NEW WOOL SEASON.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18550, 7 November 1923, Page 8

NEW WOOL SEASON.

FIRST SALE THIS MONTR. =■'... .■'——— CLIPS COMING TO HAND. GOOD PRICES ANTICIPATED. The first wool sale of Che season in Mm '"' Auckland district will be held on NoveT ber 24, in the Town Hall Concert Cham* • ber. Shearing in the various localities " ' has been proceeding apace or soma" weeks but owing to the broken weather'- - experienced during spring it was feared that a comparatively small catalog,,, would be offered. The recent fine spell however, has materially improved tho ■ position and wool is now coming to harid freely from all parts of Che r-rovince. Th a first sale of the season always means a ■'-■ ' period of rush work of exceptional intensity and brokers are strongly urging their clients to send their wool forward at the earliest possible moment. By doing so they will avoid disappointment and facil- ' itate the work in Che stores and the competition of the catalogue. , ] /•,:'-■ Referring to the proposals of the new wool season the president of the Auckland Woolbrokers' Association, Mr. A. W. Perkins, stated yesterday that the .' brokers generally anticipated that good prices would be realised for crossbred wool. There had been a drop in price for u-ossbreds in London since last season ';.' but tecent *sales had shown a recoverv. The indications were that wool' values ■' '■ .': this season should be about equal to those realised last season. ;' , ■ The flocks of the Dominion at April 30 showed an increase over the previous vear of 859,180, the figures being 23,081,439 for 1923 and 22,222,259 for 1922. During last winter, however, there was heavy mortality among Che flocks particularly in the South Island so that tie •■■'•'. increase shown would be considerably re- 4 - duced. In the Auckland province this \ear at April 30 there were 1,737,857 :V sheep against 1.705.155 in 1922, an ■'•'■'■'' crease of 32,702. It was evident from the figures, added Mr. Perkins, that the ' fsjrmers were beginning to build up their, flocks Co the record standard of 1918, when they numbered 26,538,302. "■-*'' Speaking generally, he said, it ap- f, *. peared as if the farmers were in for « S : j good season. The prospects- for wool, 5 mutton and lamb were excellent and the • j markets tor cheese and butter had opened : ; auspiciously for the producer. • _„ s