COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.
WOOL SALES.
Messrs. Cornell and Clowes report as follows as. regards their wool sale on Fridav Inst : . , The attendance of sellers and parties interested was large, but there were few buyers the late news from Home pr-venting several of the Cliristchnrch buyers from being present We s-nl l over 100 bale=i at prices rand"" front 7 Id to S.'.d for merino, and to 9H = for half-bred ; and passed in about 100 bales at a reserve on owners' account of fl.l per lb. for pood half-bred, and BJd for a f°w ii;' 1 tk s merino AYe were offered within -VI re lb. of vendors' reserve in nearly every case. and expect to quit privately. Owing to another firm selling at the hour advertised by «s (without in any way consulting our wishes in the matter) we elected to postpone our sale of skins till Saturday morning, at 0 o'clock, so as to allow of Mr. Maude finish's no- his wool sale after ours yesterday. Tlie following is the list of prices Y m circle, 4 bales lialf-bwd (dead woo!) 6yd, 1 bale6d, ; .IC. bales half-bred 9d ;G, 3 bales merino Hl'i . s bales three-quarters-bred wetfors Sid"; DM, 1 bale pieces 5Jd ; S in ■square. 1 bale pieces 4id ; JD. 3 bales crossbred merino Bjd. 2 bales merino 7gd; P, 4 hau-B half bred hosgets' 9.1; W, 10 bales Jvilf-bred hoirgets' 9d. 2 bales half-bred pieces 5.1 1 bal • lili'-bred locks 3§d; B m square 1 bale pieces o^'l; T)M, 12 bales lialf-bretl ho"<»e*V Gl *\ ' TB. I bale Leicester S.ffl; JO, 3 bales vleees H-> ; H, 2 bales half-bred ewes Sjd : PI!, 1 bale merino G:, ! d, 1 bale half-bred, Sid ; H, 3 bales liall-bred 9d : Q. 1 bale and 3 bags mer : no 7gd; CY, 2 bales jnerino Sd : Mee. 2 bales merino Sid, o bales ero=s-bred S?d : DD, 6i bales half-bred hoggets* 93.1. 2 fadges s|d ; JAI, 7 bales crossbred o|.l, 1 bale pieces ogd ; WF, 6 bales cross-bred S : 'd ; GF, 5 bales half-bred ewes' SJ<l; JY. I bale merino 1 bale half-bred S I,l - JM, 1 bag merino 7Jd; JD, 1 bag locks 1"d : HH,4 bags locks and pieces 3d ; O, 2 baa- locks 3d ; IS ill square, 2 bags locks ind pieces 3d : -I D, 4 bags locks and pieces 4d -. VV, 1 bag locks Ud ;. JT, 1 bag locks 2d - 5 2 bat's locks and pieces 3|d ; JB, 1 harr locks and pieces 4id ; WF, 3 bags locks and pieces 2d : C\, 1 bag locks and pieces 2d: J. 3 baas S{ 1; DD, 1 bag locks ljd; BB 3 bar's Sd : JIT, 1 ba? mixed 6id ; A, 3 bac- Sid : MT, 1 bag 7Ad ;W, 1 bagtifd: M' Ti ba«s 7d; T, 1 bag locks Id. 1 bag pieces 4d ; H, 1 fadge pieces 5d ; TT, 2 bags Gi ; JH. 3 bags mixed 2d ; IMeeS 2 bags merino 7d; PR, 1 bag pieces Id • O. 1 bag pieces Id; JD, 2 bags merino 7d ' 1 b;ig 7|d ; EM, 2 bags 6£d ; JD, 1 bag pieces Id : JY, 1 bag locks 2d; Bin square, 2 bags locks Id, 1 bag 7d. On Saturday morning they submitted a lai-tre number of skins, which were sold at—for°merino Is 5d to 4s lid, half-breds 2s to as 2d, lamb skins Sd, pelts 2d to 2Jd.
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Oamaru Mail, Volume II, Issue 520, 31 December 1877, Page 2
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