Bidding for wool by the bale instead of by the pound, with the buyers advancing by half guineas, made a bright interlude in the last Christchurch wool sale. Near the end of H. Matson and Company's catalogue a bale was offered, the proceeds from the sale to be devoted to the Karitane Hospital extension appeal fund. The bidding started at half a guinea and rose quickly to two guineas, when the representative of Walter Hill and Son stopped any further argument by calling: “Five guineas." The bale was just being knocked down to him for that when, to make doubly certain. he increased his bid to 10 guineas. After the conclusion of the catalogue other buyers came forward and gave guineas to the auctioneer, the total reaching 14 guineas.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 21 April 1938, Page 6
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