DUNEDIN WOOL SALES.

Gisborne Times, Volume XLV, Issue 4155, 4 February 1916, Page 5

DUNEDIN WOOL SALES.

COMPETITION EXCEPTIONALLY KEEN. PRICES DEARER ALL ROUND. (Press Association Telegram.) DUNEDIN, Feb. 3. The second wool sale of the season commenced to-day. The total offerings were 24,777 bales, as compared with 23,618 bales at the corresponding sale last year. The buyers’ benches were well filled and competition was exceptionally keen for practically every' lot offered, except, earthy and very vasty wools. It is expected that all overseas wool purchased at this sale will be got away before the end i f next month. Buyers have decid. ! to postpone the northern sale till t! y can see shipping space available f ;• all purchases in Dunedin. Cor pared with December sales value to-day were : —Merino super to 16:]d (par to id clearer), medium to good i2id to I4id (id to id dearer), inferior lid to l2d (id to Id dearer), half-bred super 18|d to 21d (par), medium to good 16£d to (par to id dearer), inferior I3id to 154 a (par to id dearer), crossbred 13-id to lojd (par to id dearer), crossbred super 18d to lfffd (id dearer), medium to good 16d to 17|d (id to |d dearer), inferior 12id to 15id (id to Id dearer), pieces super 16d to 18id (par to |d dearer), medium to good 12d to 15id (id dearer), inferior 9d to llid (id dearer), pieces all grades id to Id dearer, locks first grade 7id to 9d (par to id dearer), second grade 6d to 7d (id dearer).