AUCKLAND WOOL SALES.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 714, 13 January 1910, Page 8

AUCKLAND WOOL SALES.

• (By TelegrapU.—Press ' Association.);...' . Auckland] January 12. The.'second of . the Auckland series of • wool sales was held to-day, when there was. a strong bench of buyers present. The market opened well, the ; tone being firm and in agreement with London rates. Bidding was brisk.all-through, and competition was keen for choice parcels.. The catalogue comprised' 6378 bales, : the offerings of' various r brokers, the ordefr of the sale being - as' follows :-rßuckland and Song, 1883 bales; Auckland Farmers' Union, 425 bales; Daigety and Co., 1160 bales; G. W. Binney .and-Sons,- 563. bale3';:New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency,, , 2347 bales.. Most of the wool was well crown; and a very marked improvement in packing was..noticeable,' and. wai reflected in tho more, confident buying. .The warm weather had brouscht the "yolk" well up, and .consequently . the 'wool wae - heavier in grease thanat - tho November-, sale, so.' that prices that 'on tho-. surface might' scorn 'on a par with November rates wero really higher. The , average prices' were as follow:—. - ..... . Fine halfbreds, 93d. to 133 d. Superfine crossbredsl 113 d.' to 12£ d. Medium- crossbred' arid ;Eomncy, lfld, to -llid. : y ' ; . • • 'Coarse crossbred and "Lincoln, 81d. tolOd; Inferior and log stained, 7id., to 93d. ' Lambs, first, 93d.'to-103d:'; • .Lambs, second, 63d. ,'tu yidl/.. /, " '' jLocks and pieces,- sd. to Vstdl ■ '