TIMARU WOOL SALES.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume XVII, Issue 4363, 4 December 1897, Page 4

TIMARU WOOL SALES.

I Messrs Friedlander Bros., Limited, repor'. that the first of this .euson's series of woo. sales at limaru was held yesterday, whei. catalogues amounting to about 5000 balewere submitted by the various brokers. The attendance of buyers was about th. same as at the Christchurcti sales. Prices were a shade lower than those realised at Christchurch. Bright fine light wools were competed for with some spirit, 7d to l_d being top p.ice ; but Bcouring wools, which c.mpri.ed the major part of the catalogues, were neglected ; and sales ranged from s£d to 6£d for halfbred crossbreds, and 6d to 6fd for halfbred. Only a very small proportion of merinos was on offer (but nothing ol special quality) which met with fair competition. The following was our catalogue : —KA, crossbred ewes, 2 bales .at <<s£d ; hoggets, 1 atgd. Fast, crossbred wethers, lat s|d passed ; Shropshire, lat 6fl; pulleo wool, croc-bred and merino, lat s£d. crossbred ewe, 6 at 6d passed. ZZ,crossbret ewe, 7 at sfd passed. MC, halfbre. wethers, lat bfyl. ISI, crossbred ewe, 10 at g£d passed ; bellies, lat 4,1; pieces, 1 m 3£d. 03, crossbred ewes, sat sj,d passed ; lock, and pieces, 1 at 2£d. V under r-, rams and crossbred hoggets, 1 at bs& ; halfbred ewes, 2 at 6£d ; -h.ee-quar.erbre_, 2 ai 6£') ; first cim-bred ewe?, 11 at 6^d passed ; crossbred ewes, 3 at b_d passed ; bellies am pieces, 3at 4id. 7G, cro-sbred ewes, 2at 5Jd. DJ conjoined, merino, 2at s|d ; halfbred, 3 at 6£d, D under —■, crossbred ewes, A at 6d; merino ewes, 3 at 6£d. Nl, crossbred ewes, sat s|d, passed. 8/M, first cross ewea, 3 at sfd, passed. MR, crossbred hoggets, sat6d j belly pieces, I| at 4d. HU conjoined, dead wool, 1 at sd. } Square and C, crossbred, 1 at s£d. A, crossbred, 3at6_d. ~ over TK, halfbred ewes, 2at 6d, passed, CX, halfbred ewes, 14 at 6|d, passed ; threequarter-bred ewes, 7 at 6d, passed ; half-bred and threequartcr- j bred ewe., 1 at 6d, passed; half-bred and threequarter-bred hoggets, 1 a' 6^d, passed; rams, Leicester, Shrop shire, and 1 half-bred fleeces, 1 at s|d, passed ; bellies, 1 at 4d; pieces, 1 at 2£d. HM, crossbred, 1 at 6£d ; 20 crossbreds, 8 hoggets, 1 ram, 17 merino, I at. 6d. ■—__„ three-quarterbred hoggets, 4at s^d. HU conjoined, Merino ewe, 5 at sid; second cross ewes, 1 at s^d, passed; first crossbred ewes, 2 at s£d t pa-fled; locks, 15 merino fleeces, lat 2|d. E, Merino ewes, I 4 at 6^d ; halfbred wethers, 3 at s_, passed. E, halfbred ewes, 18 at 6i, passed ; threequarterbred, 11 at 6d. 'J 5, crossbred ewes, 5 at 6|d, passed.