WELLINGTON WOOL SALES.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 9683, 6 January 1910, Page 7

WELLINGTON WOOL SALES.

'I he New Zealand Loan and Mer- ■ cantile Agency Company, Ltd., report as iollows:~The Associated Brokers on Friday offered catalogues comprising about 20,000 bales of wool, of which our proportion was some 3,220 bales. There was a bigger attendance of buyers than usual, and competition from all quarters was good. We estimate prices were id to Jd per lb better ror coarse

wools, and Jd to |d per lb higher for skirtings; fine wools being on a par with December rates. Continental buyers were keen after lambs, and we obtained 12fd for one line of 16 bales Romney Cross lambs grown by Mr J. R. McLennan, of Falmerston North district. Some of our sales were as follows: —•On account of R. W. Kelson, Waikanae, Romney cross, lid to lljd; pieces and bellies, 7gd;»lambs, lid. J. J. Jenkins, Marlborough, half bred, lo£d to lid; bellies and pieces, 6Jd. Fell Bros., Nikau Bay, half bred lid; crossbred 7|d to 9Jd, bellies and pieces 6£d. J. P. Uoodwin, Kohinui, crossbred fine 10d,crossbreJ b, 9d, cots 71d, bellies and pieces 7Jd. A. J. Gavin, Marlborough,, halfbred ll|d to 12d, threeqarterbred 10£ d, pieces [and bellies 7fd. J. W. Jenkins, Palmerston North, crossbred medium B|d to 9d. H. S. Hadfield, Hunterville, Romney 9d to 9gd, Romney-Lincoln 9d, lambs lOd, bellies 7d. Riddiford and Co., Te Awqite, stained pieces to 6Jd, locks 4|d. Harry Harris, Masterton, crossbred 9|d to IOJd, Lincoln Romney BJd to Bgd, -lambs 9Jd. D. H. Speedy, Tenui, Romney Lincoln 9Jd to lljd, Lincoln 9d, cotted B|d, pieces and bellies 6|d to 7d. C. J. Jury, Carterton, halfbred ll|d, crossbred medium lOd to IOJd, Lincoln cross lOd, matted B|d, lambs 9Jd, pieces and bellies 'lid. Paul Paulsen, Masterton, crossbred BJd to 10£ d, pieces 7Jd, lambs J 9|d. Percy Bros., crossbred fine IOJd, J Lincoln B|d, crosbared BJd to IOJd, bellies 7£d. J. S. Parsons, Fsilding, crossbred hoggets 9£d to IOJd, crossbred ewes 9£d to lid, lambs a, 12id, lambs'b, lOfd; bellies and pieces, 7Jd'to 7|d. Range of prices as compared with December sales:—

December, January, 1909. 1910. Halfbred 10£ dto 13Jd 10£ dto I2d Super crossbred lOld to 12Jd lOd to lljd Medium crossbred BJd to 9Jd 9d to IOJd Inferior and coarse crossbred 7d to, B|d 7|d to 9d Locks Bellies and pieces 3£d to 9d 4Jd to BJd Crutchings 4£d to 6fd 4£d to 6d ! The Wairarapa Farmers' Co-opera-tive Association Ltd. Wellington report as follows: —The third wool sale ■ of the season was held on Monday in the Town Hall. There was a good attendance of buyers and bidding was spirited. The two earlier sales I being practically cleared the market of the light conditioned wools the catalogue consisted largely of the coarser and heavier type. Prices for crossbreds coarse and medium are higher by id to Jd per pound than the previous sale. We quote as follows :- Halfbred medium 10£ d to 10|d medium crossbred and Komney clean and well skirted lOd to 11 Jd medium; crossbred heavy condition 9dtolod; coarse crossbred 71d to 9d; dingy and inferior crossbred 6|d to 7£d; lambs medium quality 8d to 9§d; lambs seedy and inferior 6|d to 7§d; bellies and pjeces 5Jd to 7Jd; locks 3d to 4£d.