COMMERCIAL.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 7, 8 January 1914, Page 3

COMMERCIAL.

WELLINGTON WOOL SALES.

[Per Press Association.] Wellington, .Inmiary 7

.'The second wool salO of the'seaso. was hold to-day. About GO buyer; were present, representing English dpntinental', American ‘ find colonia ti«ns. Only about 12,400 : hales wef offered, compared with 2-5.85. rat tli .January, strips last.yeaij.,i gqin efaily were on a par with the Decent tjer sale, but an improvement wa .ijoticeable for better lots, which afte kden comphtitioir sol’d 't,f 1 itfU aflVahc iM to ;,d per lb. Pur<shlfs r Os‘tvoro mad' freely 1 W- Yorkshire hihcU lhe' ; 'Conti; nent. The" following is "the rang' of prices realised, compared with tin December sale:—

Merino (December: none offering) mv ?M, ‘

Halfbred super (lid to J11d) ? lid to lU|d. '

v l -Halfbrcd medium (OJd to ID.V<I, 9.Jn Vs ! , -.1); ■. ' b l 'Nr i: to: p.o|cl. , ( „ . • ■■'Crossbred (lOkl to,ll jd), liki to 1 Ojfd. j Crossbred medium (9d to 10]cJ), 9(1 to 10.’cl. Crossbred coarse (8d to. 4)id), B.Jd to 9’.(1. ,

Crossbred inferior (7^d to Pscl), 7J( u S’.d.

Crossbred pieoos and bellies (sjc! to Btdt, d.ui to “Id. Hdfbrod pieces and bellies (7d tr *9l d), GUI to Sid. Lambs, best (10d to Hid), 10Id to

11 3 d. Lambs, medium (9d to lOd), 9d tr 10 Jd. Lambs, inferior (Sd to 9d), 8d t( tyjrl. Docks (3kl to 43d), 3ld to u’d.