WOOL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 220, 5 February 1913, Page 5

WOOL.

THE NAPIER SALES. (Per Press Association). Napier. Last Night. The third and last wool sales of the season under the auspices of the Napier Woolbrokprs' Association was held today. There was a representative attending e of buyers and 7325 bales were offered, against 3725 for the correspondtng sale last year. The bulk of the catalogue comprised dingy, seedy back counIrv clips and lambs' wool, not many bright, well conditioned lots being; submitted. As compared with the Ja.nna.TV sale of this year to-day's prices showed an improvement of a farthing on medium fleece wools and a farthing to a halfpenny on coarse wools. La fibs sold at par Ihe highest price, bringing 12V,d. No American sorts were offered in fleece wool. Appended is the range of prices with figures for the corresponding sale of last vear given in parentheses:—Medium halfbred Or! to R l /, dto lOd 1 • fine crossbred, lfli/.d to lid (0d to medium crossbred. OV.d to lid fSil io O'/.dl: coar-e crossbred. Od io lOd (7d io SV.dl: inferior crossbred. Sd to fid lo 7d): nieces, fid to M (5d io 7'V,dl : bellies, fid lo Rd (5d to -fi"/,d): locks. 4 1 /, dto 5 1 /.d f3d io 4V.d) : lambs. 7d to 12V,d (Sd to 10y,<l).