THE WOOL SALES.

Otago Witness, Issue 2808, 8 January 1908, Page 23

THE WOOL SALES.

- - TTMAB.TJ WOOLf SAI/ES. BIDDING BERA.TIC. TIMARtT, January V 3. At the wool saJea to-day 12,80Q,]bales were catalogued. Th* pale lasted fiom 9 a.m. till late at night. About 40 buyers wear© present, and -the bidding was ' very- esrsatio,- ninny lots eliciting "no' bias, 'tund-jnany mare obtaining 'bids 'below average values. There was" a "considerable- proportion, of withdrawals. , Super lxalfr breds and merinos sold readily. Medium, talf- ' breds chawed a, slight improvement on- lastf sale, and were well competed for. Coarse orossbreds were neglected 1 . Prices ~ were as follow: — Super merino, lOJd to' llfd; medium, 3d to lOJd; super half bred, 10id to 13id;. nuedihuxu 84& 'to lOd ; 'inferior, 8d to- -9d ; ''super three-quarter, Bfd to lljd; medium, 7Jd to BJd;' super crossbred, 7d to 9Jd} medium, 6d to 7id; ia-ulty, 'Bid! to 6Jd; pieces, 7Jd to 9Jd; bellies, 41dto 6d; locks, 2Jd to 4d. ■, ■.

Messrs Dalgety 'and Co. (Btd.) report hav< ing received the following cable from "jbea<£ office, dated London, January 3, 1908:^' r Th< wool imports for lie year' 1907 are as fol* low:— Dalgety and! Co, (Ltd.), 80,600 ■ bales ; Australian Mortgage Land; and Finance Company, 47,714 bales;. Ifew Zealand Loan ami Mercantile Agency- -Company (Ltd.), 44,211 bales; Union. Bank of Australia (Ltd.), ' 43,290 . bales; Sanderson, Murray, 'and Co., 42,505 bales; Bank" of .New Zealand, 37,589 bales.