1938-39 WOOL SEASON OPENS.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIX, Issue 280, 26 November 1938, Page 12

1938-39 WOOL SEASON OPENS.

GOOD BIDDING.

VALUES IMPROVE ON LAST YEAR. ALMOST A TOTAL CLEARANCE. Am kl.inrl oprnrcl n new wool season to-day with an offering of nvri -4.000 l>.ilr s of wool, which had an excellent reception and w.is almost wholly cleared at an advance in prices. I here was a definite preference for coarse and medium wools, whii It predominated in the offerings. Ihe most notable feature was the small quantity of passings, almost the whole of the 24,000 bales offered being knocked clown at auction to the highest bidder. It waj altogether a highly satisfactory sale, with all parties well pleased.

PRICES UP jl) TO ID LB. COARSE WOOLS PREFERRED FARMERS ARE JUBII^ANT. "A I '-.ill''" ' Hi-1 lIT t llil II l'\ peel I'll ! " Till 'V .1 - I lII' 'JI'MITIII MTflil'l lII' tIIOHC ii i o -1. <Ii 11 ■11 \ ii iiiierned with (lie wool -nil' lii .I.i \ . I In' lixture uitli which Auckland cimiiiii'iii'i'd ji now season for the I>i 1111 ill ill n. Nnl thul prices were high. They were imt. But, tliey were at least us good as were anticipated by most people and better titan t iiey were a year ago. At i Imt, time brokers were literally "up against it," for they faced a bench of liuytTH who had drastically reduced their limits and apparently did not care whether they liought wool or not. It was tragic then for the farmer to find that, for wool that had realised 14d the pre\ i-his season he had to be content with (Id. To <la v prices were not greatly changed, Iml any alteration was in favour of ihe fanner, and even a small advance is especially welcomed when \ allien, lime lieen low. Order of Sales. The quantities offered by the various broker*, and the order of the was ;im fol lows : — Bale*. Abraham anil Williams, Wright s i ppheiiHnii ii rid t.'o., Ltd.. in conjunct Inn with Si-wton King, Ltd. 4,170 V Huckland and Sons, Ltd. . . . . 1,700 I ii rriT*' I 'o-riperatl VP Aucf i iiinpuny. Ltd.. In conjunction wiili North Auckland farmers' (.'<»- fipeni 11 ve, Lid iVSOI Vi'w Zealand f.iian anil Mercantile \geney Company. Ltd .">,472 I'nlifPty and Company, Ltd 0.04S

Tliis your tbo AncklntKl cli|> h«s ; o|i«nci| up in excellent shape, with ' fleece - -,ift mill pi in I ill' lo llilllflle. 1 ifijrll t. in cnloiir. ami rather liner in conilitinti 1 111 an u.siial. i The until ca I tu-<lny whs ' ell icily friuii li'iooets, wethers II ll«l < 1 1' V ewe-. That. il. met. with the approval | <»f 1111 \e i * C.irh evident, in the keen I Zf-l of lie bi,l(| i njr. How the Lots Fell. [ Sharp mi I lie slroUe ~I nine o'clock 1"• V ( 1 )'< i,ninir. aiirtinneer for j Alu'.i li.i m .iru I Willi.i his. l/nnited, atl<l \\ ri'j'ht, Stephenson and Company, who were selling m conjunction with New lon j Kiiie. Limited, opened the ball for the | 11 irtH :n» sea-mi. His tlr«*t, otVeriiiLT, 111 lialcs of ero-slired tleeeo. sent, forward i by the Native Painl Department at, I e | Kuiti, liroiio|it. an initial bid of BJ<l,| which was p; inn pi Iv ruiied and Unoekeii down a». 10.1 per I)». Quite early it he- I rami" apparent that, the limits of the! xociil tif■ii I. rankers were not as liffid ns t is sometimes I lie ca-n. tlbvioiisly t hey hail orders lo litis, and in the Itt->t score of olTerinos I here were oeea-ional ill ' • redub'iis whi-tle- Iroin the bench j •.inn,, pa it i, ul,i r lot was knocked down I a; a pi ice Iha I appeared to lie alanc ' ■0n,.,.,1 x.ilu.i . j \ Ill" r.ij, pr,,c led U lieca me a pp.ll cut I'm.ll .in ,'\, client clearance was | I i ll',', Id. for earl \ cat n looin-s j i I".: -I, re I I 111 >111 !I.'| per cent of I lie oll'er in.-- a -'-Id ' j II W.I not lec.i Ide .1 that the inaroin bet w ecu \ allies ~ f line as irjainst coarecr t\ pc- ul wool has d TmiteW been j narrowed. 'I lie <;ains ,i t today's sale were alnio-l enlirelv conllned to course | .Hid ii'ieil ill ill ci ossln c(|s. Interested Spectators. Wide interest was taken in the sale , ,i,| the vicinity of the Town Hull was crowded with cars and the jrallerv was bllcil .lining n.osi of the rnorninjr with farmer-, and their wives, who had mine to see their clips sold, and also a iprinklin? of less interested spectators whose ciirirviit y had hroujrtit, them to .ee what a wool sale was really like. ■| j,,. tone was cheerful, feir it. was cnerallv agreed that the wool season ,i,i,| made an excellent start.