VICTORIAN WOOL.

Dunstan Times, Issue 791, 15 June 1877, Page 4

VICTORIAN WOOL.

—o— The EnciLtoTiu Flock. The following prices were realise I in tli3 London Sales of the 27th February, 1877 :

With respect to the above a writer to the Australasion says : —“ What a pleasure it is to true lovers of our country to find that the flock which did such great things in the hands of tho Messrs Learmonth shouh'Jno v, under the care of Sir Samuel Wilson, reach a higher stage, beccms more renowned. We may talk of what other flocks will do—shall and must do—but here we have wonderful work done. Here we have the prices actually realised. Other breeders of Bimiliar sheep have had wool sold above 4s per lb., none have ever reached 4s. 4d., but here we have 4 r . Gd. anl ss. O^d.”

As the trial of a hreach-of-promise case was about to begin in San Francisco, a juror arose and asked to be excused because he wasjengaged to bo marred anl o ns quenkly his mind was not free from bias. H i was excused. A San Francisco paper states:— “ Another addition must be made to the number of engagements contracted by Russian officials since the arrival in the harbor of San Francisco of the fleet of that nation. It is now reported on tire beat authority that His Russian Imperial Majesty’s GeneralHonsul, Valndmer Weletsky, has surrendered at discretion to one of our ■city belles, and that the wedding will take place in the course of a few weeks. The Russian epidemic has attacked our fashionable ladies so fiercely that, nothing short of a visit of the Grand Duke Alexis will satisfy their cravings. Many are having Ollendorfs in anticipation of such an event”

s. d. 1 bale ... 5 Oi per lb. 2 bales ... 4 C do. 1 bale ... 4 44 do. 9 bales ... 4 24 do. 2 bales ... 4 24 do. 3 bales ... 4 1 do. 33 aalcG ... 3 10 do.