DUNEDIN WOOL SALE.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1054, 18 February 1911, Page 8

DUNEDIN WOOL SALE.

\ INTEBESTIKG REVIEW. |f.%|?. , j6tj'.thV'tliird'• "of : -thii "season's: Duncdin sales, ifrhich H\vns>: held ' during'. tho"* tho*-"Otag6 Dajlj; Times", gives tho jfefollowing!. ; account rrr"At '.. the, second te : i'Eeri(«;'-hcld on 'January-19,- there' was anKj;,air.«£ uncertainty about the marte£;' and gji i-whilej sellers! ideas of were,:,gener-' above tliose'.of buyers, there; Ksgwis : a : /ver.v.' apparent' .'disinclination ';jon. K!S>.thßi'part of.-the latter to 1 do-business, and was that a larpo proportion of EtPAtM's total; offerine,? probably, about " onethird.' was' passed in: , :Tho state of yes-* fe\W«y*s' warket v was .in Inarked contrast ™hat it was;at'tho; January sale.-From Rti'first Jto last buyers displayed. a' strong de-' ;«(jure .supplies, Vand the'.market [■. v 1 generally, , was by great prices; 'esceptihg ; in some spe--K&Viial*'lnstances,' itheroibids' Were; on a par; | :>X j Wjitli tjliosi" MMiveirat' the January sales;" an 'appreciable';advance; on. those' sales held last'month.-: . v ipi%Y4sterday all fleece wools showed an averr' )',[ 'nrtsir.crMse of. id. per lb., and pieces an jjt aavante of jd.'' pcr lb.', wMle ildclsVshow S*Ted', afdecline,' on an'.'avorage,-. of about ,}d. Stlf?;""' -lots :of clean,, bright crossbred i feKhdgget' wodl, such as is suitable for the American market,' advanced in l price to '^y.(l^JcteMit'from ; idr > to'ld.'|iei; lb. Quite, ;& cent;." of yesterday's offering chang-" Jv.edj'.nands under' the'''hammer;' and ' the I>V.market ;;c!osc<l rvcry»firmly, with a bar: i%?A nll ls\tendency all; through. , Tho qualtho- wool'v/as about what 1 it usually iv',is::at'-tho Tebruarv sales,; when' the "wool $■ 1?i 1 ! 0 V £ <'■' fuie as that'offered in> January. itV/f' 1 ?! Jcajier, in;- condition,' andthere is >V-: tho* fact that-,the- back- country wool iy-;tnen'makes;its; appearance:• < > ■ ■ ; was ,\ .fullVreprescnta'tidnof' is bayers,especially' > from tho Continent, mll&tmi dominating' factor. Continental' scction 01 buyers iv^/ which ': forwd .the L \ pacc;* '>The f :Araericau ,i';fcuyers-<wero still somewhat' conspicuous their absence; .There were only one or .operating, ( on behalf of Ame-' v,^«Wnf3houses.- : , rho -Americans /direct SAW}* attention, to/fha brightest "and most : Ronney c'rossbreds,. and in a '-ji • - ® rMv '° balfbreds,' and lots of - the eagerly "Sought after yesterthree American reprckf:' sintatives jireient.'V The following tablo tho comparative range of prices at J anuary-nnd sales this sea--«jr ,'i , , &i\ - 'v . January Februarv ~•' d. d. •. d. d. {.. vSnper . merinoloi to 12 • ■ ■ y>.-Jfefln'in:-.m«pno. ..... 81 to; 9 V 8} to' 93 ' Infcrjai merino Gj to 71 71 to 8i Super lialfbred 11 to 12J — ij.Vivllcdinm to :good half. ' 1 'W M" , to 10J it to 10J }.;.i Inferior' halfbred Gl to 7j '83 to 9 hAfdfer; crossbred 9| to 11 j 101 to ill i=V (/Medium, crossbred .. 7} to 81 8 to 91 crossbred,.. 53 to ,OJ/61 to 81 BHOIOJ - 9 to 101 -Si t0 Gt 51 td 6J Kt;Mcd»im-;Pieces ...... .7 ;to'.;7| 7,t0 :81 sale tho offerings totnl- . The ,offerings at tho (iivjthree rales_ held this season are shown in table, uloiigside the offerp^fflgs,ntlast.year's "sales:— ,12.2-18 '■ 8.072 -22.139 ii'T'rtV'v.sV , 39,836 39,328 . 1 on ' 'these " figures tho V^Y, r >n>P.?' ? ,fays:- When it is considered ■,* that .jhc, onering,.-.of-24;i76 bales at the • ( secona.sale, last season was a record one '/.'thrill be admitted that the-past 'season fis'bA* 'Piodacfd-exceedingly good results. 5Vc: andj.tho revenue which • will fall to the y, - growers of 'the Otago province therefrom . should bo something 'very considerable."