CHRISTCHURCH WOOL SALE.
REDUCED YIELD. Per Press Association. CHRISTCHURCH, Feb. 16. The second Christchurch wool sale of the season, held on January 30, resulted in a total return to growers of £299,874, a reduction of £35,808 on the total for the second sale of the previous season. The catalogue at this salo was 5777 bales smaller, but 1003 bales more were sold. The average price a bale this sale was £l2 13s 7.633 d or 9.567 d a lb, against £l4 lbs 6d or 10.88 d last season. The bale price at the first Christchurch sale this season, when the offering was slightly less attractive than at the second sale, was £l3 7e> 3d, and the price a lb, 10.087 d.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LIX, Issue 68, 17 February 1939, Page 5
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121CHRISTCHURCH WOOL SALE. Manawatu Standard, Volume LIX, Issue 68, 17 February 1939, Page 5
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