WOOL.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXI, Issue 28, 9 July 1903, Page 13

WOOL.

London, July 1. — The Antwerp wool sales opened quiet. Therei was a good attendance. Fine merinos from 5 to 10 centimes below April prices. Crossbreds, which

were rathen sparsely represented, showed 5 to 10 centimes advance. Two thousand four hundred and fiftysix boles of La Plata were offered, and 724 sold.

Messrs. Stronach, Morris, and Co. report as follows : Rabbitskins. — Owing to fall in London sales prices yesterday were lower by Id per 1b all over. We sold one line of blacks at 43d and winter greys to 15d.

Sheepskins. — Our sale was one of the best wo have had for some time, the recent rise in crossbred wool causing very keen competition in that class of skins, in fact we sold some as high as 6d per Ib, and all sorts were keenly competed for.

Hides. — No sale since last report. Tallow and Fat. — Best lendercd tallow is worth up to 245, but buyers have reduced their prices for fat, and it is lower than late quotations. Best cow fat is worth to 16s 6d ; best rough fat, to 16s.