AUCTION SALES

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 199, 17 May 1919, Page 10

AUCTION SALES

i- FORTHCOMING FIXTURES, : I' TO-DAY. ; Belmont, l.\ p.mV-Salo' of cows, poultry, j fnrnitufe, etc.' (H.'. B. Loighton), ! Colombo Road Ya,rds, Jlaaterton, 1 p.m.— i . Horse sale-('Wairarapa''Farmers'). • ''V MONDAY. j Oroneo Orongo, TVainui-o-JTata, 11.30 a.m. i —Stock sale (N.Z. Loan. Co.). ! Uarinoto Yards, Shannon, 1 p.m.—Sale of ' stock and implements (Abraham and j Williams). . TUESDAY. • v , y ' Tupurupuni, 3lasJerton-tfiale of jiedigrreo.' i oattlevCDalgety-and'Co., and/Levin aoii t -.Co.). ' Tlrau, 12 ; noon—Land sale (Farmers Coj op. Auctineering Oo.). N | ' SEASON'S'CLIP : ' i, ' . £12,000,000 WORTH OF WOOL ! MR. WALTER HILL'S REPORT I \' ' ■' - . i • | , The wool clip' of 1918-19 is now practi- ' oally'all valued, and it amounts to f • ' 815,058 bales, of a value of ! roundly .212,000,000. It. weighs 188,286,-. j 545 pounds, and the average weight per ! bale is 366 pounds. The average prico j per pound is lajd. But as the wooj i - year docs not close until June 30, and i there are some SO.OOO bales of odd lots, | rough lots, and general clearing up par- ! eels of wool to come in, which wools, of j ■ course, are of lower value,' tho probability is that the average for the whole !■ . 'clip will be Jd. per pound less than the i / 15} d; above quoted. !• . The Hon. D. H. Guthrie, Acting Min- ; ister in "Charge of tho Ipiperial Supplies • Department, through whom the wool ! passes, when see on the matter, pointed out that in addition to the above figures the contributions of wool by the various i -valuing centres, and the weight per bale, \ and values of the wool . per bale, were .as follojv:—■ Value i . ' Bales . per bale. Centre No. £ s. d. r' Auckland -38,032,, 22.2 10 Tokomaru Bay ...... 7,240 24 10 9 i Tokgo Bay 6,231. 22 11 9 i Gisborne ,'f 5ET,564 ~ 22 19 0 : Napier ■ 78,274". 23 17 4 I- Waitarti 7,580 ' 23 11 5 j Wanganui ) 37,222 24 7 8 i "Wellington 104,085 24 15 10 1 Blenheim 14,57-'< -33 10 8 i Nelson'. 7,316 21 5.11 j- Christchurch ■ ......... 60,382 23 311 Timaru- ■■ 29,390 23 15 7 i Oamaru: 10,810 .. 21 8 4 Dunediir ;43,969 .21 9 4 Invercargill .. v 30,389 .19 18 7 Total bales r.15,058 av, 23 4 9 The' 30,000 bales of rough wools above- | mentioned will slightly reduce the aver- : age return per bale for the wool clip as ; a whole. ' • The quantity of wool dealt wjth in > last year's whole clip was 522,325 bales; of a value of '.fi11,854,822. The avernge value'- per 'half was then and ! the average price per : pound 14.96 d. j 'When 'the allowance of, say, Jd. per ; pound for the 30,000_ bales of oddments ! of wool yet to come in is taken into aci' count, the value per pound of this year's clip may be brought, down to 14fd. So : that there is not very much difference be- | - tween the two years. This' year, however, the New Zealand i wool grower will participate to the 1 exi tent of 50 per cent, in the profits made | by the Imperial Government, on account of the-sale of its wools in open market. ! What !that dmount of nrofit will be is I not yet ; ascertairiable. The sales are still | going on. |' v PAST AND PRESENT VALUES. I. The' following is a table- of present I values compared with those of the past: , I-, ... 1908- 1913-14. 1918. I , d. d. d. (1. d. d. | flalfbred T ..i;....'7 to 8 9 to 14"174 to 19 ! i Sup. crossbred 6} to 8 10J to 12 16 to 18 - ! Medium' to 7J 9to 11 15| to 17j[ ; ; Coarse 6to 6J. 8? to 10J 14J to 16 i' Inferior 4J to 6}' v 75 to 9 13 to 14 ! ■ Pieces & bellies 2to 3} — .94t0 14 Locks '.. Ito a • — '<{ to 81 ; The! 1908 and 1913-14 values are for i' • November, when the sales opened, and | 1 aTe for Wellington only. Tho first group i ■of values have been taken from represenj . ' tative Wellington catalogues. j • , CONDITIONS OF THE CLIP. Mr. Walter Hill, Chief Supervising ; Valuer for the Government, reports on i the no mnrked and outstanding "lines of • • ' Auckland.—While the wool in this dis-

" triot came forward in good condition; I 'jthe clip did not 6how the length and | "character of the previous season. It was !■ .less affeoted by seed than usually, excopt j at the later valuations. Indifferent j :'skirting and poor : classification are the j chief causes of complaint.' i ■ Poverty Bay.—Gisborne, Tologa Bay, ; .and Tokomaru Bay: Complaint.is genferal re the indifferent skirting'arid class-' | -in£ of the clips throughout thewholo of this district. There was a slight improvement in the character and condition of -the Gisborne clip, as it compared with that of the previous season, ■ but not marked and outstanding .lines of .superior wool. Seed appeared, to later ;..in ripening, and was not..in evidence .to the same extent in the earlier valuations, j' Hogget wool showed evidence of the win--1 r ter, and came forward in poor i condition and short. Lambs' wool is suf- [. fering for want of classing, thereby cau6- ! i"g it to be more or less secondary; and 1 ,there were very few . choice .lines.' Toio- ! uiiaru Bay wools were' riot ..up to the! I '.standard of the previous, year..' • . Hawke's Bay.—The wool submitted in I the early part of the season • was gener- 1 !' ally good, but not so' well grown as! ; (jusual. Some good lines came .from South- 1 . .era Hawke's Bay. Hogget wool : „was short, 'and tender. The majority, of the lines' "of lambs' wool were short' and secondary, and showed want of care in preparation. Seed w'as later than usual, and did not appear to any extent until the later valuations.. As the season advanced the condition became heavier. ■ • ■ v Wellington, Wanganui, and Waitara.— !• While the condition in these districts has : , been fair, there have not been those out'standing lines of superior condition and growth generally seen. Hogget wool was | poor, and frequently tender and short. | Late shorn clips carried the usual per- ! centage of seed and condition. : ; Marlborough.—The clip here could not , be .said to be generally as good as the j ;1917-IS, though a few lines came forward in better condition. A little more : | 'caro in preparation would make things ' " 'more satisfactory both for growers and 'valuers. , , ' Nelson.—Compared with the previous ; 'clip, the wool did not come forward in ; 1 'such good condition, being shorter, off jcolonr, and heavier in condition. Thero is little attempt at classing, and consequently lines are generally of a mixed character. , Christchurch.—li: most cases the winter had left traces of its severity on the wool, and while there were a few lines equal or than the previous season, most, of the choice lines of North Cani terbnry wool were this season of only j. medium character and condition. Be- ; cause of this, valuers have.not been ; able to get 1 up to the previous season's prices. In consequence, the number of appeals have been considerably increas- . ed. Besides the worse condition, there is evidence of want of the usual caro in preparation, which in case of public , auction, would, in many cases, affect the competition from those, wanting straight ; anil well got-up linos of wool. Tin:;\ru.—'The severe winter had left its traces.on much of the wool submitted i for, valuation, and generally the clip was not in so good condition as the previous year, beng only an _ average clip. -There were a few good lines in three-''quarter-bred wools. Dunedin. The clip here had suffered Considerably .-through. the .severe wintcV, 'while soine/clips- were, in; better condifition Jbhwi the prevjoussyeflr. -fliose-clips' ifrons;snpw couijit.i'y.i we're: exceptionally light,'Mifough wanting in growth -and (character," many lines being very ten•der. •. •■■ . Invercargill.—Excopt for station wools, ; the condition and character of the clip were much as usual—in good condition,

but there was a large proportion of tender wool. Oamaru.—The condition of thq_ clip wag .decidedly inferior when. compared with' the' previous year's wool. There wero some good lines, but generally the clip was only, in'average condition,'with a considerable, amount of tender wool.