WOOL BUSINESS

Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 56, 7 March 1930, Page 12

WOOL BUSINESS

OFFERED, SOLD, SHIPPED

Messrs. Dalgety's returns of wool offered and sold in the Dominion are of particular interest at the moment, lor the month of February 80,403 bales were offered, of which 67,568 bales were sold and the principal offerings and sales for the month of February in the four centres were as follow:— Offered. Sold. Bales. Bales. Invercargill .... 21,365 14,389 Dunedin 22,550 10,630 Timaru 14,431 12,874 Christchurch ... 21,840 20.458 There were 261 bales offered and sold in Gisborne and Auckland (luring the month. Taking the period of eight months, from 1st July to 28th February, 1929-30, and 1928-29, the wool offered was as follows: — 1930. 1929. Centre. Offered. Sold. Offered. Sold. Bales. Bales. Invercargill 21,365 1089 25,258 23,185 Dunedin .. 44,503 39,779 52,431 49,746 Timaru ' .. 27,455 24,586 35,316 32,324 Christchurch 02,951 58,858 08,075 64,508 Blenheim . 47 31 123 81 Wellington. 58,544 50,014 90,838 S4,387 Wanganui . 28,532 19,231 62,278 52,723 Napier ... 57,420 46,494 70,980 G7.538 Gisborne . 595 427 1,700 1,418 Auckland . 39,199 31,272 51,528 50,186 340,611 285,081 458,533 426,096 Exports of wool during the month of February were 117,122 bales; for the eight months in review it was 309,755 bales, or 51,278 bales less than for the corresponding period of 1928-29.