WANGANUI WOOL PRICES.

Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 19, 24 January 1927, Page 11

WANGANUI WOOL PRICES.

_The' official range o£ prices realised at Wanganui on Saturday, compared with, realisations at the last November sales, was as follows:—

seedy ..4 to 6% 5 to 7% 9^n°n i a? bs werl, offer?d; total offering, 2j,000 bales; excellent clearance under the hammer. .

LOAN AND MERCANTILE COMPANY.

■7 ?' A.- T Shepherd- chairman of the NewZealand Loan and Mercantile Company m ■Qlt SW an dress, t0 shareholders in London Afr r Aer en?^ r ,' twohed-on.the visit of Mr. G. M. Reid to New Zealand. The chan-man said he felt sure that Mr. Reid had accomplished much of what he went out to do, and, so far as -New Zealand waß concerned—where the board felt that drastic steps would require to be taken to improve the position—he believed. that me future would show improvement. To the position of chief inspector in NeW Zealand, the board, with the full approval and concurrence of the local board had appointed Mr. Walter T. Esson. Mr. Esson ■ had had '■ experience: in the Bank of New Zealand' • and lat1t y r,as eencral ftianager of the iNew Zealand Farmers' Co-operativo Association of Canterbury, Ltd., experience which eminently fitted him for the posi*J° n- My. H.. 0. Nolan, who since May, 18^0, had acted as manager of the Auckland branch, had also retired; and, with the full concurrence of the New: Zealand local board, he had been appointed^ a. member of that board—an appointment which would be approved by- the company's constituents in the district where Mr. Nolan was so well and so favourably known. , ..

January. ' November, d. d. .a. d. Fine crossbred, 46/48-r Super ... 14 to 15 13 to 13% Average ..12 to 14 11 to-12% luferior .. 11 to 12% 8 to 10% Medium crossbred, 44/46— . ■.■ Super ... 13 to 14% 12 to 12% Average ..11 to 13 11 to 12 Inferior .. 9% to 10%' 8% to 10% Coarse crossbred, 40/44— Super ... 11% to 12 11 to li% Average .. 10% to 11% 10% to 10% Inferior .. 8% to 10% 8' 'to. 9% Low crossbred— •■ " Super ... 10% to 11% 10 to 10% Average .. ■■ 10 to 10% 9% to 10 Inferior — to G% .7% to 9% :£ OgSet?A,,2B/50 ,'- - 12% t0 14^ line, 40/48 12% to 15% 11% to 13% Med., 44/40 12 to 14% 11 to 12% Coarse 40/44 10% to 13% 8% to 10% Low, 36/40 10 to 12 8 to 10 Bellies and pieces— " . Good to super — — 8% to 10* i Crossbred, low to •-' ■ medium . 8% to 12 " 7% to 8% Locks .... 6 to 8% ■4%t0 5% Crutchings— Med. to good 7% to 9 7% to 8% Inferior . . ;