WELLINGTON WOOL SALES.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 681, 4 December 1909, Page 8

WELLINGTON WOOL SALES.

' , FIRM TONE OF MARKET. < There was-a large attendance of. buyers at , the sale held .yesterday, and it was obvious j from tho -outset that they were, out to do ; business, for competition was keen from the ; Btart, especially for'crossbreds and haltbreds. . Coarse and medium crossbreds were in sellers' favour, Yorkshire representatives being mainly responsible, for tho slisht advance recorded. On the whole, some very good prices were obtained, and such prowers as preferred to market their wools locally in prcferonco to shipping to London: have no cause for complaint. Just-before tho sales commenced Mr. Walter Hill, on behalf of the buyers, protested against the manner in which wool was being taken in. long after tho time had expired at which the catalogues .ought, to have closed. Wool was being taken: ir. right up to Tuesday at midnight, -while tho catalogues should have closed on.Tuesday.morning. Mr. Hill maintained that under Buch circumstances buyers could not do justice to their. clients, nor yet to the Erowcrs. Continuing, Mr. Hill said that some of the wool appeared to havo been shorn in tho rain and rushed into the store, and, some hundreds of pounds, allowances ought to be-made for'the losses which would'accrue from thi3 cause. He had no hesitation in saying that some growers, were unscrupulous .enough to send:in their wool wet, in order to gain advantage in weight. He did not think it would be too much'for buyers to, ask - for : a guarantee that the woo! should arnvo Home in the condition in which it lift the Dominion—ho did not think some of it would. -■ Mr. Hordman (Dalgety and Company, Ltd.). *•?■ wa S. th ? fl . rst to.ascesd the rostrum, adI5 ltt ™"J n e snstico'.-of -the' comnlaints voiced bv -Jr - S? U » ?D d P ron, ' s ed that the brokers would see-that .the-, regulations with rosrect to tho fittM? cat alognes were rigidly adhered to in or note that, at : the woo! sales at Wellington- to-day as we!! as at the Nario?' sales the ;• lots which' topped tho market were from; the Bomnev-cross strain of Mr. WE Bidwill. of the Wairaraiu. . , *" BROKERS' REPORTS. -~.;' Dalgety'and.Co.,-Ltd. ■- .Messrs. Dalgety and Company, Limited re. port;-We held our' second wooi sale of the 5e f a s? o n c £$ tedas : ' w . hen we ' a catalogue of 4195 baUos out of a total catalogue of lffl 1 0mparcd 3150 out of a total-of 75C0 offered by us. at the corresponding sale of i n fWf W ™ ol ««P«onally bright and attractive,, and, with few exceptions, was sound and well grown. The one feature of yesterday's sale was the keen demand for: tho United states American buyers operating on all Qualities possessing the requisite .qualifications for' that market namely, lightness in condition, well grown, staple and carefully skirted. For wools not suitable for America there was keen - competition among buyers from Bradford, the Continent, and for local -requirements. , '. i. Our _ catalogue, which consisted- of 4195 bales comprised a very good seloction. including clins' I from practically all over the-Wellington, Marlborough, Wanganui. and Manawatu districts. ' The range, .of prices as compared with tho opening, sale of this season was aa follows:— ■ '.:.■'■■-•' ' Nov., 1909. Dec, 1909. „ •";• .•.'.."' - -•':.,'. .'.;. -■- d. ,'d.v ~d. ' d; Merino : ~ — , .92 to 103 Super halfbred 12 toIJJ 123 to 134 Medium halfbred ■.-.—'• ,-' lo to IDSuper : crossbred.-:.'.........'.......... Hi to 123 114 to 131 Medium crossbred ~..: 81 to 10i 95 to 11J Inferior and coarse cross- : - . •_-.-. bred'■•.....•;„.' .'.:..;. C3to. 8 - 7Jto 9 Dead .........._ 7Jto 74 . - Lamb 5;'......'............ .....'.. ...—.. :FJ to 9.1 Halfbred bellies and pieces... ' "—". ■' 81 to % Bellies and pieces ...........' sto 73 .53 to SJ Stained pieces and locks ' 2 to 5 23 to 53 Orutchings ..i.....: 4J to VSJ -". sJto 61 Halfbred neck pieces.: :.... —. to 93 "Some of; our most notable . salei were:—A. M'Gafßn, brand M 6,-8 bales Eomney owes,'ll>d.i M.Ahipene, brand Tuhirangi, 4 bales crossbred. 113d.;-.J.- H. It. Tripe, brand D/Koromiko, 17 bales crossbred-E,l2«d:; 5 bales crossbred H, lid.; J. P. Lett, brand TPL conj./Elmley, 5 bales Eomncv. H, lid.; F. H. Stanhope, brand S F/Oddetone, 22 bales halfbred, lljd.; Monlovo and Van Asch, brand Hgaionui, 9 bales halfbred, 123 d.; 7 bales Bno crossbred. Hid.; A. 0. Gawith, brand Waikou; 2 bales thrce-auartorbred, llid.; G. Mi'Currie, brand ,'X/Koataniri, -4 -bales 6uper Eomnev, 123 d.; 7 bales Komney,'l2ld.; G. Hart, brand a H/8.--3 bales halfbred, llid.'j'".W. .L; Hawkins, brand vION,- 2 bales: crossbred, lid.; .H< Wadsworth, brand, -R W, 4 bales halfbred; 123 d.; 3 . bales -half bred,': 'H;'- • lljd.; E. . W.'BrowhV - brand KWBlGlorigarnock, 5 balCs crossbred H, 12jd.; 10 boles crossbred. A, ; Hid.; -G.vW;' Clarhson,. brand M/Kumonga, 13 .bales'crossbred A, ld.;B. Coleman, .brand -Maltese Cross/Vernon,- 6 bales halfbred AA, 135 d.;. 12 bales halfbred.A, 13d.: U boles halfbred B. 12d.; 9 bales fine crossbred, lljd.; J. Lamb, brand IL/Ngawaha, 11.. bales crossbred Eomney E.lld;; H. -V. Hammond, brand Lißmore, 4 bales superfine'crossbred. 12d.: 50 bales fine crossbred. 113 d.; F. - G. Neil!, brand F.reversed N conj., 8 bales crossbred E, lid; E. G. Staveley. brand G; in. diamond, 12 bales Eomney, lid.; P. Mnngavin, brand :JM in eyebrow.4 bales EomneyH, lljd.'; 12 bales Bomney,:'l2d.: H. W: Smart/brand Awanui/HB/P. 6 bales fine, crossbred :H,'-U3d.; 8 -balos medium crossbred E; ■12d.; 3 bales fine, crossbred- E, 12id.; F. 'and HiWhite, :brand Eastry, s:bales.crossbred- B wethers,'lid.; 28 bales crossbred A ewes, 12Jd.; Whales crossbred second' ewes/ lljd.; 16:,bales-Eomney,. hoggets A, 13d.; J. E. Hewitt, brand JEH/Mangam'aire, 3 ! bales'Romn'ey H,'Hid.'; 4-balo* : Eomne,v ; E, lid.; E. Ploasant,-brand BEYN/FP, 3 bales superfine crossbred, lid;;- Mrs. F. M: Knight brand WK/PN, 6 bales crossbred A, 113 d.; 8 bales crossbred B, lid.; estate, lato Mrs. Chalmers, brand FBO/Fcrnyhurst, 4 bales fine thrqe-nuar-terbred H.-12d.;. B'- bales medium bred H, 12d.; 6 bales three-quarterbred H, Hid.; 13 bales three-quarterbred ewes A,. I2jd.; • o iuy. Bros., brand FG/Fairburn, 10 bales crossbred H. lid • J. E. Wallace, brand 71, 8 bales halfbred H.-Hld.; 9 bales halfbred E, Hid.; H. Ohing, brand WHC. 9 bales halfbred H, Hid.; F. S. Ecston, brand FBE/V, 5. bales halfbred, Hid.; Hart Bros., brand JHL conj., 6 bales halfbred, lid.; John Doljiol.'brand Dalhouslei'z.bales halfbred. Hid.; Francis and ' Sons. :brand - -AM; 19bales' halfbred- E; Hd.; : ,Daysch Bros., brand 3 bales Eomney-E,'Hid.: Skermon;and PodCTin,' brand Pukeatua, 13 bales crossbred; A, Hd.; , 8.N.Z., brand, Pulietiri, 13. bales crossbred E, 1 iiri'. a. 0. Cameron, brand swordMOM, stbales comeback. .'l«d.; W. Br Broderickj. brand Wood-. lands/Tawa Flat/TB. 8 bales crossbred,>i2Jd.i J, nonollv brand WC/SE. 5 bales halfbred, -12}d-.; Barfonßros brand DBIO, 6 bales hallbrcd, 12d.;. Kenny brand, AK. 7. bales- halfbred, lid • G. Hume,' brand H m, Bauare/Tauanui. 12 bales crossbred A,-Uld.: O.'R.S Tipping brand T and T/Makiro. 5 liales Eomney H,, 11W.,. J. D'aScl. brand Wrekoin, 7 ba!es u '. halfbred E. . 12»d • E. Kentonl, brand'EEL, 5 half three-"^^ 1,15103 ' lld l Tlfii SU nin.li, Trummery, 6 bales baubreo, 11a.;-F. MTarland. branT FMP/TF, con:. 10 2 bales' A hoggets; Wi'4 bales 121 d; 4; bales C hoggets; 12d.; 10 bales C ewes. ,13d.. :

Levin and Co. Mpssrs Levin 'and Co., Ltd., report:-At tie second sale of the season to-day we offered 32C0 Ss There was a good atonda=co of-buyers, and biddfis was' strong for/Bradford wools but there was not such Vn competition as we ■3 ,t ii<t sain for American- lots. At last wte anything bright and Unconditioned. ww takenT by America in the ne ghbourhpod of Is. Tier lb., but to-day theso; wools were practically l»ft to Bradford and/sold at,flower range. Otherwise prices were much on the samp bans „ , il«t sale The wool, was heavier in. condi-toind-tiUs-affected prices, to some.extent. sales woro ; 48 bales of Eomnoy cross-; ■ffi marked FB.B, at 12Jd.,' -and - tho Bowlands dip. at Is. 113 d., and; Clifton Grovo at 12Jd. and lid.. -...''. ; The following is the range .©f.-pneear^..-

.' '. '.■:■'■:"■- .Dec.1909. .'..' To-day. Werlnnq ' ...;...; : '9Jd. to 10d. 91d. to 103 d.: Shreds " 93d. to 13id. .- lid. to 123 d. crossbred ljd. to 13d. lOd. to 123 d.. Medium ' crossbreds Od. to lOd. Bd. to Wd OomsT crossbreds ... 'J- J° ?S\ & £ d ' Inferior croßsbreds 7d. to Bd. 7d. to Bd. ffi^.:!^^'.u..to:,§il:--.-.a-;l;.§S: v-One "of the' best Bales of unskirtcd wool,was Messrs. Bradey Bros'.' clip, from Pahautanui, which realised 123 d. per lb. .■ :. ■ The following aro some of . Ihe prices realisod—G in d amond, lid.; Yeattpn, 91d. to lid.; Tai '9d • BTA., 10Jd.; Eringa, 10id.; F. 8.8., lid., &. and mi MlllhiU. lid : .E. M Para, IHd. and 103 d.; Olifton Grove, 12id., lld.r and 93d.; TW 9»d and 92d.: Bowlands, Is., 113 d.; Tawora, SV Oienside, liid. asd-lMal.i ,W.S.D., 10 5 d.; Jlitahiwi, ;lld.. lOd. and, 93d.; A.L. in a square, llid. and ll>d.; J.G., 123 d..and 41d.

-~ New, Zealand Loan and Mercantile. ■■. The Now Zealand Loan and Mercantile .Agency Company, Ltd., report:-Tho Associated, Brokers 'offered about'lo,ooo bales'at to-day a .sales, of which we catalogued 1800. There .was a pood attendance of buyers, and competition was Keen for 6ome lots, but we had to pass a proportion as bids were not up-to reserves. ■ The condition generally was not so good as the wool offered in'the November sale. Some excellent prices were obtained, and Wo give a< few typical lots, viz.:-AM/Manuka,- •halfbrcd, ~«W.j JWO/Tetley Brook., halfbred, 121 d.; JWO/TeUey Brook, three-qnarter-bred,- 103 d;; JV7O/Tctley Brook, -bellies and pieces, BJd.; JA/X in square, half bred, l«d.; Brooklyn, half bred, lZid. n to 121 d.; Brooklyn, piece's and bellies, 81d. to 9d.j JL/08, halfbred, 12id/; JL/CB, merino, pt. three-quarter-bred, •Hid.; Springdalc, halfbred, Hid; to 12d.; HH'in triangle, medium, crossbred, 10£ d. to 10Jd.; V.S.I Wainui, medium orossbrcd, 83d. to 101 d.; R.W.K./ Tini, superior crossbred, • lid., Hid., ar.d,.12d.; TW/ half-circle, superior crossbred. 12Jd.; EG J, medium crossbred, 9Jd. to 10d.; WB/FP, coarse crossbred, BJd.: BER, coarso crosßbred, Bd. -'-': Bangs'ot'prices, compared with tho November sale, are as follow:— -- _' ' , :-■..•■■■'• Nov., 1909. Dec, 1909. Halfbred ............... 10Jd. to UJd. 101 d. to 131 d. Downs- •• 102 d. none offering. Superior . crossbred lid.- to 12} d. 10Jd. to 12Jd. Medium crossbred 83d, to 103 d. Bid. to 9Jd. Inferior and strong ~,„,,; „. . •' crossbred' 7d. to B}d. ,7d. to BJd. Locks, bellies, and '■ "■-. •_,. •''.'■ „, pieces'- .'■ 33d. to 7Jd. . 33d, to 9d. .Clutching*.': ;..:.. Ai. to-6d. 4d,-to'6jd,

-~: . Murray,.Boberts, and Company. . - Messrs. Murray, Roberts, and Co. report as follows :-Ont of a total of 11,000 bales offered to-day, woi catalogued approximately 2000' bales. Our catalogno contained many choico parcels of both halfbred and crossbred wool,. the, average, however, being in slightly heavier condition than that offered at November sale. 'Prices for ; good-conditioned, well-skirted parcels wore,about on a par with last sale, while' ordinary, niodium : to-'de-Mao' croesbreds showed an advance of a fttrtlilaß to a-haUnanny. -The woolsi which-.were,

slow of sale, were those of a mixed character, badly classed, and. unskirtcd, but evon . for these prices showed if anything in sellers' favour, as compared with last sale. Pieces and bellies wore strongly hid for, anything of a clean character being bought at high figures. Wo secured tho highest prices of tho day in crossbreds and halfbreds, with a line of Bomnoy cross ewes from Waituna which sold at 131 d.; and a half bred of medium quality, fairly light in Rreaße, grown ir. the Pelonis Sounds district, at ■133 d. On the whole, the sale must bo described as one of tho most successful yet held in this market, most.of the lota offered being sold at tho auction. Prices realised in our catalogue aro as follow:— Medium Superior, to good. Inferior, d. d. d. d. d. d.. Merino IC3 to 111 91 to 10 81 to 9J Half bred 123 to 133 101 to 111 91 to 10, Fine crossbred .... 11l to 131 91 to, 101 81 to 9 Medium and coarse •crossbred 93 to 101 ■ 83 to 91 .71 to. i\ Pieces 71 to 9 ' 6 to 63 5 to 51 Locks and heavy pieces ■ — ' 3* to 4'21 to 3 Below are some of the best sales made in onr catalogue:—ET/LWT. nine bales half bred, 133 d.: Glentoi, first halfbred 13} d., Eecond halfbred 13Jd.; Glentoi, three-quartCT-br?{. 13Jd.; LWT, 13 bales halfbred ewes, 12d.; JI7P, seven bales merino, lid.; ETP, 'eight bales halfbred, 13d.; W/JJ/W. in diamond, 26 bales Komney, 131 d.; WS/Waihinga, 23 bales Eomney ewes 12Jd.,. 15 bales Eomney ewes 121 d.; WW/FP, eleven baleß fine crossbred owes 121 d... seven hales merino lid.;'TxF, four bales halfbred owes, 12d.; JS/ Tnnapo, 25 bales crossbred A., Hid.; Mills and Mills, nine bales halfbred A., 12Jd.; T.H., six hales fine three-quarter-bred 12d., four bales, halfbred 123 d. We are now receiving wool for sale on Jannary 3.. ■ . Abraham and. Williams, Ltd. . . Messrs.'Abraham and Williams, Ltd., report as follows:—The second sale of tho series was held yesterday, when the total catalogues com--prising about 12,000 bales,,'were offered, of which we catalogued 1220 bales. Buyers were present in good numbers, and represented American. Home, and.Continental houses. A spirited salo resulted, although prices obtained for wool, which American operators were expected to keenly compete for, were rather disappointing, and were, fully Id. below rates ruling at the November sale. American buyers, through having a large selection of good wools offered them, were able to discriminate, and only paid November rates, and sometimes slightly better, for tip-top lines, with the .result that really good wools suffered, and receded in value to, the extent quoted above. It must also be remembered that the wool was heavier in .greano than at last month's offerings. On the other hand, wools taken by Bradford oporators sold splendidly, and prices, for this > quality wool showed an advance of 3d. to Id. per lb. • Pieces and bellies advanced id. per lb. Our top prico was 13id. for halfbred from Marlborough.' . Some of our best sales included the following: -Matingatenga, on account Mr. p . TuHoon, Pahiatua, 3 bales first combing, A crossbred, 121 d.. 11 bales B crossbred, first comb, llld.; 13 bales O crossbred. lOJd;; 4 balcsjsccond B crossbred. 101 d., 13 bales second 0 crossbred,Jd.; 4 Mesbe\hes. 6id.; '8 -bales, first pieces,, 73d.; 3 bales second pieces, 6jd. Kaikuri, grown by-Mr, A ? *lLeoo\ Featherston, 15 bales A orossbred, lid.; 37 bales B cros°bred Sid.; 21 bales 0 crossbred:. Eld.: belUevW-i pieces, 6Jd. On account, of;;Mnrlboroueh clients, HBP. 5 bales halfbred, 131 d.:_ SSSSS' 12?baICB 7 logftainS, B|d.; CSS 1 , bales rroVshred 93d.; 000, 23 bales crossbred, BW.; 0 and E G m Tbkes ~ar f orossbred 8d I MG, th Priccfcurrent:-Super halfbred; "Jd.; medinni halfbred, 0 113 d. to mi,,Bnv^ro S sbred. IW. to 121 d.; medium crossbred,. 91d : to > m°r.j coarse rroßsbrcd. Bid. to 83d.;' crossbred, JW. tn 8!d ° iuner halfbred pieces; 9d.j c super ; half-, hrnrt fellieT73d : crossbred bellies, £3d. to 6Jd.; crossbred pfece T super), 73d. to Bd.; second croFßbred. P ece P 8 6d... to ■«*.:. ordinary piece , 51d ; locks, 3Jd to 4d.; crutchings, 53d. to 6d., dead, 73d. to Bd.. ■..-..- .;

• United Farmers' Co-oporativo. ,- \ , The United Farmers' Co-operative Association, and Wairarapa Farmers' Co-operativo Associa-,-tion report as foUows:-Tho-second, woo'-saleo. , the season was held- yesterday, a-.,t0.al oJ . 11,050 bales being offored bythc eeUinr.brolterß;.", Prices opened at similar ratasvto.tho^ovombcr-• fal6,. but cased slightly as:thp.sale advanced- , Prices current yesterday wero-as follow:— ..... •'Halfbred. lOd.'to 133 d.; crossbred,' 3d. to 10d.! orossbred, faulty.and inferior, 7d. t0,8d.; pieces . and bellies. Id. to 6d.: locks.-2d. to 4d. .