AUSTRALIAN SALES
A GOOD CLEARANCE
'*• ' !The quantity of \rool disposed of in t '/ Commonwealth selling centres during the '* season ended 30th June amounted to ; 2,682,113 bales, compared with 2.521J3C1 t, Dales during the previous season, an inJ (tteaso of 160,752 bales. The value of the " J»oeL sold wa3 £29,363,156, compared -with
£28,203,033, fin,- increase of.' £1*159,523. ±he average price was £10 18s lid a bale, or^ 8.6 d a-lb, against £11,3s 9d a bale, or 8.7 d a lb in the/previous'season. Values and-averages for the; Commonwealth during recent years', compare as tinder:— «," . .' Total Value Season. ; Realisations. Perlb. 1931-32 .......... 20,3ef,15e 5.6 1930-31 .......... 28,203,633 8.7 1820-30 .. 32,806,266 10.4 928-29 50,720,505 16.7 1927-28 .......... -60,685,813 ■' 10.0 .The National Council of 'Wool Selling Brokers of Australia reports receipts of the 1931-32 c ip into store, the total disposals to 30th June, and the balances in store then awaiting, sale:— „ Receipts 2,817,593 bales, disposals 2,G67,4?.4 bales; in store 150,109 bales. • Th° 'growing clip this sen-soii continues to be satisfactory, indie.itions being that a clip very similar to that of last year jrill be available. But it is a well-known fact that two consecutive clips arc seldom identical,.
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Evening Post, Volume CXIV, Issue 18, 21 July 1932, Page 14
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191AUSTRALIAN SALES Evening Post, Volume CXIV, Issue 18, 21 July 1932, Page 14
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