The Wool Sales.
London, Sept* 1. The wool sales opened to-day, Messrs Balme and Sons and Jacomb and Company's joint catalogito comprised 12,000 bales an upwards, half of which were from New Zealand and the Cape. The attendance of Home buyers was good, but that of foreign rather thin, and bidding was reserved. Merinos, id to Id below last closing rates ; crossbreds weak. The total number of bales available is 240,000. Wool. — The fourth series of colonial wool auctions this year opened to-day. There was but a small attendance of foreign buyers. 11,900 yales were catalogued. The tone of the market, was flat. Australian merinos ruled about one penny lower than last sales, and crossbreds generally were rather weaker.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume X, Issue 1446, 4 September 1885, Page 4
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119The Wool Sales. Manawatu Standard, Volume X, Issue 1446, 4 September 1885, Page 4
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