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CHRISTCHURCH WOOL SALE PRICE’S RISE BY UP TO’ Hd STRONG CONTINENTAL DEMAND. f y ' ‘Press Associatum). CHRISTCHURCH, April 5. Fine wools edited to lid a lb., arid crossbreds up to -A 1 a -lb on March values at the fourth and final wool in Christchurch tins, season, held this afternoon. . It was .the keenest; auction, of the scries.' The Continental .'demand. *** Exceptionally strong and set the pace from the first to the last, lot- However the buying was well spread over a full bench of buyers. The catalogue of 11 596 bales was much larger than usual for this sale, the increase being accounted for by the large amount oi carry-over wool which included a good ' percentage of fleece wools. . Following is the range-of prices, wit,, the comparison prices ior the March salo being given in parentheses:— Merino 64/70, 60/64: Super (10d to ppd) ; - - average (8d to 9£d) (9<l to ICJd) ; inferior 7d to 8d (7fd to 8Ul } ... G'orriedale: Super-9gd to lid (lid t 0 12d) average (BLI to 9ld) 9d to 10?.d; inferior (Gi to Sd) Old to BUI. Fiuo halfhred, 58, 56/53, 56: (]{)tdi to 12Id) lid to md; avorug'(9d to lCd) lOd to 103 d; inferior (7d to 8?,d) 7-jd to;9Jd, Medium half fired 50/56. 50: Super (Old to 101) average (7 ld to 9d) 8-ld' to ( J|d; infoiior (5| to 7d) Gld to Bd. Extra fine crossbred, 48/50: Super (7fd to B’d) 8d to 8R1; average (fid to 7id); inferior (44d to oid.) s|d to CJd; Fine crossbred. 46/48: Super (6!’i to 7d) 7d to (eld: average (5d to 6d< s?d to 6:?d; inferior 4j to 4gd) 41d to did. Medium crossbred 41/46: Super (old to s|d) €id to 6£d ; average <A\d to sd) 5d to Cd ; inferior (3)d to 4d) 3-ld to 4ld. Bellies and pieces: Merino good to super (7d to 2d) 8d to 2d; low to J medium (5d to C|d) 6d to l\d. - £ Bellies lia-lfbred, good to super (6.(d •to 7d) 63d to 8d; low to medium (5d to 6d),5d to 6Sd. Pieces:: Halfhred good to super (7M to lCd) 83d to lid; low to medium (5d to 7id) old to Bd. Crossbred bellies and pieces: Good to super (4ld to 7d) 4ld to 6ld: low t-o medium (3d to 4d) 2{<d to 4ld. Crutchjngs: Medium to (3ld to Gd) 4d to fRd; inferior and seedy (t s--3d) 2d to 33d. ■ ( Lodes: (2]d to IJd) 24d to 4LI.
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Gisborne Times, Volume LXXXII, Issue 12252, 6 April 1935, Page 4
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