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Evening star., 1931-04-15
UNDERTAKING ADDED
TO MARSHAL'S DUTIES
Snyder Called Upon to Send Pris.
oner's Body to Widows
Home in Michigan.

Edgar c. Snyder, United States
marshal for the District. has had his
duties increased to include those of an
undertaken, or custodian OF dead bodies.
He Just learned this yesterday after q
convict from Leavenwolth Penitentiary,
undergoing treatment for mental dis
orders, died at st. Elizabeths Hospital
The marshal was notified that he is
expected to see that the body Is for
waroed TO the mans widow In Michigan
II Is reported to be the first time that
an incumbent of the local marshalship
has been called on for this duty.
Harry M. Underhill had been serving
term at Leavenworth which would
have expired in July and was sc / here
when he developed mental trouble
Snyder will arrange with the under
taker. who has an annual contr. CT with
the veterans Bureau and will ahip the
BODY to Michigan.
Il have been obliged to undertake
aumber OF things since serving as United
states marshal said Snyder. but this
Is the first time I have been asked to
be an undertaken"
Evening star., 1931-04-15
TRASH SERVICE
EXTENSION ASKED
Sixteenth Street Highlands
Group Hears RothSChiId on
Better Business Bureau.

An appeal to the District Commits
sionerS to extend the service of the
trash collection so that 1t will enable
housekeepers to maintain clean yards
the entire year was voiced last night
at meeting OF the Sixteenth Street
Heights Citizens Association.
At present they say grass and shrub
berry cutting will not be accepted by
the freshmen. request that refuse
collectors be more careful and not
scatter garbage was also made. In
keeping with the movement for better
lawns and gardens, the association s hid
that the prompt collection OF weeds
which border the street and which are
cut down IN the Summer would be of
material benefit.
Street Paving.
At the request of the Federation of
Citizens Associations a Bicentenniil i
Committee was named last night TO
cooperate with q Central Bicentennial
Committee of the Federation. Samuel
Loveless. II. NJ. Phillips and Joseph
Wilson were appointed The paving of
the following streets was also asked:
Juniper street between Fourteenth and
Sixteenth: Fern street between Georgia
avenue and Thirteenth street and
Jonquil street between Thirteenth
street and Morningside drive. The
replacement OF a street sign on the
east side of Fern street at Alaska
avenue. which was recently removed
was asked The association expressed
itself as favoring the placing OF shades
in the Washington Rapid Transit
buSses as a protection for eyes and
health.
ROthsehild Speaks.
A description OF how and why the
Better Business Bureau operates was
made in a speech before the associa-
ton last night by Louis Rothschild Of
that organization. Mr.. RothSchild said
that the Better Business Bureau In
sisted upon truth in advertising and
advised Investigation before investing"
In the course of his speech Mr.. Roths-
child commended newspapers for their
part in standardlzing truth in adver-
tisementS. Last year. he said the
bureau investigated 1000 advertise
ments.
DR.. William England president of
the Takoma Park Horticultural Club
and member of the association. in
vited members to attend the narcissus
show OF the club to be given at the
Takoma Park Public Library April 81
and %.
Evening star., 1931-04-15
VENDOR HELD IN BAIL
ON COPYRIGHT CHARGE
Legal Tangle Results on Question
of Which Court Should
Conduct Trial.

Charged with distributing copies OF
popular songs in violation of several
copyrights. Joe D'AgoStino Of New York
PLEADED not guilty in Police Court yes
teroay and was held under $500 bond
for jury trial.
As D'Agostino. a vendor, was at one
time connected with Abe Schrott. con-
y1cted recently in District Supreme
Court on similar charge, a legal tangle
resulted as TO which court should ha andle
the case. Judge Ralph Given said he
thought the case should be heard in the
same court as the Schrott case. Finally
II was decided the man should change
ms plea from guilty 10 not guilty and
demand jury trial In order to give
the court time 70 straighten out the
tsngle
Evening star., 1931-04-15
SOVIET SEEKS SHIPS
ON GERMAN MARKET
Russia, Under Trade Agreement,
Needs Benzine and Lumber
Cargo Vessels.
~ the Associated Press.

~ the Associated Press.
HAMBURG, Germany. April I5.-Un-
oer the trade agreement just conclioz d
IN Berlin. Soviet Russia has come iDto
the market 10 buy cargo ships chisdv
ior transportation OF beEzine and lum-
per. The stipulation is tnat the YES
Sels must not be older than five wears
me ministries OF TRANSPORT and econ
omy nave asked shipowners to seek tall
details OF the Russian offers. The pros.
pect OF revivin9 lsngu shing shipbuild-
ing industries bv construction OF n4w
ireiehtsrs TO replace the tonnage that
"ouio De sold is considered attractive
Snlpo"ners are reported. however. no.,
70 os oVerWIlling 10 part With relatively
mooern vessels and lay cat capital to
build new onEs.
AS lar as benZins tankers are con-
cerneo. - owners fear that America n
oil interests. which are keen comnetjtors
OF the Russians. may re.aiiate bv noy
cottlns German tankers in the future
Evening star., 1931-04-15
HAVE COLOR IN CHEEKS

II your skin h xiOn
palIid-tongue cOated-appetite Door
you have a bad taste I'm your mouth
lazy, no-gOOd feeling-yOu should try
Olive Tablets.
DIR. Edwards Olive Tablets sub
stttute for caIOmeI--were prepared by
DIR. Edwards after 20 years Of study.
Olive Tablets are . purely vegetable
compound. Know them by their olive
color.
To have q clear, pink skin. bright
eyes. no pimpIes. a feeling Of buOya ney
like childhood days, you must get az
the cause.
DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets act on the
hver and bowels like calOmel-yet have
no dangerous after effects
They start the bile and help over
come constipation. Take nightly and
note the nseasing results. Millions ADt
boxes soldftearIy. lSc, 3ee, SOC.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-29
YOUTH IS SAVED
! FROM WELL TOMB
Howard Smith Unhurt After
Cave-in Entraps Him
22 Hours.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated PGeSS,
OTTAWA, Ill, June Excursions
and smiling, 16-year-old Howard Smith
was rescued, uniniured, yesterday from
a cavc-in we'll in which ,he was i'm
prisoned for % hours. He was trapped
last Saturday while repairing pump
on farm near Weldon owned by his
grandfather, Frank Dcbolt, and his
uncle Frank w. Rabe.
Young Smith was brought to the.sur
face by a rope passed to HIM by w.
Spencer Kellogg of Seneca. Ill, after
State mine rescue crew and volunteers
had dug a lateral to him, only to find
that they had to abandon their efforts
to enlarge the hole because of the dan
gerous position Of rocks. They set up
framework around him, however, passed
him food and then went to the surface
to begin digging out the well itself.
Brother Moves Boulder.
Much of the rescue work was by
Towards 20-year-old brother Floyd. He
pushed away a large boulder pressing
against his brothers side after several
other reScuerS had failed to move it.
Howard complained of tenderness in his
shoulder due to the pressure of
boulder but physicians failed to fmd
any mark and said he had withstood
the ordeal remarkably well. He was
put to bed to ward off the possibility of
pneumonia.
Where's map" he asked as soon as
his head was above the surface. At the
time his mother, Nfs. Edith Smith, was
under a doctors care. having collapsed
Saturday when the seriousness of her
sons plight became apparent.
Gee, it's good to be out" Howard
told crowd of several hundred persons
who had gathered to watch the rescue
work.
Walks to Car.
Members of the rescue party offered
to carry him to an automobile, but he
refused their offer, asserting he did not
want any one to think he was hurt.
Instead he walked to the car. climbed
onto the running board and then
thanked those who had saved him.
While the rescue work was in prog
ress the boy joked with members of his
family and friends through a garden
hose his uncle had passed down TO him
before the cave-in became complete.
When his uncle told him that the lat
eral tunnel had failed of its purpose,
he said:
Maybe you'd better shoot me and
then start diggiER'
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-29
COMMITTEE TO DISCUSS
SECOND WHEAT FARLEY
Group Will Meet Week of July IL
to Consider Meeting
Feasibility.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, June 29.-The standing
committee named to consider further
the feasibility OF reconvening the con-
ference of wheat-eXporting nations will
meet the second week in July, it was
announced today
The object OF the meeting, as out
lined by the wheat conference last
month, is to determine ways and means
of interchanging authentic information
concerning wheat and to endeavor to
arrive at an agenda for the adoption of
exporting nations upon which second
wheat conference maght be called.
The first conference failed to reach
an agreement solving the worlds wheat
Ills, but left continuing committee to
continue exploration of the problem.
A. N. Duckhan is acting as interim
secretary and is. issuing the summons
for the meeting
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-29
DRY PAPER PLANNED
Stanley High Announces New Cru
sading Daily.

NEW YORK. June 90 Stanley
High. who resigned several days ago as
editor of the Christian Herald, has an
nounced that new dry newspaper will
be started in this city before the year
is over.
The newspaper will be issued m m
ings, six days week. and viii give
world wide coycrage and be Of
crusading type. 1t will sponsor prohi-
bit.on, but will not be a "proragandist
sheet" Mr.. High said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-29
BELLE JAILED AGAIN

NEW YORK. June 90 (PD.-Belle
Livingstone, night club hostess. driven
out of business by prohibition arrests
and convictions, was in jail again today
on a charge of grand larceny.
She was arrested in Rochester, N. Y,
Saturday and brought TO New York
last night on complaint of a Greenwich
Village modiste. who charges the host
ess failed to pay for some dresses.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-29

Everything you need-your vest. your
panties. girdle and brassiere all in one
compact little garment. Of Swaziland
rayon-not bone in it. yet it gives you
those feminine graceful curves needed
for this Summers frocks. Flesh. white
and peach. Sizes 81 to SO.
CORSET SHOP-THIRD FLOOR.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-09-29
Livestock
SOUTH ST. PAUL

South st. Paul, Mimi. Sept. 29.-fP)
-(U. S. Dep. Agr.)-Cattle. 1900:
fairly active and fully steady on dry
fed material; cutters and low cutters
and weighty bulls; trade slow and
weak on in-between grades steers and
she stock; several lots choice yearlings
$s.0o-9.50: latter prices paid for Ia
steers and heifers averaging IT'S
pounds short fed kinds to $3.50 or
below; most native grassers $4.50-5.50:
some westerns held higher; cutters
and low cutters s1.75-2.75; common
and medium grades COWS $3.00-400;
most heifers $3.5o-4.75; odd lots dry
fed yearlings $3.50 and better; bulls
with weight at $3.00-3.50: few $3.75
or better.
Calves. 1,700; vealers steady; medium
to choice grades s700-9.50; stockers
and feeders little changed.
Hogs, 10000: rather slow; steady to
10 cents lower than Mondays aver
age: better 10000 lbs. $4.50-4.85; top
@4.85; paid for good to choice 210-250
pound averages; early bids on pigs
$4.25: packing sows $3.25-4.00: smooth
! lightweights to $425; average cost
Monday $4.42; weight 220.
Sheep, $500; opening fully steady
to strong with Mondays close on
holdovers; good to choice eve and
wether lambs mostly $6.75; fresh ar
rivals held around 500; medium grade
lambs largely $4.75; throwouts $3.25-
$50; fat ewes Al.75 rown.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-09-29
CHICAGO

Chicago, Sept. 9.-(AP-U. s. D
A)-Hogs $4,000 including $500 di-
rect; uneven; mostly steady to 10
lower than Mondays average: prac-
tical top $50; bulk better 100 to $50
lb. averages $40 to $50: bulk 140 to
ITO lbs. $50 to 4.s5; pigs mostly 4.2J
to 465; bulk packing sows 4.25 to 4.5o
Light lights good and choice i40
to 100 lbs. 4.65 to $40; light weigh s
100 to 200 lbs. 4.80 to $40; medium
weight 200 to $50 lbs. $50 to $50;
packing sows medium and good 275
to 500 lbs. 400 to 4.85; slaughter pigs
Cocd and choice 100 to 100 lbs. 4.l3
to 4.65.
Cattle 1000; calves $500: general
ly steady trade on fed steers ami
yearlings with light baby beef kinds
very scarce and strong; strictly good
and choice steers all representative
weights scarce; extreme top 10.15 for
ZOO lb. averages; best yearlings
1000; mostly 725 to 900 market;
other classes fully steday.
Slaughter cattle and vealers: steers
good and choice 600 to 900 lbs 3.o'
to 1925; 900 to 100 lbs 7.5o to 1000;
100 to 1900 lbs. 750 to 1915; 1900
to 1900 lbs. IT'S to 1925: comm on
and medium 600 to 1900 lbs. 400 to
to IT'S; heifers good and choice $50
to $50 lbs. 100 to 9.75; common and
medium 800 to TOO; COWS good ana
choice 400 to 575; common ana
medium 500 to 400; low cutter and
cutter ZOO to 500; bulls (yearlings
excluded good and choice (beeD 4.25
TO $50; cutter to medium $40 to AGO.
vealers milk fed good and choice
7.50 to OTIS: medium $50 to 7.50; Gull
and common $50 to $50; stocker and
feeder cattle: steers gccd and choice
500 TO 1850 lbs. 500 to 6.75; common
and medium 32S to 500.
Sheep 220o0; strong to Is higher;
advance largely on inbetween grade
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-09-29
Bare Indictments by
Federal Grand Jurors

Fargo, N. D., Sept. 29.-(R)-Stanley
r. Hooker, 10, was sentenced to three
years in the reformatory at Chilli
cothe, Ohio, in federal court Monday
when he pleaded guilty to violation of
the Dyer act.
Hooker was charged with transport
ing a stolen car from Omaha, Neb.. to
Minot. A federal grand jury indicted
him last week. :
Names of twenty-five other persons
who were indicted and have been ar
rested and released on bond pending
trial were announced by the clerk OF
court. All but one are charged with
liquor law violations.
Those indicted are Mr.. and Mrs. Ole
Nuckelby, New Rockford: Anna
Amundson. New Rockford; Halyor
Carlsbad, Minot: A. B. Sorenson. AL
vim Sorenson and Stewart Sorenson,
Spiritwood Lake; Sidney G. Jack"
Harmon, Fargo: Bert Hughes, Man.
dan; Peter Geiss, Mandan: Joe Hur-
ich, Dickinson: Anton Feist, Ana
moose; John Garrison. Jr., Fred Ebel,
William Guderiohn, all Of Rolla; Joe
Hhicland and Eugene Lyle, Dickinson;
Philip Schroeder. Lefor; Lawrence B.
Blackey, Jack F. Boland and Lewis
Wage, all of Devils Lake. and Tena
Farmer, New Rockford.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-09-29
MINNEAPOLIS FUTURES
SHOW LITTLE MOVEMENT

Minneapolis, Sept. 23.-(P)--The
wheat market here started sluggishly
Tuesday and ended SO. Trade was
limited and featureless throughout
the session.
A little export business developed
throughout the day. about 100000
bushels Of Manitoba5 being worked.
Coarse grain futures were quiet and
easy with wheat.
September and December wheat flu
lures closed &c lower and May &c
lower.
There was no action in corn futures.
Oats and rye were about ,ac lower
with trade featureless. Flax was un-
settled and weaker with trade limit
ed.
There were more buyers in the cash
markets and demand was broader Up
to is protein test Minneapolis and di-
ve:p;on point wheat were about the
came but above that test Duluth COM
peted more sharply for the offerings.
Winter wheat still was sluggish. Dur
ur tone was firm to strong.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-09-29
DULUTH CLOSE

Duluth. Minn., Sept. 20.-tP)-Close.
flax on track $1.28N -1.32A: to ar
rive $1.2eA -l.2sA: Sept. $l.28ss: Oct.
1.28A: Nov. l.26A; Dec. l.27A; May
$1.30A.
Wheat No. 1 dark northern 66N-
7l%c; No. 2 do 637s -70Mc; No. 3 do
6l% -68Nc: No. l northern 66A III &c:
No. 2 do 637s -707sc; No. amber dur
UNI 55-7oc; No. do 53-70c; No. dur
UNI 51-5lc; No. do 51-54c; No. l
mixed durum 4B-65c; No. 2 do 46-65c:
No. red durum 47c.
Oats No. 3 white 23ss -23Nc.
No. rye 37h -39Hc.
Barley, medium to good IS 80 &c.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-09-29
SIOUX CITY

Sioux City. Iowa, Sept. 2s.-(R-
~. 8. Dep. Agr)-Cattle $500; calves
zoo: beet steers and yearlings slow.
choice grades firm; others about
steady; fat sne stock steady to easy:
vealers firm; bulls unchanged: stock
ers and feeders steady; three loads
strictly choice around l.275 pound
beeves s975; early sales yesterday
1925 down; bulk grain feds 1925
800: grass fat heifers largely s5.25
down; bulk beef cows $2.75-3.5O: com
mon and medium stockers and feed
ers $3.25-4.25 choice mixed stock
calves $3.50; select vealers $500; ma
)cr!ty medium bulls $2.75-3.25.
Hogs, 5000; butchers slow, early
Gales and most bids steady to 10 cents
lower: l80-2S0 pound averages mostly
SA.75-5.O0; early top $500 for 240-250
pound weights, little done on other
weights; packing sows firm, largely
S3.5O-4.15; odd lots smooth lights
s4.25; extreme heavy and rough sows
around 1925,
Sheep, $500; fat lambs opening
about Is cents higher: two loads
choice natives to shippers $3.50: fat
ewes salable $500 down; feeders slow
few early sales $3.50; others salable to
$500. "
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-09-29
Two Men Are Held in
Automobile Accident

Overtaken by J. F. Fortenberry and
turned over to police after a short
chase Monday night. two Indian men
accused OF striking a girl with their
automobile and failing to stop after
the incident were held in Bismarck
Tuesday morning pending an investi-
cation.
The Bismarck man. an eyewitness
to the incident, gave chase In his au
tornobile and forced the two Indians
to the curb near the Northern Pacific
passenger depot.
The girl was not seriously injured,
according to Police Chief Chris j.
Martineson, who said that the In
dians were to be questioned regarding
the mishap sometime Tuesday.
The men gave their names as
Thomas c. Niekols and Bill Robertson
and said they lived in South Dakota,
south of Selfridge, N. D.
The incident occurred at the inter-
section Of Third st. and Main avenue
about 9:45 o'clock.
The girl who was struck was Mary
Senger, 16-year-old daughter OF
George Senger, 315 South Tenth St.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-09-29
STOCK QUOTATIONS
REGISTER new LOWS
ON new YORK MART
Flurries Of Active Liquidation
Boat Prices Down; Rails
Are Strong

New York, Sept. 29.-(P)-The stock
market was driven to new lows for
the past six years by, successive fur
ries Of active liquidation Tuesday.
Rails were able to show considerable
resistance to the trend but elsewhere
losses Of to points were numerous
with few issues registering wider
lcSses The closing tone was weak
Sales approximated three million
shares.
In stocks, New York Central man.
aged to advance to l-2 points al
one time. but later lost its rise. A
few specialties broke widely Coca
Cola tumblsd Is points. then recov-
cred partially. Wrigley slumped more
than points.
The market appeared still unde,
domination of uncertainties abroad.
Rallying tendencies, apparently
based on steadincss Of the rails, re-
duced or cancelled the declines later
but trading became dull on the rise
and prices tapered off again.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-09-29
Produce Markets
CHICAGO PRODUCE

Chicago. Sept. 29.--(P)-1ncreased
receipts Of butter Tuesday had little
effect on prices and quotations were
steady to Ia higher on firm mar
ket. Eggs were steady and unrcv.sed
Poultry ruled steady to easy.
Cheese. per !b.: Twins is l-2; Da:s-
les 16; Brick 16 l-2; Limburger Is.
Longhorns l6: Young Americas l6,
Swiss 26 to %.
Chicago, Sept. 29.-(P - Poultry
alive, S cars, 50 trucks: hens steauy
chickens easy; fowls 16 to 81, broil-
ers Is: fryers l6: springs l6; roostera
IL 1-2; turkeys II to 20: white duck,
IA to II; colored IL to IA; spring
geese IL.
Butter lO093 firm: creamery spe-
cials (03 score) 80 1-2 to 80; extras
(92 score 80; extra firsts 100 to 81
score) 20 Ia to 81; firsts t83 to g.
score) 26 la to %: seconds t3S to 8!
score) "a to Is 1-2: standards 40
score centralized carlots 81.
Eggs 5.27l, steady: prices un-
changed.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-09-29
LACK OF STRENGTH
IN FINANCIAL MART
HURTS GRAIN PRICE
Wheat and Corn Both Sink To-
ward Bottom; European
Demand Is Light

Chicago, Sept. 29.-(P)-Fickleness
OF Wall Street securities did much to
unhinge the grain markets Tuesday
and bring about material setbacks.
The worlds availabla wheat supply
increased 5,055,o00 bushels for the
week. and is now 35.76S, 900 bushels,
against 42S ,699 900 a year ago. Euro
pean demand was meager with pur~
chases. Of only c5O00O bushels, ex-
clusively Canadian.
September corn as well as all new
crop deliveries Of corn sold at bot
tom levels heretofore unreached this
season. September wheat equaled
the seasons lowest quotations.
Wheat closed nervous. 3-S to 2 ID
cents down. Sept. As Ia to 3-8, Dec
A 3-S to 1-2. Corn 3-8 to off, Sept
81 l-2 to So, Dec. 35 3-8. Oats al
5-S to ia decline. and provisions un-
changed to II cents up.
Russia was reported to have slash
ed her export wheat prices Q 3-Sc a
bushel. Advices told also of stop los,
selling by wheat holders at Liver
pool. where the market Tuesday
closed 1-2 to 7-8 pence lower.
Corn price downturns resulted
largely from favorable weather 70,
field work and from increased book.
ings of corn to arrive in Chicago Be.
sides, Tuesdays receipts here were
liberal 103 cars compared with 81
a week ago and IS on the CORE.
spending day last year. Decembe,
corn, representing the new crop. fel
at one stage to IS l-2 cents bushcl
more than full cent drop from th,
opening quotations. Oats followed
corn
Provisions advanced, owing to scat
tered buying despite downturns IL
hog values.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-09-29
NEW YORK

New York. Sept. 29.-(P-Butter
1855; strong. Creamery higher than
extra So; extra (92 score) 31ls -35;
first 1881 score) 27h-34.
Cheese 267 .673: steady.
Eggs 26.737; firm. Mixed co!ora
unchanged.
Jersey and other nearby white,
marked medium 47-49; nearby and
nearby western Hennecy closely Sc
lected extra ALAG; average extra 49,
40: extra first 27-3l; first 24-2S; Pa
cific Coast white. shell treated or lin
ers extra 44-46; extra first 33-43;
mediums 1881.
Poultry-live easier. Chickens by
freight 1923; express 1925; fowls by
freight 1928; express 1925; roostera
freight IL; express 13; turkeys freight
$3.50; express 25-32: ducks freight
1913. Dressed steady, unchanged.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-09-29
Aged Woman Enjoys
Hitch-Hiking Tour

Jeffers. Mimi, Sept. 29.-(P-
A hitch-hiking grandma was back
nome Tuesday, smoking her corn
cob pipe and telling her grand
children about tour of three
states which lasted several weeks.
Grandma" Hannah Hawkins,
"a, just wanted to see scme of the
country" when she started her
trip. She hitch-hiked into Iowa
first.
Folks were real nice about CIV
ing me rides" said Grandma
Hawkins. II went down into Iowa,
out to Yankton, S. D., and visited
relatives at several other places,
too
When she reached Fairmont,
Mihn.. authorities there thought
grandma was just bit too old to
be gallivanting around and ncti-
fled a grandson, who took her
home.
But it was fine while it lasted"
grandma smiled.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-09-29
BOSTON WOOL

Boston. Sept. 29.-tP-The wool
market showed decidedly more con-
fident tone than at any time last
week, despite slow trading and the
recent development of labor difficulty
in some New England wool manufac-
turing centers. Private cables from
abroad were mostly encouraging
Price advances both in London and
Australian markets are reported to
have nearly reached parity with the
decline Of the exchange rates Of the
British pound sterling thus reducing
the attractiveness Of importing for
eign wools to compete with the do
meStic clip.