POVERTY BAY WOOL CLIP

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 736, 8 February 1910, Page 8

POVERTY BAY WOOL CLIP

ITS 'CONDITION.. '"m';' 1 The bulk»of the;P6verty Bay wool ; clip has now been shipped; ' The clip 1: this year, isiabove the'average in; quality, 'so. a prominent commercial manager- stated to a representative..lt v -was, -he added,) a : bit ; HgKt' in'cbndition, but it, was getting cleaner, .every / year.. Gisborne wool is commanding a better position on the London market now. Softie of the'late shorn wool was perhaps a bit moiev matted .--than' usual on / account .'of ■ the excessive rain, but- the earlier clips were, particularly, good.. They were bright - and' light in. condition. In response- to furthe/. inquiries,;/he stated that' he'-believod thero'Jlia'd' been more wool' sbld ' locally this 'year'.than ever before,'and of- better, quality. Between 50110 bales and 6000. bales, ha'd been sjo'dis' posed, of; . Prices, he continued, were never so good.. They ranged from Sd. for-rough bush wools/up to 10d., for fine wools, and in one instance a well-knowji clip that-- always ..commands strong competition in the Xondon market, as being suitable for American requirements, sold as -high as Is. The bulk ot' local wool of -Romney-cross quality, in fair clean condition,' has ranged from B}d. to 93d.