WOOL PRICES FIRMER

Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 940, 5 April 1930, Page 1

WOOL PRICES FIRMER

LAST TIMARU SALE IMPROVEMENT ON WANGANUI 1 ' Press Association TIMARU, Today. j The third and final wool sale of the i season in Timaru was held this morn- • ing, when a catalogue of 3,381 bales ! was offered to a representative bench of buyers. Competition was keen among Bradford and Continental operators, and prices ruling were from id to §d up for halfbreds and from Jd to id up for crossbreds on those which prevailed at the recent Wanganui sale. Compared with the last Timaru sale, j however, there was a slight drop in i prices. Although the sale was the clean- ! ing up one for the season the catalogue was much smaller than has been i the case in the past. The catalogue was a very representative one, and included a fair quantity of Merinos. These, however, were ordinary top-making and scouring lots. In fact the quality, generally speaking, was shabby. As already mentioned, the prices for ; halfbreds and crossbreds were up on j Wanganui, but were down when com- ! pared with those which ruled at the t last Timaru sale. The figures for I halfbreds were id to §d less than those i obtained at the last sale, while those ! for crossbreds were easier by id to id.