MESSRS MILES AND §0.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1734, 7 January 1888, Page 2

MESSRS MILES AND §0.

m Messrs Miles and 00. (per J T. Ford, auctioneer), report on th«ir second wool sale, held m conjunction wkh Mr Geo. Jameson, at the Orange Hall, Burnett street, on Friday, 6'h January, 1888 : — Owing to a misunderstanding as to the hour of Bile, there was a division among buyers, which militated somewhat against value*. While disolaiming any blama attaching ro ourselves m this ma ter, we still regret, tha occurrence, and allirm that, m order to establish annual wool Bales at Aahbur on, which is to a large extent favorable to growers, there should be perfect unison among the wool brokers, and every lot sub mitted to buyers m a perfectly bona, fide manner.

Our catalogue oomprised some 2G2 bales, which we disposed of, wi h few withdrawals, at the following prices : — DM, half-bred ewe, 1 at 7£d ; DM, halfbred ewe (merino), lat 7J-J ; DM, merino, 1 at G£d ; MV, merino, 1 at 7jd ; 17, merino, I at 7d ; RP, black wool, 1 at 6f d ; RP, crossbred. lat7f d ; 17, crossbred, lat 7f d ; 17. crossbred (with 12 black fleeces), 1 at 6£d; RP, crossbred ewe (1 bale with 11 Southdown ram fleeoes), 5 at 8d ; RP, three-quarter-bred Lincoln cro3s, 3 at 8d ; RP, three-quar-ter-bred Leicester orosß, 3at 8d ; KD, halfbred hogget, 3at 8d ; T over R, do, 4 at 8d ; 0 over M, half-bred ewe, 3at 7| J ; HC, halfbred hogget, 3at 7|d ; T, do, 6 at 74i ; 17 over MO, crossbred, 50 at 8| J ; 17 over MO, Southdown, 6 at B£d; 17 over MO, three-quarter-bred, 8 at 7£d ; 28. merino, 3 at 7£J ; Bquare, do, 3at 7£d ; D over w , half-breu, 3 at 7£d ; XO, hall-bred hogget, 2at 7£d ; 23, Ist cross ewe, 10 at 7Jd ; 2*, merino ewa, 2 at 7Jd ; 33, half-bred hogget, 3 at 7fd ; 33, hall-ored ewe, sa. 8d ; HE conjoined, do, 4 at BJd ; 0 within circle, merino, 2 at 7^d ; ÜB, merino, 2at 7d ; ÜB, crossbred (No. 3 bale contains 5 bia'ck fleeces and 5 ram fleeces), 3 at ad ; RL, half-bred hogget, 4 at 7£d ; RL, rneriuo, 1 at 7d ; 0 Between two horizontal bars, merino, 1 at 7d ; C between two horizontal bars, half-bred Southdown, 2 at 7|d ; G between two horizontal bars, halfbred ewe, 4 at BJd ; 0 between two horizontal bars, half-brea Leicester hogget, 5 at 7£d ; MV, half and three quarter-bred, 1 at 7fd ; MV, half-bred hogget, 1 at 7?d; MV, half bred ewe, lat 7£ J ; TE, merino, 3at 6|d ; TE. three-quarter-bred, Leicester hogga, 1 at 7*d; TE, half-brbd hogget, 2 at 7^d; Haokthorne, looks, 2 at 3£d ; Haokthorne, pieoeß (discolored), 2 at 6d ; Haokthorne, do, 6 at 6jd ; Hackthorne, merino (olothing), 4 at 9d ; Hackthorue, do (combing), 20 at 9d ; 37, half-bred, 1 at 7£d ; 3,_,, rams wool, 1 at 6£d ; 0 within square, half-bred, 2 at 7|d ; 0, merino, 1 at 7£d ; TI, Is. cross hogget, lat 9d ; 0 7/10, do, 4 at 8d ; C 11/12, Jst oross owe, 2at 8d ; TE, bellies and pieces, 1 at 4^; HE conjoined, locks, 1 at 3|d; IS, pieoes, 1 at 2d; 17, iocks, 2 at 3}d,; MR, bellies, 2at 5 ; RP, bellies and pieces, 2at sd; Z3, looks, 1 2|d ; Zs, bellies, 1 at 5 ; RP, looks, lat 3£d ; C over M, pieces, lat s£d ; 0 within square, merino pieces, lat sjd ; 0 within square, half-bred pieces, lat 4a ; 0 within two horizontal bars, bellies, 1 at 5d ; 0 within two horizontal bars, pieces, 1 at 5Jd ; 0 within two horizontal bars, locks, 1 at 2Jd ; 3U, do, 1 at 2f d ; B, crossbred, 2at BJ. And a quanti-yof bag.wool.