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Marlborough Express, Volume XLIV, Issue 2, 4 January 1910, Page 5

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WELLINGTON WOOL SALES

LEVIN AND CO.'S REPORT

Messrs Levin and Co., Ltd., report as follows regarding the wool sale in Wellington at date of January 3 : —Our catalogue comprised 4300 bales, which we offered to a large attendance of buyers, the sale proving to be-tiie best of the season. Although the wool offering was of a coarser and heavier quality than at the previous sales, there were strong orders in the market for -fins grade, and Bradford buyers operated freely. Coarse, medium and inferior crossbred advanced id to Id. Piecas, locks, and scouring lots sold at \ery high rates. Lambs went up to 11-Jd.'

; We give the marks and prices received for some local clips:—AL in diamond, first half bred lid, merino ewes l(Hd, halfbred ewes, A 12|d, B 10|d, crossbred 9Sd, bellies and pieces 83d, necks, and locks o-Vd; Diamond (Te. Moana), halfbred Is, threequar-ter-bred 9id; Mirza, threequarterbred 9id; London Hill, halfbrsd 12Jd, threequarter-bred 12$ d, necks llgd, crossbred 9M, pieces 7-^d, bellies 7id: MRC, crossbred Bfd.

N.Z. L. AND M.A. COMPANY.

The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited, report that the third wool sale of the season was held to-day, when the associated brokers offered catalogues comprising about 20,00(5 bales, of which our proportion was some 3220 bales. There was a bigger attendance of buyers than usual, and competition from all quarters was good.; , We estimate prices |d to §dper:lb better for coarse wools arid £d to fd per 1b higher for skirtings, fine wools being on a par with December rates. Continental buyers were keen after lambs, and we obtained 12fd for one line of 16 bales Romney cross lambs grown by-Mr J. R. McLennan, of P^merston North district. '" " •-•-•■■-••'■■■■■»■■

Some of our sales were as follows: J. J. Jenkins (Marlborough) halfbred lOjd to lid, bellies and pieces eldon account of Fell Bros. (Nikau Bay) I halfbred lid, crossbred 7£d to 9Jd, bellies and pieces. 6Jd;; on account of A^ J. Gavin (Marlborough) halfbi-ed llfd to 12d,, threequarterbred lOd,: crossbred 9|d, pieces B|d^ bellied ana locks sd; on" account of D. J. Scott (Flaxbourne) halfbred llfd, threequarterbred 10|d, pieces and bellies 7|d. DALGETY AND CO. Dalgety and Company, Limited, have received telegraphic advice from their Wellington house regard-! ing the wool sale held there -yester-! day which states that the sale was good, with good competition, and increased attendance of buyers. Prices for fleece wool were on a par with last sale, but bellies and pieces showed an advance of £d. The condition of' the wool was much heavier than at last sale.

: The following prices were realised by some of the Marlborough clips-— Glenlee (W. Shipley) A B and C merino 10id, B wethers 9|d, Bfd, half bred 10|d to ll|d, pieces 8W bellies 7id, locks o£d. (J. Radclifie) half bred 12* d, threequarter bred lid, crossbred 9*d, bellies and pieces 8d IXL (F. Sharp) halfbred 9|d to ll|d. Waipapa (Stewart and Walker) halfbred lid to 12H, threequarter bred lQd, merino Hid. Weldeone (W. H* Butt) halfbred ll^d to 12£ d, crossbred lOjd, threequarter bred 9*d, merino 10£ d. JA (J. Allen) halfbred 12* d, crossbred lOd. D. Wilson CD. Wilson) halfbred 9|d, threequarter bred fid B (J. Brown) halfbred 9|d to 10£ d. Glenfield (J. E. Bell) halrbred lOfd, threequarter bred 9|d, m«nno 9£d. Grove (J. Duncan) Lincoln BJd, crossbred Bd, cotted 7|d. Upton Downs (J. T. Dalton) threequarter bred 10£ dto ll|d. crossbred 9d, first pieces B|d. Medway Hills ((*. R. Stevenson) comeback lid merino ll^d, halfbred lHd. SK (j! A. Lambert) halfbred 12d. Mt. Victoria (F. Close) halfbred ll^d to llfd threequarter bred 9^d to 9|d. Weld's Hill (D. Marshall) merino 9|d to lid halfbred hogget lOd to lO^d, half13d to 13ad. (Top price of sale.) Oti (T: W. Denton) crossbred 9d to ?• «V- KuHnymede (A. W. Jackson) fealfbred llid, fine crossbred lOd, crossbred B^d. ,- A