WOOL SALE EXTENDED TO TWO DAYS

Dominion, Volume 32, Issue 154, 25 March 1939, Page 12

WOOL SALE EXTENDED TO TWO DAYS

Mare Than 34,000 Bales For Auckland Catalogue Dominion Special Service. AUCKLAND, March 23. In view of the large quantity of wool available for the third Auckland wool sale of the current season, which was scheduled, for next Monday, the Wool Committee in Wellington has decided to convert the sale into a twoday fixture. The sale will now be spread over Monday and Tuesday, beginning each day at 9 a.m. The offering will total more than 34,000 bales, which is one of the largest ever submitted at an Auckland sale. Approximately two-thirds of the catalogue will be submitted on Monday and the balance on Tuesday. Allowing 35,000 bales for next week’s sale, the total offering of wool in Auckland this season will amount to approximately 83,500 bales, compared with 80,946 in the previous season. INCREASE IN SOUTHLAND CHEQUE FOR YEAR By Telegraph—Press Association. INVERCARGILL, March 23. An increase of 147,160 in the Southland wool cheque for the present season, compared with the realization last year, is shown in the official returns of 1939 sales in Invercargill. Saturday is “prompt date” for the second sale, held early this month, and £334,345 will be distributed, compared with £269,096 for the first sale. The total cheque for Southland for 1939 is £630,442, compared with £583,282 last year and £958,704 in 1037.