WOOL SALES

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1724, 1 December 1887, Page 3

WOOL SALES

Auckland, November 30,

The first [wool Bale of the season was held to-day, 384 bales being catalogued. The auctioneers had deoided to hold sales on the came day In order to enconrage competition from the South. Buyers here objected to pay a charge of 2. 6d per bale imposed for delivery, but the auctioneers, without any explanation of their ohange of front, agreed at the last moment to waive this charge for delivery, and the dispute, which has continued for some time, thus ended m a triumph for the buyers. The prices obtained equalled those of last year, and for some varieties were higher, the average being 6£d per bale. The auctions were held by A. Dockland and Hunter aud Nolan, George Blnney postponing his sale till to-morrow. Napier, December 1. The local wool sales commence on the 7th inst, for which 1000 bales have been catalogued. -mrmkm.mmm [eeuteb's telegram— copyright.] Received December 1, 12.20 p.m. Melbourne, November 30. Messrs Goldsbrough and Co., Limited, held tbeir usual weekly wool Sales to-day. The attendance was good and competition spirited, especially for light conditioned merino and crossbreds. Inferior to good merinos realised from s^dto iod; superior, u^d; crossbreds from 8d to is ; soperior lambs' -wool, is 3){d; scoured, is 6d. London, November £9. At the wool sales to-day the catalogue comprised 10,700 bales, for which there was a good demand.