COMMERCIAL.

Marlborough Express, Volume XLIII, Issue 268, 13 November 1909, Page 5

COMMERCIAL.

WELLINGTON WOOL SALES

Messrs Levin and Co., Ltd., report as follows:—The first sale of the season was held to-day at the Town Hall, when 3000 bales were, offered by the Associated Brokers. The wool offered showed an increase <of 1600 bales on the first sale of last year. We presented a catalogue of 670 bales, most of the lines being nice bright parcels,, and the whole catalogue was a creditable representation of the new season's clip. The wool on the whole was bright, well-grown, light in, condition, and well got-up either for the American or Bradford trade, showing that growers are taking more care to market their clips in an attractive condition. Bidding was extremely animated, and.prices throughout'were on a very high scale. We cleared nearly every line in our catalogue at figures, which must please vendors. _ We topped the market with two lines .pi half-bred at 13£ d, and sold many parcels from lid to 13d. As compared with prices realised last November, there was a marked advance allround, reaching as much as 4d to 5d on best lots suitable for America, and l£d to 2d as compared witn December last year. The following is the range of prices: —Merinos, . November, 1909, none offering, to-day 9\d to lOd; halfbreds, 7d to Bd, 9|d to 13* d; superior fine crossbreds, 7£d to Bd, lOd to 13d; medium crossbreds, 6£d to 7§d, 8d to lOd; coarse crossbreds, 6d to ofd, 7d to 9id; inferior crossbreds, 4^3 to 6d, 7d to 8d: pieces and bellies, 2d'to 3|d, 4d to 6*d; locks, Id to 2ld, Id to 4jd. ■. \' The following are the prices of three local, clips:—E.W. 9d: C 10£ d; F.O.W. ll^d.

Dalgety and Company, Ltd., have received telegraphic advice from their Wellington house that at the wool sales yesterday the Company offered 1000 bales. There was a keen demand for half-bred, fine three-quarter-bred, and Romney wool, and sales included the following Marlborough clips: —>■■ C.M.C. (Christchurch Meat Company), half-bred 13£ d, crossbred ll^d, 9£d, 7|d; Te Weka (H. J. Baxter), crossbred Bjd, 7 id; Wrekin (j: Dalziel), half-bred 12id,-"llid, crossbred IQid", 9id; . JJ&,.(J.-: Moran), crossbred I©id^ Breei^mer^^^JßSsßiing), half4>re6[ 12d; threeTftuarteV-weo! Wd;[ Jl> conjoined (R. M/Ro^ts), half and three-quarter-bred lOd, $Mq ; Ngftionui (Meniove and Van Asch:), half-bred 12|d; JD (Mrs'3f. 1 Dick), B|d; ,OD (Mr? O'Dwyer^ -crossbred 9|d, M. Details of the sale \vill be notified later. . .'.;./•