AUSTRALIAN MARKETS.
Melbourne, Dec. 18, The New Zealand [.can and Mercantile Agency Uompi-ny held their usual week y wool sale to-day. The catalogue com prised 5100 hales. There was the usual large attendance of buyers, and an animated competition was experienced. Over 4000 bales were disposed of under ihe hammer, wilt) 560 bales of farmers’ lots sold on Tuesday making a total for the week of 4600 bales. Since the beginning of the season the Company have sold 300,000 bales, being an increase of lf> per Cent. as compared with the same period last year. The maiket is active at late rates. There is a brisk, cnmpeti'ion For all fine and good conditioned wools, bn' inferior crossbreds and faulty merinos are depressed ; scoured wools are in good demand; washed fleece dull. A* to-day’a sale greasy merinos sold up to ,i2d ; yreasy crossbreds to 12d, and scoared wools to 20| 1.
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Temuka Leader, Issue 1280, 20 December 1884, Page 3
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150AUSTRALIAN MARKETS. Temuka Leader, Issue 1280, 20 December 1884, Page 3
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