WOOL SALES.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXVI, Issue 10068, 9 February 1909, Page 2

WOOL SALES.

A cabin from 11m High t*olll inisni'im I ' l dated. London, February Btl>, stiitm Ikjj till- wool sales closed linn, with « r -demand, for all descriptions, but, except(e' lots suitable for America, which nro !j higher, the opening gain on medium ,1 !™ coarse ijnalities is lost. Values gciicrw? arc! now about tlu; same as at tin: D'-ci* her sales. America. purclia»:d freely «'» the market- is uncertain but hopeful. It" estimated the values aro as t'nllnWß'*" (Superior merino 11 Jd to Is ]Jd, iiiodin" l merino 9d lo lid, inferior met in" line i rossbreds (all glade.'.) 11 <1 'J l.s medium crossbreds tall gt'.eles) 81° to ltd, coarse erossbreds (all to 9d. The local .office of /he gage anil Agency Co., 1,1 d., report- .nhK' of the following ca.ble from their bunt' 1 " office "Wool .sab's closed linn, I tetewlw currency. American tided ion h pi r n'lildcarer.', The New /calami Loan and Mci'.-mti' Agency Company have received the lowing cable, dated London, Hill I' l '' 1 .' itiaiv : ot hist sales except for good nieriiie ali'J crossbred slipc, for which the markettf"? easier. Since last sales prices are liigh' 1 ' at- from Jd to Id for crow-Inn I ili'i'itfj wool. For Ameri<:a the market- is Hf, 1 "' Prices are the same at last <|iii>t;it inli. The N'ew Zealand Loan mid .Meiriinj 1 ™ Agency Co., Ltd., have received tin' J"' 1 lowing cablegram from l/omlon i" relef* euce to the February sales: "102, bales of wool were sold at the we-il 88,000 bales for Ihc Conlinrn! ; '2,W| bales taken for America ; !KXK) hales lit" 1 over."