CHRISTCHURCH SALES.
(By Telegraph.—Press Association:)
CHRIST-CHURCH,' This Day
The second wool sale of the season here opened this morning. The catalogue was 29,883 bales as against an allocation of 25,000 bales. This is the first sale' this season where the allocation lias been exceeded. Fine wools formed a large proportion of the offerings. The wool generally shows the effects of the dry weather. There was a fulfattendance of buyers, and bidding was fairly keen up to certain points. " ■
Dominion woollen mills secured most of the highest quality fine wools. Up to lid, thehighest price reached at this season's scales, was paid for five bales of Rydal Downs Corriedale clip, and lOd for another, clip. The general run of the wool offered did: not, however, reach the average prices realised at the December sale, and was down about %& to Id per lb. There were few withdrawals, and passings during the first catalogue were about 0 per cent.
The following advice has been received hy -Daigety and Co.:—"Wool sales rather better tone 23rd, withdrawals not so heavy."
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Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 21, 26 January 1931, Page 12
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