WOOL PRICES AT WANGANUI

Horowhenua Chronicle, 21 August 1930, Page 2

WOOL PRICES AT WANGANUI

CRUTCHINGS SELL WELL WANGANUI, Last Night. At the supplementary wool sale at Wanganui to-day total of 2256 bales were offered. Most of the wool was crutchings which were keenly sought after by local buyers, prices being ap: * proximately a half-penny per lb. lower than the June sale. Fleece wool showed a decline of a half-penny to a penny per pound oh the same sale. MURRAY, ROBERTS AND DO. LTD. WANGANUI, Last Night. Murray, Roberts and Co, Ltd. report: — At the crutching sale hedd here today the total offering was 2256 bales, our catalogue consisting of 216 bales. Competition was not exceptionally keen but very sound and about on a par with yesterday's Wellington sale. No superior crutchings were submitted and very few lots of good bright sorts. Most of the lots were heavy in condition and seed. We quitted the bulk of our catalogue under the hammer. We sold the following:— Fleece wool: . 5.1., crossbred 7£d; RJ/M, Romney, 6d, lambs 6d. Crutchings: J in diamond, A 6£d, B 42 d; ONEIDA, sd; MP/GLENROY, 6d; EMG/MAN GAR A, 6; EMG/WAIRERE, 4jd; WO, aid; JFK/B, 5Jd; WK/PN, sfd; W in circle fi^d. Tanners’ 00-op. Distributing Co. The N.Z. Farmers' Co-op.rEistribut-mg Co. Ltd. report as follows: —We. submitted a catalogue of 320 bales. There was a good attendance of buyers. Prices for fine and medium crossbred were about Id lower than the June sale. Coarse and low crossbred sold at about .-id lower. Crutchings free from seed were about Ad lower than June and seedy crutchings £d to Id lower. The following are some of our realisations:—

PLANES, XB OAd; X/MAEUA, EB 73d; PHYN, HAA, Bd, AA 8d; APPfN, Ctgs sd; TEEIMU, ctgs 6id; CO-OP., AAA 8 id; OMUIA, A A Bid, A Bd, C 7d; lambs, Bd;' various, ctgs 6d, sd, did, 4d, 4d, COOP., 888 74d, CCG 7d; Ist dead,.6fd.

Dalgety and Co. Ltd.

Dalgety and Coy. Ltd. report as fol-

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The second of the Wanganui winter sales was hold to-day when a total offering of 2256 bales was submitted by the associated brokers. Our quota was 21,7 bales of which we sold .70 per cent under the hammer. Competition throughout was keen and animated and prices generally may be quoted on a liar with the Wellington sale yester* day. About half the offerings consisted of crutchings which sold well at late rates, Bradford and the Continent were the principal buyers of fleece wools, while Japan was in the field for wools suitable for her trade. The following are some of the prices realised:—HßD/Glenwarlock, 18 bales ewes 7fd, 2 bellies 4£d, 2 lambs 7^d;. TAWAI, 2 crossbred 6fd; JL/O, 2 iambs 6£d; TYEO, 2. ctgs s*d; ALJ/M, 1 ctgs 4td; JG/M, 1 ctgs 53d; JJJB, 1 ctgs 4d; JL/O, I ctgs sd, 1 lambs 4|d; HBD/Glenwarlock, I ctgs 6d, 1 do sd; CFG, 17 a wethers 73d, 4 lambs 6Ad; JHY, 5 A lambs 7-Id; LISMOEE, 5 crossbred 7d, 4 A ctgs 6d, 6 ctgs 53d; 'I'AUMATAEAIEE, 4 A hoggets 73d, 5 B hoggets 7id, 5 lambs 7£d; HOES.E, b A ctgs 6d; KOMAI, ’3 A, ctgs 6d.