WELLINGTON WOOL SALE.

Motueka Star, Volume II, Issue 54, 18 February 1902, Page 4

WELLINGTON WOOL SALE.

The fourth local wool sale of the seasog was held last Thursday. About 1000 bale'! were offered by the various brokers.

Messrs Levin and Co (Limited) report : -Pric es, c. »mpared with ti e January sale. showe 1 no change, and most parcels were cleared at prices which will compare fav>ouiabl\ with London results. We quote —Superior fine crossbred, 4d to 4|d ; medium crossbred and Romneys, 3UI to 4d ; coarse crossbred and Lincoln, 3d to 3gd ; logsl allied and inferior, 21 d to 3d ; pieces and belbes, 2d to 2|d ; locks Id to 1 ; lambs', 3d to 3|d. "

The United Farmers' Co-operative Association reports : Prices were from par io lower than at previous sale. We quote —Medinm greasy crossbred, 4d to inferior and log-stained, 2|d to 3d ; pi» ces, 2d to 2|d ; locks, Id to l|d.

Mr J. J. Ramsay has decided to contest the Taieri seat at the general election.

Those who are adverse to early marriages should (says the -Hawera Stai) have no leason to complain on that score of a wedding celebrated not 100 mi'es from Hawera, the bridegroom be : ng a deserving bachelor of 72, and the blushing bride a buxom widow of 68. They start under the advantage of b th being m receipt of old-age pen.-i ms.

A joker ‘‘pulled the leg” of the New Plym. uth Sash and I) >or Company last week. He tang up on the telephone, and inqe sonating the Mayor, asked the Company to blow their steam siren far half an hour to celebrate the capture of De Wet. This the manager permitted, and,^as may be imagined, he is now looking for that joker with a jagired butcher’s knife. TO THE CITIZENS OF MOT VEKA. Wc have just opened a parcel of Spectacles. A first class pair for ss. No fancy price charged'. Yoar eyes tested free of charge.—BßOWN <SKERR.