WELLINGTON WOOL SALES
GROSS PROCEEDS NEARLY £3,000,000 BEST SEASON FOR EIGHT YEARS ALMOST TOTAL CLEARANCE [By Telegraph—Press Association] WELLINGTON, This Day. The total gross proceeds of the four wool sales held at Wellington this season were £2,311,469 against £1,825,592 for the five sales in 1935-36. This season’s figures are the best for eight years. The final sale held on 3rd April was easily the best of the season, the gross proceeds exceeding those of the February sale by £115,807, and those for January by £19,296. The average price per bale at the April sale was £25 16s sd, giving an average price per pound of 17.584 d. For the four sales this season 121,460 bales were offered, 119,966 sold and 1494 passed in.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXI, 24 April 1937, Page 9
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123WELLINGTON WOOL SALES Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXI, 24 April 1937, Page 9
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