WELLINGTON WOOL SALES.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 3119, 20 February 1909, Page 5

WELLINGTON WOOL SALES.

The Wellington wool sales opened yesterday afternoon. Tha following is the quantity of wool offering:— Dalgety and Co., 5,900 bales; Levin and Co., 2,000 bales; Murray Roberts and Co., 2,000 bales; New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., 1,950 bales; Abraham and Wililams, 1,450 balea; United Farmers and Wairarapa Farmers, 258; total, 13,558 bales.

1 I By Telegraph—Press Association. 3 WELLINGTON, February 19. ' The values realised were most satisfactory for crossbreds and finer \ I qualities. The prices of last sale _ were well maintained, and where ' there was a difference it was all in ' the sellers favour. Lambs wool r showed a very satisfactory apprecia--5 tion in value, nright superior wools of this description making an advance of from Id to 1 fed per lb above the prices at last sales. Medium lambs woo! showed an improvement cf l|d per lb. Pieces generally were id per lb better value. Generally the tone of the market was considerably 1 stronger. HIGH PRICES FOR LAMBS WOOL. Messrs Levin and Co., Ltd., report:—At the fourth sale of the current season, held yesterday, there was a large offering of wool for this time of the year, 13,000 bales being catalogued by the Associated Brokers against 2,280 bales at the February sale last year. Our catalcgue reprej sented just over 2,000 bales. There was again a splendid muster of buyI ers. Competition throughout was as brisk as at any sale held this season. For the best crossbred wool available there was very spirited competition. As is usual at this period of the season, the offerings were comprised largely of heavy conditioned late shorn wools, and inferior and back country clips, together with a small proportion of better clip*. The quality was not equal to , that offered in January, therefore the high prices obtainsd then did not rule yesterday, but considering quality with quality, values were qui e up to those of January sale. Met ium, , rough, and inferior crossbreds held \ their own, but pieces and bellies declined £d to Jd. We sold ScVtial nice parcels of lambs' wool at lOd and IOJd, but the bulk of this variety sold at about 7£d. On the whole lambs' wool was from Id to Jd better. thin at January sale. We cleared practically the whole of our catalogue at very satisfactory prices. The following is the range of prices:—Halfbreds, January sales BJd to 9|d, yesterday's sale BJd to 9jd; superior fine crossbreds, 9d to 10£ d, none in; medium crossbreds, 7d to B|d, 7d to 9d; coarss crossbreds, 6£d to 7d, 6Jd to 7d; inferior crossbred, 5d to 6d, 4|d \o 6d; pieces bellies, 4Jd to 6d, 4d to sd; locks, 2d to 3d, 2d to 22r\ lambs wool, good, 7d to B§d. 8d to 10£ d; lambs wool, medium, 6d to 6|d. 6d to 8d; lambs wool, itifericr and seedy, 4|d to s£d, 4|d to 5f d. The following are some of the prices realised for wools from the Wairarapa district:—W.S.D., pieces 4d; W.S.D., bellies, Sd;W.S.D., cotted, 6fd; W.S.D., crossbred, 9|d; T.W. over Korori, crossbred, fifd; gP conjoined, crossbred, s|d; J.T. conjoined, crossbred, 6£d; T. over F, crossbred, 6&d; W.8.P., crossbred, 6£d; H over Opouru, lambs, 6|d; M.M. over Waipuna, crossbred, 7Jd; Club—Haunui, crossbred, s|d; Awitea, Down crois, BJd; H.W.8., crossbred, 6|d; Two diamonds, crossbred, 7£d; W.R.K. —Homewood, crossbred, 6fd; D.C. . —Marapua, lambs, 6fdV, D.C.— Maraoua, crossbred, 7|d; C.W. over M, crossbred, 6£d; P. W.—Kaiheata. crossbred, 6£d; P. W. —Kaiheata, lambs, 6d; T.P. over Ngamahanga, crossbred, A, 7£d; T.P. over Ngatnahaigaj B, iambs, 7d; Ngamahangr. lambs, sd: D X, pieces, sd; DX, crossbred, "d; M. W. over Kaihoata, ewe, 6£d; RH , conjoined, crossbred, 6|d; H.W.P. over Ngarnatanga, crossbred, A !7|d; H. vV.P. over Ngarnatanga, crossbred, B, 6|d; H.H.H., crossbrad, s£d; J and F.R., lamb", ; ' T.M.K. . conjoined, crossbred, A, , 7d; T.M.K. conjoined, crossbred, B, 6Jd; T.M.K., cenjoined, lambs, 6|d; T.M.K. conjoined, pieces, 4d; ' T.M.K., " conjoined, bellies. 3Jd; half circle over M over Ferrilands, . crossbred, 6|d; Hinaki, Lincoln, 6Jd; Hinaki, fine, BJd; Hinaki, Southdown, B|d; Hinaki. Down lambs, 8d; Hinaki, lambs, 6|cJ; Hinaki, crossbred, s|d; RAN, pieces, 3d; W.S.D., lamb?, 7fd; half circle over P.C., lambs, SJd; b.p.lf cir?h over P. 0., crossbred, 7£d; Larchbankr crossed, 6£d; Rye < Hill, crossbred, s|d; J and F.R., j crossbreds. Gd; Binstead, crossbred, 7Jd; BlnStead, pieces, 4£d; W.P. over Penrose, lambs, 6d; W.P. over Penrose, pieces, 3d; V.V.C., ewe, fd; V.V.C., bellies and pieces, 4d; <C—Riverside, crossbred, 7£d; F. ' E.R., crossbred, s£d; Mahaki, lambs, Mahaki, Leicester lambs, 7|d; Mahaki, Romney lambs, 7Jd; Mahaki, Southdown, 10d; N.M.K., Lincoln, 7±d; N.M.K., fine, 7Jd; N.M.K., crossbred, 7d; River- - side, lambs, 9|d; Rewa Rewa,' crossbred, 6fd; J.C. over Opaki, crossbred, 6£d; Waimanu, crossbred t 6|d;M.B„ lambs, 6£d.