NAPIER WOOL SALE.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 709, 7 January 1910, Page 8

NAPIER WOOL SALE.

■."'.' ■'< .'^HEAVt; ; ;OATAIjO6trB,v' ":; ; ; IBV^ Telegraph.—Press; Association.! ;V. : ;:' -- '■'■:■ ■ ' ■'■: ■:' Naplor,'January 6... ; iThe thirds, Napier -wool.sale .of-tho-laear": 'son was 'held;, this 'afternoon and'evening, when, a total of 21,000 hales was offered by tho: associated -brokers! which-ia-easily.-a record, offering' for.'this. centre. -There.-was a big'gcr.attendance' of .buyers- than; usual,' •all'sections .of the trade \being;repres'cnted.; The .woctl'- generally. was'.'well: 1 grown; but' considerably'; heavier;.in "'grease as compared/with, previous sales; and there was an absence-: of light-conditioned and rape-' ■ rior,. Quality;; clips available ; for America.' A • fewf of vthe clips, "owing";; to' the.'. weather {Conditions : prolongingshearing operations, . were' caught by biddy-biddy., and' 'this 1 con-:siderably,'.detraoted/frbm-their-value: -A •larger.! sjiroportion V than ■•;•. 'usual. : of;.- cottcd /fleeces .was ; also :in:i evidence,/this'; being generally? ascribed to, the .'wet, weather; experienced' itliroughbut 'the'yprovince.^" "'A'; fair' aiiantity: of lambs', wool came for-: ward,and .'was. generally:'6f good-quality, although seed was again';responsible for a .lowering .ill; values in. some' lots.' Competiitiorf:was '..exceedingly; keen -.from. 'all.quar- : 'ters,- ahd/Jone of;;the'-features-of. the'salewas - the 'excellent:, competition- for 'lambs' wool.-.ond. pieces of various • qualities, ■'• the Continent taking, nearly. all this class- of '.vrool.'.'--. ;•;■'-;■;'',;;.:-!:-■-•■' ."-■ %':■ :.-"-.\\i-'i ■.•''-'." ;:'/The few ".-lots, of-''lightaonditioned- wool; -suitable for,".'America were -readily "taken■ up at prices ..'on, a'.'par/with ;:those 'of .-the' previous.' sale, v /Some medium crossbreds, however, did not 'maintain late 1 values, but ,Btrong.crosßbrodß,;,including : logstained,' met-.with-excellent-demand; and: on 4he,average: were .slightly higher than at last sale'.;:.