CHRISTCHURCH WOOL SALES.

Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume LIII, Issue 2752, 24 February 1903, Page 2

CHRISTCHURCH WOOL SALES.

finil wool sale of this season's series, nays thp «. press," was held at the Canterbury R .11 on Thursday, when 6821 bales w '. r n offered comprised chiefly of odd lots, wit _ a f-w en"d dips. There was a fair att e"danoe of buyers, but competition waa 8pi r itle?s. and the bulk of the wool was P B3 -ed i ■>. There was a decline in value of all descriptions, but more particularly in merinos and halfbreds, crossbreds suffering the least The local mills, haviDg secured all the fine wools they require for the year, wero not operating, nor were the large Home buyers, who bou.hb freely at previous Bales. The sale waß therefore a very disappointing cne, especially to those growers who htd held their wool in the hope that tbe market would have strengthened instead of weakeniog. As compared with the January sale merino was lower by Id to 2d, super hal_rred Id to lid, inferior to medium id to Id. best crossbreds _d to Id, ooarse crossbred. _A to $d. and pieces _i to Id. The " star" lota sold rather more briskly thon the bu'k lots, the local fellmongm being the chief buyers. The range of prices was -.—Super creasy merino 9d toTOd, medium 7|d to B|d. inferior to 7£d, super halfbred Bd, medium 6id to 7|d, inferior 4£d to 6d, fine crossbred 6d to coarse to medium 4d to s|d, medium lonowool 41 to sd, merino pieces 5d fco 7|.. halfbred pieces 4d to sd, crossbred pieces 2J . to 33d, looks lid to 33, and up to 4d for merino. The following were some of the principal prices realised :—VO over Bournedale, ha'fbred B_d : McDonald Downs, halfbred, 7|d ; FEF, halfbred 74*. Worlingham, merino, lOd, scoured merino Is 3Jd ; ICW, 8 bales merino, 9|d ; Havland, 15 bales merino, 9id,'l2 bales Bid. 9 bales halfbred ewe 7d • Ngaherebere, 25 bales merino ; RV, 5 bales merino 9d, 8 bales B*d ; XX, 22 bales crnrsWl 5?, d ; Saretu, 28 bales merino BJd, 11 ba'es Bd, and 23 bales merino bellies, 6|l ; Almond Bank, crossbred ewe. si. ; SL. halfbred ewe, 6|d ; Lardmore. halfbred rwo 7|d ; Mount Arden. 21 bales halfbred hopget bU : View Hill, merino ewe Bj"d ; 4F merino B|d. halfbred Bd, cross bred 6id : ML, merino Bid ; Hoonack and St. .Tnmes'p. B*d : IX. halfbred 7_d ; WM, halfbred 7[d ; Ohinemima, halfbred crossbred 5f d ; VI, threequarterbred 6|d ; Hoo.ack, merino pieces 7d. halfbred pieeeo s_Vd, BL conjoined, halfbred ewe 7£d ; 020; meriro pwe 9d ; CJH, merino pieces 7Jd, bellies s|d ; JO conjoined, crossbred 6* ; Hacktborn, halfbred ewe 7£d ; Dalbeg, super _«lfbred ewe 7d to Bd. threequarter bred s|d. halfbred pieces 5d ; T in red, halfbred to 7d, crossbred s_d to s|<l ; P- betw. en bar', crossbred s£d to s_d ; T inverted over C. halfbred ewes l_i, halfbred heergpf 6J 1. The following was the quantity of wool offered and sold by each brokpr:— Offered Sold Dalgetv and Co.. Ltd. ._ 1420 813 J. T. Ford and Co 53 25 Friedlander Bos 324 225 F. 0. Tabart 368 228 H. Matron and Co. ... 1274 856 N.Z. Lo.n and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd. ... 965 545 National Mortgate and A.enoy Company ... 213 52 N.Z Farmers' Co-operative Associasion, Ltd ... 1020 417 Pyne and Co 1184 692 Total Bales ... 6821 3853