PRICE OF WOOL EASTER.

Feilding Star, Volume XII, Issue 2887, 6 March 1916, Page 2

PRICE OF WOOL EASTER.

The results of lhe Wellington sheepski'ii. sale's on Fr.iilay la-si show thai the decline in the value of wool in London wa.s duly reflected here (says tho Post). The. i»riw of wool in London according lo 'Ja-lesl, cable;, has fa-lildii' slightly, due, il, is said, to tlie roim-pos-i-Uo-n of I.lie embargo on export of wool lo America, thus leaving more wool available for Bradforel ami the Allies. The fall may be but vnomomentary, but it will be interesting to see -how urices .stand al the next wile-; to Ie "lucid a-'t Duti-edin. F.ull-woollod-.sh<'ei>sk!ir.s sold on Frlielay wore down fd to _<l per lb on tlie previous sale rates, ami bag wool wa.s down, a full Id per lb. The full-woolled skins suffered tlie most, showing thai ; ,t wa.s the wool, not the pelt, (bat had decliueel. The bulk price of the woolled skills ceiniing iv, ihowevor, we're of aback-country description, anel n in.foi\or condition.