COMMERCIAL.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXV, Issue 61, 14 March 1913, Page 6

COMMERCIAL.

LONDO.V MARKETS

London, March 13,

Wool.—The following are the prices realised for the fleece portions of the clips named : Awtrec, top 12-id, average 112 d; Tibi, 13d and 12|d; Tautanc, lid arid. 12fd; Cairn, 15d and 12jd‘; Ngaio, ( 12)d and 11 ,)d. (Received 11.5 a.m.) London, March 13. Sheepskins.—43Bo Australian were offered, and practically all were sold. There was a fair attendance and animated competition. Compared to the February sales, merino combings and clothings were at par to |d dearer, Australian crossbreds, ditto; New Zealand crossbreds generally were unchanged, but showed occasional slight weakness.

SLAUGHTERMEN’S TEST CASE. (Per Press Association.) Wellington, March 14. An important case arising out of 1 the slaughtermen’s strike is being heard, in the Arbitration Court today. It is an appeal by the Ngahaurangi Slaughtermen’s Industrial Union against the refusal of the Registrar of Labour to grant the union registration under the Act. The old slaughtermen cancelled their registration, and then, as part of their plan of compaign, applied for and were granted registration. Meanwhile the local works carried on with “free” labour, and at Wellington the Meat Export Company’s works at Ngahauranga decided to form a union. Registration was sought for and refused by the Registrar on the ground that these men might conveniently belong to the Wellington Slaughtermen’s Union. The proceedings to-day arc concerned with the important principle and are in J - ■ nature of a test case.