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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 162, 8 January 1914, Page 8

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j WELLINGTON WOOL SALIC. . SOME KEHN COMH'TITJOX. Jiy Telegraph.—Press Association. Wellington, Last Night. , The second ,00l -Me of the season | wus held tod.'i. Ab-n.it GO buyers were liresent, .repr-seii'.iug lOnglish, Continental, America), and c..bmlal ifirms. Only | about 12,411.) bales ere oll'ercd, compared with i'.,S.*)."i at the January sales last year. Trices 'rpncraHv were on a par with the December sale, but an improvement was noticeable for better lots. ] which after keen competition sold at an | advance up to V,il per lb,. Purchases I were made freely for Yorkshire and the Continent. The following is the range of prices i-;i1h...1, compared with the ■ December sale:— | Merino (December: none offerile), ) o'/ a d to 10</,d. - Halfbred super (lid to 11 '/ 3 d), lid to ll%d. Halfbred medium (o'/,d to 10% d) o>/,<l tp 10% d. Crossbred super to HV.d), lOd to ioy 4 d. Crossbred medium [9t\ to M'/d), Oil to 10y,d. ■ Crossbred 'coarse (8d to o'/.d), B%d to ft%d. Crossbred infeilw (7%d to S'/.d). 7»/,d to SM ; d. Crossbred pieces and bellies (s'/>d to fi'/id), 3'/id to.r'/od. ' Halfbred pieces and bellies (7d- to O'/.d), fl'/.d to B</.d. Lambs, best (10d to 11</ ( <1), 10>/.(1 to 1-1 %d. j Lambs, medium (l)d to Mil), 9d to 10V',d. ■ Lambs, inferior (8d to Od), Sd to B%il. , \ Docks (;!V,d to 4%d), S'/.d to s'/,d.