Prices Fully Maintained At Napier Wool Sale

Press, Volume CII, Issue 30094, 30 March 1963, Page 12

Prices Fully Maintained At Napier Wool Sale

(New Zealand Press Association)

NAPIER. March 29 Compared with the first day, prices were fully maintained today—the second day of the March .wool sale at Napier The official report stated; Catalogues comprising 2C.366 bales were offered to a fully representative bench of buyers and the offering, which was similar to that of '.he first day, comprised a wide selection of wools, consisfffig“mainly of'**We wool with a fair proportion of lambs wool plus the usual proportion of oddments After a favourable season fleece wools were generally well-grown, but in the main were rather heavy in condition Oddments. particularly bellies were rather dis-

coloured by water stain. Lambs wool was not quite up to its usual standard, many lots being either short or mixed in length Bidding was widespread and at times animated with the Continent providing main competition Bradford, the United States and Japan also gave strong support to the market Range of Prices The following is the range of prices;— Southdown. 58/60'»

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