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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10558, 14 February 1912, Page 3

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GREYTOWN STOCK SALE. Mesrs Dalgety and C-0., Ltd., report on their Groytown .stock sale as follows: —A 'medium entry of stock came forward, prices being on a par with late market rates. Following i-: a Ji.st of the prices rcalisetl: —Sliorn lanvbs, 5s lOd; woolly lambs (.small), 5s (kl to 6s; good woolly lambs, 9s; mixed weaners, 265; hacks, £5 10s. WELLINGTON WOOL SALES. LEVIN AND C'O.'S E E PORT. Messrs Levin and Co., Ltd., report: —At the fourth sale of the season* held yesterday, wo offered 2200 bales out of a. total offering of 1.5,700 bales. There was a. full attendance of buyers. The quality of the wool was, for the period of the season, good. We had many good lines in our catalogue, but there was also a, large quantity of dingy and coar.se wool offering, and the wool generally was carrying more condition than at Inst sale. Bidding was strong up to a. full farthing of January prices. America is still open for suitable lots, and we sold for that quarter tho well known brands T.A.-S./FAIR-FIELD and CLUB at 11 ad. lopping the market. Lambs wool sold readily i at Jd less than January prices, lOd be- j ing tho (full price, as against lOkl. Pieces and scouring lots sold at -Jd to 3d lower. The following is the range of prices:—iMenno.s January, 1912, 9d to 9Jd; yesterday's prices, none offering; .halfbreds, lOd to lid —none offering; superior crossbreds, 10-£ d to 113d —-10d to lli'id : line crossbreds, lOd to 10,\d —9kl to 10kl; medium crossbreds, 9d to 11 id —9d to 93d; coarse crossbreds, 7-Jd to !)>,d —8d to 83d ; inferior crossbreds, 7d to 8d —6-Jd to 7£d ; pieces and bellies, 03d to 8-d .—5-Jd to 7:\d; locks, -kl to s£tl — 3Ad , to 4-i-d; lambs, l)cst, 9d to 10U1 —9-J-d ; to lOd ; lambs, medium, 8d to 9d-—7Ad to 9id; lambs, inferior, 7d to 8d —6M j •to 7£d. Tho following are some of tihe j prices realised for Wairarapa clips:— Te Itangitumau, 12 bales, lOd. 16 'bales, Sd, 3 bales, cotied, 7-A-d, 4 bales bellies and pieces, (iilds HNK, 2-3 bales 7d, 17 bales 7id; NP over EJH, 8 , bales 7sd, 3 bales 63d ; TTT, 14 bales , 7}d ; TW over JC, 5 ;|>ale.s 9d ; H Bros, over 9d, 3 bales 83d; ARC, 6 .balks 73<1 20 ■bales 7*d, 3 bales 7.jd, 3 bales 7d ; FM over P, 11 bales Sid, 43 bales 7Jd, 5 hales 7;|d, 4 bales 7d, 3 bales 7fd; 1 Burton Fields, 5 hales lambs 93d, 9 bales fleece 9d, 31 bales Bd, 5 bales I 73d; ACP over Otahuna. 5 bales B£d, | 5 'hales Bd, 4 bales lid, 4 bales lambs j 83d; M 6, 7 bales "83d ; J C', 18 bales, J 9d; TK over ERNS, 23 bales 9Jd, 12 hales 8d ; JDM. 3 bales 83d ; Waihora, 13 bales 8;] d; H:WL, 11 bales- Bid, 1 bale lOd; Gladstone over Fl), 13 bales : 8d; S'W'D, 3 bales Bkl, 14 bales 73d; Wainianu, 52' balers. Bd, 24 hales 7-Vd; C over Riverside, 3 bales 83d, 4 bales 8-J-d, 8 ibales 73d. The next Wellington sale will be held on the sth March. Catalogues close on the Ist March. - ABRAHAM AND WILLIAMS, REPORT. Messrs A.bra'ham and Williams, | Ltd., report on 'their Wellington wool 1 sale as follows:—The fourth sale of the series was held to-day, when total catalogues comprising nearly 14,000 | bales were offered to a large attend- [ auee of Intycrs representative of all I sections of tlie trade. Our catalogue ' comprised a total of 1600 bales, and as j usual at the slack end of the seasan it | consisted mostly, of back country wool, whicih carries a lot of condition, and owing to the late season a proportion of tho wool showed .seed. Comwas very keen, but as anticip- ' -"c the London sales closed, ■ated bv Jd-to id per lb, prices "note * n-00l being easier all rough log-stamCtv .. i. nttpr qua] „ iby the latter figure. 'lji?'*■it'y wool was also a good dea. easi^.' Lamlbs wool also showed a decline, tbe lietter qualities being lower by Id per lb., whilst ordinary sorts were about id to id lower. Pieces, bellies, etc., •were 011, a par with last sales prices. •Some of the'sales were a a follows: — Uhiwai, 6 bales Romney 103 d, 6 bales crossbred 83d, 6 bales crossbred Sd, 4 bales bellies .and pieces, 8 hales of bright crossbred 9d : R2 over L, 12 bales hoggets 8d; H.P.G., 38 bales coarse crossbred 7id, 5 bales 7d; M over Fernlea, 15 bales crossi bred "Id, 4 hales cots 7-id; Otimai, 10 I bales crossbred 7£d, 15 bales cross,bred 7kl; J.8.G., 5 bales of A lambs 9Jd, 12 bales B Blamhs oj{d ; 3 CLUBS, 16 hates crossbred 73d,. 3 bales lambs 82 dj 20 bales crossbred: 7£d; G.P., 25 hales crossbred 73d, 4 baies bellies and pieces 63d; 5 bales A lambs 9.U1. 5 bales B lambs 7-Jd.

LOAN AND MERCANTILE CO.'S REPORT.

Tho fourth sale of the season took ling about 14,000 bales were offered to ing about 14,000 -bales were offered to «, muneroiis attendance of buyers operating on behalf of Home, Continental and American bouses, as well as the usual representatives of local mills and •speculators. Our catalogue of about 2000 bales comprised a few bright, weli-got-up Roniney and crossbred clips suitable for America; but the bulk of thte offerings consisted of lato shorn and back-country clips carrying a fair amount of grease, and in many cases "biddi ibiddi." There was also a .fairly large proportion of more or less log-stained wool offered. , On the whole, however, the wool so far offered this season lias been, light in grease owing doubtless to the wet and cold weather experienced up to tilie end of the* year. Many of the clips showed a pro-portion of cotted and' tender fleeces, mainly due to the shortness of feed in the autumn. Very little merino and half!)red wools were offered, these wools (mostly grown in Marlborough) having been disposed of mainly in previous sales. Bidding was keen, bub .at a lower range -of prices than those obtaining at the January sales —about id to id in coarse and Jd to Id in the better sorts (suitable for American demand), being about the fall. This decline was expected, as cabled reports from Home and Australia indicated that lower prices were to bo expected. On the whole, the prices obtained wore satisfactory, taking into consideration the quality of the wool. The following are some of the sales made by us of interest to your district: —T. S. Newcombo, 7 : } d

1 and 6£d; G. 11. Hutching, 7d ; McAlistcr, 7-J-d ; H. Shanks, 7|d; J. S. ; Langdon, Bd, 7-Jd ; D. Buckley, 7£d; P. F. Barry, Sd; J. W. West, 8d and ; 7id; H. Bagley and Son, 7id; P. C. Sorcn.son, 7d; Lon. Houlbrooke, 7-^d; A. Wall, 73d; J. F. Thomas, 7id; Percy Bros., 9id and 9d; J. It. Shanahan, 7|d. | DALGETY A'XD CO. Messrs 'Dalgety -and Co., Ltd., rej pore:—More wool 'was expected for this sale, but wo anticipate the bal- ! a,nee of the 1911-12 clip will will ho to hand shortly, when, offerings at the next Mile on March sth will be a good deal bigger than: is usually the case, owing; to the season being a rather extended one. The bulk of our offerings yesterday consisted of seedy, heavyconditioned, log-stained, and eaar.so to medium wools, and for this class of I wool, although competition was keen, pilices showed a furtiher decline on the January sale of fully id to £ d. Wo had in our catalogues a few clips cf bright, light-conditioned, Itomncy crossbreds, and these, together with good lialfbred wools, were firm at January rates. As is usual at this period of the season, there was a considerable amount of lambs' wool, the bulk of which was, however, dull and log-stain-ed, and carrying a fair amount of seed, hut for all bright, clean lots the competition and prices were satisfactory. The following comparison of prices ruling as compared witih our sale on Jan. mry 11th, 1912, will he interesting Merino, Jan. 11th, 9d to 9-ijd—'Feb. 13, 8d to Bid; super lialfbred, 12£d—none offering; medium lialfbred. 9id to 10id — to 10jd; sniper crossbred, lid to ll^d —none offering; medium crossbred, Bid to 9 id —Bid to 9|d ; inferior and coarse crossbred, 7d to 73d —6-Jd .to 7id ; first lambs, 9;ld to 10;' t d —9|"d to lOd; second lambs, 8|d —8d to B£d ; inferior lambs, none offering—--7d to 7id ; pieces, 7icl to -Bd-—Gjd to 7id; bellies, 6d to 70 —Gsd to 7-J-d; stained pieces and locks, 4d to 5id —4d to sd; crutchings, s£d to 63d —4£d to s£d ; dead, 7d to 7^d —7d to 7id. Some of tho highest priced wools in our catalogue were on.account of the following clients: —On account of Mr F. uVleenkin (C'lareville), a, line of Romney crossbred realised 10£ d; Mr D. L. Younger {Feilding), fine crossbred laimbs', lOd ; Mr C. A. J. Levett (Kiwitea), first laimbs', lOd; Mr W. F. donway (Blenheim), first lialfbred ewes, 9 2d, first lialfbred iuoggets, Manson's estate (Stamway), first lambs', 9Jd; Mr M. Casey (Blenheim), (halfbred-, 9sd ; Mr H. A. Lambert (Kaivtolce, Wanganui),; lambs, 9Jd:;; Messrs Skenman and.Podevin' (OtaM), 'lamibs, 9Jd ; Mr H. crossbred ewes, 9df Mrs E. Bray (Colyton), cressbred ewe and hoggets, 9id; Mr J. Bomason (Utiku), lambs, 9£d; Messrs F. H. wyt<r, (Thae, Pa.hia.tua), crossbred enves, 9|d, lambs, 9£d; Mr B. V, Haimmond (Kiri Kiri, Wanganui), super. crossbred, 9d; Mr H. P. dare (Waituna West), lamibs, 9id; Mr J. Saunders (Martinbo rough), crossbred hoggets 9d, lambs, 9d. JAMES MACINTOSH AND CO. Messrs Jaimes Macintosh and Co. report as ifolloAvs: —We held our first wool sale yesterday in the concertroom of the Town Hall, when we offered a small catalogue. Prices for fleece in sympathy with London market showed a decline of about one half penny. Pieces, etc., however, sold well, practically at last- sales' rates. There was a large and representative attendance of buyers, and prices realised were as follows -.—Medium crossbred, 7id to 8d ; lamibs, 7d; bellies, (3d ; crutcliiugs, sid; third pieces, 4Jd; locks and stained pieces, 3£d. The next sale of tho .season will be held on March sth, for which wo respectfully solicit entries.

W.F.C.A., LTD., REPORT. Tho Wairarapa Fanners' Co-opera-tive Association, Ltd., report as follows :—Tho fourth sale of the season wa.s held at the Town Hall yesterday. There was a. large attendance of buyers with the previous sale. Prices for heavy-conditioned and rough crossbred were aibout Jd lower. There was very little wool offering {suitable for the American market. Pnices for this class of wool were 3d lower. We quote as follows : —Fine crossbred, 9d to 9sd; medium eross<bred, 8d to 9-id; dingy and inferior, 6£d to 7-Jd; heavy-conditioned, 6-£ d to 7id; lambs, superior, B£d to 9i|d ; lambs, medium, "id to Bid; bellies and pigeces, 5d to 63d: