. ' — — — WANGANUI. Dec. 3. Indications were given in the first catalpgqe, Pf the ■pp.ening wool sale of the keaspn at Wanganui |oday that not much of the cur-rent seaspn's ciip would be so/4 imder two shillings per pppnd. Twentyfive thousand bales of this season.'s wool are being • pffered an.d ifl |lje early stages met with strong compelition ' from the Continept among. a full bench of buyers. Bradford interests were operating keenly, but most of the top prices were 'pald'. by Continental buyers. The main Section of the offering is the hogget, and wether wool, recent raifl haying held up the shearmg pf "ewes. This has .pnabled Taranaki to have a larger representation than ofher yebrs. Southdown wools met with strong demanfi and prices frequeptly bettered 40d for" these types. Top flgure in the first c.atalogue was %47id for binned Southdown entry. '. Hogget woo'ls were in demand al in the vicnity of 30d and over.
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