N.Z. WOOL TRADE
MOKE WOOL SOLD THIS SEASON INCREASED EXPORTS A good clearance of wool is being made at the roster sales this season. During January a total of 106,bbl bedes was offered at Wellington, Wanganui. Napier and Auckland, 102,358 bales being sold. For the seven months of the 193839 season to January 28, according to the returns compiled by Dalgety and Co., Ltd., 261,227 bales of wool were offered and 250,548 bales were sold, as compared with 249,897 bales offered and 216,844 bales sold during the corresponding period of last season. Thus, while the offerings this season show an increase of 11,330 bales, the actual sales are higher by 33,704 bales. Details of the offerings and sales for the seven months’ period of this season and last season compare as follows: —
Shipments of wool from New Zealand during January totalled 109,358 bales, of which 100,542 bales were greedy wool, and 8816 bales slipe. A substantial increase is shown in the exports of wool for the seven months of this season, which total 291,470 bales, as compared with 236,312 bales for the corresponding period of last season, an increase oi 55,1b0 bales. Details are as follows: —
Seven Months to Jan. 28, 1938-39. J 937-38. Offered. Sold. Offered. Sold. Bales. Bales. Bales. Bales. Dunedin .... 26,217 21.902 26,415 ;>2’,7O.> Tiniiiru .... IS,671 li.il.’i 16,978 16,144 Christchurch 26,215 25,132 27,235 25,246 Blenheim 45 32 53 33 Wellington <54,884 52,4b8 53,361 47,5.>5 Wanganui . 29,394 52,> 17 26,07 5 Napier 52,574 jl, 732 <>3.513 JU,881 Gisborne .... 1,81.8 1,757 2,049 1,695 Auckland ... 51,376 48,44.5 37,433 22,510 Total .... 261,227 250,548 219,897 216,841
Seven mos. to Jan. 2 .1938-39. 1937-38 Bales. Bales. Invercargill 14,592 6,865 Dunedin 26,213 24,846 Oamaru 2,366 2,437 Timaru 24,192 18,490 Christ church ... 38,289 32,467 Blenheim 3,966 2,835 Nelson 169 501 Wellington 61,617 55,146 Wanganui 5,723 7,013 New PlymouthWaitara 973 619 NapierWaikokopu 4S.519 32,097 GisborneTokomaru Bay 30,541 21,104 AucklandOpua 34,310 28,892 Total 291,470 236,312
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 83, Issue 37, 14 February 1939, Page 11
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318N.Z. WOOL TRADE Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 83, Issue 37, 14 February 1939, Page 11
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