WINTER WOOL SALE.

Manawatu Standard, Volume LVIII, Issue 227, 24 August 1938, Page 5

WINTER WOOL SALE.

JAPAN NOT REPRESENTED.

Per Press Association. ' CHRISTCHURCH, Aug. 23. As happened at the Auckland sale earlier this month, only about half the catalogue of 1300 bales was sold at the, annual winter salo of wool oddments this afternoon. Most of the main buying points, except ( Japan, were represented, but competition was not very keen at any stage and the salo was over in an hour and a-half. Prices wero well below thoso at the corresponding sale last year. The catalogue comprised mostly crutchings, but with a -] small selection of pieces. There was very little fleece wool and most of it was of indifferent quality. The quality of the crutchings was mixed. j The chief result of Japan’s absence from the market was a slack inquiry for ; halfbreds, of which she is usually the main r buyer. The offering of coarse wool crutchings was very small and the demand for i them was good. Best condition crossbred crutchings were in fair demand, but other were absolutely ' neglected. Although prices were not high, fleece wools sold consistently well -on the day. The unusually heavy number of passings was to a small extent due to growers having expected <l slightly better market, but mainly to the condition of the wool offered. A good deal of it was of poor col- ■ our, dirty and stained, and for this there was practically no demand, at all. Many of the lots were passed without a bid. The best price at the sale was 12 i d for an attractive lot _ of .seven bales of halfbred scoured pieces. The best price last year was 243 d. Greasy halfbred fleece made up to llid (21d last year), and Merino made up to lid (19j,d last year). Halfbred crutchings made up to 9 2 d (15d) and crossbred crutchings to 7?d (15d). trfif etaoin shrdlu shldfu cnifwyp