LONDON WOOL SALES
A WRETCHED SELECTION PRICES LOWER THAN MAY (Australian and X.Z. Press Associationj • (United Service) Reed. 10 a.m. LOXDOX, Tuesday. At the London wool sales, 9.493 bales were offered, of which 2,553 were Xew Zealand. | It was a wretched selection of all j sorts, except slipes, which were fairly good. j The attendance was large, all sec- | tions being represented. The Home | trade did most of the bidding. French | bidding was reserved. There were considerable withdrawals of poor sorts. \ I Prices compared with May closing rates were:—Merinos, good. 5 per cent, j lower; shabby and faulty, 7h per cent. ! to 10 per cent, lower. Crossbreds, fine I and medium, 75 per cent. Slipes, fine j and medium, 10 per cent. Lambs, crossbreds, about 5 per cent, j Xew Zealand slipes.-r-T.B.’s, Canter- j j bury half-bred, 20Sd; three-quarter, j I ISid; C.M.C., Eclipse, Triangle half-; ! bred, 22£d; three-quarters, 2CUd.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 711, 10 July 1929, Page 10
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