CHRISTCHURCH WOOL SALE

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10519, 6 January 1912, Page 5

CHRISTCHURCH WOOL SALE

(By Tdegraph —Press Association.) CHRISTOHTJUCET, Lost Nitfit. thtird wool .Kute of this sea-Boii-'e eea-ies. "was heibcl to-day before a very large attendance of buyers, representing all' sections of the trale. There were 15,102 holies catalogued, a fialiin-g ofE of 4600 bales a® com>pared with the Jamuary sale last year. Thais shortage was due to the wet .weatiher delaying shearing hist month. Th>e wool was not in quite such a good' condition' as a month: ago, the rain having taken a/ lot of .the brigihtnesis out;, of it,, and a.gppd liiainy lots showed]-sign© of- dampness;. There-was again, exceptionoflly brd&k com petition l , especially between. Continental taind Home sections of the trade. American buyers were not so milch in evidence as at the previous gale., Hie Dufnedin) woollen. mils and lDcaJ fel'lcWPgerS' quantity. As ftoßip'ared with the previous sale, fine tand medium hialfbredu were firmer Dy a *d to <|d per l lb, and medium pieces Bold better. There waa a better selection erf merinos offered than at t/h'e previous sale; and they sold wjjl. All other dasises of wool were. fully equal in values! to those at the December sailte, andi numlber of lots passed w^ s again comparatively small.