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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 146, 29 September 1910, Page 2

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LONDON WOOL SALES. A GOOD ADVANCE. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright. London, September 27. The wool sales opened animatedly at par to V/z per cent, advance on the last series. Th'e sales commenced with great competition between Home and Continental buyers. Americans are not bidding. The market shows signs of strength on account of the supply. There are 68,200 'bales of New Zealand wool catalogued. Merinos are y 2 d, fine cras&breds of all grades y 2 d, medium crossibreds of all grades %d, coarse crossbreds of all grades Id dearer than tihe closing rates at last sale. The estimated values of New Zealand wool at the close of the fourth series of colonial wool sales held in London -on July 27 were: Superior merino is Id to Is 3M medium merino W/ 2 d to Is 0y 2 d, inferior merino 7%d to lOd, fine crossbreds of all grades Ls Id to Is 4d, medium orossbreds of all grades lid to ls ldi, coarse crossbreds of all grades By>d to ioy 2 d. | LONDON DAIRY PRODUCE REPORT. Messrs E. Griffiths and Co., New Plymouth, are in receipt of the following market report from their London principals, Messrs Mills and 'Sparrow, dated August 19:— The weather during the past few days ihaß been showery, tout there (has (been a greater amount of sunshine than has been the case for some considerable time, /and we (hope that we shall have now a few weeks of fine weather so that all outdoor works may proceed. Danish: The quotation has Ibeen raised two kroner, and the quality is slightly better than when we last reported. Siberian! It is expected that next week's arrivals will be somewhat short of the total quantity landed this week, .which was about 'the same as last. There has been a fair trade passing all the time, particularly for best grades, which ,are in short supply . Prices for these latter are somewhat higher than when last reported. , French: The same difficulty is experienced), namely, the difficulty of getting I finest butters. There is a fair quantity ) coming to hand, but the quality is ra,ther poor. Australian and New Zealand: A few pa/rcela, which, arriving in fine order, were put straight into store, are now ■ ibeing taken out and sold, and there is for these a fair demand passing. The .quantity, however, ia very small, and holders are only just peddling, them out ,to their regular buyers. There is .no enquiry for anything except strictly fin--1 est.

Cheese.—New Zealand: No change to report. . Prices remain about the same, but the demand is on the slow side.