Auckland Wool Sale
— . -v * AUCKLAND, July 25. ' The flrst Auckland wool sale was held today wlien 3975 bales, .pf new soason's crutchings and oddments were offered. Owing to there. b.eing insufficient sliips availabie tp.Jift in feason/ able time growers' wools plus stock wool which it was fropose'd to offer o p. behalf of the New Zealand Wool Dis- 1 posal Commission, the commission decided, in the interests of the growers, to witlulraw these stock wools from the oatalogue. Of the total ofFering, approximately 95 per cent. was sold tc i-ommerciai buyers. The offering consisted mainlv of crutchings with a proportion of earlv shorn wool which sold particularly well. There was a full and representative beneh of buyers and competitiongfor al^iwjpjpls was keen. Owing to there bej^;i#ti|&cient grades of fieece ofl'ered, it is not®possible tpsupply quotations which would give a fair indication of the market. The, prompt date for this sale will be Tuesday, August. 30. Tlie following. is the official range of prices Crutdhings: Crossbred, good 18d to 20-Jd. avpypge 15d to 17id, in: ferior and -secdy^ijd to 144d.
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Chronicle (Levin), 26 July 1949, Page 7
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179Auckland Wool Sale Chronicle (Levin), 26 July 1949, Page 7
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