More wool sales planned for next season

Press, 22 February 1980, Page 16

More wool sales planned for next season

If proposals for the next wool-selling season are approved by the Wool Auction Sales Committee, Christchurch wools will be offered for sale on a total of 13 days next season.

Giving details of proposed sales of Christchurch wool next season the chairman of . the Christchurch Woolbrokers’ Association, Mr N. D. Roach, 'said this week that they were endeavouring to get producers wool sold more quickly. On the basis of the tentative dates for sales, which he hoped would be approved, there would be one sale about every calendar month. If the situation arose, as was happening now, he said that they could make application for larger quantities of wool to be handled at particular Mr Roach made these comments when he , was questioned about a decision of the executive of the meat and wool section of North Canterbury Federated farmers last week to ask the Wool Board to look into the holding of more wool sales in Christchurch, particularly in the February-March period. The executive accepted a remit from its Hawar-deh-Waikari branch to this effect Mr Roach said that the frequency of sales was controlled by the availability of shipping and the clearing of show floors. The tentative roster for Christchurch sales next season is:—• : June 27: 10,000 bales. August 15: 15,000 bales. September 25: 25,000 bales. , , October 30: 24,000 bales. December 4: 30,000 bales. December 10: 5000 bales by separation at Timaru. January 20 and 22: 38,000 bales. March 3 and 5: 42,000 bales. . Mid March: 5000 bales by separation at Timaru or Napier. April 10: 25.000 bales. May 21: 15,000 bales. Speaking for the Hawar-den-Waikari branch at last week’s meeting of the North. Canterbury meat and wool section execu-

tive, Mr R. W. Palmer referred .to the long delays that some fanners had to put up with where they sold their wool through auction. As an example, he said that wool that did not get ’into the two-day sale next week after the closing of entries for this, sale in mid January would not be sold until April with realisations not being received until May. When everyone else was demanding payment in a month, he said that farmers. were having to wait too long )for their realisations. If the Wool Board wanted to resist the selling of wool privately then sales should be held more frequently. A member of the electoral committee of the Meat and Wool Boards, Mr J. J. McLean, asked whether brokers would be able to take on more sales — they might be fully extended now — but Mr Palmer indicated from discussions with one firm that it would not be a problem and long rerm might be helpful.

Mr R. W. Davison (Amuri) said that Through sale by sample and sale by separation Canterbury growers would be able to sell their wool at other sales than in their own centre and this might overcome the. problem to some extent,' but the vicechairman, Mr E. W. Turrell, said he understood that it was very difficult to get a very good sale by separation because of shipping problems in handling these wools. Mr Palmer also said that some buyers still liked to see bigger samples of the finer wools than shown in; sample selling and for their liking too many fine wool clips were classed by other than registered classers.

Mr J. J. McLean, asked whether it would be acceptable if the Wool Board’s, extra choice scheme, under which the board is prepared .to buy

wools periodically at market rates, was extended to all wools. A feeling expressed at the meeting was that single-day sales would be preferred to two-day auctions. The first sale of wool by separation in Christchurch will be held at the end of the selling of Christchurch wools next Friday. The wools will be from Invercargill and the samples of the wool in boxes will be displayed in the Woolston store of Wrightson NMA, Ltd, for buyers to inspect.