WELLINGTON WOOL SALE

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2637, 7 December 1915, Page 8

WELLINGTON WOOL SALE

SECOND OP THE SERIES. A big lot of wool is to, be offered for Hale at the Concert Chamber on Friday next. Entries closed on Saturday, and the "wool is pouring into Wellington from all parts of the country at such a rate that.the variouß firms have, not yet had time to make out exact catalogues of the wool they are individually to offer, but tho following figures'will be found to be fairly near 4 to tho correct totals*— Bales. ,• Levin and Co 60C0- . Dalgety &nd Co. . 5600 «. Hurray, Roberta and Oo 5000 N.Z. Loan and Mercantile 3COO ; Abraham and Williams 2500 • W. and G. Turnbull and C 0.... 800 ' Wairarapa and United Farmers' Co-op. Associations 500 Approximate total ...23,200 The number of bales offered in Wellington -last December was about 18,000. OHRISTOHTJKCH WOOL SALE. liy Telegraph—Press Association. Chrlstchurch, December 6. The eocond of the season's wool sales vra* held to*day before a largo attcndanco of buyers. The quantity offered was 19.101 , bales, compared with 15,942 bales in December last year. The selection included, eonte of the finest clips from.hill stations, , as well as clips from the plains and Ecnkg 1 Peninsula. Th 6 bidding was brisker than the first sale, and prices somewhat firmer, except for coarse inferior crossbred, which was, if anything, a shade easier. Competition was brisker than at opening sale, and I the representatives of all buying interests made purchases, the bulk of the business done for American, French, and local mills I account. * I The prices were as follow :-Merino, 93d. to 153 d.; super halfbred, 16d. to 19d.; medium, 12id. tij 153 d.; inferior, llff. to ■ 12d.; super Corriedale, 16d. to 19d.; medium and inferior, 14d. to 153 d.; super and three-ouarter-bred, 14d. to 18d.; medium, 12d, to 13xd.;'inferior, lljd. to 113 d.; super cross-, bred, f 14d..t0 17Jd.; medium, 12d. to 13? d.; 10 * d; to long wool. 12id. to 16d,; Down wool. 12* d. to, 18d.; halfbred Pieces, lid. to 17id.; crossbred pieces, 93d, A J crut « l iinßS, 9d, :to 123 d.; locks, 6d. to 73d.