DUNEDIN WOOL SALE
FRANCE OPERATING
COMPETITION ERRATIC
(By Telegraph—Press Association.)
DUNEDIN, This Day.
About 24,000 bales were offered at the fourth Dunedin wool sale. There was a full bench of buyers, with France operating within reasonable limits. There was a heavier offering of crossbreds than usual. The majority of the catalogues had particularly good sales for crossbreds. Fine wools showed the effect of severe winter conditions. Competition Avas very erratic. Only good style crossbreds sold easily. Shabby halfbreds and merinos were neglected, and could be quoted |d or probably more back on the Christchurch sale.
There was a strong demand for skirtings, and although prices for these showed a decline on last sale here, they compared with prices at the last Christchurch sale.
Merino, heavy, were unchanged, but crossbreds were quoted dearer at about id to |d. Skirting were slightly better on Christchurch. The top price was 14d for seven bales of super halfbred hogget bought by a local firm. Buyers seemed to be afraid of not getting their wool home in the event of war.
Passings were about 10 per cent,
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Evening Post, Volume CXXVII, Issue 91, 19 April 1939, Page 11
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