COMMERCIAL.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume 7, Issue 89, 14 December 1914, Page 3

COMMERCIAL.

LONDON WOOL MARKET,

SOME HIGH PRICES.

Press A ssoeiati on —Copyright. LONDON, Dec. 11

Best wools well maintained recent rates. There were heavy withdrawals of faulty sorts. Prices realised were: Con .13Id to 12}cl, Yano 13-ld to 11 5-Sd, Ayoca KUd to S 7-Sd, Evesham 231 d to 221 d, Muttarroo lOd to 9 3-Sd, Beltana Did 1 o Slid: New Zealand, Gear 231 d to IS 7-Sd.

WELLINGTON WOOL SALES

WELLINGTON, Dec. 11

Messrs. Lcvio and Company report as follows: —The second sale of the season was held to-day, 20,000 bales being offered. bur catalogue representing 5.574 bales. We had a large entry of good wools, supplies coming from as far as the Waikato in the North Island and Nelson, Marborough and West Coast districts in the Mouth Island. There was again a good attendance of buyers. Competition was confined to the Bradford quarter. It was keen, but on a lower basis than the November sales. Best crossbreds showed a drop of -cl to lid; medium, coarse and inferior Hi to ;}d. Pieces were in go.-l demand at last sale rates. Lamb’s wool sold well at up to 19kl. The fa 1 ! in prices may be to a. small extent a..mounted foi by the heavier condition of (lie wool, but doubtless there is not tin? necessity with larger offerings owing to late shipments to pay the starvation prices current in November. The f< Rowing is the range of prices: Merino, Nov. sales, D-:}d to I Old; to-day none offering; halfbred super., J2d to l-tld, 11Id to J3:ld; halfbred medium, 10k! to l.li|d, I()d to ilk!; crossbred super., 12d to 131 d, Hid to ,T2:}d; crossbred medium, 10.}d, to llkl, Did to Hid; crossbred coarse, 9ld to Hid, Did to 10-Id, crossbred inferior, S:}d to 10Id, 7kl to Did; cross-

bred pieces 'and bellies, 7d to Did, inferior pieces and bellies, 7d to 9ld> Gkl to Did; halfbred pieces and bellies, 7d to 9d, 7d to 9d; locks, 3ld to skl; lambs, superior 11-kl to 12kl; lambs medium, 10 to llkl; inferior, 8d to lOd. The following local clips are offered: Kamaka, (i bales Did; Ani Tay, 0 bales, D:|d; G. Bros, Tangoll, 15 bales, Ski; Brynteg, 15 bales, 9ld; P.Y.8., 1(3 bales, Did; 12 bales, Did; 4 bales, Ski; 3 bales sd; F.M.0., 3 bales, lOd; 40 bales, lOd; 7 bales, Did; 12 bales, lOkl; 3 bales, lOd; (i bales, Did; 9 bales, S}d; 4 bales, 7ld; 3 bales, sd; 0.A., 3 bales, Did; JL, 2 in circle, D : Did; RvD (i bales, Hid; 23 bales, 10Jd: 20 bales lOkl; 18 bales, lOd; 10 bales, 10:|d; RvD, 7 bales, 10v]d; 5 bales, Did; 7 bales, 7;{d; 4 bales, G;|d; Sea field, 40 bales, Dd; 5 bales, Sid; Ashby Lodge, 1 bales, lOkl; 4 bales .lOkl; Eyebrows, 3 Eye H-ow C.8.C., ’25 bales, lOd; PRE.T, in Diamond, G bales, Did; 7 bales, Did; OA, 8 bales, Ski; 7 bales, Sid; Oruamaka, 10 bales, Did; J.D., 7 bales, 10-jd; 8., 7 bale,.,, Did; J.Q.C. I.' T. 5 bales 10d,

Dalgety and Company, Limited, have to report that the total offerings at Friday’s sales was 19,824 bales, of which onr catalogue comprised 5,571 bales. There was again a satisfactory attendance of buyers, and in sympathy with Timaru and Christchurch sales recorded a, drop in prices compared with Novem-