CRUTCHINGS SALE
PRICES AT WANGANUI. (By Telegraph—Press Association.) WANGANUI, July 26. A catalogue of 3000 bales of crutchings and a small offering of fleece wool were submitted to a large and representative bench of buyers at the winter crutching sale today. Prices for crutchings showed an advance of about one penny on the last Wanganui sale and, considering condition, were on a par with yesterday’s sale at Wellington. There was practically a total clearance, and with bidding brisk the catalogue was disposed of in an hour and a half. Good super lines sold at from 9d to 10’jd, good crutchings at from 81d to 9Jd, medium crutchings from 7.’,d to Bld. Fleece wool, for which there was an exceptionally good sale, at from lOd to llijd. Fleece wool showed an increase of about two pence a pound on the values at last April’s sale. Southdown lambs made 9Jd and Romney lambs IOJd. America took the bulk of the crutchings, with Bradford operating for fleece wool, and lambs going to France. Wanganui mill buyers operated for some lines and scourers were after scouring lines.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 27 July 1939, Page 3
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183CRUTCHINGS SALE Wairarapa Times-Age, 27 July 1939, Page 3
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