TIMARU WOOL SALES.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2591, 7 December 1893, Page 3

TIMARU WOOL SALES.

The first of the season’s wool sales was held on Tuesday in the Assembly Rooms. To give buyers longer time to examine and value the wools, the sale was altered from the usual 10 a.m. to 1 p.ra., and tha alteration was mutually satisfactory to brokers and buyers. Some 840 lota were put through by 4.45. Fifteen buyers operated, and, as usual, the attendance of wool-growers and others interested was very large. Owing to the amount of rain we have lately been favored with, the opening catalogue was smaller than usual. On the whole the wool was distinctly lighter and in better condition than last year’s clip. Competition was very spirited, more especially for the medium qualities of fleece wools, while pieces and locks ruled a shade higher than last year. Com - pared with opening rates of last season, prices yesterday were about equal. The bulk of the wool offered was sold under the hammer, the withdrawal being less than usual. Five catalogues were submitted, viz.: Bales. Canterbury Farmers’ Co-operative Association 1361 Guinness & LeCren ... ... 831 National Mortgage & Agency Co., and H. B. Webster & Co. ... 377 N.Z. Land Association, Limited... 339 Miles & Co., Limited 189 Total 3097 The following were the ruling prices for the day : —Halfbreds, 7d to 9d; threequarterbreds, 6£d to B|d ; crossbreds, 6d to Bjd ; merinos, 5d to 6gd ; pieces, 4d to 6|d ; locks, l£d to 3|d. The National Mortgage and Agency Company (in conjunction with Messrs H. B. Webster & Co.) report having held their first wool sale On Tuesday last. There was a large attendance of local and foreign buyers, and bidding was exceptionally brisk from start to finish. Their catalogue contained some very nice lots of cleanly-got-up wool, and the prices obtained were quite up to their valuations. Fine halfbreds sold from 8d to B|d ; medium, 7jd to 8d ; crossbreds, 7sdtoßd; merinos, 5d to 6d; pieces, up to sd. They are pleased to report that very few lots in their catalogue were passed in. Subjoined is a list of the wool sold and prices obtained :—T, 1 bale of halfbred 7£d, 3 do crossbred 7£d, 1 do merino (2 ram fleeces) 5f d; 2 in circle, 3 bales three-quarterbred 7£d; 20, 2 bales halfbred 7gd; 37, 2 bales halfbred B*d; VB, 1 bale three-quarterbred Bd, 4 do halfbred B£d, 1 do belly pieces 5d ; ET, 15 bales halfbred Bfd ; AG, 3 bales Leicester, 6 do do, 11 do three-quarterbred (one lot) 7fd, Ido matted, 4do pieces sjd ; O, 4 bales three-quarterbred 7|d ; 7L, 1 bale halfbred Bd, 3do crossbred 7fd; EHT, 4 bales three-quarterbred 7fd, 1 do matted 6fd; RMC, 1 bale crossbred 7£d, 2 do halfbred pieces 5d ; WA (conjoined), 1 bale locks and pieces 3£d, 9 do halfbred 7 id, sdo merino 6d; 14,1 bale halfbred Bd, Ido merino 6d ; AW (conjoined in diamond), 2 bales halfbred B|d ; Maltese Gross, 1 bale halfbred 7 fd, 2do crossbred 7}d ; Z in circle, 14 bales three-quarter-bred Bd, 6 do crossbred 7fd, J do halfbred 7fd, 2 do belly pieces 4Jd, 1 do locks 3£d ; 98, 2 bales three-quarterbred 7id, 1 do halfbred 7 fd, Ido do (with 17 merino andllthree-quarterbredfleeoes) 7Jd ; ET, 8 bales halfbred Bfd, 6 do crossbred B£d ; OK, 3 bales halfbred SJd, 8 do threequarterbred 7fd, 1 do half merino and half halfbred 6d; JN (conjoined), 1 bale three-quarterbred 8d; A 3, 7 bales halfbred Bd, Ido pieces 4£d; TB over O, 1 bale crossbred (1 ewe fleece) 7£d, 1 do halfbred 8 Jd; 80, 1 bale halfbred Bid 3 do three-quarterbred 7jd, 1 do pieces (8 fleeces halfbred) 4gd ; JG (conjoined), 1 bale halfbred Bid, 2 do merino 6d, 1 do pieces 2 bales crossbred 7jd; .**s - 1 bale halfbred Bd. 9 . ? qij , TV/T'p ft v.ni- crossbred B|d; MT 6 h-’ es ha]fbred m 2 do erpseb- 7H 1 do piecea * dies halfbred 7W; D 7, 7 bales halfbred ewes B£d, 2 do crossbred 7fd, 1 do threequarterbred 8d; Waihao Valley over SD, 26 bales three-quarterbred 7Jd, 10 do halfbred and three-quarterbred 7|d, 9 do crossbred 7jd, 9 do halfbred Bd, 5 do three-quarterbred Bd, 3 do merino sjd, 12 do merino s£d ; M & M, 8 bales halfbred Bjd, 1 do matted 7d, 1 do crossbred Bd, 1 do ewe bellies and Ist pieces 5d ; W over —, 2 bales crossbred Bd, 1 do fadge wool 6d ; 1 in circle, 5 bales halfbred 7fd, 1 do crossbred 7£d; Heart over |, 2 bales halfbred 7 fd, 2dodo 8d ; MT (conjoined), 7 bales three-quarter-bred 7fd, 3 do halfbred Bjd, 1 do pieces 4jd.