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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 198, 29 January 1915, Page 8

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DIG WOOL PRICKS IN SYDNEY. By Cable —Press Association—Copyright.! received 28, 11.20 pjn. I Sydney, January 28. The week's wool sales closed 'with a strong and improved market. There was a big demand for all good classes, and spirited competition of Home, American, Japanese, French and Belgian representatives. Greasy merinos sold to 14d, wbile crossbreds were 5 per centum above last week's ruling rates. LONDON WOOL SALES. By Telegraph.—Per Press 4sßociation. Wellington, January 27. ' The New Zealand lLoan and Mercantile Ag;ney Company, Limited, havj received the 'following cablegram from , their London house under date 26tti instant: The market is active. America and France are competing. As compared with December, prices are ■higher for greasy merino super., T/ z per cent.; medium, 10 per cent.; faulty. 15 per cent.; scoured .crossbred arrcasy. o to 10 per cent.; scoured slipe and lambs, par to 5 per cent, higher. j DISTRIBUTION OF TOOuCCE IN | ENGLAND.

Wellington, Last Night. I Mr. H. G. Hill, general manager of the I Bristol and Dominions Producers' AssoIciation, Ltd., has received the following cable from his head office at Bristol: — i "Lambs' and sheep's wool, good prospect in Liverpool. -Market prices for | all produce firm." .' He is also in receint of a letf'T. reading as follows:—"We ore sendm" von bv this mail a photograph of o"r Car-lif" j denot. This was opened on Sentenber 18th, in order to facilitate the distribution of frozen meat throushout Smith Wales. We found -that existing chan- . nels and buying capacities for this area [ were unsuitable, and decided to open [ our own depot, which, we are pleased . to say, has been attended by great success. This denot also controls a depot ; at Newport, Monmouthshire, which disi tributes New Zealand meat throughout 1 this country. It has had the result of ! introducing New Zealand lamb and - mutton, particularly to many hundreds ' of butchers in those districts which > I heretofore did not handle. New Zealand " I meat. This trade is increasing, and it 3 1 materially assists in the effect of secur- ' 1 ing a regular output for our meat."