REDUCED RETURN TO GROWERS
SECOND CHRISTCHURCH WOOL SALE. [ Per Press Association.] CHRISTCHURCH, Feb. 16. The second Christchurch wool sale of the season, which was held on January 30, resulted in a total return to growers of £299,874 —reduction of £35,808 on the total for the second sale of the previous season. The catalogue at this sale was 5777 bales smaller but 1003 bales more were sold. The average price a bale this sale was £l2 13s 7.633 d or 9.567 d per lb. against £l4 16s 6d or 10.88 d last season. The bale price at the first Christchurch sale this season, when the offering was slightly less attractive than at the second sale was £l3 7s 3cl and the price per lb. 10.087 d.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 83, Issue 41, 18 February 1939, Page 7
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125REDUCED RETURN TO GROWERS Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 83, Issue 41, 18 February 1939, Page 7
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