AUCKLAND WOOL SALE

Dominion, Volume 30, Issue 46, 18 November 1936, Page 10

AUCKLAND WOOL SALE

Dominion Series Opens on November 28 Dominion Special Service. Auckland, November 17. Prospects are considered excellent for the first of the season’s series of Dominion wool sales to be held at Auckland on November 28. However, with delays to shearing caused by broken weather, and labour difficulties in wool stores, there is some doubt whether even this year’s reduced catalogue will be, filled. Until this week wool was coining Into store fairly slowly, but it is now moving in more rapidly, and if the fine weather experienced during the past few days continues a lastminute rush is expected. Workers in wool stores failed to report for duty last Saturday in an endeavour to bring about a 40-hour week, and this has caused considerable delay. Formerly overtime was customary on Saturday afternoons and on Sundays just prior to sales, but as that does not seem to be possible this year it is prolMible that wool which arrives after to-morrow or Friday will not be classed. All wool will be taken in rotation, and some clips are bound to be excluded Overtime will probably be necessary during the week, but even when this is taken into account there does not seem to be much chance of coping with wool which enters the stores late. The wool coming forward is a goon, bright sort, quite equal to last season's clip in quality. Some growers have asked brokers to hold their wool for the second sale, but brokers generally advise against this in view of the good prospects for the opening sale. They also point out that space cannot be booked for the second sale until the wool actually comes into the store. Tne catalogue limit is 20,200 bales compared with 25,000 bales for the opening sale last season.