CHRISTCHURCH WOOL SALES

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2666, 11 January 1916, Page 8

CHRISTCHURCH WOOL SALES

! IAMERIOAN BUYERS HOLD OFF. ! 3y Telegraph.—Press Association. ' Chrlstchurch, January 10. !, Tho third wool sale of this' season's : ' Beries started .to-day, when 22,285 bales iUvero offered to a largo attendance of ['buyers. The offerings included a large j'jmmber of good station halfbred and : merino clips. There was keen competi- • tion from Bradford, French, and local ~ buyers, but the American buyers did not j'oporato, in view of the fact that tho ;• Government has intimated that no fur- \ ther licenses will be issued for the exi port of crossbred, wool to neutral coun- : tries. Compared with the December ■ Bale, superfine halfbred l wool showed an ' advance of about Sd. Medium halfbred ; was rather firmer, and shabby about sd. ; easier. Bright crossbred and tlirec- ; quarter-bred fully maintained the late • fates. Medium and discoloured were rather easier, and inferior was £d. to j Id. down. There was a good demand for ; best merino, both among outside buyers " nnd local woollen mills. Locks and pieces ! sold Well up to late rates. ! Tho raiwo of prices during the day : was:—Merino, 93d. to 3.7Jd.; super half- : bred, 16Jd. to; 19fd.; medium, 13Jd. to i '16d.; inferior,' I2Jd. to 13d.; super Cor- ! riedale, 16Jd. t-o lpifd.; medium and | inferior, "14d. to 16d.; , super threeI quarter-bred, 14Jd. to 17jjd.; 'medium i and inferior, 10£ d. to 14 Jd.; 6uper crossbred, 14Jd. to 37id. ■ medium, 12jd. to . 14d.; inferior, lid. to 12d.; longwool, ~'l6d. to' 16^d;; merino pieces, 9d. -to ; '14§d. ; halfbred pieces, IOJd.-.to 18)d'.; [ crossbred pieces, Sd. to 13Jd.; locks and j crutchings, ojd: to 9d.; scoured halfbred, to 26Jd.; pieces, 21-Jd. to i 253 d-; locks,l6d.; crutchings, 18d..

EGG MARKET

The New Zealand Poultry Industries,

' Ltd:, report'a gocd demand,; and with supplies falling ; off, as is usual at this . timn of tlie year, the -wholesale prico i.'has advanced a t<» Is. 6d.' per dozen, as;from* January TO.