WELLINGTON WOOL SALES.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1690, 5 March 1913, Page 10

WELLINGTON WOOL SALES.

Comparatively a small quantity of wool was offered at the sale yesterday, and tho solection was poor, most of tho lots being seedy and Jog-stained. Notwithstanding this, the competition was very keen, and prices advanced three-farthings in some cases. Tho reports of tho various brokers are as under:— Messrs. Dalgcty and Company, Ltd., ropbrt as follows :-The fourth and finalof tho largo series of wool sales for the 19121913 eoason was held this afternoon in the Town Hall, when a cataloguo of anproximately 3000 bales was offered by all brokers, our proportion of tho offerings being 1142 bales. Tho buyers were well represented, and competition was tho keenest sli°wn_at any of the sales during the season. Tho market showed a slight- advance as compared with the prices reali.-ed at the last sale on February 7,/ and.growers can bo congratulated on the 'cxce'lcnt realisations made, considering that the greater portion of the wool offered was very heavv and inferior, consisting of late shorn clips from the back country, some parcefs" bein" badly affected with utuwai. The ranee of .values to-day was as follow®, and. we make &\eomparison with the prices ruling at the sale held on February 7, as under:—

Feb. 7,1913. Mar. 4,1913. Half bred medium 103 to 111 Crossbred super ...\ 103 to 12J • Crossbred medium ... 93 to 11 10 to 11 Crossbred inferior and

course 82 to 83 to 92 •pfj" 1 Up to 85 up to 8J £"*9„ 3 -•• 63 to 73 64 to 7J Stained «d •" 6 * l ° ?3 "" 7i cr„a s --:::::;: = ;.;: I lit % Lambs, super uj to 12 ' • Lambs, medium 9} to 10J 10} to 11 ~None offering.

Somo of tho highest prices obtained bv us were on account of the following client/ -E. H. Whiteman, No. 1 Line. Wan»i.r>i>i f A lltf.; A crossbred, IOJd.; w' J.- o Connor, Linton, lambs, lid.- ilefsri m?/? 10S " ?$ a ] kirikir >. scoured 'combine 11jd.,. pieces, lid.; locks, 9Jd.; 0 FussaH Sunnangham lambs, lid,; J. ■ W Nairn' llmbs 0 'l I ld^ b3 s AobS 1M ■ t tw™• Hobbs, Paonui, lambs, TP w- va ?' J S, n - Manakau, lam) 9 lsd ■M.tlSbf a M T E U1 B VT" 93d.• lo°L« m 0««n, Koeke; ewes,

offered, our catalogue representing nw °i the WOOI - however, tva° of low grade, and contained seed. Bidding was strong again, and taking into con? "fellS" q»aJ{ty.and condition, ththiSheot of tho season were realised—tho actual advance on last sale on flceco wool rn,?V iu \° to l>P ctl tlie market with }?$• & marked JHJ conj., and llsd. for the Lalw Meadows clip, from Foa, tlierskm. Lambs wool generally was easier, probably on account of the poore? quality. The following is tho range of prices"

Feb., To-day's ' 1913. prices. _. , , d. . d. (1. d. Fmo- crossbrcds 11 to 113 u to 121 Medium crossbrcds 10 to 113 10 to 113 Ooarso crossbrcds 9to 10 9to 101 Inferior crossbrcds 85 to 9* 8J to 93 I'ieces and bellies 71 to 81 6J to 71 Locke 43 to '6J 4to '51 Lambs, good .. 11 to 121 101 to lli Lambs, medium 9J'toll 9 tolOj Lambs, seedy, inferior .. 7 to 91 51 to Sj

Tho following are somo of tlie results:— Crossbred—JHJ conj., 125 d.; 000, lid.: Lake Meadows, 113 d., lid., 10|d., IOJd.; lialfbred, 12d.: OL, 103 d.; NUK, 10id-; l'e IV hiti, IOJd.

Bros.ißcntwatcr, 103 d.: Hinaki, lOld.; Marahau. 93d.; Xgaiouui, lid.; Manure wa, IOJd.; 3 jil diamond, 103 d.; Riverlands. llid.; To Whiti, llid.; Burmola, 10id,;. Lisson, llid.; ilea, 103 d.; Binakura, IOJd. I

Messrs. Murrey, Roberts and Co. report: —The last, sale of the vason was held today, when a total offering of somo 30CO bales was'submitted, onr. own-cata-logue being 675 hales. Tho attendance of buyers, although hardly so large as at tho early sales, was narticularly good, and competition was general and very keen, priccs showing an advance of about Id. .per lb. over last sale. Lambs' wool, also pieces and bellies, sold fully on a par with last sale, any change being in favour of sellers. Most of the lambs' wool offered was badly 'infested with seed, and a, good deal of the fleeco wool' and pieces also boro evidence o£ this. The general condition of the wool offered was, as is natural at this season,of the year, much inferior to that catalogued in the earlier sales. There was a total absence of bright showy lots, and the prices realised must be' regarded as vcTy satisfactory. Practically everything was sold -under the hammer, very few lota being withdrawn. Prices current at the 'salo are noted below Sup. Med. to good. Inf. d. d. d. . d. d. d Merino — ICi to lli 9 to 93 Half bred - 103 to 11} 9 to 10 Crossbred, mo- • , ... ' diumto fine .. — 101 to .115 3to 10} Orossbred coarse — 10i to 103 9, to 10 Pieces — 7 to 83 51 to 61 Bellies - 7 to 73 Hto-63 Locks — — . 5 to 51 Lambs Hi to 12 10 toll 6 to 91 The New Zealand Loan -and Mercantile Agency Company reports:—The fourth and final sale of tho season was held to-day, when "omo 3000 bales were submitted by the associated brokers. For the most part tho wool consisted of seedy and back-coun-try lots, but all were in very light condition. Wo offered several email lots of good crossbred, which brought from IOJd. to lid. There was a good attendance of buyers, and bidding was keen 1 for all lots, and wo estimate that prices are Jd. to Id. par lb. higher than February sale..

Messrs. Abraham and Williams, .Ltd., report as followsTue catalogue foh the final sale of the season was small, and comprised a little over three thousand bales. There was a. very poor selection of wool, most lots being log-stained seedy wool from tho back country, with a few bright parcels of bright fteeco and lambs. Competition was keen, and prices were on oai average ?.d. higher titan last sale, in some cases 3d. Slightly sco'dy lambs were a good deal higher than last .nonth, whilst super lamb were on a par. Pieces and bellies also ruled at last sale's prices. Our Highest price was for a lino of Komney wool from Ilalcombe, .which sold at lid., per lb. Some of our prices were as followGatcombe, 9 bales liomney, lid.; 8 balos crossbred, lOd.; OP AWE, 4 bales lambs, l£Jd..: various, 6 bales lambs, lid.; JIG over FP, 3 bales crossbred, ldjd. - V diamond, log-stained, 9d.; JIAIMEKOW7TAI, 55 boles Cos-stained, 9d.; JBG, 4 bal&s lambs, 10{d.; SUA, 6 bales crossbred, IOJd.; 3 bales crutchings, 7|d.; 5 bales lambs! 115(1.: AI. 3 bales lambs. 10} d.; BUNNEYMEDE, 4 bales lambs, lOid.

James Macintosh and Co.'s report:—The fourth wool sale of the season was held in tho Town Hall to-day. ' Thoro was a good attendance of buyers, and competition was very animated throughout tho sale Prices showed an advance from id. to'sd Our catalogue conaistcd mostly of oddments, and we sold piecen up to 73d.; second pieces. 7d.: locks, up to 5Jd.; scoured pieces to lljd.: scoured locks, to 93d.: sconreri dead, 121 d. ' BCo " reu