WOOL SALES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 193, 4 January 1913, Page 5

WOOL SALES.

GOOD PRICES AT NAPIER. By Telegraph —Press Association. Napier, Last Nighf. The second series of the season's wool sales, under the auspices of the Napier Wool Brokers' Association, was held here to-day. There was a large and representative attendance of buyers, and a record number of sales. 20,751 bales were submitted, compared with 21.053 in January of last year. Bradford wools were keenly sought for, and realised satisfactory prices, but American buyers were not operating freely, and wools suitable for that market showed a decline of '/, dto 2%d a lb. Lambs' wool sold extremely well. Bellies and pieces also caused good competition. Appended are Iho figures which show the range of prices with the figures for the corresponding sale of last rear given in paren-thesis:--Best halfbred 12>/,d to iny,d (ll J /_,d to Bid); medium, lOVyd to 12(1 to 11% d); fine crossbred, lid tfl .12-y,d (10y,d to ]l.i/,d); medium, quality 9yd to 10yd !M to loyd); coarse quality, Od to Hid (7,'/ail to 8yd); inferior. S%d to fid (7d to 7 1 / 3 d); pieces, 7d to !) :! /|li ((id to OV^cl); bellies, (iy,d to Rd (sM.tl to 7%d); locks, ad to sy,d (:5V,d to 4'/'d): lambs, Syd to 12V,d (O'/al to lid): dead. 7'/.d to !)yd (7d Fourteen bales of •-.coured pieces realised 15y s d.