LONDON WOOL SALES.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2448, 12 March 1909, Page 7

LONDON WOOL SALES.

A DOW'X W-.Uil) T£XDEXOT. (from Our .Speeded (Arr.espond-erd-.) ,C LOXDOX,. Jan. 20. 1903. This week has seen uvrelc-p somo unUnvard factors which were, hour.! to more 0! le&s affect woe: priepv. r.ac'l generally speaking .there is nor that firmness shown which was noticeable ilttdftit the-opening day? c-f last 'week. Pist and foremost there is. a. gone ra 1 .*la?kn«ss on- the part o: America, {he of the Yank c> being notli- • ing like'what they were last'’.series. Wools suitable for the United ’ States which sold like fury lari December at ]Bd to 13$d. is not- fetching move today than 11 A to 12d, it having t-> he a really good wool to realise over a shilling. This slackness and indifference’ lias naturally affected the entire ado. and notwithstanding such good all r Mind wools being ratal agnod. .-tjil there is not tint "vim" .that wc have been accustomed to during the last- . Aries or two. 4 tlve week some very heavy offerings have been put up, comprising * large quantities of medium moron-os, and those hare miffe-ied the most. Short, mushy, badly-grown and '.vasty conditioned fine wools have at times been more difficult to move-, and prices are mostly -Jd down. When it comes to deep grown, shaft-v merinos with plenty of combing property, then they are fetching a!! about fast- week’s rates, iff but there is nothing on which any advance can be -reported, Good phafty '•p.l@Bfcy , j ire , selling well, and scoureds arc doing fairly well, though they nro not making big figures unleo? it be for a speciality. Crossbreds, notwithstanding a rather limited supply, are following much in flic same cour-e as merinos, the low, rather shabby .Bradford te.p-.w-.kors’ wool being a bit off. When it comes fa well-grown and light conditioned eiv).=sbrcds, all qualities are making prices on a par with the opening, and America- is also active for both coarse and medium sorts. The Continent has .aXoyfrven little support to these vooim 'pßfJan't call prices any more than last series either for grease or seoureds. In a word, the tone good and competition keen up to ? certain paint, Imt evidently most ct the buyer:; are working on slightly lover linrts which

accounts for a lot of rue wool ceiling a little irregularly. XEW CLIP CBOSSBBEDS. This series sees the beginning of the arrival and sale of new slip wools from ..Now Zealand, the same being nearly all crossbreds. J have examined them Ajpi-eiul'y, and generally’ i peaking rhsre os'll trifle better condition than .last .'■(‘.:scn. and aho a shade- better length. Plenty of users were beginning to fear that those- two essential characteristics ■were being under estimated by Now Zealand cbeepfarmers, and that in their cagerr.-e?: to cater for the frnz. n rr.utton trade, they were overlooking ahe i|e.c-t:on Of fleece production. However. well-kiicwn dips show an improvement- on. lost year, and both homo and American bnyeis- have spoken fa-, vorably about its growth. If little fanners would pay more attention to they gdt up ci their -clips they would than tl’.ev are, for the’ piescnce cf heavy _skirt's rolled tin with ilio fleece by no moans inspires 03iifich'T.ce or tempts one to pay r.. long more 1: -sjd has becn’paid f.ir hfrh comebaAky and i-brtds from Vv’csfc VTjtet4-rd the 4-bred also f -t-cli-ing Even ..Vow Zeal nd e: w.s----i :WH,<e sold up to 13kl. th -chief being lightness of ccndif'on, cciv'uncd with nice, soft qua'iify. America is buying fVriy liberally >,i:mi lid ti l-'jsd, but flie wools must la light, dean, and well-grown. Even when grower- do their best, t-hero is ■ eei't^iji.-to be a fair proportion or shoTv. stumpy and badly grown fleecer-, mid these should be baled! bv t herd.sol'VC'. The demand it as keen c.s ever, tb r ' full initial advances being readily I paid, and for a particularly well-grown | let. nobody knows to a penny what it j will fetch. America this series is :a-k- I ing a fair -good quant’ty of medium i <*roo?!)reds, and is also buying tome j me? weights of 40 A There is an excel- I lent d-Tuand c-n home ‘account. end \ busirui., generally in crossbreds m -i n I nest s;iti.= factory nature. Germs?-y is taWuig a few medium -conditioned hnlfbijfe, but the bulk of the buying; is befyg'done by .the Home trade, prices •being well maintained at the highest print of the sene-,. SPECIAL SALES. Ho’(I by Altrsr.s Thomas arid Cook, •);iunary 21:Spur: Gisv. S l-bd. lid; 9 sun, *lo lid; 33 do,' do ].od; 14 imp. c:Ad. llomney 19 Id: o do, do IOd: -8 d-y do bid; 28 do. do Eoniney Dd ; 2d l-.t pcs | id; 1 ,-crd. J-bd IOd: 7 do ersbd. 1ml; i r > lock- d. Good useful wools, j ' clnc-’cd. good length, sound, tut | imt >-. light as some. j Anchor: Gr?y. 2.4-bd. lid; 0 sup -:rs- J bd. ]().Jd; 7 .do. do 104 d; do do, do ! IOd; 13 do H >d : 82 do B*d : -!- do g-d; 1 do 8-Id: 4- dc pcs o|-d; 7 do h-cllies dpi. L : gh: and good. Sold by IMe iSi 's Buxton, Bonn Id 'vd Cm, Tan liar v 22: Mold : Grs.v. 3 emlik H 12d; d <; j; do Mid :d do iOkl: !• do lid: 12 c.-sbd lid; f do iOJl: A do IOd: 0 do 0:1; 8 j I-t l-bd pcs 84d: 2do bellies- 7d. I