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Gisborne Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2057, 7 December 1907, Page 3

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THE WOOL SALES'. Regarding Thursday’s wool sale, Messrs Common, Shelton and Co. report having. cleared their catalogue of pieces, crutcliings, locks, and sheepskins at prices ranging from id to 1-jd over the prices bid at auction. Well-saved station skins brought from 6d to 64(1. Salted skins passed at 3: were sokl for ss. United Press Association —Copyright ' LONDON, Dec. 5. At the wool sales there was keen competition. Prices for merinos .are inoro regular. .

' Press Association. • „ WELLINGTON, Dec. 6. The (decline in .values which was noticeahle in the opening-wool sale of the Weil big-ton senes again prevailed to-day, wild) the second sale was held. The wool, .offered was not of werv good quality, though there were ;a few lots that,were ,exceptions to 4/ho rule. For tliese finer-wools tnero -was an active demand, but in respect ■of others the November drop was accentuated by a halt-penny to three farthings and even a penny pe DXJNEDIN, Dec. 6. As less than a thousand bales of wool are offering for tho Dunedin wool sales, sot down for the 19th snst., they- will * probably be-aban-doned. - ... GENERAL. r . United Press Association-Copyright Hit'll prices were obtained-for fat cattle at Homebush. - Best bullocks ranged from £l6 to £lB, and best cows to £l4.