N.Z. WOOL SALE ROSTER FIXED FOR NEXT SEASON

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 22916, 7 April 1949, Page 4

N.Z. WOOL SALE ROSTER FIXED FOR NEXT SEASON

(P.A.) WELLINGTON, April 7. The roster of New Zealand auction sales of growers’ greasy wool for the 1949-50 season, as fixed by the Wool Disposal Commission and the dates of the sales are announced by the .commission today. The roster is as follows: 1949

November 21, Auckland; November 26, Napier; November 29, Napier.

December 3, Wanganui; December 8, Wellington; December 16, Christchurch; December 21, Dunedin. 1950 — January 9. Invercargill: January 13, Timaru: January 20, Auckland: January 23, Auckland: January 27, Napier; January 30, Napier. February 3. Wanganui; February 7, Wellington; February 9, Wellington; February 18, Christchurch; February 23, Dunedin; February 27, Invercargill. March 9, Auckland; March 13, "Wanganui; March 17, Napier; March 20, Napier; March 25, Wellington. April 3, Christchurch: April 17, Timaru; April 21. Invercargill; April 24, Dunedin; April 27, Dunedin. May 4. Auckland; May 8, Napier; May 11. Wanganui, May 15, Wellington; May 19, Christchurch. Crutching Sales The roster of crutching sales for the 1949-50 season is as follows: 1949 — July 25, Auckland; July 28, Napier; July 30, Wanganui. August 2, Wellington; August 12, Invercargill; August 15, Dunedin; August 17, Timaru; August 19, Christchurch. Commenting on the roster of auction sales, the chairman of the Wool Disposal Commission, Mr. G. A. Duncan, said It had been recommended by the auction sales advisory committee, which comprised representatives of the Woolbuyers and Woolbrokers' Associations, the Wool Board and Wool Disposal Commission and it had been approved by the Minister of Marketing. The quantities of wool to be offered at the individual sales would be determined after consultation with the interested parties prior to the commencement of each round of sales.

The commission appreciates the full co-operation which has been forthcoming from the interested parties in reconciling the needs of various woolselling centres on the most practicable basis.