3 net on trucks havine been paid.

FEILDING MARKET REPORT. Mossrs. A. H. Atkincon and Co., Ltd., of Feilding, report as follows:—At Erida.v's sale wo had the usual entry of nirs. poultry, and a. lares'quantity ot fruit, produce, and sundries. For pigs there w,v; little inquiry, and bidding was lifeless. Poultry showed little alteration. Young turkeys are inquired for—gobblers or hens. Peaches were in heavy sunnlv. also tomatoes. Potatoes of pood o.unlitv are plentiful, with slack inquiry at prices asked by vendors. There is cood inquiry for Algerian oats. Quotations:—Pies: Wcancrs and slips, 25., 35., 3s. 6d.; stores. 6s. 6d., fe., 10s., 18s. fid.; light porkers. 95., 12s. Poultry: Hens (at per pair), 2s. Sd„ 35., OS. 3d.; pullets, 45.: roosters and cockerels, 25., 2-3. 3d., 2s. 6d., 35., 3s. 3d.. 4s. fid.; chicks, Is. 3d., Is. Gd.; ducks, 45.: turkey hen, 4s. 6d. Other lines:—Trap and harness, £3 7i=. 6d.; pears. 35.. 3s. 3d. to 4s. 6d. per case; peaches, 3s. to 4s. 6d.; bananas, 35.; lemons, 3s. 3d. to 45.; apDles. 2s. Ed.. 35.; tomatoes, 2s. 6d. to 3s. 6d.; Algerian oats, 3s. 6d. per bushel; bran, ss. to ss. fid. per sack: potatoes, 7s. to 10s. per bag; onions, 3s. £d. per 501b. bae: factory bacon, 7d.; hams, 9d. per lb.