COMMERCIAL.

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume IX, Issue 83, 22 March 1919, Page 6

COMMERCIAL.

LONDON WOOL MARKET. London, March 20. Mr. Goldfinch, addressing the Wool Council, said it was estimated that 556,000 bales would arrive during the first quarter. In addition 972,000 bales of Australian were afloat, arriving after March 31. This was sufficient for Britain’s, France's, Italy’s and Belgium’s needs. It was hoped to arrange still larger shipments, but the position was not woolly favourable, owing to steamers being delayed and diverted for reasons connected with the movements of troops. Twenty-one cargoes were recently landed or transhipped in the East, and the wool thus delayed was forwarded subsequently in such manner as to disturb tne arrangements lor classification. It was decided despite these delays that the London auctions remain unaltered. SPECIAL CLEARING SALE. Messrs. Hoadley, Son and Stewart, Ltd., in conjunction with de Pelichet. McLeod and Co., Ltd., report having held a clearing sale ot the Waipuna live and dead stock, and part or the Te Aute live stock, at the Waipuna Homestead, on Friday last, March 21st. There was a large attendance of the public and biddingforall lotsoffered was good. The firms report as follows; — 1420 6-tooth ewes 29/-, 8234-tooth ewes 28/2, 512 4-tooth ewes 34/3, 922 do. 33/-, 1500 ewe lambs 14/9, 550 do. 14/6, 310 cull lambs 7/-, 235 cull 2 and 4tooth weds 20/3, 238 shorn wed lambs 9/-, 453 fat ewes, weds 28/9, 294 cull 2-tooth ewes 16/6, 1647 2-tooth ewes 24/9, 586 cull m.a. ewes 10/6, 79 cull ewe lambs 8/6, 86 cull 2-tooth ewes 16/3, 111 cull ewes 6/-, 87 m.a. cull ewes 12/6, 112 cull lambs 6/10, 89 2tooth weds 22/-, 121 wed lambs 12,-, 148 cull shorn lambs 8/3, 301 woolly lambs 11/-, 59 aged rams 17/6, 38 cows with calves £l3, 26 do. £l2, 63 do. £l4 10/-, 57 do. £l3 10/-, 65 do. £l4, 46 2J-year heifers with calves £l2 10/-, milking cows; 4 at £l3, 1 at £l3 5/-, 1 at £l4 15/-, 1 at £9 7/6, 1 at £l2 10/-, 1 at £5 10/-, 4 dairy heifers £6 10/-,_5 calves 35/-, 2 2J-year P.A. bulls 25) gns., 33)-year 25 gus, 1 5-year 22, gns, 1 4-year Hereford bull 191 gns. The horses, implements and station plant and sundries sold excellently.